My research

I work with mathematical models (deterministic and stochastic) to explain why throughout evolution, bioenergetic organelles (mitochondria and plastids) have ended up with the genes they do for different environmental dynamics. I also explore multi-scale, evolutionary systems using large computational models. Other research work focuses on the use of tools from topological data analysis to compare weighted hypercubes of progression pathways. I have also done research in generative artificial intelligence using large language models (LLMs) for synthetic tabular data in healthcare.

Research interests:

Topological data analysis, mathematical modelling, systems biology, biostatistics, phenotypic plasticity, LLMs, synthetic data.

Education

• PhD candidate in Biomathematics. University of Bergen.         January 2021 - May 2024

  • Funded by the ERC-project ‘EvoConBiO’. 

  • My research focus: reasons for organelle genome loss and organelle gene retention in eukaryotes under different changing environments and selective pressures.

  •  Courses:  BINF305 Systems Biology (Autumn 2021, grade A), MAT230 Non-linear Differential Equations (Spring 2022, grade A) and MAT902 Discrete Stochastic Modelling Applications in Cell Biology (Spring 2023, grade B).

• Post-student. University of Bergen.                                                                                                   Autumn 2020

  • Research in Topological Data Analysis.

  • Course:  INF161 Introduction to Data Science.

• Master in Mathematics: Topology. University of Bergen.                                                    August 2018 - July 2020

  • Master thesis: ‘Geometric Reconstruction and Persistence Methods’. Grade B.  Master thesis.

  • Areas of expertise: Algebraic Topology, Topological Data Analysis, Differential and Algebraic Geometry.

• Bachelor in Mathematics. Complutense University of Madrid.                                        September 2013- June 2018

  • Bachelor thesis: ‘The Uniformization Theorem for Riemann Surfaces’. Grade 9 over 10. Bachelor thesis and slides.

  • Areas of expertise: Topology and Complex Geometry.

  • Erasmus at the University of Bristol, UK.  September 2016- June 2017.

Hobbies

Perhaps my biggest hobbies are plants, as I enjoy a lot gardening,  indoor plants and plant shops.  I also love The Lord of the Rings, classic movies (especially with Audrey Hepburn or Cary Grant), fashion, the northern lights and rock and (post-)punk music. The pictures below are of my dearest rabbit Dorothy ❤️