About me

I am a postdoctoral researcher at BCN-AIM lab at the University of Barcelona. I am working on the project “The Diversis Viis, Plurima Solvens (DVPS)” with Prof. Karim Lekadir. With this project we aim to advance multimodal foundation models for cardiology.

Before that, I was a postdoctoral researcher at PURRlab group at the IT University of Copenhagen. I was working on the project “Making Metadata Count” with Prof. Veronika Cheplygina. With this project we investigated fair and robust evaluation, considering potential biases or shortcuts, and dataset management practices to improve transparency and reproducibility of ML models.

I graduated with a dissertation in learning representations for medical image diagnosis at the Pompeu Fabra University. I was part of the BCN MedTech group and my PhD thesis was supervised by Prof. Gemma Piella and Prof. Diana Mateus (Ecole Centrale Nantes). During this time, I was an INPhINIT fellow funded by “La Caixa” foundation and EU Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme. I hold a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Granada and a Master of Science in Biomedical Computing from the Technical University of Munich. During my master’s studies I was a research assistant at the Rechts der Isar Hospital of Munich.

Though I enjoy the math side of my work, I like getting out of the research bubble to disseminate research to the general public. Dissemination is also an opportunity to break with gender stereotypes, give visibility to diverse role models and empower young girls to pursue scientific and technologic careers. With this aim I have contributed, with my two cents, in several volunteering activities.

In my free time, I enjoy going to the cinema and concerts, reading, cooking and playing board games. I probably spend most of my free time traveling and doing sports. I love spending time in nature, especially in the mountains. Hiking, cycling, and playing football are some of my favorite activities. My latest obsessions are watching Pasta Grannies, making homemade pasta, and playing Spirit Island. Happy to chat about any of that!