Head of the Unit

Marisol Gómez holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics (U. Salamanca) and a Ph.D. in Mathematics (Public University of Navarra, UPNA). She also completed a University Specialization Program in Machine Learning at UPNA. She is currently a Full Professor in the research field of Algebra.

Marisol Gómez is the PI of the Algebra and Applications Group at Navarrabiomed.

From January 2018 to June 2024, she was the PI and coordinator of the Bioengineering and Health Biotechnologies Area at the Navarra Health Research Institute (IdISNA).

Her current research lines focus on the development of machine learning methods for multimodal information extraction and optimization techniques for processing biosignals.

She is the co-author of more than 90 publications, and has participated in 20 publicly funded research projects. She has co-supervised 8 PhD theses (5 completed, 3 ongoing). She regularly serves as a reviewer for JCR-indexed journals. Her citation metrics are: h-index: 18 (WoS), 20 (Scopus), 22 (Google Scholar).

She is also affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Materials and Mathematics of UPNA, a multidisciplinary research institute bringing together scientists in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Materials Science.

From August 22, 2019, to June 30, 2024, she held the position of Deputy Director of Strategic Planning and Quality at the Higher Technical School of Industrial, Computer, and Telecommunication Engineering (ETSIIIT) of UPNA. She is also co-leader of Work.

Package 41 ("Interterritorial Innovation Interfaces") in the UNITA European University alliance.

She is co-founder of two UPNA spin-off companies: Movalsys S.L., focused on multimodal analysis of human movement for health and sports applications and Tairel Data S.L., which offers AI-based personalized solutions and advanced data processing services.

She actively participates in science outreach activities, especially through the Women in Science and Technology Chair at UPNA, supported by the Government of Navarra.
 

Dr. Natalia López-Andrés has dedicated her scientific career to biology, graduating from this degree at the University of Navarra. She specialized in cardiovascular sciences by pursuing a PhD at the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences of the University of Navarra, obtaining the PhD in 2006. She holds a postdoctoral position at the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences in the Centre for Applied Medical Research from 2006 to 2008. During these years I worked with a multidisciplinary research team specialized in the study of heart failure. This expertise enabled her to occupy a postdoctoral position at INSERM, in unit U961, from 2008 until January 2013.

This unit focuses its research on the mechanisms of action and the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects applied to the field of cardiovascular stiffness-fibrosis and hypercoagulability. In 2013, I obtained the competitive Miguel Servet contract that allowed me to build a new research group in Navarrabiomed, the Translational cardiovascular research group, at the interface between clinical and basic research. Over the past 12 years my laboratory has investigated the role of Aldosterone/mineralocorticoid receptor and its biotargets in heart valve diseases. The research Programme is part of the “Cardiovascular and Renal Diseases Area” of the Health Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA). As part of my research career, I have effectively developed contacts and collaborations in other countries and universities to enhance her knowledge and capabilities. I have participated as a principal investigator in the European FP7 project Fibrotargets, as a work package leader in the COST action ADMIRE and as principal investigator in national and regional projects.