UAB Experts Guide for journalists

David Parés Martínez

He is specialist in General Surgery in Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol and Secretary of School of Medicine. His areas of expertise are: Colorectal Surgery, Proctology/Anorectal disease, Research and Innovation in Surgery, and Health Quality and Safety.

Keywords: Digestive surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Anorectal disease, Research, Innovation, Healthcare Quality

Ernesto M. Pascual Bueno

He is an expert in political parties, specifically in the selection of leaders and candidates. He has also developed his work in comparative political systems, political analysis and electoral strategies. He is also a specialist in political thought and State theory.

Keywords: political parties, internal democracy, electoral systems, constitutional law, political systems, political analysis, electoral strategy, political thought, State theory

Ana Paula Candiota

Keywords: brain tumor, therapy response, magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, nosologic images, pattern recognition

Juan Pedro-Botet Montoya

He is an expert on lipid metabolism disorders; dyslipidemias; genetic hypercholesterolemias; cardiovascular risk factors; prevention of cardiovascular disease; and diabetes as vascular disease.

Keywords: arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, dyslipidemia, cholesterol, triglycerides, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular prevention, lipid-lowering drugs, statins

Antonio Pérez-Calero Yzquierdo

Experimental physicist, Ph.D. in Elementary Particle Physics (High Energy Physics), obtained working at Universitat de Barcelona and European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN), member of the LHCb (2006 to 2011) and CMS (since 2012) collaborations and experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Expert in Scientific Computing and Grid Computing as used in the field of Experimental High Energy Physics (Worldwide LHC Computing Grid). Postdoctoral researched at CIEMAT and Port d'Informació Científica (PIC).

Keywords: particle physics, high energy physics, HEP, CERN, LHCb, CMS, LHC, scientific computing, grid computing, WLCG, CIEMAT, PIC

Joan Lluís Pérez Francesch

He manages the LSTE study and research group (Freedom, Security and State Transformations) and the Observatory of Coexistence and Civility Catalonia (UAB). He is the director of the ICPS (Institute of Political and Social Sciences) and member of the SGR Group of Studies and ResearchPolitical, Institutions and Corruption in the Contemporary Age (PICEC). His research areas are global terrorism and organized crime; cybersecurity and the guarantee of fundamental rights; the civility and the coexistence in the local scope; political corruption and its affectation on the structures of the rule of law; and the populist attitudes.

Keywords: fundamental rights, security, freedom, rule of law, civility, populism, state theory; terrorism, organized crime, cybersecurity, political corruption

Anna Petit Boix

Researcher of the Sostenipra research group at ICTA-UAB. She holds a PhD in Environmental Science and Technology, a Master's degree in Environmental Studies with a specialization in industrial ecology, and a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Sciences by UAB. Her research topics include the environmental analysis of circular economy strategies applied to cities, with special emphasis on local food production, nutrient recovery and the water cycle. To do so, she applies tools and methods such as life cycle assessment and material flow analysis. She leads knowledge transfer and citizen science projects with schools in Catalonia.

Keywords: 

circular economy, life cycle assessment, environmental sustainability, urban agriculture, nutrient recovery, urban metabolism

Gustavo Pita Céspedes

He received his degree in Philosophy from the Saint Petersburg State University and is lecturer of Asian and African Studies, with a specialisation in Japan by the College of Mexico and a PhD in Translation and Intercultural Studies by the UAB. Thanks to grants from the Japan Foundation he has spent two research stays in Japan. His themes of interest are the bushi culture (samurai), Japanese martial arts, Zen Buddhism, Japanese history and thought, and global philosophical thought, as well as Russian thought. He is member of the scientific committee of the publishing series Biblioteca de Estudios Japoneses, CERAO-UAB.

Keywords: bushi culture, samurai, Japanese martial arts, Zen Buddhism, history of thought, Japanase thought, philosophical thought, Russian thought

Nuria Planas Raig

Expert on language diversity in the mathematics classroom, especifically on the trilingual dynamics of the language of the learner, the language of the teacher and the language of school mathematics. Coordinator of the Research Group of Educational Practice and Mathematical Activity. Her conceptualization of language as resource for a socially responsible mathematics education is well recognized and used in the international research on the domain of school, equity and social justice. She shares her duties at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona with an honorary position of research in University of South Africa.

Keywords: mathematics education, student learning, school, equity, social justice, discourse

Reyes Pla Soler

Conservation and transformation of raw materials of animal origin, ensuring its safety and maximum quality for the consumer. Application of conventional and other more innovative technologies. Especially in the field of fish and fishery products, including by-products. Likewise, the field of eggproducts. Knowledge of the functional properties related to these types of foods of animal origin. Packaging and deterioration: safety and consumption. Products SANDACH.

Keywords: food technology, foods from animal origin: fish and fish products, eggs and eggproducts, food safety, technology and processing, quality

Xavier Pons Fernández

PI of the Grumets Geographic Informtion Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) research group and creator of the MiraMon software (1994, +200,000 users in 40 countries). His methodological and applied work in both RS (geometry, radiometry, classification, compression, etc) and GIS (climate models, standards, etc) has been cited more than 6600 times. He has been the director of the Master in RS and GIS since 1996, and has been PI or participant in about 120 competitive projects and contracts. He received, between 1988 and 1992, a BS in Biology, two master degrees (in Botany and Geography) and a PhD.Full Professor of Geography at UAB. He has 2 ICREA Acadèmia research awards (2011-2015 and 2016-2020).

Keywords: Geographic Information Systems, GIS, remote sensing, MiraMon, geometry, radiometry, digital classification, big data, computer programming, image compression, climate models, standards

Caridad Pontes García

MD, PhD by UAB. Medical specialist in Clinical Pharmacology. Manager of Pharmacotherapeutic Harmonization, Servei Català de la Salut. European expert appointed by the AEMPS. Research experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Areas of expertise: Drug development; design, methodology and ethical evaluation of clinical studies; regulation of clinical studies; drug regulation, drug evaluation and therapeutic positioning, pharmacovigilance, pharmacoepidemiology, orphan diseases, medical education.

Keywords: clinical pharmacology, drug development, regulation