Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D. Theses
In progress
| Apellido(s), nombre | Directores tesis |
| Abbasi, Mohammadreza | Doblaré Castellano, Manuel |
| Aparici Gil, Alejandro | Estefanía Peña Baquedano |
| Aparicio Yuste, Raúl | Mª José Gómez Benito/Effie Bastounis |
| Arroyo Vázquez, Raquel Beatriz | Manuel Doblaré |
| Blanes Rodríguez, Álvaro | Pedro Baptista |
| Borrego Bernal, Sara | Baptista, Pedro |
| Bueno Palomeque, Freddy Leonardo | Pablo Laguna/Ana Micholé |
| Caballero Masa, Ricardo | Peña Baquedano, Estefanía / Martínez Barca, Miguel Ángel |
| Cajal Orleans, Diego | Raquel Bailón/Jesús Lázaro |
| Calderón Villalba, Alejandro | García Aznar, José Manuel / García Gareta, Elena |
| Colom Díaz, Ignacio | Carlos Martin Hernández |
| Espinosa Medina, Ricardo | Pablo Laguna/ Raquel Bailón |
| Ezpeleta Gascón, Silvia | Isabel Pinilla, Isabel Sánchez |
| Fanlo Zarazaga, Álvaro | Diego Gutiérrez/ Mª Victoria Pueyo |
| Fantaci, Benedetta | Begoña Calvo |
| Fernández Carro, Estíbaliz | Jesús Ciriza Astrain |
| García Maestre, María | Eva Natividad Blanco |
| García Vicente de Vera, Pablo Vicente | Esther Pueyo |
| Garrido Huéscar, Elisa | Laura Ordovás/Esther Pueyo |
| Gómez Fonseca, Neurys | Pablo Laguna/Juan Pablo Martínez Cortés |
| Gómez Gómez, Marta | Esther Pueyo Paules/Violeta Monasterio Bazán |
| Guerrero López, Paula | José Manuel García |
| Hernández Hatibi, Soraya | José Manuel García Aznar/Pedro Guerrero |
| Laita Dieste, Nicolás | Miguel A. Martínez/ Estefanía Peña |
| Latorre Molins, Álvaro Tomás | Peña Baquedano, Estefanía / Martínez Barca, Miguel A. |
| Lecina Tejero, Óscar | Borau Zamora, Carlos / Pérez Ansón, Mª Ángeles |
| Madrid Chirinos, Josseline Nicole | Mincholé Lapuente, Ana / Ramírez García, Julia |
| Marqués Gómez, Rafael | Ricardo Ibarra/Guillermo Rus |
| Martín Compaired, Pablo | Pérez Ansón, Mª Ángeles |
| Melitón Barbancho, Sandra | Pedro Baptista |
| Montesino Redondo, Lorena | Carlos Sánchez Somolinos |
| Moreno Aramburu, Cristina | Juan Pablo Martínez/Alba Martín |
| Muñoz Sierra, Rubén | Doblaré Castellano, Manuel |
| Noguero Soler, Inés | Pueyo Paúles, Esther |
| Olaizola Rodrigo, Claudia | Rosa Monge Prieto / Luis Fernández / Sara Oliván |
| Padrón Cabrera, Luis Gerardo | Javier Bayod Pérez |
| Palacios Rosales, Saúl Darío | Juan Pablo Martínez/ Esther Pueyo |
| Pérez Benito, Ángela | Mª Ángeles Pérez Ansón |
| Pérez Martínez, Alba | Esther Pueyo Paules/Aida Oliván Viguera |
| Pérez Martínez, Cristina | Pablo Laguna/Esther Pueyo |
| Redaelli, Elena | Jorge Grasa Orús |
| Rodríguez Carbó, Jimena | Pueyo Paúles, Esther |
| Rosales, Ricardo Maximiliano | Pueyo Paúles, Esther |
| Sales Bellés, Clara | Esther Pueyo/Ana Mincholé |
| Sánchez Gracia, Óscar | Ortega, Alfonso / Velázquez, Adrián |
| Sarasquete Martínez, María | Ibáñez Pereda, Jaime |
| Vasconcelos Resende Marques, Diogo M. | Pedro Baptista |
| Velarte Iranzo, Antonio | Esther Pueyo Paules/Aránzazu Otín Acín |
| Vigil Vega, Frank | Eduardo Lleida |
| Vilella Cenis, Marina | Victoria Pueyo Royo/Diego Gutiérrez Pérez |
| Villalba Meneses, Gandhi Fernando | Marín Zurdo, Javier / Marín Boné, Javier |
| Villota Miranda, María | Manuel Doblaré/Jonathan Heras |
| Yanguas Mayo, Javier | Ibáñez Pereda, Jaime / Laguna Lasaosa, Pablo |
| Zhang Zhou, Jack | José M. García/Pedro Guerrero Barrado |
Defended:
2023/24
| Título | Estudiante | Director(es) | Documento |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development of surface nanomodification processes of 316L austenitic stainless steel to improve its antibacterial behaviour | Porta Velilla, Luis | Castro Corella, Miguel / Angurel Lambán, Luis A. | Disponible mayo 2025 |
| Cardiovascular Signal Processing Oriented to Long-Term Monitoring | Armañac Julián, Pablo | Bailón, Raquel / Gil, Eduardo |  |
| In vitro modeling of mechanical and biochemical aspects involved in the cellular migratory processes related with colorectal cancer metastasis | Castro Abril, Héctor | Doblaré, Manuel / Ochoa, Ignacio / Garzón, Diego A. | Disponible enero 2026 |
| Development of an in vitro microfluidic cardiac model emulating the physical-chemical microenvironment for hiPSC-CM maturation | González Lana, Sandra | Sánchez, Carlos / Monge, Rosa / Ochoa, Ignacio | Disponible diciembre 2025 |
| Modelado y simulación multiescala del pulmón: estudio de la respuesta mecánica y su influencia en el comportamiento celular | Beltrán Lostal, Gabriel | García Aznar, J.M. | |
| Insights into Tumour Growth and Metastasis: A Computational Modelling Approach | Hervás Raluy, Silvia | Gómez Benito, Mª José / García Aznar, J.M. | Disponible noviembre 2024 |
| Characterization of Atrial Propagation Patterns and Substrate using Novel Electrogram-Based Approaches in Multielectrode Catheters | Riccio, Jennifer | Martínez Cortés, J.P. / Laguna Lasaosa, P. | |
| Carcinoma tumour development and metastasis in physiopathological 3d microfluidic models: towards new drug discovery platforms | Juste Lanas, Yago | García, José Manuel | Disponible octubre 2025 |
| New tools and methods to inform patient-specific cancer models | Sainz de Mena, Diego | Pérez, Mª Ángeles / García, José Manuel | |
2022/23
| Título | Director(es) | Estudiante | Documento |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microfluidic modeling of pathological microenvironments for immunotherapy | Ochoa, Ignacio / Ayuso, José Mª | Abizanda Campo, Sara | Disponible julio 2025 |
| In silico characterization of atrial electrical activity modulation by the autonomic nervous system for atrial fibrillation | Pueyo, Esther/ Laguna, Pablo | Celotto, Chiara | Disponible julio 2024 |
| Exploring Vascular Damage: Mechanisms in Aortic Dissection, Atherosclerosis and Stent Implantation | Martínez, Miguel A./ Peña, Estefanía | Ríos Ruiz, Itziar | |
| Biomechanical characterization of microencapsulated cells for cardiac repair and development of biomimetic in vitro models of cardiac ischemia for preclinical testing | Ignacio Ochoa Garrido, Jesús Ciriza Astrain | Paz Artigas, Laura | Disponible junio 2025 |
| Mecanismos de transmisión del SARS-CoV-2 e implementación de medidas para reducir su propagación por aerosoles | Jiménez Schuhmacher, Alberto / Alba López, Juan José | Baselga Lahoz, Marta | |
| Estimation of Serum Potassium and Calcium Concentrations from Electrocardiographic Depolarization and Repolarization Waveforms | Pueyo Paules, Esther | Bukhari, Syed Hassaan Ahmed | |
| Computational Modelling of Cancer Systems: From Individual to Collective Cell Behaviour | García-Aznar, José Manuel | Gonçalves, Inês Godinho | |
| Ex vivo, in vitro and in silico characterization of human cardiac aging and its impact on arrhythmic risk | Pueyo Paules, Esther / Ordovás Vidal, Laura | García Mendívil, Laura | Disponible junio 2024 |
| Bone tissue engineering: personalized in vitro bone models and scaffold strategies | Pérez, Mª Angeles / Arruebo, Manuel | Alamán Díez, Pilar | |
2021/22
| Title | Director | Student | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesenchymal Cell Migration within 3D Microenvironments: an Integrative Perspective from the Membrane to the Nucleus |
Mª José Gómez Benito/J.M. García Aznar | Merino Casallo, Francisco | |
| Upper Cervical Spine Kinematics at the Intersegmental Level and the Role of the Alar Ligaments |
Mario Maza/ César Hidalgo | Lorente Corellano, Ana Isabel | No accesible |
| Generation and large-scale expansion of highly functional hpsc-derived hepatocytes for cellular therapies and bioengineered livers: the unknown role of human microbiome | Pedro Baptista | Santos de Almeida, Joana Inés | |
| The Role of Microenvironment in Glioblastoma Progression and Chemoresistance Development | Iñaki Ochoa | Randelovic, Teodora | No accesible |
| Macrophage-bacteriaInteractions: A 3d Microfluidics-Based Approach | José Manuel García/Jesús Gonzalo Asensio | Pérez Rodríguez, Sandra | |
| Desarrollo De Sistemas Híbridos Para La Liberación Bajo Demanda De Fármacos Y Su Aplicación En El Tratamiento Del Dolor | Manuel Arruebo Gordo | Prieto Fraga, Martín | |
2020/21
| Title | Director | Student | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Towards Functional Preoperative Planning in Orthopaedic Surgery | Mª Angeles Pérez Ansón | Diego Alastruey López | |
| Mejora de la aplicación clínica de métodos e instrumentación para evaluación de trastornos del equilibrio: monitorización de pacientes y apoyo al diagnóstico por medio de modelos predictivos | Javier Marín Zurdo / Eva Gómez Trullén | Juan de la Torre Pardos | |
| Computer Aided Tools for the Design and Planning of Personalized Shoulder Arthroplasty | Mª Angeles Pérez Ansón / G. H. van Lenthe | Jonathan Pitochi | |
| Computational planning tools in ophthalmology: intrastromal corneal ring surgery | Begoña Calvo / Miguel Ángel Ariza | Julio Flecha Lescún | |
| Characterization of the Autonomic Nervous System Response in Hyperbaric Environments | Eduardo Gil / Mª Dolores Peláez | Alberto Hernando Sanz | |
| Autonomic nervous system biomarkers from multi-modal and model-based signal processing in mental health and illness | Raquel Bailón/Eduardo Gil | Kontaxis Spyridon | |
| Bone Regeneration in Patient-Specific Scaffolds from Microfluidics to Computacional Simulation | José M. García Aznar/Hans Van Ooseerwyck | Nasello, Gabriele | |
2019/20
| Title | Director | Student | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noninvasive autonomic nervous system assessment in respiratory disorders and sport sciences applications | Raquel Bailón/Eduardo Gil | Francisco Javier Milagro Serrano | |
| Characterization of the autonomic nervous system response under emotional stimuli through linear and non-linear analysis of physiological signals | Raquel Bailón/Montserrat Vallverdú | Mª Teresa Valderas Yamuza | |
| Theoretical Analysis of Autonomic Nervous System Effects on Cardiac Electrophysiology and its Relationship with Arrhythmic Risk | Pablo Laguna/Esther Pueyo/ Jesús Fernández | David Sampedro Puente | |
| Ex vivo re-vascularization in liver bioengineering. A critical first step towards effective transplantation of bioengineered livers | Pedro Baptista | Iris Plá Palacín | |
2018/19
| Title | Director | Student | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and devolopment of a multiscale model for the osteoporotic fracture prevention: a preclinical tool | Mª Ángeles Pérez Ansón | Samuel Jesús Ramos Infante | |
| The potential of error-related potentials. Analysis and decoding for control, neuro-rehabilitation and motor substitution | Luis Montesano del Campo | Jason Omedes Llorente | |
| Modelo computacional para el análisis biomecánico de nuevos y tradicionales procedimientos quirúrgicos en el tratamiento del pie plano adquirido en adultos. | Javier Bayod López | Christian Javier Cifuentes De la Portilla | |
| New Methodologies for the Development and Validation of Electrophysiological Models | Esther Pueyo/ José Félix Rodríguez | Jesús Carro Fernández | |
| Expansión de células madre y progenitoreas hematopoyéticas a partir de sangre de cordón umbilical mediante el uso de organoides hepáticos humanos de bioingeniería | Pedro Baptista/Ángel Lanas | Mª Pilar Sainz de la Maza Aranal | |
2017/18
| Title | Director | Student | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment of ventricular repolarization instability and cardiac risk stratification in different pathological and abnormal conditions | Juan Pablo Martínez /Enrico Caiani | Alba Martín Yebra | |
| Human lumbar spine biomechanics: study of pathologies and new surgical procedures | Amaya Pérez del Palomar Aldea | Andrea Calvo Echenique | |
| Microfluidic-based analysis of 3D cell migration under different biophysical and chemical gradients | José Manuel García Aznar | Cristina del Amo Mateos | |
| Modeling and simulation of multi-cellular systems using hybrid FEM/Agent-based approaches | José Manuel García Aznar | Ismael González Valverde | |
| Novel Framework for Nonlinear HRV Analysis and its Physiological Interpretation | Raquel Bailón Luesma, Raquel/Esther Pueyo Paules | Juan Bolea Bolea | |
| Cell traction forces in 3‐D microenvironments | José M.García Aznar/ Ben Fabry | Mª Mar Cóndor Salgado | |
| Visual Monocular SLAM for Minimally Invasive Surgery and its Application to Augmented Reality | José Mª Martínez Montiel/ Christophe Doignon | Nader Mahmoud Elshahat Elsayed ALI | |
2016/17
| Title | Director | Student | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistical analysis and planning of brain decoding studies: Insights from developing an attentional brain-computer interface | Luis Montesano/Javier Minguez | Filip Melinscak | No accesible |
| The Understanding of Human Activities by Computer Vision Techniques | Carlos Orrite Uruñuela | Mario FélixRodríguez Martínez | |
| Intracardiac Signal Processing for Mapping and Characterising Cardiac Arrhythmias | Juan Pablo Martínez/Pablo Laguna | Alejandro Alcaine Ortín | |
| Prediction of Cardiac Death Risk by Analysis of Ventricular Repolarization Restitution from the Electrocardiogram Signal | Esther Pueyo/Pablo Laguna | Julia Ramírez García | |
| Skeletal musele fatigue, a mechanical characterization approach. Development of animal and computatinal models | Jorge Grasa/Begoña Calvo/Javier Miara | Marta Sierra Arregui | |
| Development of microfluidic tools to reproduce and characterize the tumor microenvironment | Manuel Doblaré/Ignacio Ochoa/Luis J. Fernández | María Virumbrales Muñoz | |
| Non-Invasive Assessment of Autonomic Nervous System through Cardiovascular Signals Variability Analysis in Non-Stationary Environments | Raquel Bailón/ Pablo Laguna | David Hernando Jumilla | |
| Modelling and simulation of the electric activity of the heart using Graphic Processing Units | José Félix Rodríguez Matas | Andrés Mena Tobar | |
| Methods for Characterising Patient–Specific Corneal Biomechanics | Begoña Calvo/José F. Rodríguez | Miguel A. Ariza Gracia | |
2015/16
| Title | Director | Student | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brain-machine interfaces for motor rehabilitation and restoration after spinal cord injury | Luis Montesano/Javier Minguez | Eduardo López Larraz | |
| EEG-based brain-computer interfaces for detection of gait intention in healthy and stroke subjects | Javier Minguez/ Luis Montesano | Andreea Ioana Sburlea | |
| Desing of a secure architecture forthe exchange of biomedical information in M-Health scenarios | Álvaro Alesanco/José García Moros | Oscar Jesús Rubio Martín | |
| Novel Electrocardiographic Biomarkers for Proarrhythmic Assessment of Drugs | Esther Pueyo/David Strauss | José Vicente Ruíz | |
| Multiscale Modeling of the Bone Healing Process | José Manuel García/Paulo-Marque Riu/Joa Orlando | Frederico Canas de Matos | |
| Optimización de los resultados de reconstrucción plantar mediante la utilización de podobarografía y simulación computacional | Mª José Gómez/Etelvina Javierre | Elena Irene Jordán Palomar | |
| Development of microfluidic systems applied to cancer research | Ignacio Ochoa/ Luis Fernández/Manuel Doblaré | José Mª AyudoDomínguez | |
2014/15
| Title | Director | Student | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advances on speaker recognition in non collaborative environments | Eduardo Lleida Solano | Jesús Villalba López | |
| Microfluidic-based 3D fibroblast migration studies in biomimetic microenvironments | José Manuel García Aznar | Oihana Moreno Arotzena | |
| Mechano-Electrochemical analysis of articular cartilage: 3D computational modelling and experimental characterization | Manuel Doblaré/Mohamed Doweidar | Sara Manzano Martínez | |
| Computational Modeling of Cell Behavior in Three-Dimensional Matrices | Mohamed Doweidar | Seyed Jamaleddin Mousavi | |
| Non-invasive techniques for respiratory information extraction based on pulse photoplethysmogram and electrocardiogram | Eduardo Gil/Raquel Bailón/Pablo Laguna | Jesús Lázaro Plaza | |
2013/14
| Title | Director | Student | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contributions to the continuity of care: Integration of telemonitoring data into the Patient's Electronic Health Records through the concurrent use of open standards. | Ignacio Martínez/Adolfo Muñoz | Pilar Muñoz Gargallo | |
| Desing and evaluation of echocardiograms codification and transmission for telecardiology systems | Alvaro Alesanco/José García | Eva Cavero Racaj | |
| Visual SLAM for Measurement and Augmented Reality in Laparoscopic Surgery | José Mª Martínez Montiel | Oscar García Grasa | |
| Multiscale Analysis of Atrial Fibrillation Mechanisms | Esther Pueyo/Blanca Rodríguez | Carlos Sanchez Tapia | |
| Computational anatomy and brain morphometry | Salvador Olmos Gasso | Ernesto Zacur | |
2012/13
| Title | Director | Student | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decoding of motor information from noninvasive electroencephalographic signals for brain-machine interfaces | Javier Minguez/Luis Montesano | Mauricio Antelis | No accesible |
| Characterization, detection and quantification of acute myocardial ischemia from depolarization ECG-derived indices | Esther Pueyo /Pablo Laguna | Daniel Romero Pérez | |
| Evaluation of Blood–Tissue Tracer Exchange Taking Account of Diffusion and Consumption: Application to MRI | Salvador Olmos/Valerij G. Kiselev | José Solera Ureña | |
| An ontology-driven architecture for data integration and management in home-based telemonitoring scenarios | Álvaro Alesanco/José García | Nelia Lasierra Beamonte | |
2011/12
| Title | Director | Student | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Metyhods in intensity-modulated radiation therapy for treatment time reduction | Juan Manuel Artacho Terrer | Xavier Mellado Esteban | |
| Time-frequency analysis for the dynamic quantification of the interactions between signalas related to the cardiovascular system | Raquel Bailón/Pablo Laguna/Luca Mainardi | Michele Orini | |
| Contribuciones a estándares y tecnologías de comunicación en dispositivos médicos para e-Salud: Integración en aplicaciones de telemonitorización y gestión de la información | Ignacio Martinez / José García | Javier Escayola Calvo | |
| Advances in Monocular Exemplar-based Human Body Pose Analysis: Modeling, Detection and Tracking | Carlos Orrite Uruñuela | Grègory Rogez | |
| Signal Processing for Automatic Heartbeat Classification and Patient Adaptation in the Electrocardiogram | Juan Pablo Martínez Cortés | Mariano Llamedo Soria | |
2010/11
| Title | Director | Student | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modelado biomecánico de los componentes refractivos del ojo humano y tratamientos refractivos asociados | Manuel Doblaré/Begoña Calvo | Elena Lanchares Sancho | |
| Aplicación de las tecnologías del habla en la educación de la voz infantil alterada | Eduardo Lleida Solano | William Ricardo Rodríguez Dueñas | |
| Brain morphometry using statistics on Lie groups | Salvador Olmos Gasso | Matías Bossa | |
| Automatic Detection of Ischemia in Holter Recordings and Search for New Risk Markers from the Electrocardiographic Signal | Pablo Laguna Lasaosa | Ana Micholé Lapuente | |
| Telemedicine frameworks in cardiology environments: contributions to follow-up services in specific scenarios and the integration and harmonization of interoperability and cardiology standards | José Gracía /Álvaro Alesanco | Jesús Trigo Vilaseca | |
| Multilead analysis of T-wave alternans in the electrocardiogram | Juan Pablo Martínez Cortés | Violeta Monasterio Bazán | |
| Modelado y simulación del tejido músculo-esquelético. Validación experimental con el músculo tibial anterior de rata | Begoña Calvo/Jorge Grasa | Angélica Ramírez Rodríguez | |
2009/10
| Title | Director | Student | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Techniques for Statistical shape model building and fusion | Alejandro Frangi | Kostantyn Butakov | |
| Registration-Based motion and deformation analysis of cardiovascular image sequences | Alejandro Frangi | Estanislao Oubel | |
2008/09
| Title | Director | Student | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feature_Based Human Trucking: From Coarse to Fine | Carlos Orrite Uruñuela | Jesús Martínez del Ricón | |
| Variational techniques with applications to segmentation and registration of medical images | Salvador Olmos Gasso | Mónica Hernández Giménez | |
| Análisis multimodal de las señales fotopletismográfica de pulso y electrocardiográfica para el diagnóstico del síndrome de apnea obstructiva durante el sueño en niños. | Pablo Laguna Lasaosa | Eduardo Gil Herrando | |
2007/08
| Title | Director | Student | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invariance and Reliability in Statistical Shape Models | Alejandro Frangi | Federico Sukno | |
| Simulación multiescala de la regeneración de tejido óseo en procesos de ingeniería tisular | Manuel Doblaré/J. Manuel Gracía | José Antonio Sanz Herrera | |
2006/07
| Title | Director | Student | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estudio y cuantificación de la dispersión de la repolarización ventricular cardiaca a través de la onda T en la señal electrocardiográfica. | Pablo Laguna Lasaosa | Pedro Arini | |
| Contribuciones a modelos de tráfico y control de QoS en los nuevos servicios sanitarios basados en telemedicina | José García Moros | Ignacio Martínez Ruíz | |
| Análisis de la señal electrocardiográfica durante prueba de esfuerzo y su aplicación en el diagnóstico de cardiopatías | Pablo Laguna Lasaosa | Raquel Bailón Luesma | |
| Detección de heterogenidades en la depolarización y repolarización cardiacas a partir del electrocardiograma como mejora en la predicción del riesgo frente a arritmias | Pablo Laguna Lasaosa | Esther Pueyo Paules | |
| Diseño y Evaluación de métodos de codificación y transmisión de electrocardiogramas para sistemas de telecardiología en tiempo real | José García Moros | Álvaro Alesanco Iglesia | |
2004/05
| Title | Director | Student | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analisis de la alternancia de la onda T en la señal electrocardiográfica | Salvador Olmos Gasso | Juan Pablo Martínez Cortés | |
