Alejandro Torres-Sánchez

I am a theoretical and computational physicist working at the interface between physics, computational engineering, and biology. I currently lead the group Computational Modelling of Multicellular Systems at EMBL-Barcelona. I am also a part-time, external lecturer at the technic university of Catalonia (UPC).

In the group, we employ tools from theoretical physics to develop models to understand the behaviour of cells and tissues, in particular regarding their mechanical behaviour and their self-organisation. These models are usually complex, and in most cases cannot be solved with pen and paper. To deal with this, we employ numerical methods such as finite elements.

Previously, I worked in the groups of Xavier Trepat (postdoc) at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Guillaume Salbreux (postdoc) at The Francis Crick Institute (London), Marino Arroyo (PhD and postdoc) at UPC (Barcelona), Fernando Falo and Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes (Master) at Unizar (Zaragoza).