Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, USA
Professor at the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy), Purdue University, USA
Selected Awards and Honors
07/2023 - USACM Fellow Award
05/2017 - USACM Gallagher Young Investigator Award
03/2017 - Princess of Girona Scientific Research Award (for Spanish researchers under age 36 in all fields of science, engineering and humanities; presented by the King of Spain)
10/2015 - Young Investigator Award, Royal Academy of Engineering, Spain
09/2015 - Included in the list 101 Innovative minds of Spain (QUO magazine, Spain)
09/2014 - Innovators under 35 (awarded by the journal MIT Technology Review, Spain section)
01/2013 - Juan C. Simo Award (young researcher award from the Spanish Society for Computational Mechanics, SEMNI)
11/2012 - ERC Starting Grant
11/2011 - John Tinsley Oden Faculty Fellowship
06/2008 - Civil Engineering PhD Thesis Award
08/2007 - Certificate of outstanding PhD Thesis
11/2006 - Preselected for Fulbright fellowship (declined)
04/2004 - Award to the highest GPA in Civil Engineering (University of A Coruña)
11/2003 - Archimedes Prize (awarded to the best research work among all undergraduates in Spain)