Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Full-time Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
School of Science and Technology, IE University
Jan 2023 – Present Madrid, Spain
 
 
 
 
 
Knowledge Transfer Unit — Data Science and AI Coordinator
BCAM – Basque Center for Applied Mathematics
Jun 2020 – Dec 2022 Bilbao, Spain
 
 
 
 
 
Researcher and Group Leader, Applied Statistics
BCAM – Basque Center for Applied Mathematics
Jun 2014 – Dec 2022 Bilbao, Spain
 
 
 
 
 
Postdoctoral Fellow
CSIRO
Feb 2011 – Feb 2014 Melbourne, Australia
 
 
 
 
 
Lecturer
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Jun 2010 – Jan 2011 Leganés, Spain
 
 
 
 
 
Teaching Assistant
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Sep 2004 – Jun 2010 Leganés, Spain

Supervision

PhD students (finished)

  • Diego Ayma Anza, UC3M, cum laude, December 2016. Penalized Composite Link Models for spatial and spatio-temporal aggregated counts (with M. Durbán). Thesis
  • Josu Najera Zuloaga, BCAM–Severo Ochoa, UPV/EHU, cum laude, December 2017. Multidimensional and longitudinal Beta-binomial regression for Health-Related Quality of Life outcomes (with I. Arostegui). Thesis
  • Alba Carballo González, UC3M, cum laude, 2020. Forecasting with Generalized Additive Models. Thesis
  • Leire Citores Martínez, AZTI–BCAM, UPV/EHU, July 2021. From habitat to management: a simulation framework for improving statistical methods in fisheries science (with L. Ibaibarriaga). Thesis
  • Lore Zumeta Olaskoaga, BCAM–Severo Ochoa, UPV/EHU, cum laude, February 2024. Statistical Modelling of Recurrent Events in Sports Injury Research with Applications to Football Injury Data. Thesis
  • Ibon Martínez Arranz, UPV/EHU, June 2025. Genetic Algorithms Applied to Translational Strategy in MASH. Learning from Mouse Models (with Jose María Mato, CIC bioGUNE). Thesis
  • María Alejandra Hernández Velandia, UPV/EHU, July 2025. Novel P-Spline-based Approaches for Curve and Derivative Estimation in Longitudinal Growth Studies (with María Xosé Rodríguez-Álvarez). Thesis
  • Cristina Galán García-Arcicollar, UPV/EHU, July 2025. Joint modeling with beta-binomial distribution for patient-reported outcomes and survival data (with Josu Najera Zuloaga). Thesis
  • Ander García, UPV/EHU, April 2026. Pedestrian Flow Simulations with applications (with Marco Ellero, BCAM–Ikerbasque)

PhD students (ongoing)

  • Juan Carlos Espinosa, UPV/EHU (expected November 2026). Statistical Learning techniques for Early Warning Systems for Medical Health Records (with Fernando García-García, BCAM)

Research projects

Agencia Estatal de Investigación

  • SPHERES (PID2023-153222OB-I00) — Co-PI with Manuele Leonelli. Semi-parametric models for human growth, extremes and recurrent events in survival analysis. 62,500 €.
  • S3M1P4R (PID2020-115882RB-I00) — Principal Investigator. Semi-parametric models for complex data with applications in Health and Climate Change. 38,115 €.
  • AFTERAM (MTM2017-82379-R) — Co-PI with M. X. Rodríguez-Álvarez. Semiparametric regression applications in agriculture, epidemiology and marine ecology. 50,457 €.

Regional projects

  • MATH4SPORTS — PI. Provincial Council of Bizkaia / BCAM (2022–2024).
  • Mathematical Modelling Advisory Service for SMEs — Data Science & AI coordinator. Provincial Council of Bizkaia / BCAM.
  • Basque Modeling Task Force (BMTF) — Working package lead. Basque Government COVID-19 modelling initiative.

See also the full Projects page.