I am a theoretical systems biologist passionate about developing and applying mathematical and computational tools to better understand, prevent and treat complex diseases. I integrate clinical and experimental data into bottom-up, mechanistic, and quantitative models encoded as non-linear dynamical systems. My mathematical models typically encompass different timescales, allowing me to reproduce gradual pathogenic transitions as emerging properties of the dynamical coupling between biochemical-level regulatory networks and micro-environmental changes. I have successfully applied my integrative systems biology approach to several epithelial tissue diseases including Atopic dermatitis, tuberculosis, upper airway infection by Streptococcus pneumoniae, and carcinomas.

I trained as a biologist at UNAM and completed my postgraduate studies (MRes and PhD) in mathematical modelling of complex biological systems at Imperial College London. I have postdoctoral experience at the University of Osaka, Imperial College London and the Institute of Ecology, UNAM. I have been a principal investigator at UNAM since 2018, where I lead the systems biology laboratory.

My work has been published in 16 research articles in international peer-reviewed journals and in one textbook. I have supervised 11 students and taught over 40 courses in systems biology. I have received 17 grants for my research, including the Sofía Kovalevskaia Support (Mexico, 2018), a JSPS scholarship (Japan, 2019), the College for Life Sciences Fellowship (Germany, 2021), and the Scientist-in-Residence Program scholarship (Austria, 2023).