Department: PSICOLOGÍA

Area: Personality, Psychological Assessment and Treatment

I am a physician-scientist and psychophysiologist with a cross-disciplinary background in internal medicine, psychiatry, neuroscience, and biomedical data analysis. My core research is devoted to understanding the biopsychosocial mechanisms that shape behavioral, emotional, and autonomic regulation across health and disease. My primary focus lies in uncovering the functional organization of resilience, stress adaptation, and emotional regulation, particularly through autonomic, hormonal, and neural systems. I investigate how phenotype-specific vulnerabilities contribute to chronic conditions—ranging from cardiovascular and metabolic disorders to mood and cognitive impairments—and how we can modulate these through neuroplastic, epigenetic, and behavioral interventions. Throughout my career, I have led and contributed to: • Multimodal psychophysiological research in forensic psychiatry, internal medicine, and neuropsychiatric populations • Biomarker discovery in gene-environment interactions related to resilience and vulnerability in longitudinal and clinical cohorts • Translational projects integrating laboratory and wearable sensor data into decision-support tools for personalized wellness and digital health platforms • Innovation leadership in academic and industry settings—previously serving as Chief Scientific Officer at a digital health startup and currently as senior researcher at the University of Jaén, where I have lead studies on psychophysiological phenotyping and adaptive health systems My overarching goal is to apply this knowledge toward the development of scalable, personalized, physiology-driven tools that improve prevention, recovery, and health optimization—both in regulated clinical environments and more agile wellness settings. I’m particularly interested in bridging the gap between scientific discovery and applied innovation by building AI-driven, phenotype-aware systems that adapt to the real biological diversity of individuals—not averages.