Clara Granell Martorell

Clara Granell Martorell is an Associate Professor at Rovira i Virgili University (URV), Tarragona, Spain, affiliated with the Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics. Her research focuses on complex systems, particularly epidemic spreading on networks, community structure, and neuroscience. She holds a PhD in Complex Networks from URV and has held postdoctoral positions at the University of North Carolina (USA), Universitat de Barcelona, and Universidad de Zaragoza, funded by grants including the Beatriz de Galindo-Júnior program.

Education: BSc in Computer Science from URV, MSc in Artificial Intelligence, followed by a PhD in Complex Networks. She returned to URV as an associate professor in 2024 after international postdoctoral research. Her work bridges theoretical and applied aspects of complex systems, with notable contributions to epidemic modeling, network community detection, and neuronal network dynamics.

Research Highlights

• Developed probabilistic discrete-time models for epidemic spreading
• Explored behavioral responses to disease severity in age-specific populations
• Investigated functional recovery in damaged neuronal cultures
• Advanced methods for community detection in evolving networks

Awards & Grants

• Beatriz de Galindo-Júnior Research Grant (201X)

Teaching

Teaches programming courses for undergraduates and data visualization for master’s students in Computer Science and Mathematics. Current courses include Programació Científica, Fonaments de Programació II, and Data Visualization in the 2024-25 academic year.

Labs & Collaborations

Member of the Alephsys research group, focusing on interdisciplinary complex systems research. Collaborates internationally with institutions like UNC and UB on network-based epidemiology and neuroscience projects.