Mar Albà Soler

Mar Albà Soler is an ICREA Research Professor affiliated with the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and the Hospital del Mar Research Institute (IMIM) in Barcelona.

• Education: Bachelor's and PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Barcelona (UB), MSc in Bioinformatics and Molecular Modeling from Birkbeck College, London.

Her research focuses on computational biology, genomics, and molecular evolution, particularly in developing tools to study herpesvirus evolution and function. She has contributed extensively to transcriptomics and biomedical informatics through over 100 publications.

Scientific awards include:

• Ramón y Cajal tenure track position (2002)
• ICREA Research Professor appointment (2005)

She has taught bioinformatics at UPF for 20 years and directed 12 doctoral theses.