Mario Castro Ponce

Dr. Mario Castro Ponce is a Professor at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería (ICAI), Universidad Pontificia Comillas, where he has worked for 28 years. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid and serves as a Visiting Professor at the University of Leeds since 2016-2017. His research bridges Statistical Mechanics with applications in Complex Systems, Biophysics, and Epidemiology, with a focus on modeling experimental data through analytical and computational methods.

• Education:
  • Ph.D. in Physics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • B.S. in Physics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• Research Themes:
  • Statistical mechanics of complex systems
  • Ion-beam nanopatterning
  • Theoretical immunology
  • Wildfire dynamics
  • Biofluid microrheology
  • Machine learning in social science

Publications (89+ peer-reviewed) span interdisciplinary topics, including:

• SARS-CoV-2 geometry and T-cell receptor dynamics
• Non-Newtonian blood flow modeling
• Wildfire risk assessment via Bayesian networks
• Viscoelastic thermosyphon systems
• Complex pattern formation in biological and physical systems

Funding includes 6 principal investigator projects for Spain's Ministry of Science and participation in 3 EU Horizon 2020/Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions. His work has been cited over 2000 times.