Roger Guimera

Adjunct Professor

Bio

I was born in Barcelona (Catalonia) in 1976. I studied Physics at University of Barcelona and got my PhD in the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University Rovira i Virgili, at Tarragona, under the supervision of Drs. Alex Arenas, Albert Diaz-Guilera, and Francesc Giralt. During my PhD I also collaborated with Xavier Guardiola, from the Group of Complex Systems in Barcelona, with Fernando Vega-Redondo, from Universitat d’Alacant, and with Antonio Cabrales from Universitat Pompeu Fabra. I also worked on the application of neural networks and statistical physics to the solution of combinatorial optimization problems, together with Drs. Carme Torras and Pau Bofill.

Currently I am a post doctoral fellow in Luis Amaral’s Group, in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering of Northwestern University. My work is devoted to the application of statistical and computational physics to the study of complex networks. I am interested both in static-topological and dynamical issues of networks in physical, biological, ecological and social systems.

Education

• Ph. D. Chemical Engineering (Advisors: A. Arenas, A. Diaz-Guilera, and F. Giralt), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Paisos Catalans (2002)
• M. Sc. Chemical Engineering (Advisors: A. Arenas, A. Diaz-Guilera, and F. Giralt), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Paisos Catalans (2000)
• B. Sc. Physics, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Paisos Catalans (1998)

Appointments

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, Evanston, US (2002 - 2004)
• Fulbright Scholar, Northwestern University, Evanston, US (2004 - 2006)
• Research Associate, Northwestern University, Evanston, US (2006 - 2008)
• Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, US (2008 - 2009)
• ICREA Research Professor, ICREA, Tarragona, Spain (2010 - 2010)
• Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, US (2010 - 2010)

Awards and Honors

• Session organizer, chair, and invited speaker at the SIAM Optimization conference, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2005)
• Fulbright Scholarship, Fulbright Scholar Program (2004)

Selected Communications

• SIAM Optimization conference Stockholm, Sweden (April 2005)
• COSIN Final Meeting Salou, Catalonia (March 2005)
• 2nd International Conference on Frontier Science Pavia, Italy (September 2003)
• APS March Meeting Austin, TX, US, US (March 2003)
• AIChE Annual Meeting Austin, TX, US, US (November 2004)