Daniel López

• @CodinaLopez

Daniel López Codina holds a PhD in Physical Sciences from the Universitat de Barcelona. He is currently a full professor at the UPC where he teaches Biophysics and Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems. He has been director of the Higher School of Agriculture and Delegate of the Rector at the Baix Llobregat Campus. He is a member of the UPC’s Computational Biology and Complex Systems research group. For thirty years he has been involved in development cooperation, at the UPC he is part of the Center for Cooperation for Development of which he was director for three years, and at the local level he is president of the NGO Caldes Solidaria. He has managed to focus his research work on human development, developing mathematical models in tuberculosis, malaria, Chagas disease and other neglected diseases. He has recently received the City of Barcelona Prize for Experimental Sciences and Technology for his work monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic.