MCP holds a PhD in Physics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is a member of the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT) and the Interdisciplinary Group of Complex Systems (GISC). MCP has been the Principal Investigator (PI) of six Spanish national research projects and participated in five European projects under Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions and H2020. The central theme of these projects was the application of Complexity theory to model and predict experimental data in Physics, Biology, and Social Sciences. MCP has published his research in prestigious journals such as PNAS, Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, and Science Translational Medicine. In this sense, most of the research carried out by the MCP has been carried out in collaboration with experimental groups from all over the world, from Immunology to Condensed Matter. MCP has been a visiting researcher at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and a visiting Professor at the University of Leeds (2016-2017)

Areas of interest:

Statistical Mechanics, Nonlinear Physics, Theoretical Immunology, Bayesian Statistics and Epidemiology, Forest fires.

Experience:

He has published in journals such as PNAS, Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications, Science Translational Medicine, Physical Review B, Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Immunology, to name a few. He has been the Principal Investigator of 5 Spanish Ministry of Science research projects. He has participated in 10 projects, including 3 European projects within Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (of which he has been the IP of the Comillas node) and H2020. The central theme of these projects was the application of Statistical Mechanics methods to model complex systems, with particular emphasis on modelling and predicting experimental data. Since 2009, all MCP projects have focused on biophysics and theoretical immunology, with around 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals with about 3000 citations. MCP's research has been reviewed in various media (BBC Radio 4, RNE-Radio 1, El País, Muy Interesante, and other Spanish newspapers).

Skills:

MCP's analytical skills include agent-based simulations, stochastic equations, reaction-diffusion equations with a strong emphasis on perturbation and numerical methods. MCP is also an experienced programmer in different programming paradigms (i) General-purpose languages: Python, C, C++, Java; (ii) Scripting languages: Matlab, bash, awk; (iii) Statistical and Bayesian languages: R, JAGS, BUGS; and (iv) Symbolic software: Mathematica, Maple. Recently, MCP has used different Artificial Intelligence tools such as: Bayesian networks, Hidden Markov models, Unsupervised machine learning: clustering or Large language models.

Current research interests:

Complex Systems; Epidemic models; Probabilistic Machine Learning; Theoretical Immunology; Biophysics; Stochastic Processes; Serious Games.

Journal Publications

Castro, M., Bassaganya-Riera, J., Fribourg, M., Editorial: Mechanistic and statistical modeling approaches to study alloimmune T-cell responses. Frontiers in Immunology. Vol. 16, pp. 1591083-1 - 1591083-2, 2025. [Online: April 2025] JCR-JIF: 5,700 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,868 Q1 (2023)
Pothineni, B.K., Barner, J., Grundmeier, G., Contreras, D., Castro, M., Keller, A., Rapid assembly of highly ordered DNA origami lattices at mica surfaces. Discover Nano. Vol. 20, nº. 1, pp. 77-1 - 77-10, December 2025. [Online: May 2025]
Gómez, J.L., Marcoulaki, E., Cantizano, A., Konstantinidou, M., Caro, R., Castro, M., Simulated fire observables as indicators for optimizing wireless sensor networks in wildfire risk monitoring. Ecological Indicators. Vol. 175, pp. 113509-1 - 113509-15, June 2025. [Online: May 2025] JCR-JIF: 7,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,633 Q1 (2023)
Camacho-Mateu, J., Lampo, A., Castro, M., Cuesta, José A., Microbial populations hardly ever grow logistically and never sublinearly. Physical Review E. Vol. 111, nº. 4, pp. 044404-1 - 044404-8, April 2025. [Online: April 2025] JCR-JIF: 2,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,805 Q1 (2023)
Rodríguez-Fernández, E., Santalla, S.N., Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Anomalous dynamic scaling of Ising interfaces. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment. Vol. 2025, nº. 1, pp. 013215-1 - 013215-23, January 2025. [Online: January 2025] JCR-JIF: 2,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,388 Q3 (2023)
Dreiwi, H., Feliciangeli, F., Castro, M., Lythe, G., Molina-Paris, C., López-García, M., Stochastic journeys of cell progenies through compartments and the role of self-renewal, symmetric and asymmetric division. Scientific Reports. Vol. 14, pp. 16287-1 - 16287-22, December 2024. [Online: July 2024] JCR-JIF: 3,800 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,900 Q1 (2023)
Pérez, J., Castro, M., Awad, E., López, G., Generation of probabilistic synthetic data for serious games: a case study on cyberbullying. Knowledge-Based Systems. Vol. 286, pp. 111440-1 - 111440-10, February 2024. [Online: January 2024] JCR-JIF: 7,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 2,219 Q1 (2023)
Gómez, J.L., Cantizano, A., Caro, R., Castro, M., Leveraging national forestry data repositories to advocate wildfire modeling towards simulation-driven risk assessment. Ecological Indicators. Vol. 158, pp. 111306-1 - 111306-15, January 2024. [Online: December 2023] JCR-JIF: 7,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,633 Q1 (2023)
Pérez, J., Castro, M., López, G., Serious games and AI: challenges and opportunities for computational social science. IEEE Access. Vol. 11, pp. 62051 - 62061, 2023. [Online: June 2023] JCR-JIF: 3,400 Q2 (2023); - SJR: 0,960 Q1 (2023);
García-Sánchez, M., Castro, M., Faro, J., B cell receptors and free antibodies have different antigen-binding kinetics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 120, nº. 35, pp. e2220669120-1 - e2220669120-8, August 2023. [Online: August 2023] JCR-JIF: 9,400 Q1 (2023); - SJR: 3,737 Q1 (2023);
Jiménez-Casas, A., Castro, M., Villanueva Pesqueira, M., The role of elasticity on chaotic dynamics: insights from mechanics, immunology, ecology, and rheology. Mathematics. Vol. 11, nº. 14, pp. 3099-1 - 3099-36, July 2023. [Online: July 2023] JCR-JIF: 2,300 Q1 (2023); - SJR: 0,475 Q2 (2023);
Feliciangeli, F., Dreiwi, H., López-García, M., Castro, M., Molina-Paris, C., Lythe, G., Why are cell populations maintained via multiple compartments?. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Vol. 19, nº. 196, pp. 20220629-1 - 20220629-18, November 2022. [Online: November 2022] JCR-JIF: 3,900 Q2 (2022); 3,700 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,196 Q1 (2022); 1,101 Q1 (2023)
Rodríguez-Fernández, E., Santalla, S.N., Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Anomalous ballistic scaling in the tensionless or inviscid Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation. Physical Review E. Vol. 106, nº. 2, pp. 024802-1 - 024802-9, August 2022. [Online: August 2022] JCR-JIF: 2,400 Q1 (2022); 2,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,819 Q1 (2022); 0,805 Q1 (2023)
Bovolenta, E., García-Cuesta, E. M., Horndler, L., Ponomarenko, J., Schamel, W.W., Mellado, M., Castro, M., Abia, D., Van Santen, H.M., A set point in the selection of the αβTCR T cell repertoire imposed by pre-TCR signaling strength. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 119, nº. 22, pp. e2201907119-1 - e2201907119-9, May 2022. [Online: May 2022] JCR-JIF: 11,100 Q1 (2022); 9,400 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 4,026 Q1 (2022); 3,737 Q1 (2023)
Lee, E., Seo, J., Muñoz-Garcia, J., Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Kim, J.-S., Nanopatterning of rotating highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (0001) surfaces by ion beam irradiation: experiments and modeling. Physical Review B. Vol. 105, nº. 8, pp. 085413-1 - 085413-17, February 2022. [Online: February 2022] JCR-JIF: 3,700 Q2 (2022); 3,200 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,468 Q1 (2022); 1,345 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., Lythe, G., Smit, Y., Molina-Paris, C., Fusion and fission events regulate endosome maturation and viral escape. Scientific Reports. Vol. 11, pp. 7845-1 - 7845-13, December 2021. [Online: April 2021] JCR-JIF: 4,996 Q2 (2021); 3,800 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,005 Q1 (2021); 0,900 Q1 (2023)
Gallén, A., Castro, M., Hernández-Machado, A., Red blood cells in low Reynolds number flow: a vorticity-based characterization of shapes in two dimensions. Soft Matter. Vol. 17, nº. 42, pp. 9587 - 9594, November 2021. [Online: September 2021] JCR-JIF: 4,046 Q2 (2021); 2,900 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,897 Q1 (2021); 0,783 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., de Boer, R. J., The limitations, dangers, and benefits of simple methods for testing identifiability. Plos Computational Biology. Vol. 17, nº. 10, pp. e1009425-1 - e1009425-2, October 2021. [Online: October 2021] JCR-JIF: 4,779 Q1 (2021); 3,800 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,960 Q1 (2021); 1,652 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., Stephen Hawking, aportaciones de un físico mediático. Razón y fe: Revista hispanoamericana de cultura. Vol. 284, nº. 1453, pp. 213 - 220, September 2021. [Online: September 2021]
Xin, Y., Shen, B., Kostiainen, M.A., Grundmeier, G., Castro, M., Linko, V., Keller, A., Scaling up DNA origami lattice assembly. Chemistry - A European Journal. Vol. 27, nº. 33, pp. 8564 - 8571, June 2021. [Online: March 2021] JCR-JIF: 5,020 Q2 (2021); 3,900 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,343 Q1 (2021); 1,058 Q1 (2023)
Faro, J., Castro, M., Affinity selection in germinal centers: cautionary tales and new opportunities. Cells. Vol. 10, nº. 5, pp. 1040-1 - 1040-19, May 2021. [Online: April 2021] JCR-JIF: 7,666 Q2 (2021); 5,100 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,452 Q1 (2021); 1,547 Q1 (2023)
Vallez Fernández, C.M., Castro, M., Contreras, D., Challenges and opportunities in dock-based bike-sharing rebalancing: a systematic review. Sustainability. Vol. 13, nº. 4, pp. 1829-1 - 1829-26, February 2021. [Online: February 2021] JCR-JIF: 3,889 Q2 (2021); 3,300 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,664 Q1 (2021); 0,672 Q1 (2023)
Xin, Y., Martínez Rivadeneira, S., Grundmeier, G., Castro, M., Keller, A., Self-assembly of highly ordered DNA origami lattices at solid-liquid interfaces by controlling cation binding and exchange. Nano Research. Vol. 13, nº. 11, pp. 3142 - 3150, November 2020. [Online: August 2020] JCR-JIF: 8,897 Q1 (2020); 9,500 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 2,536 Q1 (2020); 2,539 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., de Boer, R. J., Testing structural identifiability by a simple scaling method. Plos Computational Biology. Vol. 16, nº. 11, pp. e1008248-1 - e1008248-15, November 2020. [Online: November 2020] JCR-JIF: 4,475 Q1 (2020); 3,800 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 2,628 Q1 (2020); 1,652 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., Ares, S., Cuesta, José A., Manrubia, S., The turning point and end of an expanding epidemic cannot be precisely forecast. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 117, nº. 42, pp. 26190 - 26196, October 2020. [Online: October 2020] JCR-JIF: 11,205 Q1 (2020); 9,400 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 5,011 Q1 (2020); 3,737 Q1 (2023)
Martín-Leal, A., Blanco, R., Casas, J., Sáez, M. E., Bovolenta, E., de Rojas, I., Drechsler, C., Real, L.M., Fabriàs, G., Ruiz, A., Castro, M., Schamel, W.W., Alarcón, B., Van Santen, H.M., Mañes, S., CCR 5 deficiency impairs CD 4+ T-cell memory responses and antigenic sensitivity through increased ceramide synthesis. EMBO Journal. Vol. 39, nº. 15, pp. e104749-1 - e104749-19, August 2020. [Online: June 2020] JCR-JIF: 11,598 Q1 (2020); 9,400 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 7,484 Q1 (2020); 5,489 Q1 (2023)
Jeffrey, P.A., López-García, M., Castro, M., Lythe, G., Molina-Paris, C., On exact and approximate approaches for stochastic receptor-ligand competition dynamics - An ecological perspective. Mathematics. Vol. 8, nº. 6, pp. 1014-1 - 1014-31, June 2020. [Online: June 2020] JCR-JIF: 2,258 Q1 (2020); 2,300 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,495 Q2 (2020); 0,475 Q2 (2023)
Higuera, L., López-García, M., Castro, M., Abourashchi, N., Lythe, G., Molina-Paris, C., Fate of a naive T cell: a stochastic journey. Frontiers in Immunology. Vol. 10, pp. 194-1 - 194-13, 2019. [Online: March 2019] JCR-JIF: 5,085 Q1 (2019); 5,700 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 2,116 Q1 (2019); 1,868 Q1 (2023)
Muñoz-Garcia, J., Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Stress-driven nonlinear dynamics of ion-induced surface nanopatterns. Physical Review B. Vol. 100, nº. 20, pp. 205421-1 - 205421-18, November 2019. [Online: November 2019] JCR-JIF: 3,575 Q2 (2019); 3,200 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,811 Q1 (2019); 1,345 Q1 (2023)
Park, J.H, Waickman, A.T., Reynolds, J., Castro, M., Molina-Paris, C., IL7 receptor signaling in T cells: A mathematical modeling perspective. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Systems Biology and Medicine. Vol. 11, nº. 5, pp. e1447-1 - e1447-25, September 2019. [Online: May 2019] JCR-JIF: 4,275 Q2 (2019); 7,900 Q1 (2022) - SJR: 2,004 Q1 (2019); 1,710 Q1 (2022)
Romero-Severson, E.O., Ribeiro, R.M., Castro, M., Noise is not error: detecting parametric heterogeneity between epidemiologic time series. Frontiers in Microbiology. Vol. 9, pp. 1529-1 - 1529-12, 2018. [Online: July 2018] JCR-JIF: 4,259 Q1 (2018); 4,000 Q2 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2018); 1,065 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., López-García, M., Lythe, G., Molina-Paris, C., First passage events in biological systems with non-exponential inter-event times. Scientific Reports. Vol. 8, pp. 15054-1 - 15054-16, December 2018. [Online: October 2018] JCR-JIF: 4,011 Q1 (2018); 3,800 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2018); 0,900 Q1 (2023)
Martín-Blanco, N., Blanco, R., Alda-Catalinas, C., Bovolenta, E., Oeste, C.L., Palmer, E., Schamel, W.W., Lythe, G., Molina-Paris, C., Castro, M., Alarcón, B., A window of opportunity for cooperativity in the T cell receptor. Nature Communications. Vol. 9, pp. 2618-1 - 2618-15, December 2018. [Online: July 2018] JCR-JIF: 11,878 Q1 (2018); 14,700 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2018); 4,887 Q1 (2023)
Muñoz-Garcia, J., Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Vázquez, L., Gago, R., Redondo-Cubero, A., Special issue on surfaces patterned by ion sputtering. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. Vol. 30, nº. 45, pp. 450301-1 - 450301-3, November 2018. [Online: October 2018] JCR-JIF: 2,711 Q2 (2018); 2,300 Q3 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2018); 0,676 Q2 (2023)
Redondo-Cubero, A., Lorenz, K., Palomares, F.J., Muñoz, A., Castro, M., Muñoz-Garcia, J., Cuerno, R., Vázquez, L., Concurrent segregation and erosion effects in medium-energy iron beam patterning of silicon surfaces. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. Vol. 30, nº. 27, pp. 274001-1 - 274001-14, July 2018. [Online: June 2018] JCR-JIF: 2,711 Q2 (2018); 2,300 Q3 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2018); 0,676 Q2 (2023)
Faro, J., Castro, M., Molina-Paris, C., A unifying mathematical framework for experimental TCR-pMHC kinetic constants. Scientific Reports. Vol. 7, pp. 46741-1 - 46741-12, 2017. [Online: April 2017] JCR-JIF: 4,122 Q1 (2017); 3,800 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2017); 0,900 Q1 (2023)
Trejo-Soto, C., Costa-Miracle, E., Rodriguez-Villarreal, I., Cid, J., Castro, M., Alarcón, T., Hernández-Machado, A., Front microrheology of the non-Newtonian behaviour of blood: scaling theory of erythrocyte aggregation by aging. Soft Matter. Vol. 13, nº. 16, pp. 3042 - 3047, April 2017. [Online: March 2017] JCR-JIF: 3,709 Q1 (2017); 2,900 Q2 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2017); 0,783 Q1 (2023)
Contreras, D., Castro, M., Sánchez, D., Performance evaluation of bluetooth low energy in indoor positioning systems. Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies. Vol. 28, nº. 1, pp. 1 - 10, January 2017. [Online: August 2014] JCR-JIF: 1,606 (2017); 2,500 Q3 (2023) - SJR: Q2 (2017); 0,886 Q1 (2023)
Gallego, R., Castro, M., López, J.M., On the origin of multiscaling in stochastic-field models of surface growth. The European Physical Journal B. Vol. 89, nº. 9, pp. 189-1 - 189-7, September 2016. [Online: September 2016] JCR-JIF: 1,436 Q3 (2016); 1,600 Q3 (2023) - SJR: Q2 (2016); 0,383 Q3 (2023)
Renedo, J., Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Muñoz-Garcia, J., Symmetry of surface nanopatterns induced by ion-beam sputtering: role of anisotropic surface diffusion. Physical Review B. Vol. 93, nº. 15, pp. 155424-1 - 155424-16, April 2016. [Online: April 2016] JCR-JIF: 3,836 (2016); 3,200 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,345 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., Lythe, G., Molina-Paris, C., Ribeiro, R.M., Mathematics in modern immunology. Interface Focus. Vol. 6, nº. 2, pp. 20150093-1 - 20150093-14, April 2016. [Online: February 2016] JCR-JIF: 2,693 Q1 (2016); 3,600 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q2 (2016); 1,150 Q1 (2023)
Travasso, R.D.M., Corvera Poiré, E., Castro, M., Rodríguez-Manzaneque, JC., Hernández-Machado, A., Correction: Tumor angiogenesis and vascular patterning: a mathematical model. PLoS One. Vol. 11, nº. 1, pp. e0146650-1 - e0146650-1, January 2016. [Online: January 2016] JCR-JIF: 2,806 Q2 (2016); 2,900 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2016); 0,839 Q1 (2023)
Moreno Barrado, A., Castro, M., Muñoz-Garcia, J., Cuerno, R., Stress vs sputtering effects in the propagation of surface ripples produced by ion-beam sputtering. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. Vol. 365, nº. Part A, pp. 13 - 16, December 2015. [Online: August 2015] JCR-JIF: 1,389 Q3 (2015); 1,400 Q3 (2023) - SJR: 0,366 Q3 (2023)
Yasappan, J., Jiménez-Casas, A., Castro, M., Stabilizing interplay between thermodiffusion and viscoelasticity in a closed-loop thermosyphon. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B. Vol. 20, nº. 9, pp. 3267 - 3299, November 2015. [Online: September 2015] JCR-JIF: 1,227 Q3 (2015); 1,300 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,655 Q2 (2023)
Moreno Barrado, A., Castro, M., Gago, R., Vázquez, L., Muñoz-Garcia, J., Redondo-Cubero, A., Galiana, B., Ballesteros, C., Cuerno, R., Nonuniversality due to inhomogeneous stress in semiconductor surface nanopatterning by low-energy ion-beam irradiation. Physical Review B. Vol. 91, nº. 15, pp. 155303-1 - 155303-12, April 2015. [Online: April 2015] JCR-JIF: 3,718 (2015); 3,200 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,345 Q1 (2023)
Moreno Barrado, A., Gago, R., Redondo-Cubero, A., Vázquez, L., Muñoz-Garcia, J., Cuerno, R., Lorenz, K., Castro, M., Ion damage overrides structural disorder in silicon surface nanopatterning by low-energy ion beam sputtering. EPL. Vol. 109, nº. 4, pp. 48003-p1 - 48003-p5, February 2015. [Online: February 2015] JCR-JIF: 1,963 Q2 (2015); 1,800 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,498 Q2 (2023)
Contreras, D., Castro, M., Experimental assessment of the adequacy of Bluetooth for opportunistic networks. Ad Hoc Networks. Vol. 25, nº. B, pp. 444 - 453, February 2015. [Online: August 2014] JCR-JIF: 1,660 Q1 (2015); 4,400 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,342 Q1 (2023)
Fernandes, F.M., Vázquez, L., Ruiz-Hitzky, E., Carnicero, A., Castro, M., Elastic properties of natural single nanofibres. RSC Advances. Vol. 2014, nº. 4, pp. 11225 - 11231, 2014. [Online: February 2014] JCR-JIF: 3,840 Q2 (2014); 3,900 Q2 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2014); 0,715 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., Van Santen, H.M., Férez, M., Alarcón, B., Lythe, G., Molina-Paris, C., Receptor pre-clustering and T cell responses: insights into molecular mechanisms. Frontiers in Immunology. Vol. 5, pp. 132-1 - 132-11, 2014. [Online: April 2014] JCR-JIF: Q2 (2014); 5,700 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2014); 1,868 Q1 (2023)
Muñoz-Garcia, J., Vázquez, L., Castro, M., Gago, R., Redondo-Cubero, A., Moreno Barrado, A., Cuerno, R., Self-organized nanopatterning of silicon surfaces by ion beam sputtering. Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports. Vol. 86, pp. 1 - 44, December 2014. [Online: October 2014] JCR-JIF: 15,500 Q1 (2014); 31,600 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2014); 6,822 Q1 (2023)
Sherman, K.E., Guedj, J., Shata, M.T., Blackard, J.T., Rouster, S.D., Castro, M., Feinberg, J., Sterling, R.K., Goodman, Z., et al., , Modulation of HCV replication after combination antiretroviral therapy in HCV/HIV co-infected patients. Science Translational Medicine. Vol. 6, nº. 246, pp. 246ra98, July 2014. JCR-JIF: 15,843 Q1 (2014); 15,800 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2014); 6,510 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., Cuerno, R., García-Hernández, M.M., Vázquez, L., Pattern-wavelength coarsening from topological dynamics in silicon nanofoams. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 112, nº. 9, pp. 094103.1 - 094103.5, March 2014. JCR-JIF: 7,512 Q1 (2014); 8,100 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2014); 3,040 Q1 (2023)
Férez, M., Castro, M., Alarcón, B., Van Santen, H.M., Cognate peptide-MHC complexes are expressed as tightly apposed nanoclusters in virus-infected cells to allow TCR crosslinking. Journal of Immunology. Vol. 192, nº. 1, pp. 52 - 58, January 2014. [Online: January 2014] JCR-JIF: 4,922 Q2 (2014); 3,600 Q2 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2014); 1,558 Q1 (2023)
Yasappan, J., Jiménez-Casas, A., Castro, M., Asymptotic behavior of a viscoelastic fluid in a closed loop thermosyphon: physical derivation, asymptotic analysis, and numerical experiments. Abstract and Applied Analysis. Vol. 2013, pp. 748683-1 - 748683-20, 2013. [Online: May 2013] JCR-JIF: 1,274 (2013); - SJR: Q3 (2013);
Nicoli, M., Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Comment on «Effects of particle shape on growth dynamics at edges of evaporating drops of colloidal suspensions». Physical Review Letters. Vol. 111, nº. 20, pp. 209601.1 - 209601.2, November 2013. [Online: November 2013] JCR-JIF: 7,728 Q1 (2013); 8,100 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2013); 3,040 Q1 (2023)
Nicoli, M., Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Dimensional fragility of the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality class. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment. Vol. 2013, nº. 11, pp. P11001.1 - P11001.11, November 2013. [Online: November 2013] JCR-JIF: 2,056 Q1 (2013); 2,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q3 (2013); 0,388 Q3 (2023)
Castro, M., Gago, R., Vázquez, L., Muñoz-Garcia, J., Cuerno, R., Stress-induced solid flow drives surface nanopatterning of silicon by ion-beam irradiation. Physical Review B. Vol. 86, nº. 21, pp. 214107-1 - 214107-7, December 2012. [Online: December 2012] JCR-JIF: 3,200 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,345 Q1 (2023)
Currie, J., Castro, M., Lythe, G., Palmer, E., Molina-Paris, C., A stochastic T cell response criterion. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Vol. 9, nº. 76, pp. 2856 - 2870, November 2012. [Online: June 2012] JCR-JIF: 4,907 Q1 (2012); 3,700 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2012); 1,101 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Nicoli, M., Vázquez, L., Buijnsters, J.G., Universality of cauliflower-like fronts: from nanoscale thin films to macroscopic plants. New Journal of Physics. Vol. 14, nº. 10, pp. 103039-1 - 103039-15, October 2012. [Online: October 2012] JCR-JIF: 4,063 Q1 (2012); 2,800 Q2 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2012); 1,090 Q1 (2023)
Muñoz-Garcia, J., Gago, R., Cuerno, R., Sánchez-García, J.A., Redondo-Cubero, A., Castro, M., Vázquez, L., Independence of interrupted coarsening on initial system order: ion-beam nanopatterning of amorphous versus crystalline silicon targets. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. Vol. 24, nº. 37, pp. 1 - 8, September 2012. [Online: August 2012] JCR-JIF: 2,355 Q2 (2012); 2,300 Q3 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2012); 0,676 Q2 (2023)
Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Hydrodynamic approach to surface pattern formation by ion beams. Applied Surface Science. Vol. 258, nº. 9, pp. 4171 - 4178, February 2012. [Online: September 2011] JCR-JIF: 2,112 Q1 (2012); 6,300 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2012); 1,210 Q1 (2023)
Nicoli, M., Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Dynamical renormalization group study for a class of non-local interface equations. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment. Vol. 2011, nº. 10, pp. P10030.1 - P10030.42, October 2011. [Online: October 2011] JCR-JIF: 1,727 Q1 (2011); 2,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q3 (2011); 0,388 Q3 (2023)
Contreras, D., Castro, M., Impact of polling on Bluetooth piconet performance. IEEE Communications Magazine. Vol. 49, nº. 9, pp. 84 - 89, September 2011. [Online: September 2011] JCR-JIF: 3,785 Q1 (2011); 8,300 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2011); 5,631 Q1 (2023)
Travasso, R.D.M., Corvera Poiré, E., Castro, M., Rodríguez-Manzaneque, JC., Hernández-Machado, A., Tumor angiogenesis and vascular patterning: a mathematical model. PLoS One. Vol. 6, nº. 5, pp. e19989-1 - e19989-10, May 2011. [Online: May 2011] JCR-JIF: 4,092 Q2 (2011); 2,900 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2011); 0,839 Q1 (2023)
Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Muñoz-Garcia, J., Gago, R., Vázquez, L., Nanoscale pattern formation at surfaces under ion-beam sputtering: A perspective from continuum models. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. Vol. 269, nº. 9, pp. 894 - 900, May 2011. [Online: November 2010] JCR-JIF: 1,211 Q3 (2011); 1,400 Q3 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2011); 0,366 Q3 (2023)
Contreras, D., Castro, M., Adaptive polling enhances quality and energy saving for multimedia over Bluetooth. IEEE Communications Letters. Vol. 15, nº. 5, pp. 521 - 523, May 2011. [Online: March 2011] JCR-JIF: 0,982 Q2 (2011); 3,700 Q2 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2011); 1,887 Q1 (2023)
Bravo-Gutiérrez, M.E., Castro, M., Hernández-Machado, A., Corvera Poiré, E., Controlling viscoelastic flow in microchannels with Slip. Langmuir. Vol. 27, nº. 6, pp. 2075 - 2079, March 2011. [Online: February 2011] JCR-JIF: 4,186 Q2 (2011); 3,700 Q2 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2011); 0,786 Q1 (2023)
Travasso, R.D.M., Castro, M., Oliveira, J.C.R.E., The phase-field model in tumor growth. Philosophical Magazine. Vol. 91, nº. 1, pp. 183 - 206, 2011. [Online: July 2010] JCR-JIF: 1,510 Q2 (2011); 1,500 Q3 (2023) - SJR: Q2 (2011); 0,366 Q3 (2023)
Munilla, J., Castro, M., Carnicero, A., Surface effects in atomistic mechanical simulations of Al nanocrystals. Physical Review B. Vol. 80, nº. 2, pp. 24109.1 - 24109.9, July 2009. [Online: July 2009] JCR-JIF: 3,200 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,345 Q1 (2023)
Nicoli, M., Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Unstable Nonlocal Interface Dynamics. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 102, nº. 25, pp. 256102-1 - 256102-4, June 2009. JCR-JIF: 7,328 (2009); 8,100 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 3,040 Q1 (2023)
Muñoz-Garcia, J., Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Coupling of morphology to surface transport in ion-beam-irradiated surfaces: normal incidence and rotating targets. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. Vol. 21, nº. 22, pp. 224020-1 - 224020-12, June 2009. [Online: May 2009] JCR-JIF: 1,964 (2009); 2,300 Q3 (2023) - SJR: 0,676 Q2 (2023)
Cuerno, R., Vázquez, L., Gago, R., Castro, M., Surface nanopatterns induced by ion-beam sputtering. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. Vol. 21, nº. 22, pp. 220301-1 - 220301-2, June 2009. JCR-JIF: 1,964 (2009); 2,300 Q3 (2023) - SJR: 0,676 Q2 (2023)
Castro, M., Hernández-Machado, A., Cuerno, R., Single-phase-field model of stepped surfaces. Physical Review E. Vol. 79, nº. 2, pp. 021601-1 - 021601-8, February 2009. [Online: February 2009] JCR-JIF: 2,400 Q1 (2009); 2,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,805 Q1 (2023)
Nicoli, M., Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Kinetic roughening in a realistic model of non-conserved interface growth. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment. Vol. 2009, nº. 2, pp. P02036.1 - P02036.15, February 2009. [Online: February 2009] JCR-JIF: 2,670 (2009); 2,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,388 Q3 (2023)
Castro, M., Bravo-Gutiérrez, M.E., Hernández-Machado, A., Corvera Poiré, E., Dynamic Characterization of Permeabilities and Flows in Microchannels. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 101, nº. 22, pp. 224501-1 - 224501-4, November 2008. [Online: November 2008] JCR-JIF: 7,180 (2008); 8,100 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 3,040 Q1 (2023)
Muñoz-Garcia, J., Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Coupling of morphology to surface transport in ion-beam irradiated surfaces: Oblique incidence. Physical Review B. Vol. 78, nº. 20, pp. 205408-1 - 205408-22, November 2008. [Online: November 2008] JCR-JIF: 3,200 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,345 Q1 (2023)
Nicoli, M., Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Unified moving-boundary model with fluctuations for unstable diffusive growth. Physical Review E. Vol. 78, nº. 2, pp. 021601-1 - 021601-17, August 2008. [Online: August 2008] JCR-JIF: 2,508 Q1 (2008); 2,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,805 Q1 (2023)
Gago, R., Vázquez, L., Plantevin, O., Metzger, T.H., Muñoz-Garcia, J., Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Order enhancement and coarsening of self-organized silicon nanodot patterns induced by ion-beam sputtering. Applied Physics Letters. Vol. 89, nº. 23, pp. 233101.1 - 233101.3, June 2008. [Online: December 2006] JCR-JIF: 3,726 (2008); 3,500 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,976 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., Lythe, G., Numerical experiments on noisy chains: From collective transitions to nucleation-diffusion. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems. Vol. 7, nº. 1, pp. 207 - 219, 2008. JCR-JIF: 1,211 (2008); 1,700 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,905 Q1 (2023)
Cuerno, R., Muñoz-Garcia, J., Castro, M., Gago, R., Vázquez, L., Interplay between morphology and surface transport in nanopatterns produced by ion-beam sputtering. Material Research Society Symposium Proceedings. Vol. 1059, nº. 1, pp. 106-1 - 106-12, December 2007. [Online: December 2008] SJR: 0,114 (2019)
Gallego, R., Castro, M., López, J.M., Pseudospectral versus finite-difference schemes in the numerical integration of stochastic models of surface growth. Physical Review E. Vol. 76, nº. 5, pp. 051121.1 - 051121.9, November 2007. [Online: November 2007] JCR-JIF: 2,483 Q1 (2007); 2,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,805 Q1 (2023)
Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Muñoz-Garcia, J., Gago, R., Vázquez, L., Universal non-equilibrium phenomena at submicrometric surfaces and interfaces. European Physical Journal. Special Topics. Vol. 146, pp. 427 - 441, July 2007. JCR-JIF: 2,600 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,455 Q2 (2023)
Castro, M., Muñoz-Garcia, J., Cuerno, R., Hernandez, M.D.G., Vázquez, L., Generic equations for pattern formation in evolving interfaces. New Journal of Physics. Vol. 9, nº. 4, pp. 102-1 - 102-13, April 2007. [Online: April 2007] JCR-JIF: 3,264 (2007); 2,800 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,090 Q1 (2023)
Muñoz-Garcia, J., Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Short-range stationary patterns and long-range disorder in an evolution equation for one-dimensional interfaces. Physical Review E. Vol. 74, nº. 5, pp. 050103.1 - 050103.4, November 2006. [Online: November 2006] JCR-JIF: 2,438 Q1 (2006); 2,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,805 Q1 (2023)
Muñoz-Garcia, J., Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Nonlinear ripple dynamics on amorphous surfaces patterned by ion beam sputtering. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 96, nº. 8, pp. 086101.1 - 086101.4, March 2006. [Online: February 2006] JCR-JIF: 7,072 (2006); 8,100 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 3,040 Q1 (2023)
Ares, S., Castro, M., Hidden structure in the randomness of the prime number sequence?. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. Vol. 360, nº. 2, pp. 285 - 296, February 2006. [Online: July 2005] JCR-JIF: 1,311 (2006); 2,800 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,661 Q2 (2023)
Auger, M.A., Vázquez, L., Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Jergel, M., Sanchez, O., Intrinsic anomalous surface roughening of TiN films deposited by reactive sputtering. Physical Review B. Vol. 73, nº. 4, pp. 045436.1 - 045436.7, January 2006. [Online: January 2006] JCR-JIF: 3,200 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,345 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., Molina-Paris, C., Deisboeck, T.S., Tumor growth instability and the onset of invasion. Physical Review E. Vol. 72, nº. 4, pp. 041907.1 - 041907.12, October 2005. [Online: October 2005] JCR-JIF: 2,418 Q1 (2005); 2,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,805 Q1 (2023)
Auger, M.A., Vázquez, L., Sanchez, O., Jergel, M., Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Growth dynamics of reactive-sputtering-deposited AlN films. Journal of Applied Physics. Vol. 97, nº. 12, pp. 123528.1 - 123528.8, June 2005. [Online: June 2005] JCR-JIF: 2,498 (2005); 2,700 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,649 Q2 (2023)
López, J.M., Castro, M., Gallego, R., Scaling of local slopes, conservation laws, and anomalous roughening in surface growth. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 94, nº. 16, pp. 166103.1 - 166103.4, April 2005. [Online: April 2005] JCR-JIF: 7,489 (2005); 8,100 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 3,040 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Comment on «Kinetic roughening of ion-sputtered Pd(001) surface: Beyond the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky model». Physical Review Letters. Vol. 94, nº. 13, pp. 139601.1 - 139601.1, April 2005. [Online: April 2005] JCR-JIF: 7,489 (2005); 8,100 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 3,040 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., Rivera, A., García-Barriocanal, J., Dominguez-Adame, F., Belous, A.G., Santamaria, J., Leon, C., Effects of reduced dimensionality in the relaxation dynamics of ionic conductors. EPL. Vol. 69, nº. 5, pp. 770 - 776, March 2005. [Online: February 2005] JCR-JIF: 2,237 (2005); 1,800 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,498 Q2 (2023)
Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Vázquez, L., Gago, R., Self-organized ordering of nanostructures produced by ion-beam sputtering. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 94, nº. 1, pp. 016102.1 - 016102.4, January 2005. [Online: January 2005] JCR-JIF: 7,489 (2005); 8,100 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 3,040 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., Phase-field approach to heterogeneous nucleation. Physical Review B. Vol. 67, nº. 3, pp. 035412.1 - 035412.8, January 2003. [Online: January 2003] JCR-JIF: 3,200 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,345 Q1 (2023)
Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Possible origin for the experimental scarcity of KPZ scaling in non-conserved surface growth. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. Vol. 314, nº. 1-4, pp. 192 - 199, November 2002. [Online: July 2002] JCR-JIF: 1,369 (2002); 2,800 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,661 Q2 (2023)
Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Transients due to instabilities hinder Kardar-Parisi-Zhang scaling: A unified derivation for surface growth by electrochemical and chemical vapor deposition. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 87, nº. 23, pp. 236103.1 - 236103.4, December 2001. [Online: November 2001] JCR-JIF: 8,100 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 3,040 Q1 (2023)
Rodriguez, A., Olivares, J., Sangrador, J., Rodriguez, T., Ballesteros, C., Castro, M., Gwilliam, R.M., Structural improvement of SiGe films by C and F implantation and solid phase crystallization. Thin Solid Films. Vol. 383, nº. 1-2, pp. 113 - 116, February 2001. JCR-JIF: 2,000 Q3 (2023) - SJR: 0,400 Q2 (2023)
Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Sánchez, A., Dominguez-Adame, F., Multiparticle biased diffusion-limited aggregation with surface diffusion: A comprehensive model of electrodeposition. Physical Review E. Vol. 62, nº. 1, pp. 161 - 173, July 2000. [Online: July 2000] JCR-JIF: 2,142 Q1 (2000); 2,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,805 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., Sánchez, A., Dominguez-Adame, F., Lattice model for kinetics and grain-size distribution in crystallization. Physical Review B. Vol. 61, nº. 10, pp. 6579 - 6586, March 2000. [Online: March 2000] JCR-JIF: 3,200 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,345 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., Dominguez-Adame, F., Sánchez, A., Rodriguez, T., Model for crystallization kinetics: Deviations from Kolmogorov-Johnson-Mehl-Avrami kinetics. Applied Physics Letters. Vol. 75, nº. 15, pp. 2205 - 2207, October 1999. [Online: October 1999] JCR-JIF: 3,500 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,976 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Sánchez, A., Dominguez-Adame, F., Anomalous scaling in a nonlocal growth model in the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality class. Physical Review E. Vol. 57, nº. 3, pp. R2491 - R2494, March 1998. [Online: March 1998] JCR-JIF: 2,066 (1998); 2,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,805 Q1 (2023)
Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Dominguez-Adame, F., Sánchez, A., Anomalous scaling in multiparticle biased diffusion limited aggregation. Anales de Física: Monografías. Nº. 4, pp. 197 - 198, January 1998.
Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Dominguez-Adame, F., López, J.M., Rodríguez, M.A., Sánchez, A., Anomalous scaling in kinetic surface roughening. Anales de Física: Monografías. Nº. 4, pp. 255 - 256, January 1998.
Castro, M., Dominguez-Adame, F., Electric field effects in Fibonacci superlattices. Physics Letters A. Vol. 225, nº. 4-6, pp. 321 - 325, February 1997. [Online: May 1998] JCR-JIF: 2,300 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,483 Q2 (2023)

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Projects

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Ph.D. Thesis

Developed:

M. Castro (2001), Mecánica estadística y aplicación de modelos de procesos de crecimiento. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Madrid (Spain).

Supervised:

In progress:

J. Gómez González, Development of Operational Wildfire Models and applications at the Wildland Indutrial-Urban Interface. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (España).

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Conference Papers

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Books and Book Chapters

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International Exchanges

Jul - Aug 2018, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Department, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Los Alamos (United States of America).
Sep 2016 - Jul 2017, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds. Leeds (United Kingdom).
Aug 2014, Laboratory of Computational Immunology, Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT). Cambridge (United States of America).
Jul - Aug 2014, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Department, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Los Alamos (United States of America).
Feb 2014, Department of Applied Mathematicas, University of Leeds. Leeds (United Kingdom).
Jul - Aug 2013, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Department, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Los Alamos (United States of America).
Jul - Aug 2012, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Department, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Los Alamos (United States of America).
Jul - Aug 2011, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Department, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Los Alamos (United States of America).
Jul - Aug 2010, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Department, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Los Alamos (United States of America).
Jul - Aug 2009, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Department, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Los Alamos (United States of America).

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Invited Conferences and Seminars

Presentation "The statistical physics of virus-endosome dynamics" Spanish Network on Physical Virology - BioFiViNet VII. CNB-CSIC; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Universidad de Barcelona; y ICMAB-CSIC. Madrid (Spain). Mar 2025.
Conference "Mathematical modeling of intrahost dynamics" Update Work Package 4 Project EPICVIR. EPICVIR consortium. London (United Kingdom). Jan 2025.
Round table "What are the limits of AI?" VII Seminario Interdisciplinar Cátedra Hana y Francisco José Ayala de Ciencia, Tecnología y Religión. Cátedra Hana y Francisco José Ayala de Ciencia, Tecnología y Religión. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Dec 2023.
Seminar "If correlation does not imply causation, then what?". Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Jul 2023.
Conference "Identifiability matters: A closer look at the art of mathematical modelling" Mathematical Immunology and Virology Meeting. University of Leeds; British Society for Immunology. Leeds (United Kingdom). May 2023.
Conference "Identifiability and data-driven modeling in virus infections and immne response systems" Workshop to doctorate students at School of Mathematics. University of Leeds. Leeds (United Kingdom). May 2023.
Chair in "Round table: What about ChatGPT? Artificial intelligence in higher education; Implications, challenges and opportunities". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Mar 2023.
Workshop "Cybercrime: learn how to defend yourself by playing games" Semana de la Ciencia y la Innovación 2022. Fundación para el conocimiento madri+d. Comunidad de Madrid. Madrid (Spain). Nov 2022.
Workshop "Brownian dynamics simulations of the B-cell activation" Third Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics in Biological Systems. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Madrid (Spain). Jun 2022.
Round table "What the pandemic took away: How has the pandemic affected environmental and health law?" Semana de la Ciencia y la Innovación 2021. Fundación para el conocimiento madri+d. Comunidad de Madrid. Madrid (Spain). Nov 2021.
Conference "The H2020 project RAYUELA: a fun way to fight cybercrime" VI Jornadas Nacionales de Investigación en Ciberseguridad. Universidad de Castilla La Mancha. Online. Jun 2021.
Round table "Agenda 2030: Environmental and health law in the post-covid era" XX Semana de la Ciencia y la Innovación 2020. Fundación para el conocimiento madri+d. Comunidad de Madrid. Madrid (Spain). Nov 2020.
Conference "Can we predict when the next pandemic will be?" XX Semana de la Ciencia y la Innovación 2020. Fundación para el conocimiento madri+d. Comunidad de Madrid. Madrid (Spain). Nov 2020.
Chair in "Biophysics of immune response" 12th European Biophysics Congress - EBSA 2019. European Biophysical Societies' Association (EBSA); y International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). Madrid (Spain). Jul 2019.
Round table "Artificial intelligence in industry and society" Conversaciones 4.0. Cátedra de Industria Conectada - Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Apr 2018.
Conference "Scientific publishing models: implications for researchers" Seminario divulgativo. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Jun 2016.
Conference "Stem cells and regenerative medicine: present and future" Conferencia Tecnooptimismo ¿Única esperanza?. Cátedra de Ciencia, Tecnología y Religión - Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Feb 2015.
Conference "Energy and economic sustainability" Ciclo de Conferencias «Desafíos del ecologismo actual». Cátedra de Ciencia, Tecnología y Religión - Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Nov 2014.
Presentation "Antibody-dependent enhancement of dengue infections: insight from models" First International and Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Ecology, Evolution and Dynamics of Dengue and other Related Diseases. The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University. Phoenix (United States of America). Aug 2014.
Seminar "Doing science today: from choosing the right journal to measuring your scientific impact". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). May 2014.
Seminar "Complex networks". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Mar 2014.
Conference "Climate variables and seasonal influenza" Seminars of the Theoretical Biology Department. Utrecht University. Utrecht (Netherlands). Feb 2013.
Conference " Ion beam induced stress in crystalline silicon" MolSim 2012: Understanding Molecular Simulation. Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modelling. Amsterdam (Netherlands). Jan 2012.
Seminar "The physics of cauliflowers-like growth". Los Alamos National Laboratory -Center for Nonlinear Studies. Los Alamos (United States of America). Aug 2009.
Seminar "Mechanical properties of aluminum nanowires". Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC). Santander (Spain). Feb 2009.
Presentation "Intrusion detection system with artificial intelligence" FIST Conference: International Edition June 2004. Madrid (Spain). Jun 2004.
Workshop "Chaotic vs Thermal Noise" Workshop on nonequilibrium phenomena and phase transitions in complex systems conferencia invitada. Benasque (Spain). Sep 2003.
Workshop "Heterogeneous nucleation with a phase-field model" III Workshop on instabilities and fluctuations in surface growth conferencia invitada. Barcelona (Spain). Feb 2003.

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Organization of Scientific Meetings

Organization of "9th International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications". Grupo de Sistemas Complejos -GSC- (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid). Madrid (Spain) Online. Dec 2020.
Permanent member at "Congress of Statistical Physics - FISES" RSEF / GEFENOL. Apr 2014 - Today.
Organization of "Workshop «Nanoscale Pattern Formation at Surfaces»". Universidad Carlos III; CSIC y Universidad Pontificia Comillas. San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spain). Sep 2011.
Organization of "Nanoscale pattern formation at surfaces". Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Universidad Pontificia Comillas. San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spain). Sep 2011.
Organization of "Frontiers in interface physics: microfluidics, biomembranes and nanostructures". Benasque (Spain). Nov 2010.
Organization of "IV Workshop del GISC". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Feb 2008.
Organization of "FIST Conference International Edititon June 2004". Madrid (Spain). Jun 2004.

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External Training Courses

New atheism, in Curso MOOC "Cuestiones de ciencia y religión". Cátedra Hana y Francisco José Ayala de Ciencia, Tecnología y Religión. Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Mar 2018 - May 2018.

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Patents

"Método de medición del tono vascular ex vivo y cámara de flujo". Owner(s): Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Priority country: Madrid (Spain). Dec 2015

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External Relevant Positions

Evaluator Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva (ANEP), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Madrid (Spain). Jan 2007 - Today.

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Media and research dissemination

"Artificial intelligence is going to be as much a part of everyday life as the mobile phone and Google apps". El Debate. (Dec 2023)
"1X10 - Predicting in uncertain times". Casting the Future. (Jul 2022)
"Covid-19: Why group immunity is a bad idea". The Conversation. (Nov 2020)
"Can the evolution of the pandemic be predicted?". The Conversation. (Oct 2020)
"Can the evolution of the pandemic be predicted?". Aragón Radio. (Oct 2020)
"The democratization of data will improve decision-making". The Conversation. (Jun 2020)
"SARS-CoV-2: the Geometry of the Enemy". National Geographic España. (Apr 2020)
"Alphabet soup: beyond the SIR model". Matemáticas y sus fronteras. (Apr 2020)
"The enemy's appearance: the Covid-19". Matemáticas y sus fronteras. (Apr 2020)
"The importance of data and the advent of the peak". Fundación BBVA. (Apr 2020)
"Mathematics against malaria and the SIR model". Matemáticas y sus fronteras. (Apr 2020)
"Vaccine and maths: lessons from smallpox". Matemáticas y sus fronteras. (Apr 2020)
"Coronavirus crisis: the maximum level of infections of COVID-19". Aragón Radio. Bit.ly/3dCoZEy (Mar 2020)
"The mathematics of Covid-19 coronavirus". Matemáticas y sus fronteras. (Mar 2020)
"Math is good for your health". El Pais. Ciencia. Amigos de la Ciencia. Tribuna. (Jul 2017)

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Other Activities

Doctoral Defense Committee of "Pizarroso Gonzalo, J. «Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) techniques based on partial derivatives with applications to neural networks»". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Dec 2023.
Doctoral Defense Committee of "Espejo González, R. «A complex-network approach to support transmission expansion planning»". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Oct 2019.
Doctoral Defense Committee of "Alonso Martínez, I. «Análisis y optimización del recurso UMLS en la recuperación de información biomédica mediante métricas de similitud semántica»". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Jan 2016.
Doctoral Defense Committee of "Vivo, E. «Instabilities and anisotropies in stochastic equations with generic scale invariance»". Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Madrid (Spain). Jul 2014.
Doctoral Defense Committee of "Matanza Domingo, J. «Improvements in the PLC systems for smart grids environments»". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Oct 2013.

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Dr. Mario Castro Ponce

Journal Publications

Castro, M., Bassaganya-Riera, J., Fribourg, M., Editorial: Mechanistic and statistical modeling approaches to study alloimmune T-cell responses. Frontiers in Immunology. Vol. 16, pp. 1591083-1 - 1591083-2, 2025. [Online: April 2025] JCR-JIF: 5,700 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,868 Q1 (2023)

Camacho-Mateu, J., Lampo, A., Castro, M., Cuesta, José A., Microbial populations hardly ever grow logistically and never sublinearly. Physical Review E. Vol. 111, nº. 4, pp. 044404-1 - 044404-8, April 2025. [Online: April 2025] JCR-JIF: 2,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,805 Q1 (2023)

Pérez, J., Castro, M., Awad, E., López, G., Generation of probabilistic synthetic data for serious games: a case study on cyberbullying. Knowledge-Based Systems. Vol. 286, pp. 111440-1 - 111440-10, February 2024. [Online: January 2024] JCR-JIF: 7,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 2,219 Q1 (2023)

Pérez, J., Castro, M., López, G., Serious games and AI: challenges and opportunities for computational social science. IEEE Access. Vol. 11, pp. 62051 - 62061, 2023. [Online: June 2023] JCR-JIF: 3,400 Q2 (2023); - SJR: 0,960 Q1 (2023);

Jiménez-Casas, A., Castro, M., Villanueva Pesqueira, M., The role of elasticity on chaotic dynamics: insights from mechanics, immunology, ecology, and rheology. Mathematics. Vol. 11, nº. 14, pp. 3099-1 - 3099-36, July 2023. [Online: July 2023] JCR-JIF: 2,300 Q1 (2023); - SJR: 0,475 Q2 (2023);

Castro, M., Lythe, G., Smit, Y., Molina-Paris, C., Fusion and fission events regulate endosome maturation and viral escape. Scientific Reports. Vol. 11, pp. 7845-1 - 7845-13, December 2021. [Online: April 2021] JCR-JIF: 4,996 Q2 (2021); 3,800 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,005 Q1 (2021); 0,900 Q1 (2023)

Faro, J., Castro, M., Affinity selection in germinal centers: cautionary tales and new opportunities. Cells. Vol. 10, nº. 5, pp. 1040-1 - 1040-19, May 2021. [Online: April 2021] JCR-JIF: 7,666 Q2 (2021); 5,100 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,452 Q1 (2021); 1,547 Q1 (2023)

Castro, M., de Boer, R. J., Testing structural identifiability by a simple scaling method. Plos Computational Biology. Vol. 16, nº. 11, pp. e1008248-1 - e1008248-15, November 2020. [Online: November 2020] JCR-JIF: 4,475 Q1 (2020); 3,800 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 2,628 Q1 (2020); 1,652 Q1 (2023)

Higuera, L., López-García, M., Castro, M., Abourashchi, N., Lythe, G., Molina-Paris, C., Fate of a naive T cell: a stochastic journey. Frontiers in Immunology. Vol. 10, pp. 194-1 - 194-13, 2019. [Online: March 2019] JCR-JIF: 5,085 Q1 (2019); 5,700 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 2,116 Q1 (2019); 1,868 Q1 (2023)

Muñoz-Garcia, J., Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Stress-driven nonlinear dynamics of ion-induced surface nanopatterns. Physical Review B. Vol. 100, nº. 20, pp. 205421-1 - 205421-18, November 2019. [Online: November 2019] JCR-JIF: 3,575 Q2 (2019); 3,200 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,811 Q1 (2019); 1,345 Q1 (2023)

Romero-Severson, E.O., Ribeiro, R.M., Castro, M., Noise is not error: detecting parametric heterogeneity between epidemiologic time series. Frontiers in Microbiology. Vol. 9, pp. 1529-1 - 1529-12, 2018. [Online: July 2018] JCR-JIF: 4,259 Q1 (2018); 4,000 Q2 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2018); 1,065 Q1 (2023)

Faro, J., Castro, M., Molina-Paris, C., A unifying mathematical framework for experimental TCR-pMHC kinetic constants. Scientific Reports. Vol. 7, pp. 46741-1 - 46741-12, 2017. [Online: April 2017] JCR-JIF: 4,122 Q1 (2017); 3,800 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2017); 0,900 Q1 (2023)

Castro, M., Lythe, G., Molina-Paris, C., Ribeiro, R.M., Mathematics in modern immunology. Interface Focus. Vol. 6, nº. 2, pp. 20150093-1 - 20150093-14, April 2016. [Online: February 2016] JCR-JIF: 2,693 Q1 (2016); 3,600 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q2 (2016); 1,150 Q1 (2023)

Contreras, D., Castro, M., Experimental assessment of the adequacy of Bluetooth for opportunistic networks. Ad Hoc Networks. Vol. 25, nº. B, pp. 444 - 453, February 2015. [Online: August 2014] JCR-JIF: 1,660 Q1 (2015); 4,400 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,342 Q1 (2023)

Fernandes, F.M., Vázquez, L., Ruiz-Hitzky, E., Carnicero, A., Castro, M., Elastic properties of natural single nanofibres. RSC Advances. Vol. 2014, nº. 4, pp. 11225 - 11231, 2014. [Online: February 2014] JCR-JIF: 3,840 Q2 (2014); 3,900 Q2 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2014); 0,715 Q1 (2023)

Castro, M., Cuerno, R., García-Hernández, M.M., Vázquez, L., Pattern-wavelength coarsening from topological dynamics in silicon nanofoams. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 112, nº. 9, pp. 094103.1 - 094103.5, March 2014. JCR-JIF: 7,512 Q1 (2014); 8,100 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2014); 3,040 Q1 (2023)

Currie, J., Castro, M., Lythe, G., Palmer, E., Molina-Paris, C., A stochastic T cell response criterion. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Vol. 9, nº. 76, pp. 2856 - 2870, November 2012. [Online: June 2012] JCR-JIF: 4,907 Q1 (2012); 3,700 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2012); 1,101 Q1 (2023)

Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Hydrodynamic approach to surface pattern formation by ion beams. Applied Surface Science. Vol. 258, nº. 9, pp. 4171 - 4178, February 2012. [Online: September 2011] JCR-JIF: 2,112 Q1 (2012); 6,300 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2012); 1,210 Q1 (2023)

Contreras, D., Castro, M., Impact of polling on Bluetooth piconet performance. IEEE Communications Magazine. Vol. 49, nº. 9, pp. 84 - 89, September 2011. [Online: September 2011] JCR-JIF: 3,785 Q1 (2011); 8,300 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2011); 5,631 Q1 (2023)

Contreras, D., Castro, M., Adaptive polling enhances quality and energy saving for multimedia over Bluetooth. IEEE Communications Letters. Vol. 15, nº. 5, pp. 521 - 523, May 2011. [Online: March 2011] JCR-JIF: 0,982 Q2 (2011); 3,700 Q2 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2011); 1,887 Q1 (2023)

Bravo-Gutiérrez, M.E., Castro, M., Hernández-Machado, A., Corvera Poiré, E., Controlling viscoelastic flow in microchannels with Slip. Langmuir. Vol. 27, nº. 6, pp. 2075 - 2079, March 2011. [Online: February 2011] JCR-JIF: 4,186 Q2 (2011); 3,700 Q2 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2011); 0,786 Q1 (2023)

Travasso, R.D.M., Castro, M., Oliveira, J.C.R.E., The phase-field model in tumor growth. Philosophical Magazine. Vol. 91, nº. 1, pp. 183 - 206, 2011. [Online: July 2010] JCR-JIF: 1,510 Q2 (2011); 1,500 Q3 (2023) - SJR: Q2 (2011); 0,366 Q3 (2023)

Munilla, J., Castro, M., Carnicero, A., Surface effects in atomistic mechanical simulations of Al nanocrystals. Physical Review B. Vol. 80, nº. 2, pp. 24109.1 - 24109.9, July 2009. [Online: July 2009] JCR-JIF: 3,200 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,345 Q1 (2023)

Nicoli, M., Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Unstable Nonlocal Interface Dynamics. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 102, nº. 25, pp. 256102-1 - 256102-4, June 2009. JCR-JIF: 7,328 (2009); 8,100 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 3,040 Q1 (2023)

Cuerno, R., Vázquez, L., Gago, R., Castro, M., Surface nanopatterns induced by ion-beam sputtering. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. Vol. 21, nº. 22, pp. 220301-1 - 220301-2, June 2009. JCR-JIF: 1,964 (2009); 2,300 Q3 (2023) - SJR: 0,676 Q2 (2023)

Castro, M., Hernández-Machado, A., Cuerno, R., Single-phase-field model of stepped surfaces. Physical Review E. Vol. 79, nº. 2, pp. 021601-1 - 021601-8, February 2009. [Online: February 2009] JCR-JIF: 2,400 Q1 (2009); 2,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,805 Q1 (2023)

Muñoz-Garcia, J., Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Coupling of morphology to surface transport in ion-beam irradiated surfaces: Oblique incidence. Physical Review B. Vol. 78, nº. 20, pp. 205408-1 - 205408-22, November 2008. [Online: November 2008] JCR-JIF: 3,200 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,345 Q1 (2023)

Nicoli, M., Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Unified moving-boundary model with fluctuations for unstable diffusive growth. Physical Review E. Vol. 78, nº. 2, pp. 021601-1 - 021601-17, August 2008. [Online: August 2008] JCR-JIF: 2,508 Q1 (2008); 2,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,805 Q1 (2023)

Castro, M., Lythe, G., Numerical experiments on noisy chains: From collective transitions to nucleation-diffusion. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems. Vol. 7, nº. 1, pp. 207 - 219, 2008. JCR-JIF: 1,211 (2008); 1,700 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,905 Q1 (2023)

Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Muñoz-Garcia, J., Gago, R., Vázquez, L., Universal non-equilibrium phenomena at submicrometric surfaces and interfaces. European Physical Journal. Special Topics. Vol. 146, pp. 427 - 441, July 2007. JCR-JIF: 2,600 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,455 Q2 (2023)

Castro, M., Muñoz-Garcia, J., Cuerno, R., Hernandez, M.D.G., Vázquez, L., Generic equations for pattern formation in evolving interfaces. New Journal of Physics. Vol. 9, nº. 4, pp. 102-1 - 102-13, April 2007. [Online: April 2007] JCR-JIF: 3,264 (2007); 2,800 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,090 Q1 (2023)

Muñoz-Garcia, J., Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Nonlinear ripple dynamics on amorphous surfaces patterned by ion beam sputtering. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 96, nº. 8, pp. 086101.1 - 086101.4, March 2006. [Online: February 2006] JCR-JIF: 7,072 (2006); 8,100 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 3,040 Q1 (2023)

Ares, S., Castro, M., Hidden structure in the randomness of the prime number sequence?. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. Vol. 360, nº. 2, pp. 285 - 296, February 2006. [Online: July 2005] JCR-JIF: 1,311 (2006); 2,800 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,661 Q2 (2023)

Castro, M., Molina-Paris, C., Deisboeck, T.S., Tumor growth instability and the onset of invasion. Physical Review E. Vol. 72, nº. 4, pp. 041907.1 - 041907.12, October 2005. [Online: October 2005] JCR-JIF: 2,418 Q1 (2005); 2,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,805 Q1 (2023)

Auger, M.A., Vázquez, L., Sanchez, O., Jergel, M., Cuerno, R., Castro, M., Growth dynamics of reactive-sputtering-deposited AlN films. Journal of Applied Physics. Vol. 97, nº. 12, pp. 123528.1 - 123528.8, June 2005. [Online: June 2005] JCR-JIF: 2,498 (2005); 2,700 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,649 Q2 (2023)

López, J.M., Castro, M., Gallego, R., Scaling of local slopes, conservation laws, and anomalous roughening in surface growth. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 94, nº. 16, pp. 166103.1 - 166103.4, April 2005. [Online: April 2005] JCR-JIF: 7,489 (2005); 8,100 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 3,040 Q1 (2023)

Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Comment on «Kinetic roughening of ion-sputtered Pd(001) surface: Beyond the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky model». Physical Review Letters. Vol. 94, nº. 13, pp. 139601.1 - 139601.1, April 2005. [Online: April 2005] JCR-JIF: 7,489 (2005); 8,100 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 3,040 Q1 (2023)

Castro, M., Cuerno, R., Vázquez, L., Gago, R., Self-organized ordering of nanostructures produced by ion-beam sputtering. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 94, nº. 1, pp. 016102.1 - 016102.4, January 2005. [Online: January 2005] JCR-JIF: 7,489 (2005); 8,100 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 3,040 Q1 (2023)

Castro, M., Phase-field approach to heterogeneous nucleation. Physical Review B. Vol. 67, nº. 3, pp. 035412.1 - 035412.8, January 2003. [Online: January 2003] JCR-JIF: 3,200 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,345 Q1 (2023)

Castro, M., Sánchez, A., Dominguez-Adame, F., Lattice model for kinetics and grain-size distribution in crystallization. Physical Review B. Vol. 61, nº. 10, pp. 6579 - 6586, March 2000. [Online: March 2000] JCR-JIF: 3,200 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,345 Q1 (2023)

Castro, M., Dominguez-Adame, F., Sánchez, A., Rodriguez, T., Model for crystallization kinetics: Deviations from Kolmogorov-Johnson-Mehl-Avrami kinetics. Applied Physics Letters. Vol. 75, nº. 15, pp. 2205 - 2207, October 1999. [Online: October 1999] JCR-JIF: 3,500 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,976 Q1 (2023)

Castro, M., Dominguez-Adame, F., Electric field effects in Fibonacci superlattices. Physics Letters A. Vol. 225, nº. 4-6, pp. 321 - 325, February 1997. [Online: May 1998] JCR-JIF: 2,300 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,483 Q2 (2023)