About.

Long story short, I’m an Associate Professor (a.k.a. Profesor Titular) at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, where I focus on the study of Complex Systems. My research primarily involves developing models for epidemic spreading, but I also work on neuronal networks and community detection in Complex Networks. My teaching includes programming courses for undergraduate students as well as more advanced master's courses on data visualization.

I am a Computer Engineer by training, and after completing a Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence, I earned a PhD at URV, specializing in Complex Networks. I then held postdoctoral positions at the Department of Mathematics at the University of North Carolina, funded by a JSMF Fellowship; and later at the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at the Universitat de Barcelona and the Universidad de Zaragoza. I returned to Tarragona through the Beatriz de Galindo (Junior) program. In 2024, I obtained a position as associate professor at the Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics, where I (try to) balance research and teaching duties.

1. Probabilistic discrete-time models for spreading processes in complex networks: A review.

   C. Granell, S. Gómez, J. Gómez-Gardeñes, A. Arenas. -- Annalen der Physik, 2400078 (2024)

   [Annalen der Physik]



2. Joint Analysis of the Epidemic Evolution and Human Mobility During the First Wave of COVID- 19 in Spain: Retrospective Study.

   B. Steinegger, C. Granell, G. Rapisardi, S. Gómez, J. T. Matamalas, D. Soriano-Paños, J. Gómez-Gardeñes, A. Arenas. -- JMIR Public Health and Surveill, 9, e40514 (2023)

   [JMIR Public Health and Surveill]



3. Behavioural response to heterogeneous severity of COVID-19 explains temporal variation of cases among different age groups.

   B. Steinegger, L. Arola-Fernández, C. Granell, J.Gómez-Gardeñes, A. Arenas. -- Phil. Trans. Royal Society A, 380, 2214, 202110119 (2022)

   [Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A]



4. Virus spread versus contact tracing: Two competing contagion processes.

   A. Reyna-Lara, D. Soriano-Paños, S. Gómez, C. Granell, J.T. Matamalas. B. Steinegger, A. Arenas, J. Gómez-Gardeñes -- Phys. Rev. Research 3 (1), 0131363 (2021)

   [Phys. Rev. Research]



5. Modeling the Spatiotemporal Epidemic Spreading of COVID-19 and the Impact of Mobility and Social Distancing Interventions.

   A. Arenas, W. Cota, J. Gómez-Gardeñes, S. Gómez, C. Granell, J.T. Matamalas, D. Soriano-Paños, B. Steinegger -- Phys. Rev. X 10, 041055 (2020)

   [Phys. Rev. X]



6. Epidemic spreading: Tailored models for COVID-19.

   A. Arenas, J. Gómez-Gardeñes, C. Granell, D. Soriano-Paños -- Europhysics News 51/5, p. 38-40 (2020)

   [Europhysics News] [pdf]



7. Functional strengthening through synaptic scaling upon connectivity disruption in neuronal cultures.

   E. Estévez-Priego, S. Teller, C. Granell, A. Arenas, and J. Soriano -- Network Neuroscience, 1-21 (2020).

   [Network Neuroscience]



8. Case studies in network community detection.

   S. Shai, N. Stanley, C. Granell, D. Taylor and P. J. Mucha. -- The Oxford Handbook of Social Networks (2020)

   [arXiV:1705.02305] [Link to Chapter] [Link to Book]



9. Pulsating-campaigns of human prophylaxis driven by risk perception palliate oscillations of direct contact transmitted diseases.

   B. Steinegger, A. Arenas, J. Gómez-Gardeñes and C. Granell. -- Phys. Rev. Research 2, 023181 (2020).

   [Phys. Rev. Research]



10. Spontaneous functional recovery after focal damage in neuronal cultures.

    S. Teller, E. Estévez-Priego, C. Granell, D. Tornero, J. Andilla, O. Olarte, P. Loza-Alvarez, A. Arenas, and J. Soriano -- eNeuro, 7 (1) (2019).

    [eNEURO].



11. Epidemic Spreading in Localized Environments with Recurrent Mobility Patterns.

    C. Granell and P. J. Mucha. -- Phys. Rev. E 97, 052302 (2018).

    [Phys. Rev. E] - [pdf]



12. Detection of timescales in evolving complex systems.

    R. K. Darst, C. Granell, A. Arenas, S. Gómez, J. Saramäki, and S. Fortunato. -- Scientific Reports (2016)

    [Sci. Rep.] - [pdf]



13. The physics of spreading processes in multilayer networks.

    M. De Domenico, C. Granell, M. A. Porter and A. Arenas -- Nature Physics (2016)

    [Nat. Phys.] - [pdf]



14. Information transfer in community structured multiplex networks.

    A. Solé-Ribalta, C.Granell, S. Gómez and A. Arenas -- Frontiers in Physics, 3 (2015).

    [Front. Phys.] - [pdf]



15. Benchmark model to assess community structure in evolving networks.

    C. Granell, R. K. Darst, A. Arenas, S. Fortunato and S. Gómez -- Phys. Rev. E, 92, 012805 (2015)

    [Phys. Rev. E] - [pdf]



16. Emergence of assortative mixing between clusters of cultured neurons.

    S. Teller, C. Granell, M. De Domenico, J. Soriano, S. Gomez and A. Arenas -- PLOS Computational Biology 10(9): e1003796 (2014)

    [PLOS Comp. Biol.]



17. Competing spreading processes on multiplex networks: awareness and epidemics.

    C. Granell, S. Gomez and A. Arenas -- Physical Review E, 90, 012808 (2014)

    [Phys. Rev. E] - [pdf]



18. Dynamical interplay between awareness and epidemic spreading in multiplex networks.

    C. Granell, S. Gomez and A. Arenas -- Physical Review Letters, 111, 128701 (2013)

    [Phys. Rev. Lett.] - [pdf]



19. Structural patterns in complex systems using multidendrograms.

    S. Gomez, A. Fernandez, C. Granell and A. Arenas -- Entropy 15 5464-5474 (2013)

    [Entropy] - [pdf]



20. Hierarchical multiresolution method to overcome the resolution limit in complex networks.

    C. Granell, S. Gomez and A. Arenas. -- International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 22, 1250171 (2012)

    [Intl. J. Bifurcat. Chaos] - [pdf]



21. Unsupervised clustering analysis: A multiscale complex networks approach.

    C. Granell, S. Gomez and A. Arenas -- International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 22, 1230023 (2012)

    [Intl. J. Bifurcat. Chaos] - [pdf]



22. Mesoscopic analysis of networks: applications to exploratory analysis and data clustering

    C. Granell, S. Gomez and A. Arenas -- Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 21, 016102 (2011)

    [Chaos] - [pdf]



23. Data clustering using community detection

    C. Granell, S. Gomez and A. Arenas -- International Journal of complex systems in Science, 1, 21-24 (2011)

    [pdf]

Office address

Lab 232. Dept. Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques (Computer Science & Mathematics). Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
Avda. Paisos Catalans 26, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.

Mail

clara (dot) granell (at) urv (dot) cat

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