publications

You can find my publications in scientific journals in my Google Scholar, ResearchGate, ORCID and Loop profiles, or below:

DOI Date Publisher Journal / Venue Project Thesis Role Title
10.1002/jsp2.70159 2025 ORS JOR Spine Disc4All PhD Thesis Second Author Complex Mechanical Loading and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
10.3389/fbioe.2025.1651786 05/09/2025 Frontiers Bioengineering and Biotechnology Disc4All PhD Thesis First Author Influence of Disc Height and Strain-Dependent Solute Diffusivity on Metabolic Transport in Patient-Personalized Intervertebral Disc Models
10.1016/j.cmpb.2024.108493 01/02/2025 Elsevier Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine Disc4All PhD Thesis Co-Author A Porohyperelastic Scheme Targeted at High-Performance Computing Frameworks for the Simulation of the Intervertebral Disc
DOI pending 2025 Under Review Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine Disc4All PhD Thesis First Author Novel Finite Element Fully Coupled Multi-Species Mechano-Transport Simulations Approach of the Intervertebral Disc
10.1007/978-3-031-72104-5_55 03/08/2024 MICCAI Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Disc4All PhD Thesis First Author Pixel2Mechanics: Automated Biomechanical Simulations of High-Resolution Intervertebral Discs from Anisotropic MRIs
10.3389/fbioe.2024.1384599 10/07/2024 Frontiers Bioengineering and Biotechnology Disc4All PhD Thesis First Author Unveiling Interactions Between Intervertebral Disc Morphologies and Mechanical Behavior Through Personalized Finite Element Modeling
10.1002/jsp2.1294 21/10/2023 ORS JOR Spine Disc4All PhD Thesis Co-Author Cartilaginous Endplates: A Comprehensive Review on a Neglected Structure in Intervertebral Disc Research
10.3389/fcell.2022.924692 29/06/2022 Frontiers Cell and Developmental Biology Disc4All PhD Thesis Co-Author Immuno-Modulatory Effects of Intervertebral Disc Cells
10.3389/fbioe.2021.813537 20/01/2022 Frontiers Bioengineering and Biotechnology CarboNatLab Master Thesis Second Author Biomechanical Characterization of Scallop Shells Exposed to Ocean Acidification and Warming
10.1038/s41598-021-04414-1 13/01/2022 Nature Scientific Reports CarboNatLab Master Thesis First Author Evaluation of Remodeling and Geometry on the Biomechanical Properties of Nacreous Bivalve Shells

thesis

    📝 Ph.D. Thesis | Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) | project: Disc4All
  • Estefano Muñoz-Moya. Bottom-up simulations of spatio-temporal degenerative events in the IVD & biological LDD stratification. UPF. 2026.
    • Excellent | Cum Laude | Thesis | Diploma

    📝 M.Sc. Thesis | University of Santiago de Chile (USACH) | project: CarboNatLab
  • Estefano Muñoz-Moya. Caracterización de la biomecánica del crecimiento y remodelación del Perumytilus purpuratus cultivados en condiciones de crecimiento natural. USACH. 2020.
    • Highest Distinction | Thesis | Diploma