Investigador Predoctoral
Pathological aging
Graduated in Biotechnology from the Technical University of Madrid, Ignacio specialized in Computational Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. Ignacio is currently pursuing his doctorate at the Faculty of Medicine of the Complutense University of Madrid, thanks to a scholarship from La Caixa (Ref. LCF/BQ/DR23/12000025). Ignacio Investigates the use of non-invasive brain stimulation (tACS) to enhance the effects of cognitive training in populations at risk of developing Alzheimer’s, both preclinical and prodromal. To this end, Ignacio studies brain functional connectivity through a cross-frequency perspective, analyzing the interactions between frequency bands traditionally studied separately.
In this context, Ignacio collaborates with the neural networks laboratory of MD, PhD Jorge Sepulcre (Yale University). Ignacio has also completed an international stay with the Neural Circuits and Computations Unit of the RIKEN Center for Brain Science, where he participated in a project on the onset of epileptic seizures in the hippocampal formation using animal and computational models.
Ignacio’s main interest is the use of clinical data to develop computational models that relate brain changes, measured through neuroimaging techniques, with neuropsychological evolution. His goal is to better understand the underlying brain mechanisms and develop more effective therapeutic strategies.
