Antonio Pons Rivero

Associate professor
Campus Terrassa (UPC), Edifici TR14, Despatx 1.41
Ernest Lluch, s/n
08222 Terrassa

Telèfon: +34 937398504
E-Mail: a.pons

upc.edu
Web del grup de recerca: http://donll.upc.edu
Web personal: https://futur.upc.edu/AntonioJavierPonsRivero

My research interests are focused in the field of Complex Systems. I am interested in stochastic, nonlinear and collective aspects of systems like solids, liquids, brain matter, cellular matter, etc. I graduated and obtained my PhD at the Universitat de Barcelona (1998-2004). Even though my research is mainly theoretical, I collaborate actively with experimental groups. My main line of research is Theoretical Neuroscience. I also work in Fracture Mechanics and I have contributed also in fields like convection in chemical systems (during my PhD thesis at the Universitat de Barcelona and the University of Copenhaguen), control of directional solidification (as a postdoctoral fellow at Northeastern University, Boston, EE.UU.) or modelling signalling in cells using boolean networks. After a postdoctoral position at Norteastern University (2005-2007), I am now Associate Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

1- Parameter and coupling estimation in small networks of Izhikevich's neurons
Aristides, R.; Pons, A. J.; Cerdeira, H.; Masoller, C.; Tirabassi, G.
Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.) 33, 4, article 043123 (2023)

2- Inferring the connectivity of coupled chaotic oscillators using Kalman filtering
Forero, E.; Tirabassi, G.; Masoller, C.; Pons, A. J.
Scientific reports 11, 22376:1-22376:11 (2021)

3- Complex temporal patterns processing by a neural mass model of a cortical column
Malagarriga, D.; Pons, A. J.; Villa , A.
Cognitive neurodynamics , 1-14 (2019)

4- Collective excitability in a mesoscopic neuronal model of epileptic activity
Jedynak, M.; Pons, A. J.; Garcia, J.
Physical review E 97, 012204-1-012204-8 (2018)

5- Extracranial Estimation of Neural Mass Model Parameters Using the Unscented Kalman Filter
Escuain-Poole, L.; Garcia, J.; Pons, A. J.
Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics 4, 1-15 (2018)

6- Differentiating resting brain states using ordinal symbolic analysis
C. Quintero-Quiroz; Montesano, L.; Pons, A. J.; Torrent, M.C.; Garcia, J.; Masoller, C.
Chaos 28, 106307-1-106307-6 (2018)

7- Temporally correlated fluctuations drive epileptiform dynamics
Jedynak, M.; Pons, A. J.; Garcia, J.; Goodfellow, M.
Neuroimage 146, 188-196 (2017)

8- Consistency of heterogeneous synchronization patterns in complex weighted networks
Malagarriga, D.; Villa, A. E. P.; Garcia, J.; Pons, A. J.
Chaos 27, 031102-1-031102-9 (2017)

9- Synchronization-based computation through networks of coupled oscillators
Malagarriga, D.; Garcia, M.; Villa, A. E. P.; Martín Buldú, J.; Garcia, J.; Pons, A. J.
Frontiers in computational neuroscience 9, 1-13 (2015)

10- Mesoscopic segregation of excitation and inhibition in a brain network model
Malagarriga, D.; Villa, A. E. P.; Garcia, J.; Pons, A. J.
PLOS computational biology 11, 1-21 (2015)

11- Quantifying sudden changes in dynamical systems using symbolic networks
Masoller, C.; Hong, Y.; Ayad, S.; Gustave, F.; Barland, S.; Pons, A. J.; Gómez Jiménez, Sergio; Arenas Moreno, Alejandro
New journal of physics 17, 2 (2015)

12- Crack front segmentation and facet coarsening in mixed-mode fracture
Chen, C.-H.; Cambonie, T.; Lazarus, V.; Nicoli, M.; Pons, A. J.; Karma, A.
Physical review letters 115, 265503 (2015)

13- Cross-frequency transfer in a stochastically driven mesoscopic neuronal model
Jedynak, M.; Pons, A. J.; Garcia, J.
Frontiers in computational neuroscience 9, 1-12 (2015)

14- "Probing scale interaction in brain dynamics through synchronization"
Barardi, A.; Malagarriga, D.; Sancristobal, B.; Garcia, J.; Pons, A. J.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society B. Biological sciences 369, 1653 (2014)

15- Cómo se fracturan los materiales
Pons, A. J.
Investigación y ciencia , 11-13 (2013)

16- Modelos físicos de actividad cerebral: de la micro- a la macro-escala
Pons, A. J.; Garcia, J.
Revista española de física 26, 48-53 (2012)

17- Noise-induced up/down dynamics in scale-free neuronal networks
Grau-Moya, J.; Pons, A. J.; Garcia, J.
International journal of bifurcation and chaos 22, 7 (2012)

18- Cracks tamed
Pons, A. J.
Nature 485, 177-178 (2012)

19- Integration of cellular signals in chattering environments
Rue, P.; Domedel, N.; Garcia, J.; Pons, A. J.
Progress in biophysics and molecular biology 110, 106-112 (2012)

20- Information routing driven by background chatter in a signaling network
Domedel, N.; Rue, P.; Pons, A. J.; Garcia, J.
PLOS computational biology 7, e1002297-1-e1002297-9 (2011)

21- Relaxation dynamics and frequency response of a noisy cell signaling network
Rue, P.; Pons, A. J.; Domedel, N.; Garcia, J.
Chaos 20, 045110-1-045110-7 (2010)

22- Relating structural and functional anomalous connectivity in the aging brain via neural mass modeling
Pons, A. J.; Cantero, J.; Atienza, M.; Garcia, J.
Neuroimage 52, 848-861 (2010)

23- Helical crack-front instability in mixed-mode fracture
Pons, A. J.; Karma, A.
Nature 464, 85-89 (2010)

24- Modeling synchronization loss in large-scale brain dynamics
Pons, A. J.; Cantero, J.L.; Atienza, M.; Garcia, J.
Lecture notes in computer science 5164, 675-684 (2008)

25- Nonlinear chemoconvection in the methylene-blue–glucose system: Two-dimensional shallow layers
Pons, A. J.; Batiste, O.; Bees, M.A.
Physical review E: statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics 78, 016316-1-016316-15 (2008)

26- Feedback control of unstable cellular solidification fronts
Pons, A. J.; Karma, A.; Akamatsu, S.; Newey, M.; Pomerance, A.; Singer, H.; Losert, W.
Physical review E, statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics 75, 021602-1-021602-5 (2007)

27- Chemoconvection patterns in the methylene-blue-glucose system: weakly nonlinear analysis
Pons, A. J.; Sagués, F.; Bees, M.A.
Physical review E, statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics 70, 066304-1-066304-9 (2004)

28- Quantitative analysis of chemoconvection patterns in the methylene-blue-glucose system
Pons, A. J.; Sagués, F.; Bees, M.A.; Sorensen, P.G.
Journal of physical chemistry B 106, 7252-7259 (2002)

29- Chemoconvection: A chemically driven hydrodynamic instability
Bees, M.A.; Pons, A. J.; Sorensen, P.G.; Sagués, F.
Journal of chemical physics 114, 1932-1943 (2001)

30- Pattern formation in the methylene-blue-glucose system
Pons, A. J.; Sagués, F.; Bees, M.A.; Sorensen, P.G.
Journal of physical chemistry B 104, 2251-2259 (2000)