Leadership
President
UPF's largest engineering association, 150+ members.
Leading a board of 17 to organise and execute events alongside
Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle +
Founding Board Member
Interuniversity hackathon: 350+ students from UPC, UPF, UB and UAB.
First ever in Barcelona, MLH sanctioned, 40k+ budget.
Organiser and brand designer.
Board Member
UPF's student business and entrepreneurship society, 200+ members.
Industry & alumni connections from BCG, McKinsey&Co, JP Morgan +
Aleix Ruf Martín
20y, BSc Biomedical Engineering 2028
UPF Barcelona - UT Austin
UPF Barcelona - UT Austin
Raise the bar.
brains
machines
people
markets
tangents
Builds
vasosDeck
Startup: low-cost hardware to locate veins in patients with
difficult venous access in underserved markets.
role ...... co-founder & ceo
result .... hult prize spain, national champs
top 50 of 50,000 teams
status .... closed, 2026
KARPAGitHub
AI engine that flags incorrect or outdated clinical-trial data.
result .... project europe, 2nd place · <5% acceptance
stack ..... AI, Supabase, TypeScript, regulation, LLM-Wiki
LEPTYCSConcept
Epileptic seizures detection in multidisabled children + biz plan.
result .... healthtech 2030 innovation challenge, 1st place
stack ..... CAD, ML, FDA/EMA regulation, fundraising, P&L
GO (META)GitHub
Add-on to Meta's app environment, AI for meaningful connection.
result .... hacktx 2026, 4th of 160 teams · meta track
stack ..... Meta Muse, SerpApi, React, Supabase, Python
BCI MOTOR IMAGERY ENGINE
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Research
Research Assistant | ML/DL for immunogenetics*current
Supervised by Cole Shanks, David Bonet
Research Assistant | Brain-Computer Interfaces*current
Clinical Neuroprosthetics Brain Interaction Lab @ UT Austin
Supervised by José del R. Millán
Research Assistant | Biomedical Electronics
BERG (BCN-MedTech) @ Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Supervised by Antoni Ivorra
Academics | GPA 8.13/10, top 10% · highest honors in 5 courses
13.758/14.000 EBAU, Spanish SAT (<0.01%)
Personal
Great reads
When Breath Becomes Air *****Paul Kalanithi
Los jinetes alados de Sarajevo ****/Miguel Fernández-Pola
The Score Takes Care of Itself ****/Bill Walsh
Lonesome Dove *****Larry McMurtry
Livewired *****David Eagleman
Zero to One ****Peter Thiel
El Petit Príncep *****Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Interests
- brain-computer interfaces
- neuroscience & cognition
- product & ux
- business, econ & strategy
- entrepreneurship / VC
- AGI
- longhorn football
- basketball (6'2", sf), paddle
- outdoors
- strategy games
- taste
