Organisation

Javier Goicoechea Fernández is an Industrial Engineer (UPNA, 2003) and holds a doctoral degree in Engineering from Public University of Navarre (2008). Since 2003, he has worked as a researcher and lecturer at UPNA and is currently an Associate Professor (tenured) in the area of Electronic Technology within the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering. 

His research activities have focused on the creation of thin films, surface functionalisation, and the study of new nanostructured materials for the development of optical sensors, particularly optic-fibre sensors. He is the author or co-author of 44 international publications in journals with JCR impact factors and 7 book chapters in international editions. His work has been cited over 2,000 times, and he has an h-index of 27 (Web of Science). He has jointly supervised three doctoral theses.

He has participated in 19 competitive research projects, three of which he led as main researcher, including one funded by the State Plan for R&D&i. He is currently a co-main researcher in a project under the State Plan for R&D&i. Additionally, he has participated in over six transfer contracts with companies and is a co-inventor on a patent. He has also been involved in the creation of three technology-based companies, notably Nanoresist S.L. (Ideactiva Award 2009), of which he was a founding partner, and later Eversens S.L. and Pyroistech S.L., both of which have been recognised as spin-off companies of UPNA.

In terms of academic management, he was deputy director of the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering, coordinating the Electronic Technology area (2011-2014). He was also deputy director of the ETSIIIT (Higher Technical School of Industrial and ICT Engineering at UPNA) and responsible for the Bachelor's degree in Industrial Technologies Engineering. He was subsequently elected director of the ETSIIIT for the 2020-2024 term. Furthermore, he has served as secretary of the Engineering and Enterprise Chair at UPNA, associated with the Official Association of Industrial Engineers of Navarre, and as director of the Chair in Electronic Technology at UPNA.

Marisol Gómez Fernández
Tel: 948 16 8956
E-mail: direccion.areaordenacionacademica@unavarra.es

Marisol Gómez holds a degree in Mathematics from the University of Salamanca (1989) and a PhD in Mathematics (1996) from the Public University of Navarre. She joined the latter in 1991 and worked as a professor on secondment until 1998. She held positions as a senior lecturer (1998-2009) and associate professor (tenured) (2009-2024). Since 2024, she has been a full professor in the area of Algebra.

She has taught on degree programmes in Telecommunications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, and Agricultural Engineering, as well as on the Economics degree and various doctoral courses. Currently, she teaches on the Bachelor’s degrees in Industrial Technologies and Computer Science, as well as on the Master's in Biomedical Engineering. Additionally, she has supervised 40 end-of-degree projects.

Professor Gómez is co-author of over 80 publications in books, journals, and international conferences. She has participated in 20 research projects funded by public institutions. She has co-supervised 5 doctoral theses and is a reviewer for journals in the JCR and projects for regional and national agencies. She has been involved in the creation of two spin-offs from UPNA: Movalsys S.L. and Tairel Data S.L. Her research interests include the application of algebra techniques to the analysis of biomedical signals and the development of machine learning methods for multimodal information extraction. Since September 2023, she has been the scientific director of NAIR centee (Navarre Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence).

Regarding her management activities, she was Deputy Director for Quality and Strategic Planning at the Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineering, Computer Science and Telecommunications (ETSIIIT) from 2019 to 2024, and was a member of the board of the aforementioned school and the working groups for the development of Bachelor's and Master's degrees’ curricula. She is the lead researcher for the "Algebra.  Applications" group at UPNA. She is also the main researcher of consolidated research groups at NavarraBiomed and IdISNA (Navarre Health Research Institute). She has been a member of the University Senate and the Governing Council, as well as Secretary of the Board of Trustees and the University Society Foundation Board, among other roles.

Silvia Arazuri Garín
Tel: 948 16 8956
E-mail: direccion.areagestioncalidad@unavarra.es

Silvia Arazuri is a Technical Engineer in Fruit and vegetable growing and Gardening , an Agricultural Engineer and holds a PhD from Public University of Navarre. She started working as a lecturer back in 2002 and she now teaches subjects related to agricultural engines and agricultural mechanisation mostly, as well as subjects related to Health and safety and Territorial and landscape planning.

In the management area, she has been the Secretary and Deputy Director of the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering and Biosciences (2012-2016), as well as the Director of said centre (2016-2020). She is the Academic Director of the University Master’s degree in Agricultural Engineering and the Academic Secretary of the University Master’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety. Besides, she has been the Director of the AN Chair and the Deputy Director of the Department of Projects and Rural Engineering. 

Regarding research, she is a member of the Agricultural Mechatronics group, and the main lines she takes part in are the following: on the one hand textural and optical properties, and image analysis to establish the quality of agricultural products; on the other hand spectroscopy application and hyperspectral image to identify non-visually alterations caused by biotic and abiotic components in crops such as vine or potato. She has collaborated in the publication of 35 articles in prestigious international journals, in 47 articles in technical and outreach journals, in various book chapters and in the making of training material for health and safety. She is currently co-leading the TED2021-130364B-I00 project: New technologies to improve the management of vineyards for non-invasive early detection of wood diseases.
 

Álvaro Baraibar
Tfno: 948 16 9413
Correo electrónico: area.planificacionlinguistica@unavarra.es

Álvaro Baraibar (Pamplona, 1970) is a tenured professor of Modern History in the Department of Human Sciences and Education at UPNA and has three six-year research periods and one teaching evaluation (excellent).

His main research focus is on cultural history. Many of his works have analysed, through the chronicles of the Indies, how the New World forced the Hispanic monarchy to adapt its discourses in different contexts. In this area, he has published a significant number of articles in high-impact journals, several of which focus on Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo. He is the author, among other books, of two critical editions: Sumario de la natural historia de las Indias by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo (Madrid, Iberoamericana, 2010) and La Jornada de Omagua y El Dorado by Pedrarias de Almesto (New York, IDEA, 2012). He has also dedicated attention to work in digital humanities and the application of ICT in teaching and research. His teaching has focused particularly on the Bachelor’s degree in History and Heritage and the Master’s degree in History and Memory at UPNA.

He has also held various university management responsibilities: Deputy Director of I-COMMUNITAS:  Institute for Advanced Social Research (since 2023), Coordinator of the Doctoral Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences (since 2023) and General Editor of Huarte de San Juan. Geography and History at Public University of Navarre (since 2020). Additionally, he was the Director General of Peace, Coexistence, and Human Rights at the Government of Navarre (2015-2019).