Álvaro Heredia Lidón

Álvaro Heredia Lidón
Correo electrónico
alvaro.heredia@salle.url.edu
Edificio
IOTICAT
Dirección
C. Quatre Camins 30, 08022, Barcelona
Planta
IOT
Sección
Departamento de Ingeniería
Human-Environment Research
Cargo
Investigador

Lecturer and Researcher
La Salle Campus Barcelona – Universitat Ramon Llull

Academic background

  • PhD in Information Technologies, La Salle Campus Barcelona – Universitat Ramon Llull (Spain), 2025
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Multimedia Engineering, La Salle Campus Barcelona – Universitat Ramon Llull (Spain), 2023
  • Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering, La Salle Campus Barcelona – Universitat Ramon Llull (Spain), 2021
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Audiovisual Systems Engineering, La Salle Campus Barcelona – Universitat Ramon Llull (Spain), 2020

Teaching activity

Full-time lecturer at La Salle Campus Barcelona – Universitat Ramon Llull, teaching in the fields of medical image processing, computer vision, digital television, and design and usability. He has supervised undergraduate and master’s theses in biomedical image analysis and 3D facial reconstruction.

Research and knowledge transfer

Researcher in the Computer Vision line of the Human-Environment Research (HER) Group. His research focuses on automated processing for 3D facial acquisition and modeling, and on machine learning applied to the discovery of non-invasive biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of genetic and rare diseases. His work integrates geometric morphometrics, deep learning, and reproducible 3D analysis pipelines, with particular emphasis on the validation of low-cost acquisition systems and their transfer to clinical environments. He has participated in competitive national projects and has publications in Q1 journals and international conferences.