María Arrate Muñoz Barrutia (born 1973) is a Spanish biomedical engineer specializing in

biomedical imaging Medical imaging is the technique and process of imaging the interior of a body for clinical analysis and medical intervention, as well as visual representation of the function of some organs or tissues (physiology). Medical imaging seeks to revea ...

and

image processing An image or picture is a visual representation. An image can be two-dimensional, such as a drawing, painting, or photograph, or three-dimensional, such as a carving or sculpture. Images may be displayed through other media, including a pr ...

. She is a professor of bioengineering, in the Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation Group of

Charles III University of Madrid University Charles III of Madrid () (UC3M) is a public university in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Established in 1989, UC3M is an institution with a distinctly international profile. It offers a broad range of master's and bachelor's degree p ...

Education and career

Muñoz was born in 1973 in

Pamplona Pamplona (; ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Navarre, Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. Lying at near above sea level, the city (and the wider Cuenca de Pamplona) is located on the flood pl ...

. She earned a

licenciate A licentiate (abbreviated Lic.) is an academic degree present in many countries, representing different educational levels. The Licentiate (Pontifical Degree) is a post graduate degree when issued by pontifical universities and other universitie ...

(equivalent of a combined bachelor's and master's degree) from the

Public University of Navarre The Public University of Navarre (; ), also known by its acronym UPNA or NUP, is a public university created in 1987 by the government of the Spanish autonomous region of Navarre (Basque: ''Nafarroa'', ). It has three campuses, located in Pamplon ...

in 1997, including a thesis research project on the use of

fiber Bragg grating A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is a type of distributed Bragg reflector constructed in a short segment of optical fiber that reflects particular wavelengths of light and transmits all others. This is achieved by creating a periodic variation in th ...

s in

spectrometer A spectrometer () is a scientific instrument used to separate and measure Spectrum, spectral components of a physical phenomenon. Spectrometer is a broad term often used to describe instruments that measure a continuous variable of a phenomeno ...

s as an ERASMUS student at

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

, working there with Vincent A. Handerek. She went to the

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (, EPFL) is a public university, public research university in Lausanne, Switzerland, founded in 1969 with the mission to "train talented engineers in Switzerland". Like its sister institution E ...

in Switzerland for a Ph.D., completed in 2002. Her doctoral dissertation, ''Nondyadic and nonlinear multiresolution image approximations'', was supervised by Michael Unser. She became a postdoctoral researcher and Torres Quevedo fellow at the Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Técnicas at the

University of Navarra The University of Navarra is a private Catholic research university located on the southeast border of Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. It was founded in 1952 by Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder of '' Opus Dei'', as a corporat ...

, from 2002 to 2005, also holding an adjunct faculty position in the university's engineering school. She continued at the University of Navarra, becoming an associate professor of

biomedical engineering Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare applications (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic purposes). BME also integrates the logica ...

in 2011, until moving to her present position at Charles III University as an associate professor in 2014.

Recognition

Muñoz was named an

IEEE Fellow , the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and ot ...

, in the 2024 class of fellows, "for contributions to biomedical image processing".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Munoz Barrutia, Arrate 1973 births Living people People from Pamplona Spanish bioengineers Spanish women engineers Public University of Navarre alumni École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne alumni Academic staff of the University of Navarra Academic staff of the Charles III University of Madrid Fellows of the IEEE