Jorge Carballido-Landeira received his PhD degree in Physics from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) in 2011, where he worked on nonlinear physical dynamics emerging in active confined chemical systems. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Physics at the University of Oviedo, Spain. His research focuses on a multidisciplinary field that includes nonlinear dynamics, self-organization processes, colloidal and polymer science, environmental constraints and fluid mechanics in order to gain an understanding of complex biological systems.Bruno Escribano has been a researcher at the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics since 2014. He holds a PhD in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Granada, Spain (2010). His highly multidisciplinary research focuses on such diverse topics as astrophysics, quasi-crystals, biomineralization and pattern formation in geophysics. His current research interests are related to the modeling and simulation of biological systems using nonlinear dynamical methods.