Abril Corona-Figueroa, PhD

Hello! I’m a machine learning scientist with a PhD in Computer Science from Durham University advised by Dr. Chris G. Willcocks and Dr. Hubert P. H. Shum.

My research works on deep generative modeling for medical imaging. Specifically, I’ve been working on the development of state-of-the-art deep learning models that leverage 2D images for generating 3D representations for potential applications like Computed Tomography from X-rays.

I have a B.Sc. in Computer Systems Engineering from the Higher School of Computing of The National Polytechnic Institute, where I was advised by Prof. Marco A. Barranco-Jimenez. My undergraduate thesis Prototype for Embryonic Heart Rate Monitoring received the Best Thesis Award among other 73 thesis.

Before joining Durham University, I visited Eastern New Mexico University as part of a study abroad schorlarship, advised by Dr. Hamid Allamehzadeh to pursue coursework in Electronics Engineering Technology, and collaborated in a research project to control a solar-powered golf cart via voice recognition. I also took elective courses from the M.S. Computer Science program at the Computing Research Center - IPN.

Outside research, you can find me hitting the gym, listening to podcasts or audiobooks. I also love comedy and tacos.