CV SUMMARY

Lluís Capdevila Ortís earned his Degree in Psychology from the UAB in 1985. He has his Ph.D. in Psychology from the UAB (1989). He was a fulltime associate professor from 1991 to 2017, with 30 years of teaching at the Schools of Psychology and Business Administration and Management (UAB). Currently, he is a full-time university professor, he has 6 six-year-periods of research and 7 five-year-periods of teaching. The UAB has recognized its merits especially relevant after a public competition and has proposed its candidacy to opt for this position as University Professor (2018). He has led 5 competitive coordinated projects (3-4 years), all of them with the UPC Engineering group (led by Juan Ramos). He is the founder of the UAB Sports Psychology Laboratory, where is leading a multidisciplinary consolidated research group by the Generalitat de Catalunya in the last 5 calls (2021-SGR-00806). During these years, the main research line has been the interdisciplinary study of lifestyle behavior in relation to health. In this framework, the applicant has directed 19 doctoral theses (completed) and more than 40 official Master research projects, and he directed 7 research training staff (FPI/FPU).. The results of his research have been transferred to the applied field through 15 specific agreements with relevant entities, such as the CAR of Sant Cugat, Futbol Club Barcelona or companies such as FICOSA. Particularly noteworthy is the technology transfer agreement with the UAB and the UPC, to create the technology-based spin-off "Health & SportLab SL". Lluís Capdevila was the CEO and main founding member. This contract allows the transfer of results and knowhow from research to society. The knowledge transfer is also reflected in postgraduate, doctorate and master's degree programs. Lluís Capdevila is the promoter and coordinator of the UAB Healthy Lifestyle Master course since the first edition in 2002 to the present, about the subject of lifestyle and health, using online technology. He has also been the promoter and coordinator of the Official Master's Degree at the UAB in Sports Psychology and Physical Activity (2007 to 2011; since 2018-); promoter and coordinator of the PhD program in "Health and Sport Psychology", UAB (from 2007 to 2018). In addition, he has participated regularly in the teaching of different official and professional Masters. The applicant has carried out research stays as a visiting professor in order to update the knowledge about mHealth technologies: a) 12 months at the San Diego Prevention Research Center, San Diego State University (SDSU, San Diego, USA, 2010-2011); b) 9 months at the Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems, Department of Family & Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego (USCD) (2010-2011); c) 4 months at the Wireless Wellbeing Node, School of Molecular Bioscience, Charles Perkins Center, The University of Sydney (Sydney, Australia, 2016). Lluís Capdevila co-authored more than 100 articles in scientific journals (more than 80 articles in Web of Science), a patent as the first author in the USA, and he is author of the book "Physical Activity and Healthy Lifestyle".

CV SUMMARY

Lluís Capdevila Ortís earned his Degree in Psychology from the UAB in 1985. He has his Ph.D. in Psychology from the UAB (1989). He was a fulltime associate professor from 1991 to 2017, with 30 years of teaching at the Schools of Psychology and Business Administration and Management (UAB). Currently, he is a full-time university professor, he has 6 six-year-periods of research and 7 five-year-periods of teaching. The UAB has recognized its merits especially relevant after a public competition and has proposed its candidacy to opt for this position as University Professor (2018). He has led 5 competitive coordinated projects (3-4 years), all of them with the UPC Engineering group (led by Juan Ramos). He is the founder of the UAB Sports Psychology Laboratory, where is leading a multidisciplinary consolidated research group by the Generalitat de Catalunya in the last 5 calls (2021-SGR-00806). During these years, the main research line has been the interdisciplinary study of lifestyle behavior in relation to health. In this framework, the applicant has directed 19 doctoral theses (completed) and more than 40 official Master research projects, and he directed 7 research training staff (FPI/FPU).. The results of his research have been transferred to the applied field through 15 specific agreements with relevant entities, such as the CAR of Sant Cugat, Futbol Club Barcelona or companies such as FICOSA. Particularly noteworthy is the technology transfer agreement with the UAB and the UPC, to create the technology-based spin-off "Health & SportLab SL". Lluís Capdevila was the CEO and main founding member. This contract allows the transfer of results and knowhow from research to society. The knowledge transfer is also reflected in postgraduate, doctorate and master's degree programs. Lluís Capdevila is the promoter and coordinator of the UAB Healthy Lifestyle Master course since the first edition in 2002 to the present, about the subject of lifestyle and health, using online technology. He has also been the promoter and coordinator of the Official Master's Degree at the UAB in Sports Psychology and Physical Activity (2007 to 2011; since 2018-); promoter and coordinator of the PhD program in "Health and Sport Psychology", UAB (from 2007 to 2018). In addition, he has participated regularly in the teaching of different official and professional Masters. The applicant has carried out research stays as a visiting professor in order to update the knowledge about mHealth technologies: a) 12 months at the San Diego Prevention Research Center, San Diego State University (SDSU, San Diego, USA, 2010-2011); b) 9 months at the Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems, Department of Family & Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego (USCD) (2010-2011); c) 4 months at the Wireless Wellbeing Node, School of Molecular Bioscience, Charles Perkins Center, The University of Sydney (Sydney, Australia, 2016). Lluís Capdevila co-authored more than 100 articles in scientific journals (more than 80 articles in Web of Science), a patent as the first author in the USA, and he is author of the book "Physical Activity and Healthy Lifestyle".