Marta Gómez Recio is a paleobiologist interested in the relationship between shape and function of biological structures. She is a PhD candidate in Biology at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and in Biomedicine and Pharmacy at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Her research integrates motion capture techniques and 3D geometric morphometrics to study the respiratory kinematics of the human torso. Specifically, she explores how exercise and respiratory pathologies influence breathing motion, and she aims to translate these findings into a deeper understanding of the functional adaptations of the human respiratory system and its role in shaping our evolutionary history.