Researcher at the University of Valencia (Spain) in the Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology lab of the Institute of Integrative System Biology I2SysBio (University of Valencia - CSIC) and president of Darwin Bioprospecting Excellence SL (University of Valencia Scientific Park). Among his fields of research are bioprospecting in environments hostile to the search of microorganisms of industrial interest, as well as various aspects of the development of synthetic biology as an emerging discipline. He is currently the coordinator of the European H2020 project BioRobooST, which brings together 27 public and private institutions from Europe and six partners from Asia and America with the aim of promoting an international standardisation process in synthetic biology.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Valencia (Spain), and co-director of the Institute of Integrative System Biology I2SysBio (University of Valencia - CSIC). He is a member of the Institute for Catalan Studies and the founding partner of Darwin Bioprospecting Excellence SL (University of Valencia Scientific Park). He explains metabolism to biotechnology students and, as a member of the Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology lab, his research interests include bioprospecting, metabolic modelling, and the history of ideas about the natural origin and artificial synthesis of life.