CV
Professional Summary
Tenured Professor at the Universidad de Málaga with expertise in structural bioinformatics, systems biology, and drug discovery. Strong track record in developing computational strategies for understanding disease mechanisms and drug action, with particular focus on protein structure-function relationships and network biology approaches.
Education
- PhD in Molecular Biology, Universidad de Málaga, Spain (2007)
- MSc in Advanced Studies in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidad de Málaga, Spain (2005)
- BSc in Chemistry, Universidad de Málaga, Spain (2001)
Academic Positions
- Professor (Profesor Titular), Universidad de Málaga (2021-present)
- Associate Professor (Profesor Contratado Doctor), Universidad de Málaga (2021)
- Assistant Professor (Profesor Ayudante Doctor), Universidad de Málaga (2020-2021)
- Research Fellow, FEDER Andalucía Program, Universidad de Málaga (2020)
- Visiting Professor (Profesor Sustituto Interino), Universidad de Málaga (2017-2020)
- Senior Researcher, CIBERER, Carlos III Health Institute (2016-2017)
- Marie Curie Research Fellow, University College London, UK (2014-2016)
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Systems Microscopy Network of Excellence, Universidad de Málaga (2011-2014)
- Postdoctoral Researcher, CIBERER, Carlos III Health Institute (2008-2011)
Research Interests
- Structural bioinformatics and protein modeling
- Protein design and Protein Language Models
- Systems biology and network medicine
- Drug discovery and polypharmacology
- Disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets
- Computational chemistry and molecular simulation
- Protein-drug interactions
- Rare diseases and cancer biology
Research Highlights
- Published 33 peer-reviewed articles, with 21 in Q1 journals
- H-index: 15 with 538 total citations (average 16.3 citations per paper)
- Principal Investigator on 2 competitive research projects
- Participated in 21 publicly funded research projects
- Two international patents
- Supervised 2 PhD theses and multiple master’s students
Selected Funding
- Principal Investigator, EU Marie Curie Fellowship (2014-2016)
- Principal Investigator, FEDER Andalucía Project on breast cancer metastasis markers (2020-2022)
- Co-Investigator, Multiple national and international grants in systems biology and rare diseases
Publications
Your Name, You. (2024). "Paper Title Number 3." GitHub Journal of Bugs. 1(3).
Your Name, You. (2015). "Paper Title Number 3." Journal 1. 1(3).
Your Name, You. (2010). "Paper Title Number 2." Journal 1. 1(2).
Your Name, You. (2009). "Paper Title Number 1." Journal 1. 1(1).
Talks
March 01, 2014
Conference proceedings talk at Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA
February 01, 2014
Talk at London School of Testing, London, UK
March 01, 2013
Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley CA, USA
March 01, 2012
Talk at UC San Francisco, Department of Testing, San Francisco, California
Teaching
Service and leadership
- Reviewer for journals including Nucleic Acids Research, PLoS Computational Biology, Journal of Physical Chemistry
- External Expert for COST Actions evaluation (2014-2024)
- Member of Management Committee, COST Action on Histamine Receptor Research
- Member of Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Member of Spanish Systems Biology Network