Prof. Dr. Miguel A Ortega works in the Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcalá. He previously worked at the Spanish National Research Council and Cajal Institute. He participates in research in psychiatry and mental health as well as tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. His group now mainly focuses on the development and study of experimental models of tissue repair and regeneration; the development, study, and use of biomaterials as tissue substitutes; and the study of the aging process and tissue degeneration and its clinical implications.