Jesús F. Aparicio is Full Professor of Microbiology at the University of León, and an expert in genetics and biochemistry of secondary metabolism of Actinomycetes, particularly on polyketide macrolide biosynthesis. During the last years his group has studied the regulatory networks devoted to the production of these compounds. Dr. Aparicio has an h Index of 32 (JCR) 31 (Scopus) 36 (Google scholar), Index i10 = 53. Awarded 7 periods of six-year research from the national committee for the assessment of the research action (CNEAI). He has also filed 5 patents, and has supervised 13 PhD theses, 4 Master theses, and 24 Degree theses. Additionally, he has participated in more than 20 national and international competitive research projects, being Principal Investigator in 11 of them. He has been a scientific evaluator for the Spanish Research Agency (AEI-ANEP), evaluator for international agencies [Austrian Science Fund, Czech Science Foundation, FONCYT Argentina, Technology Foundation STW Netherlands; Scientific evaluator and member of the EEA Grants Biotechnology panel - Collaborative Research Projects Romania-Norway], member of the FPU 2017 Scholarship Evaluation Technical Committee, member of the FPU 2018 Technical Evaluation Committee for complementary scholarships, member of the 2019 Technical Evaluation Committee for the mobility programme Madariaga, project evaluator for the autonomous communities of Extremadura and Principado de Asturias.