Graduate in Chemistry by the University of Granada (UGR) in June 1995. Doctor in Chemistry (top mark: sobresaliente cum laudem) by the UGR in December 2000. Postdoctoral stage (2001-2005) at the Department of Biochemistry and the Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge (UCam), UK. Lecturer at the Plant Science Degree of UCam in the academic year 2003/2004. Bench supervisor of 2 Master degrees at the Department of Biochemistry at the UCam. Ramón y Cajal researcher (2005-2010) at the Institute of Biotechnology at the UGR. Associate Professor (non-civil servant) in Jun 2011. Qualified as Civil Servant Associate professor in September 2012. Supervisor of three doctoral thesis (two in progress). Professor in the Master in Biotechnology of UGR with the course “Biological insecticides”. Professor in the Biochemistry degree (Enzymology and enzymatic technology) and Biology degree (Practical course in Biochemistry, and Laboratory Methods). Tutor of 19 Master´s thesis at the UGR. Tutor of 5 Grade´s thesis at the UGR and co-tutor of one at the University of Sassari. 34 communications in international and national congresses. 5 patent applications. Participation in 14 research projects, 5 as PI. Edition secretary of Parasitaria journal (2011-2016). From 2005, thanks to the Ramón y Cajal Program I established a new research line at the research group CTS-183 at the UGR called Biological Control of Pest and Vectors.