Prof. María-José Bonete

Prof. Dr. María José Bonete has a degree in Chemistry from the University of Valencia (Spain) and a Ph.D. in Science from the University of Murcia (Spain). She spent a post-doctoral residency at the University of Bath (UK) as an invited investigator researching halophilic proteins. She has been a professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology since 2002. She works as a teacher and researcher at the Department of Agrochemistry and Biochemistry of the University of Alicante (Spain), which she managed from 2009 to 2017 as Head of the Department. She is the director of the UA research group, Biotechnology of Extremophiles (VIGROB-016). She has belonged to the National Extremophile Microorganisms Network since its creation in 1994. Her main lines of research are halophilic proteins (production, characterization, 3D structure, and biotechnological applications), nitrogen metabolism in haloarchaea (genomics, proteomics and regulation), genome analysis of Haloferax mediterranei, transcriptional regulators, and small RNAs. She forms part of different editorial panels and is a member of the UA Research Institute I.M.E.M. RAMON MARGALEF (IMEM). She has also been an Expert Evaluator of the EU in H2020 Biobased Industries and other national and international agencies.