Dr. Mario Garrido obtained his Licentiate degree in Biology at the University of Salamanca (Spain). Additionally, he obtained a Licentiate degree in Biochemistry at the same University. He started his research career with Ph.D. courses on "Management and Conservation of Natural Resources. During his PhD (financed by JCyL and the European Social Fund) he accessed the conservation status of different insular populations of the Balearic lizard, according to four indicators of proven reliability (mainly parasitic infestation dynamics) according to the ecological and evolutionary history of populations. He joined Dr. Hadas Hawlena's group in December 2014 as a Postdoctoral researcher at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, at different departments (Dpt. of Life Sciences and Mitrani dpt. of Desert Ecology), and since 2022 has been a member of the Dpt. of Parasitology at the University of Granada. Dr. Garrido is specialized in the study of wildlife diseases, parasitic ecology, and the associated co-evolutionary phenomena, He has lead and participated in different R&D&I projects funded in competitive calls by public or private bodies from a regional to international scale. He has also participated in campaigns informing on the actual situation of science in the public sector.