Graduated in Biochemistry, with a Master's degree in molecular biology and biomedicine and PhD in neurosciences by the university of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) in Spain. Focused in animal models of neurodegenerative diseases and in behavioural and pharmacological approaches to simulate human disease and treatment associated complications. The work performed in these fields has allowed me to co-autorship of several scientific articles that have been published in high-impact international specialized journals and to make more than 30 national and international contributions to specialized scientific meetings. My current field of research focuses on trying to decipher the behavioural endophenotypes associated with addiction to dopaminergic agents in rodent models of Parkinson’s disease.