Alejandro Pascual Iglesias, Ph.D, from the research unit of the Hospital La Paz in Madrid. He studies COVID-19 pathology in septic patients and its possible prediction, as well as potential new treatments, in Dr Eduardo López Collazo team. In Luis Enjuanes' research group, he worked on the development of vaccine candidates for coronavirus and did his Ph.D thesis about molecular interactionbetween coronaviruses and the host immune system, and the development of a vaccine which earned him the SYVA 2021 Award.