Prof. Dr. Oscar Vicente

Oscar Vicente obtained his PhD in sciences in 1983 from the Autonomous University of Madrid. After a postdoc at the Friedich-Miescher Institut in Basel in 1988, he moved to the Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Vienna, where he established a research group working on plant reproductive biology and the characterization of pollen allergens and plant MAP kinases. Oscar Vicente returned to Spain in 1996 to join the faculty of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, where he is currently Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Department of Biotechnology. He has been teaching courses in this area to undergraduate and master's students and supervising a large number of bachelor's, master's, and PhD theses, as well as the work of Erasmus students and visiting scientists. His research interests focus on the study of plant responses to abiotic stress. Oscar Vicente is Vice President of the European Biotechnology Thematic Network Association (EBTNA).