Antonio Donaire received his PhD in 1990 from the University of Valencia (Spain) and did a postdoctoral stay at the University of Florence (Italy). He holds the position of Professor (2016) of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Murcia (Spain). He also made several stays at the University of California at Davis and at the National University of Rosario (Argentina). His research focused on the study of metalloproteins, mainly using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance techniques. In 2017, he moved his research to the field of biocatalysis, working with ionic liquids, deep eutectic solvents and other environmentally friendly tools in the field of biotechnological chemistry.