Dr. Pilar Roca is a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Department of Fundamental Biology and Health Sciences. She became a Doctor of Science, graduating from the UIB, in 1986, and she began her teaching activity as a Professor, responsible for undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students, in 1987. She is the director of the Multidisciplinary Group of Translational Oncology of the IdISBa, and a member of the Energy Metabolism and Nutrition group of the UIB. Her main research interest is the study of energy metabolism in different physiopathological situations: cancer, aging, and obesity.