After obtaining my Bachelor's and Doctorate in Chemistry at University of Santiago de Compostela, I moved to the USA for two postdoctoral stays during three years: two years (1988-1990) in the Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry of the University of California in Santa Cruz and one year (1991-90) at the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation Research Institute La Jolla, California. I was Assistant at the University of Santiago (1989-91), Associate Professor at the University of A Coruña (UDC) (1993-2009) and Full Professor in the Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of A Coruña since 2010. I have been Invited Professor in Universities in the USA, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico, etc. b) Research. I am the author/co-author of 117 scientific contributions in scientific journals (111), books (1) and book chapters (5), and three patents. I was the Principal Investigator / responsible in 18 research projects (one belonging to the VIII Framework Program) and in 7 agreements signed with pharmacological companies through the University. I have participated as a researcher in other 14. I have given 9 plenary conferences in Congresses, one of them in Gordon Research Conferences 2014 in the USA. I have presented more than 100 communications to Chemistry Meetings, participating in two of them as Secretary. I have been coordinator of the Research Group PRONAMAR, (2005-2012) which is now integrated within the group QUIMOLMAT