Pedro Martínez-Gómez has a degree in Agricultural Sciences (University of Lleida, Spain), a Master's of Science in Plant Breeding (International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, Zaragoza, Spain), and a PhD in Fruit Genetics and Breeding (University of Murcia, Spain). Later, he spent three years as a post-graduate researcher in the Department of Pomology at the University of California, Davis, working on peach and almond breeding and biotechnology with professors Thomas Gradziel and Sekar Arulsekar. After this period, Dr. Martínez-Gómez started a tenure track process as Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Breeding at CEBAS-CSIC, Murcia, leading a new laboratory for molecular marker application to fruit breeding. In 2005, he obtained associate professor (permanent position) status at CEBAS-CSIC in Murcia (Spain). At this moment, he is working as a research professor at CEBAS-CSIC in Murcia (Spain).