My research career has been focused on the field of mycotoxins and phytopathogenic fungi and began with the execution of my Doctoral Thesis in the Department of Microbiology III of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) followed by a post-doctoral period at the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM). Currently, I am associate professor of Microbiology in the Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology (UCM). My areas of expertise include molecular diagnosis of mycotoxigenic fungi, the study of the genetic basis of mycotoxin biosynthesis as well as the development of novel ecofriendly methods to avoid mycotoxin contamination of foodstuffs. Owing to my intense research activity, I have published more than 30 indexed papers in scientific journals (most of them belonging to the Q1 according to the JRC) and I have presented more than 50 conference communications.