Enrique Aguilar was born in Noreña (Asturias, Spain) and received his PhD from the Universidad de Oviedo under the supervision of Prof. J.Barluenga and Prof. S. Fustero in 1991. After postdoctoral research with Prof. A. I. Meyers at Colorado State University (1991–1994), he returned to the Universidad de Oviedo as Researcher, being promoted to Assistant Professor in 1996, to Associate Professor in 2002 and to Full Professor in 2019. He has been a Visiting Scientist at the University of Colorado (1996, with Prof. G. A. Molander). His current interests are centered on the development of synthetic organic methodology, organometallic chemistry, homogeneous metal catalysis, and 3D bioprinting.