Juan R. Munoz-Castañeda received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Cordoba, Spain, in 2003. He previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Andalucian Health Service (Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya), the Córdoba Foundation for Biomedical Research (FIBICO), and the University of Cordoba. He is now a principal investigator at the Nephrology Service, Reina Sofia University Hospital, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), University of Córdoba, Spain. His research focuses on tissue regeneration, degenerative osteoarthrosis, calcium metabolism, vascular calcification, and renal osteodystrophy.