Joaquín Quílez graduated in 1990 and obtained his PhD In Veterinary Sciences in 1994 from the University of Zaragoza (Spain). Since 1991, he has participated, as a researcher or as the Head of Research, in regional and national projects and contracts with different laboratories, being responsible for the consolidated research group “Enteric protozoa of economic and public health impact” (2015-17) and the reference research group “Zoonoses and emerging diseases of public health impact” (2017-19), both of which were funded by the Government of Aragón. During his professional career, he has spent periodsof time in different institutions to carry out studies on gastroenteric parasites of ruminants (Agrarian Research Service of Aragón), toxoplasmosis (School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, University of Reading, UK) or various topics on cryptosporidiosis (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Cryptosporidium Reference Unit, Swansea, UK). He has worked on different research topics within parasitology and animal health, mostly related to cryptosporidiosis and eimeriosis, but also with other parasitic diseases of economic and public health impact. He has directed five PhD theses in the last 10 years. Since 1994, he has participated in teaching at the Veterinary Faculties of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Assistant Professor, 1994-1997) and University of Zaragoza (Professor, 1997-2018; Full Professor, 2018-present day).