Dr. Sara González

Sara M. Soto, PhD, is an Associate Research Professor and Head of Viral and Bacterial Infections Programme at the Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal) and Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona, Spain. She is working in the area of viral and bacterial Infections, specifically in the subject of antimicrobial resistance. She is a member of the ISGlobal Gender Commission directed to ensure equity among scientists. She has been the coordinator of an H2020 project (Nomorfilm) to find new antibiotics from microalgae. She has directed two doctoral theses, and three are under development. She has published more than 70 international articles with an impact factor media of 3.765 and received 3424 citations (excluding self-citations), yielding an H-index of 32 (data obtained from the Web of Knowledge). In addition, she has published eight invited reviews, four book chapters, and one editorial. She is continuously working to enhance the role of women in science through workshops in primary and secondary schools.