Senior researcher at the Ramon y Cajal Health Research Institute (IRYCIS) where is leading the Aptamers Research Group. Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He worked as postdoctoral fellow at the Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (CSIC-UAM) in Madrid and later in the Cancer Center and Geriatric Center, University of Michigan, where he collaborated in apoptosis-related projects. Back in Spain, he worked as postdoctoral fellow in the Universidad de Alcalá and the CNB (National Biotechnology Center) in Madrid. In 2002 he joined to the Ramón y Cajal Health Research Institute (IRYCIS) in Madrid and founded the Aptamers Research Group. Leader of over 30 research projects supported by public and private funds, author of over 60 scientific papers in international journals and five patents. Between 2007 and 2009 co-founded and was the scientific advisor of the company Bioapter. In 2010 co-founded Aptus Biotech and become COO of the company.