Professor (IBMB-CSIC)
Master Degree in Biology from the University of Barcelona (1975), and PhD Thesis in Biology, from the same university. Doctoral fellowship from the Spanish Research Council (CSIC). Dpt. Química Macromolecular CSIC. Barcelona, Spain (1975-77). Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic University of Barcelona, (1978-80).
Postdoctoral fellowship from the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) – Dpt. Química Macromolecular CSIC, Barcelona, Spain (1980-1981). Postdoctoral fellowship from the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) - Department of Biology. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Cambridge, MA, USA (1982-83). Postdoctoral fellowship from the Charles A. King Trust, Boston, Massachusetts, USA – Department of Biology. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Cambridge, MA, USA (1983-84).Postdoctoral fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Sciences and Education - Polytechnic University of Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (1985-86). Assistant Professor with tenure at the Polytechnic University of Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (1986). Assistant Professor with tenure at the Spanish Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain (1986-88), and Associate Professor at the same institution (1988-92). Profesor de Investigación (equivalent to Full Professor), Spanish Research Council (CSIC). Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona-CSIC. Barcelona, Spain (1992).
Elected member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) since 1995. Member of the Advisory Committee for Biology and Biomedicine of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC – 1993-96). Vice-director of the Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona-CSIC. Barcelona, Spain (1992-2002). Director of the Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona-CSIC. Barcelona, Spain (2002). Author of 89 publications. 25 invited conferences.