Principal Investigator
Molecular Neurobiology
The Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante
Spain
Degree: Pharmacist, specialist in Biochemistry by Universidad Complutense of Madrid in 1985. Ph.D program: PhD in Pharmacy “Cum Laude” by Universidad Complutense of Madrid in 1987. Thesis advisors: Prof. Francisco Zaragoza y Juana Benedí González. Posdoctoral Positions: Research Associate, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University from 2/1988 to 9/1993, in the laboratory of Dr. Kenneth E. Moore. Previous positions: 1980-81 Colaborator Department of Research, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid 1985-87 Predoctoral student, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, UCM, Madrid 1985-87 Colaborator Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid 1985-87 Colaborator Departmento of Clinical Biochemistry, Hospital La Paz, Madrid 1988-93 Research Associate-Department of Pharmacology, Michigan State Univ, USA 11/1993-1/94 Researcher contracted by Ministry of Education in Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, UCM, Madrid 2/94-8/94 Researcher contracted by National Research Council-Instituto Cajal, CSIC 9/94-12/94 Researcher contracted by Ministry of Education in Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, UCM, Madrid 1995-5/97 Researcher contracted by Ministry of Education -Instituto Pluridisciplinar and Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, UCM, Madrid 12/97-11/99 Researcher contracted by Ministry of Education in Instituto Pluridisciplinar and Department of Biochemistry and Molecualr Biology, UCM, Madrid 4/00-11/04 Researcher contracted by Ministry of Health Department of Psychiatry and Research Unit, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid Current Position: Associated Professor in Pharmacology, Universidad Miguel Hernández since Novembre of 2004.
Research Fields: Role of opioid and cannabinoid systems in the pharmacological therapies of psychiatric and neurological diseases.