Degree: 1987 - 1993 Degree in Biology at the University of Basque Country. Leioa. Spain Ph.D program: 1993 - 1998 Doctoral Thesis in Biology at Institute Max Planck for Biophysical Chemistry. Göttingen. Germany Posdoctoral Positions: 1998 Institute Max Planck for Biophysical Chemistry. Göttingen. Germany. 1999-2001 Dpt. Morphological Sciences. University of Murcia. Murcia. Spain. 2001-2003 Experimental Embryology Lab. Institute of Neuroscience. University Miguel Hernández. Alicante. Spain Previous positions: 2003- . Researcher. Institute of Neuroscience. University Miguel Hernández. Alicante. Spain Current Position: Lecturer in Human Anatomy and Embryology. Faculty of Medicine.UMH. (since November 2009-).

Research Fields: Our laboratory has as long term goal the understanding of how the molecular and cellular mechanisms are undertaken during embryonic brain development. In particular, We are interested in the search and analysis of the early regionalization and specification, proliferation and differentiation of the vertebrate neural tube during early embryogenesis Research fields: * Early regionalization of the mammalian neural tube using organotypic brain tissue explant culture techniques. * Expression pattern analysis of brain genes and their functional relevance within the neural secondary organizers development and specification.