Affiliation: Department of Pathology, Medicine and Odontology Faculty, Universitat de València, València, Spain

Manuel finished his degree in Biology in 1997 (University of Alicante, Spain) after which he received a research fellowship from the European Union in the laboratory of Professor Francisco Rodriguez Valera (Microbiology Department, UMH, Alicante, Spain). In 2000, Manuel received a research pre-doctoral fellowship (Ministry of Science, Spanish government) in the laboratory of Professor Julio Cortijo Gimeno (Pharmacology Department, University of Valencia, Spain). He defended his pre-doctoral thesis in December 2003 reaching the grade of “sobresaliente” cum laude. He got a PhD position in the Unidad Central de Investigación (University of Valencia, Spain) from 2004-2008 and in 2008, he got associated researcher position at the Research Foundation of the University General Hospital of Valencia (Spain) where he first worked as laboratory manager, and later as head of the Office of Research Management. In 2013, he got promoted as Professor in the Pathology Department of the University of Valencia (Spain). His ORCID ID is 0000-0002-1506-7983.