Biography

After my Ph.D at the Swiss Federal Technology School in Zürich (ETHZ, Switzerland) working on the impact of nucleosome packaging and remodelling on the repair of UV-induced DNA lesions in vitro, I joined the team of Prof. Andrés Aguilera at the University of Seville (Spain) to study the implication of the THO complex and other RNA biogenesis factors in transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair (TC-NER). Beside this primary research line, I started to assess the existence of an RNA-damage specific response and discovered that RNA accumulates in cytoplasmic granules upon UV irradiation. In 2011, I became Assistant Professor at the University of Seville and co-founded Suntec solar S.L., a Spin-off company of the University of Seville dedicated to the development of intelligent UV-filter to be used in cosmetics. I consolidated my expertise on the cross-talks between DNA repair, transcription, and replication in eukaryotic cells as a Senior Investigator at the CABIMER. Since January 2019, I am Associate Professor at the University of Seville and work in close collaboration with Prof. Ralf Wellinger on the impact of micronutrients on genome stability and on basic cellular processes including replication and DNA repair.