Full Professor of Human Anatomy and Embryology at USC (since 1991). Director of the Department of Morphological Sciences of the USC. Degree and PhD in Medicine from the University of Santiago de Compostela. Clinical Neurologist from the University Hospital of La Coruña. Postdoctoral training in Neurodegenerative Diseases at Lund University (Sweden).
Degree award from the Royal National Academy of Medicine. Member of the Interdepartmental Commission of Science and Technology of Galicia. Member of the Technological Research and Development Commission of Galicia. USC Research Infrastructure Coordinator. Deputy Director of the USC Post-Graduate Center. Member of the Governing Council of IDIS. Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Society of Cellular Therapy. Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Society of Gene and Cell Therapy. Member of various Research Evaluation committees. Associate editor of several Neuroscience journals.