He has a PhD in Biology, is Professor of Microbiology and Director of the Science Museum of the University of Navarre. His research has focused on the study of bacterial virulence and the development of new vaccines. He is the author of the “microBIO” blog. He has published several dissemination books: “¿Funcionan las vacunas?” (Premio Prismas 2018), “Microbiota, los microbios de tu organismo”, “Virus y pandemias”, and “Preparados para la próxima pandemia”. In collaboration with his daughter, he has also written “Princesas de cristal” dealing with the problem of juvenile anorexia. In 2021 he received the Lilly Foundation Prize for the Dissemination of Science, the COSCE Prize for the Dissemination of Science, and the CSIC-BBVA Foundation Prize for Scientific Communication. In 2023 he received the Spanish Award for Science Communication.
