Doctor in Chemical Sciences in the specialty of Biochemistry from the University of Valencia (1988). He furthered his studies at the University of Essen and the University of Pennsylvania. He is a professor in the area of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Valencia. He is a member of the Biological Sciences Area of the Institute of Catalan Studies, of the Catalan Society of Biology, of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and a member of the Spanish Society of Microbiology. In recent years he has taught and conducted research in the field of the origin of life, the evolution of metabolism and the history of ideas about the origin of Life.
He has published in scientific journals and is the author and co-author of various books and textbooks on biochemistry.
He participated in Medialab Madrid banquete05 in “Bio-geophysical bases of communication. ACTS Symposium_communication in evolution” (January 19, 2005) as a speaker with “Communication and origin of life”.
ACTS International Symposium (Art, Science, Technology and Society)
Banquet 05_ACTS Symposium_ 2nd part debate Christa Sommerer and company_1st part Ricardo Guerrero Conference_Juli Peretó Conference_1st part Lynn Margulis_(d1 Tape 4 Cam B)