M. Gonzalo Claros Díaz

Graduate in Biological Sciences (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) and PhD from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa. He then spent 5 years at the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, and in 1995 joined the University of Malaga, where he became associate professor in 2000 and full professor in 2017; in 2019 he joined the Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea (IHSM, CSIC-UMA). He teaches molecular biology and bioinformatics, as well as scientific translation and editing (he has written a book on the subject). He uses bioinformatics for his research on plants at the IHSM La Mayora, and on animals at IBIMA and CIBERER. Current research line: study of salt stress and fertilisation in olive and citrus to select the varieties and rootstocks best suited to withstand climate change. Signatory of DORA and member of TREMÉDICA, AETER, SEBBM and ISCB.