Professional Activities:

Professional activities

1. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW. (1993- 1996). Department of Pharmacology, School of M edicine, University of Washington (Seattle, WA).
2. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW. (1996- 1998). Department of Physiology, University of B arcelona (Barcelona, Spain).
3. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR. (1998-2 001). Department of Physiology, University of Barcelona ( Spain).
4. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR. (2001-present). Department of Physiology and Immunolo gy, University of Barcelona (Spain).
5. VISITING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR. (FEB. 2013-AUG. 2013). School of Aquatic and F ishery Sciences, University of Washington (Seattle, WA).

Teaching activities

1. ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY (BSc Biolog y Majors). Lecture courses 1997-2013. Universit y of Barcelona, Spain.
2. HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY (BSc Biology Majors, BSc Biomedicine Majors). Lecture cour ses 2005-2013. University of Barcelona, Spain.
3. COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY (BSc Biology Majors). Lecture courses 1998-2013 . University of Barcelona, Spain.
4. ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (MSc program in Molecular Biotechnology). Lecture courses 2005-2013. University of Barcelona, Spain.
5. REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF FISH (MSc program in Molecular Biotechnology; MSc program in Aquaculture). Lecture courses 2006-2013. University of Barcelona, Spain.
6. HORMONE SIGNALING (MSc progr am in Integrative Physiology). Lecture courses 2006-2013. University of Barcelona, Spain.

Main research areas (key words)

EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY, COMPAR ATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOG Y, GENOMICS, FISH

Awards:

• Fulbright Scholar. 1986-1988. University of California, Berkeley, CA (USA).
• Kenneth K. Chew Endowed Professorship in Aquaculture. University of Washington, Seattle, WA (USA)

Member of the Editorial Board of the following journals:

• Endocrinology (2005-2008).
• Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology (since 2002).
• PLoS One (Academic Editor since 2011).
• Frontiers in Experimental Endocrinology (since 2011).
• Research Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism (since 2013).

Expert evaluator for foreign funding agencies:

• National Science Foundation (NSF, USA) (2006). EPSCOR program reviewer.
• Norwegian Research Council (2007). Proposal reviewer.
• Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France, 2011-2013). Proposal reviewer.
• Research Grants Council (Hong Kong, 2010-2013). Proposal reviewer.

Member of the following scientific societes:

• The Endocrine Society
• The Society for the Study of Reproduction
• The American Physiological Society
• International Society of Developmental and Comparative Immunology