Dr. Jaime Huerta-Cepas obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology in 2008 (Valencia, 2004-2008) and worked as a postdoctoral fellow and researcher at CRG (Barcelona, 2009-2013) and EMBL (Heidelberg, 2013-2018). He is currently a Research Professor at the Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics CBGP (UPM-INIA-CSIC), where he heads the Comparative Genomics and Metagenomics Laboratory (http://cgmlab.org). His research focuses on studying the diversity and biological complexity of microbial communities using genomic sequencing and computational techniques, with the ultimate goal of identifying new molecular functions and organisms that help understand the interactions between the microbiome and its environment.
