About me
I am a scientist focused on the study of viral interactions. My research aims to elucidate (i) the evolutionary dynamics of viruses, (ii) the interplay among the host, virus, and microbial communities, and (iii) the consequences of infections for the host.
I owe my interest in viruses to Professor Santiago F. Elena. I completed my PhD under his mentorship at I2SysBio (Valencia, Spain), where I studied factors influencing the evolution of viruses, using plant-pathogen systems as model organisms.
After my PhD, I obtained an EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship and joined the Marie-Anne Félix Laboratory (IBENS, France). There I investigated host factors and bacterial environments that modulate the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans susceptibility to Orsay virus infection.
Currently, I am Pasteur-Roux-Cantarini Postdoctoral Fellow at Carla Saleh Laboratory (Institut Pasteur, France). In here I am a happy researcher studying viral infections in the fly Drosophila melanogaster. My research here focuses in the aging induced by viruses, the impact of the microbiome on infections, and the evolution of RNA viruses.
Viruses and RNAi
(Carla Saleh Lab, 2024)
Setting up C. elegans facilities
(2021)
Evolution of Caenorhabditis
(Marie-Anne Félix Lab, 2023)
Evolutionary Systems Virology
(Santiago F. Elena Lab, 2021)
Projects
Past and current funding
2025
•Pasteur-Roux-Cantarini Postdoctoral FellowshipHow host bacteriomes drive viral evolution and virulence
2021
•EMBO Postdoctoral FellowshipMicrobiome impact on Caenorhabditis elegans viral infection and evolution of Orsay virus
•Open Space Innovation ESA
Dynamics of viral infection in simulated microgravity conditions
2020
•EMBO Short-Term FellowshipImplementation of Caenorhabditis elegans as a model host system in virology research
•FISABIO-Valencia University Chair for financing research stays in Europe
Implementation of Caenorhabditis elegans as a model host system in virology research
2017
•FPI Spanish research fellowships.Virus adaptation at different levels
