My academic and research background specializes in Veterinary Pathology. Since joining the Veterinary Pathology research group in 1990, my focus has been on studying morphopathology, pathogenesis, and diagnosis of various diseases in domestic animals. Over the years, I have acquired essential training in histopathology, immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, and molecular techniques, which have honed my skills as a pathologist at both academic and professional levels. With the significant growth of aquaculture in Spain and the increasing demand for solutions to health problems in the industry, I gained experience in fish pathology. I primarily concentrated on enteromyxosis, a major parasitic disease causing devastating turbot losses. As a result of this work, our research group started to establish a solid research line in fish pathology, which later expanded to investigate different prominent fish diseases, mainly in turbot (cryptosporidiosis, tenacibaculosis, and furunculosis), sole (tenacibaculosis and skeletal malformations), trout (trout gastroenteritis and flavobacteriosis), and zebrafish (developing animal models for biomedical research). Currently, my research and diagnostic work primarily focuses on icthyopathology, particularly the study of host-pathogen interactions and immune responses in various teleosts, including the application of new technologies. Since 2008, I have served as the coordinator of the research group Gapavet (GI 1707 USC), which is recognized as a group with growth potential within the "Program for consolidation and structuring of competitive research units" funded by Xunta de Galicia from 2012. In our research group, we believe that advancing our understanding of diseases requires a multidisciplinary approach. Therefore, most of our research projects and contracts are developed in collaboration with industries and technology centres in the aquaculture sector.