I am a microbiologist interested in understanding the ecological principles governing microbial communities and the emergence of antibiotic resistance. Most recently, I worked at ETH Zurich, where my research focused on how ecological interactions within complex microbiomes shape the establishment, persistence, and evolution of antibiotic-resistant strains and mobile genetic elements. This work consolidated my interest in viewing resistance and genetic invasion as ecological processes unfolding at the community level.

Over the past nine years, I have developed an integrative research approach that combines experimental microbiome systems, genomic analyses, and quantitative ecological theory. Through postdoctoral positions at the Plasmid Biology and Evolution Lab in Madrid, the University of Oxford (MORU Unit), and ETH Zurich, I investigated how community structure, species interactions, and ecological context influence the success or failure of genetic elements in human-associated microbiomes.

I completed my PhD at Complutense University of Madrid (Summa Cum Laude), where I first recognised genetic and ecological interactions as inseparable. My thesis explored how mobile genetic elements diversify through modular assembly and how host-associated ecology drives bacterial genome evolution, providing the conceptual foundation for my current research perspective.

I am currently a Doctor FC3 at the MSB lab (IPLA-CSIC), where I continue developing this research line, building on this trajectory.