Biography

Javier Martinez-Picado is an ICREA Research Professor at the AIDS Research Institute IrsiCaixa in Barcelona, where he leads the Retrovirology and Clinical Studies group. He is also an associate professor at the University of Vic (UVic-UCC). He received his PhD in Microbiology from the University of Barcelona, where he also lectured as an associate professor. He later engaged in HIV/AIDS research at the Harvard Medical School (Boston). His current scientific interests focus characterizing the immuno-virological mechanisms of viral pathogenesis in human diseases, including HIV-1, Ebola virus, Arenaviruses, and more recently SARS-CoV-2. His program has a translational character with the goal of investigating potential new viral therapeutic strategies, especially in the HIV/AIDS field, through both basic and applied research. He serves on several governmental, academic and industry advisory boards. He has published more than 200 articles on HIV treatment strategies and HIV pathogenesis in international journals.