Journal of Membrane Science & Technology

Antonio Gomez Munoz

Antonio Gomez Munoz
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology
University of the Basque Country, Spain

Biography

Antonio Gómez-Muñoz received his Ph.D in Biochemistry from the University of the Basque Country, Bilbao (Spain) in 1988. He achieved postdoctoral training at the University of Alberta in Edmonton (Canada) from 1988 to 1994. He then accepted a Research position at the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) from 1995 to 1996. From 1997 to 1998, he worked as Research Associate at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada). Since then, he has been working at the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao (Spain), where he is currently Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He belongs to the Editorial Advisory Board of various scientific journals. Since 2001, he is a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Charleston Ceramide Conference, and since 2005, he is permanent Co-chair of the European Sphingolipid Club.  His research interest is on the regulation of lipid metabolism and signalling, and in recent years he focused on the targeting of sphingolipid metabolites and enzymes with the aim of developing new strategies for prevention of disease.

Research Interest

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.