Francisco Martinez Mojica#
| Membership Number: | 6918 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Affiliated section(s): | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | https://cvnet.cpd.ua.es/curriculum-breve/en/martinez-mojica-francisco-juan/9438 |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-6660-4996 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2021,11 - present Professor, University of Alicante (Spain)
- 1995 - 1996. Visiting researcher, postdoctoral, University of Oxford (UK)
- 1994,12 - 2021,10. Associate Professor, University of Alicante (Spain)
- 1994 Postdoctoral researcher, University of Alicante (Spain)
- 1993,10 - 1993,12. Postdoctoral researcher, University of Utah (USA)
- 1991,12 - 1992,02. Visiting researcher, predoctoral, University of Paris-Sud (France)
- 1990,04 - 1993,05. PhD student, University of Alicante (Spain)
Fields of Scholarship
- DNA topology
- Microbiology
- Bacterial physiology
- CRISPR
- Molecular biology
- Genetics of prokaryotes
- Gene expression
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Elected Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
- 2021 Mediterranean Science Team, Mednight
- 2019 Ricardo Cortesse’s Lecture Award. Società Italiana di Biofisica e Biologia Molecolare, Italy
- 2019 Honorary Member of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, EAACI
- 2019 Doctor honoris causa. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
- 2018 "V de vida" Award. Spanish Association Against Cancer, Spain
- 2018 Doctor honoris causa. International University Menéndez Pelayo, Spain
- 2018 Correspondent Member of the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences, Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences, Spain
- 2018 Elected Member of the European Academy of Microbiology, EAM
- 2018 Doctor honoris causa. National University of Quilmes, Argentina
- 2017 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research, USA
- 2017 Honour Medal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology, Spain
- 2017 Doctor honoris causa. Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
- 2017 Lilly Foundation Prize in Preclinical Biomedical Research, Spain
- 2017 PLuS Alliance Prize for Global Innovation. Arizona State University, King’s College London, and UNSW Sydney
- 2017 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biomedicine, Spain
- 2017 Honour Medal of the Spanish Royal National Academy of Medicine, Spain
- 2017 National Prize in Genetics. Spanish Society for Genetics, Spain
- 2016 "Rey Jaime I” Prize in Basic Research. Rey Jaime I Foundation, Spain
- 2016 "Alberto Sols” Prize in Health Sciences, Spain
