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President

Rafael Giraldo Suarez
National Center for Biotechnology
CSIC. C / Darwin, 3. 28049 Madrid

Vice - President

Immaculate Llamas Company

Microbiology Department. Pharmacy faculty.
Cartuja Campus. E-18071 Granada.

Secretary

Alicia Prieto Orzanco

Center for Biological Research
CSIC. C / Ramiro de Maeztu, 9. 28040 Madrid

Treasurer

Victor Jiménez Cid

Department of Molecular Biology
Department of Microbiology II. Pharmacy faculty. Complutense University. Plaza de Ramón y Cajal, s / n. E-28040 Madrid.

Vowels

Susana Campoy Sanchez

Faculty of Biosciences
Department of Genetics and Microbiology
Tower C3 - 4th floor
Autonomous University of Barcelona
08193 Bellaterra - Barcelona

Margarita Gomila Ribas

Faculty of Biology – Area of ​​Microbiology
University of the Balearic Islands
Ctr. Valldemossa, km. 7.5
07122 Palma de Majorca

Ignacio Belda Aguilar

Department of Microbiology III. Faculty of Biology.
Complutense University. C / José Antonio Novais, 2. E-28220 Madrid.

Montserrat Llagostera Casas

Department of Genetics and Microbiology. Faculty of Biosciences
UAB Campus. E-08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona).

Editor of the INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY Magazine

Asuncion de los Ríos

National Museum of Natural Sciences
Serrano 115 dpdo
Madrid-28006

Director of SEM@FORO

Magdalena Martínez Canamero

Jaen University
Department of Health Sciences
Building B3, dept. 259
Place of Las Lagunillas s/n

SEM News Director

Jessica Gil Serna

Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology
Faculty of Biological Sciences - Complutense University of Madrid
Jose Antonio Novais 12, 28040, Madrid

Responsible for Online Continuing Education Courses

Diego Alejandro Moreno Gomez

Department of Engineering and Materials Science. ETS Industrial Engineers.
Polytechnic University of Madrid. José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2. E-28006 Madrid.

Director of the Spanish Collection of Type Crops (CECT)

Rosa Aznar Novella

University of Valencia Science Park.
University of Valencia. C / Catedrático Agustín Escardino, 9. E-46980 Paterna (Valencia)

SEM webmaster

Manuel Sanchez Angulo

Plant Production Department. Faculty of Experimental Sciences
Miguel Hernández University. Torrepinet building. E-03202 Elche (Alicante)

Presidents of Specialized Groups

Alicia Muro Pastor
Molecular microbiology
Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis Institute
Isla de la Cartuja Scientific Research Center
Avda. Américo Vespucio 49
41092 Sevilla - SPAIN
Jesús López Romalde
Taxonomy, phylogeny and diversity
Microbiology Department. Faculty of Biology. South Campus E-15782 Santiago de Compostela.
Emilia López Solanilla
Plant microbiology
Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics (CBGP). Biotechnology-Plant Biology Department. ETSIAAB. Polytechnic University of Madrid. 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón-Madrid
Alicia Estevez Toranzo
Microbiology of the aquatic environment
Department of Microbiology. Faculty of Biology. University of Santiago de Compostela. South Campus. E-15782 Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña)
Gonzalo García de Fernando Minguillón
Food microbiology
Food Hygiene Department. Veterinary Faculty. Complutense University of Madrid. Avda. Puerta de Hierro, s / n. E-28040 Madrid
Jose Antonio Gil Santos
Industrial Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology
Molecular Biology Department. Biology Faculty. University of Leon. 24004 Lion
Oscar Zaragoza Hernandez
Biology of pathogenic microorganisms
National Center for Microbiology. Mycology Service. Ctra. Majadahonda-Pozuelo, km. 2. 28220 Majadahonda-Madrid.
Maria Angeles de la Torre Ruiz
Filamentous Fungi and Yeasts
Biomedical Research Institute (IRB Lleida) University of Lleida
Ignacio López-Goñi
Teaching and dissemination of Microbiology
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Navarra.
University Campus, Research Building.
31008 - Pamplona
Ana Mª García Ruiz
Biodeterioration, Biodegradation and Bioremediation
Technical School of Industrial Engineering. Polytechnic University of Madrid. C / José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2 - 28006 Madrid

Past Presidents

Juan Marcilla Arrazola (1946-1951)
Antonio Ruiz Falcó (1951-1954)
Arnaldo Socías Amorós (1956-1957)
Gerardo Clavero del Campo (1957-1967)
Gonzalo Urgoiti Somavilla (1967-1971)
David Vázquez Martínez (1971-1974)
Fernando Baquero Mochales (1974-1978)
Rafael Gómez Lus (1978-1983)
César Nombela Cano (1983-1991)
Francisco Ruiz Berraquero (1991-1998)
Carlos Hardisson Rumeu (1998-2006)
Ricardo Guerrero Moreno (2006-2014)
Antonio Ventosa Ucero (2015-2022)

Honorary Members

Adolfo Pérez Miravete (1966)
Manuel Rodríguez Leiva (1966)
John L. Ingraham (1971)
Hans G. Trüper (1984)
Julian E. Davies (1985)
David A. Hopwood (1985)
John Farmer III (1991)
Moselio Schaechter (1991)
Harold W. Rossmoore (1997)
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