ENRIQUE
AGUADO VIDAL

Full Professor of Immunology at the University of Cádiz, with a well-established research career spanning more than three decades in basic and translational immunology. I hold a PhD in Biological Sciences and am a certified Specialist in Immunology. My research has focused on the molecular mechanisms governing early T-cell receptor (TCR) signaling, with particular emphasis on the role of membrane adaptor proteins such as LAT and NTAL and their physiological and pathological regulation. After completing my doctoral training at the Reina Sofía University Hospital (Córdoba), I undertook postdoctoral research at the Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (INSERM-CNRS), supported by a Marie Curie fellowship and other competitive international grants. I subsequently established my independent research line in Spain, first as a Ramón y Cajal researcher and later as Associate Professor and Full Professor. I have served as principal investigator in more than ten competitively funded regional and national research projects, securing over €1.3 million in total funding, and have supervised five PhD theses. My scientific output comprises over 40 JCR-indexed publications, a high proportion of which appear in Q1 and D1 journals, with an h-index of 18 and more than 1,600 citations. I maintain active international collaborations, notably with the University of Oxford and INSERM, and have contributed to knowledge transfer through industry-funded contracts and the co-invention of an international patent. My research activity is complemented by sustained teaching in undergraduate and graduate biomedical programs and a strong commitment to the training of early-career researchers.