Born in Valdivia, Chile. He resides in Massachusetts, United States. He holds a doctorate degree in biochemistry and biophysics and postdoctoral research in physical biochemistry.He has worked for more than thirty years in pharmaceutical and academic research on the structure and function of proteins as therapeutic agents. Executive in the biopharmaceutical industry; adjunct professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University in Boston; honorary professor of formulation and drug product development at the University of Nottingham-UK; Academician of the Institute for Historical Studies Bances & Valdes in Spain; Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and Fellow of The Royal Society for the Arts (RSA), England. President of the Count of Monte Alea Foundation, Inc. A non-profit organization helping in rural education in South America and Africa as well as helping in preserving the historical legacy of the Principality of Asturias in Spain. Recipient of the Commemorative Medal of the Bicentennial of the Cross of Distinction of the Army of Asturias; bestowed by the Royal Corps of the Asturian Nobility of Spain.He is the author of more than forty scientific publications and the inventor/co-inventor of several patents.In 2013 he published his first book in Spanish “The shoes of my grandfather” A genealogical and nobility research on his own family that took him twelve years of research in Asturias' archives in Spain dating back to 1608. This first book was followed by several others on different subjects related to history and heraldry. In 2019 he publishes in Spanish his first book on micro-stories and almost poetry, where he tried to establish a connection between the experiences of life and how they are incorporated on our behavior. In 2020 he published his first novel in English entitled, What if a Mini Pig Dies?Currently he continues to write, lecture in protein science in USA and Europe and on historical forums. He collaborates as a columnist in magazines.Read more about this authorRead less about this author