Dr. Salvador Aznar Benitah obtained his Honours degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at McGill University in 1998. In 2007, after postdoctoral work at the London Research Institute (CRUK), he established his lab at the Center for Genomic Regulation. In 2014 Salvador was promoted to ICREA Professor and moved to the IRB Barcelona as a senior researcher where he became the coordinator of the Aging and Metabolism Program in 2023. Salvador is the recipient of several awards including the Banc Sabadell, Doctor Diz Pintado, Beug Foundation Metastasis, City of Barcelona, National Award, the Foundation Serra, the Severo Ochoa, and the Lilliane Bettencourt. He is an EMBO member and has received an Advanced ERC grant.