Juan A. Villa Torrecilla

Juan A. Villa Torrecilla, Ph.D. has worked in various roles since 2007. Juan A. began their career as a PhD student in Fernando de la Cruz's Lab at the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of Cantabria. In 2013, they worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brett M Barney's Lab and Neil Olszewski Lab at the University of Minnesota. Juan A. also worked as an International global leadership training and language services Instructor at Berlitz Corporation in 2014. In the same year, they worked as a Postdoctoral internship at Conrad Chris Weihl's Lab at Washington University in St. Louis. From 2014 to 2016, they worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Tavis Lab at Saint Louis University and as a Research Scientist Collaborator at Arbutus Biopharma Corporation and Seventh Wave Laboratories LLC. From 2018 to 2020, they worked as a Senior Staff Scientist at Sturgeon & Javaheri Lab, Hematology and Cardiology Division at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and as a Principal Scientist at Confluence Discovery Technologies, responsible for multiples drug discovery and enzyme inhibitor mechanistic studies. Currently, they are working as an Upstream Bioprocess Engineer & Molecular Biochemist at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Juan A. Villa Torrecilla, Ph.D. has a long and distinguished educational history. Juan A. began their studies in 1998 with a Bachelor's degree in Biology from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, which they completed in 2003. Juan A. then obtained a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from the same university in 2006. In 2008, they earned a Master's degree in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine from Universidad de Cantabria, followed by a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the same university in 2012. From 2013 to 2014, they were a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Minnesota in Microbiology. From 2014 to 2018, they were a Postdoctoral Fellow at Saint Louis University in Virology. Currently, they are a Postdoctoral Fellow at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in Biomedical/Medical Engineering.