JOAQUÍN M. CAMPOS received B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Granada (UGR). He is full Professor in Medicinal and Organic Chemistry. He worked with Professor Ganellin, co-inventor of cimetidine (Tagamet®), at UCL (University College London, UK). He has published 175 papers in international journals with a high impact index, mainly in the fields of Organic Chemistry, Medical Chemistry and Cancer, 14 books and 14 book chapters, 13 national and 17 international patents and supervised 15 Doctoral Theses. He has been involved, for the most part as a responsible researcher in 18 research projects, and 3 research contracts with private companies. He advised the University of São Paulo (Brazil) on novel anticancer and anti-Alzheimer drugs, during the years 2015-17 as Special Visiting Professor. He was awarded the 2010 Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Granada. On March 17, 2016, he received the award from the Social Council of the University of Granada. He is Regional Editor in Europe for the journal Current Medicinal Chemistry, since August 13, 2016. Current Medicinal Chemistry is a leading journal in the field of Medicinal Chemistry.
As a consequence of his interest in raising the level of internationalization of the UGR and more specifically that of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the UGR, he has been teaching Pharmaceutical Chemistry in the Pharmacy Degree in English for many years, with excellent acceptance among students.