I met Fernando when I was the President of the Society of Biotechnologists of León.He is an innovator, an incessant machine to create ideas and concepts, and a born to entrepreneur person who never gives up. David Álvarez, president of ABLE.
I worked with Fernando as president of the Society of Biotechnologists of Asturias when he was president of AsBioMad. He highlights for his organizational and managerial capacity, demonstrated for his years in this entity, as well as national activities such as the Annual Congress of the Spanish Federation of Biotechnologists. His involvement with these activities also shows his high commitment to scientific dissemination, which is so relevant to the progress of science in general and of biotechnology in particular. Celia Toyos, president of ASBAS.
I met Fernando when I was working for Era7 Bioinformatics. We asked him for his contribution to write an opinion article as President of AsBioMad on the BiotechSpain website. Not only his disponse was total, but also the result was very good, registering more than 3,000 visits. Fernando showed his capacity for collaboration and his commitment and concern for the diffusion of biotechnology. Nuria Boada, Head of Institutional Relations at Era7 Bioinformatics