Antonio Villalba

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Antonio Villalba is Doctor in Biology (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1994). He was included in the First National Plan for Training in Aquaculture of the Spanish Government (1984-86), specialising in marine mollusc diseases in the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VA, USA). He coordinated a research team in the Centro de Investigacións Mariñas (CIMA, Ministry of the Sea of the Regional Government of Galicia), since 1988 until retirement in 2024, focused on solving problems of the shellfish industry caused by diseases. In the last 10 years, his research has been mostly focused on perkinsosis of clams, bonamiosis of oysters, marteiliosis of cockles, infection of oysters with herpesvirus and bivalve mollusc cancer. He has coordinated regional, national and international research projects and chaired various international scientific meetings. His research has been disseminated through 153 articles in peer-reviewed journals (Web of Science) and he has edited 8 books. He has been supervisor of 9 doctoral theses. He is Honorary Professor of the University of Alcalá since 2015 and of the University of the Basque Country since 2018.