At present I´m in charge of the Instituto Antartico Argentino. I´m biologist, with a PhD in Biotechnology. My research is focused on Antarctic Microbiology and my group of research cover studies on both, basic microbial ecology studies in antarctic environments and biotechnological potential of psychrophilic Antarctic microorganisms. The Instituto Antartico Argentino has lines of research in many different areas of the Ocean Sciences (as Oceanography, Climatology, Marine Biology, etc.)