José Manuel Santamaría

José Manuel Santamaría
Economist and administrative manager

Graduate in Labour Relations and Master in Economy and Innovation Management by the University of Santiago de Compostela. He has been working as research manager since 1998 in the BioFarma Research Group at the University of Santiago de Compostela and in the Drug Screening Platform in the same University from its creation in 2004. He had different functions within the group related to the correct functioning and optimization of the resources. These functions include among other the economical and administrative management of resources both in the competitive public funded projects and contracts with private companies. In the private sector, he is member of the Board of Directors in several biotech companies and in the Galician Business Technology Cluster of Life Sciences (BIOGA).