Carmen Ardanuy PharmD, PhD, is Head of Molecular Diagnostic Section in the Clinical Microbiology Department at Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, and Professor of Microbiology at the School of Medicine of the University of Barcelona (Spain). She is the PI of a research group within the Spanish Respiratory Diseases Network (CIBERes), a public research consortium set up at the initiative of the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII).

Her principal research interests include the epidemiology, genetics and antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae and pneumococcal diseases, as well as those caused by other streptococci. Additionally, she focuses on the virulence and antibiotic resistance of K. pneumoniae and other enterobacteria. She has co-authored more than 180 manuscripts in indexed journals, which have received over 5000 citations. Furthermore, she has also supervised 18 Master’s Theses and 9 PhD Theses.

ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0225-607X