Salva studied Biochemistry and Chemistry and was awarded his PhD at the Institute of Biomedicine of Valencia-CSIC. In 2011, he joined as a postdoc and subsequently got a permanent position as associate researcher in Dr. Armengod’s and Dr. Esplugues’s laboratory, both at Principe Felipe Research Center, Valencia. He is currently working in Dr. Juanes’s laboratory, where he is exploring the regulation of mitochondrial metabolism and function by the actin cytoskeleton. He is an expert in biochemistry, cell biology and molecular biology, particularly in small RNA biology and mitochondrial metabolism.

Aside from working in the lab, he enjoys taking care of his family, his dog, reading and doing sports.