Juan Jose Gonzalez Lopez

Juan Jose Gonzalez Lopez is a Researcher at the Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He specializes in antibiotic resistance mechanisms, bacterial genetics, and infectious disease research. His work focuses on pathogens like Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and respiratory viruses such as RSV. Lopez leads projects investigating new precision antibiotics for multidrug-resistant infections and has contributed to understanding bacterial evolution and outbreak dynamics.

Education: Completed his PhD in 2009 with a thesis on beta-lactamase regulation in Enterobacteriaceae.

Research Interests:

• Antibiotic resistance mechanisms in Enterobacteriaceae
• Emerging pathogens and genomic surveillance
• Treatment strategies for multidrug-resistant infections
• Cladistics and molecular epidemiology of bacterial pathogens

Recent work highlights include analyzing RSV genomic evolution over a decade and tracking Treponema pallidum clade shifts in Barcelona. He collaborates extensively on antibiotic efficacy studies and public health responses to outbreaks.

Grants: Investigator in the 2023-2024 project 'Cribado de nuevos antibióticos de precisión...' funded by CICYT.