Pablo Engel

Pablo Engel obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Barcelona, Spain, and trained as a postdoctoral fellow with Thomas F. Tedder at the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard Medical School (MA, USA). He was an assistant research professor at the Department of Immunology at Duke University Medical School (NC, USA). Since 1997 he is a professor of immunology and Head of the Immunology Unit at the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Barcelona Medical School. His major focus has been the study of lymphocyte surface molecules and their function in the regulation of immune responses. Especially relevant are his contributions to the study of the immunoreceptors of the SLAM family. Dr. Engel is the President of the International Council of Human Cell Differentiation Molecules (HCDM), Chair the Nomenclature and Standardization committees on CD molecules and Leukocyte of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS), and Secretary General of the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) (2016-2021).