Carlos received the BSc in Biology from the University of Balearic Islands (2011) and the MSc in Marine Ecology in 2014. Since 2009 he has been contributed in the laboratory of Zoology (Dep. of Biology) in the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). He obtained his PhD in Biotechnology in 2019 about seasonality and bionomics of Culicoides sp. which are the main vectors of Bluetongue virus in Spain. He has experience in the field of vector ecology; agricultural pests; entomosurveillance; early detection of invasive insects; bionomics of mosquitoes and biting midges. He has been involved in European projects such as EDENext, FruitFlyNet, VectorNet and national projects on vector diseases (National Program of health technology and welfare). Carlos has participated with oral presentations and posters in several meetings/congresses (EDENext, SOVE, EMCA, Bluetongue and related arboviruses, TEAM, etc.) and was part of the scientific and local organizing committee in one international congress.