Manuel Martínez García (hereinafter MMG) is Full Professor of Microbiology at the University of Alicante (Catedrático de Universidad). Since his first paper published in 2007, MMG has published over 70 peer-review papers in International Journals listed in the Journal Citation Index in addition to other contributions to book chapters. He has a total of 4,800 citations and 89% of his publications have been in Journals in Q1, and 40% of papers in journals that rank in the top 10 ranking in Microbiology. MMG has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications (two papers; as lead authors and PI), Science, PNAS, Nature Biotechnology, ISME Journal (IF=9,6; a total of 10 papers). The i10 and H indexes are 55 and 33, respectively; and continuously growing. The average index factor of journals where MMG has disseminated his science in the last 5 years is near 8. He has more than 3,000 hours of teaching at the Master and Degree level in Life Sciences