Prof. Alberto Orfao is currently Full Professor at the Department of Medicine of the University of Salamanca, Director of the Cancer Research Foundation of the University of Salamanca (FICUS), Subdirector of the Cancer Research Center (CIC) of the University of Salamaca-National Research Council (CSIC), Director of the General Cytometry Service and the Cell sorting Service of the University of Salamanca, and Scientific Director of the Spanish National DNA Bank Carlos III and the Network of Tumor Biobanks of Castilla y Leon (Spain). His research activities are mainly focused on the field of haematological malignancies and the relationship between the immune system and early cancer development and progression. He has mentored 56 PhD students and co-authored >1300 publications and book chapters, being co-author of >850 scientific papers in international journals, with an overall h-index of 103 and more than 63,000 citations; in addition, he is inventor of 74 (granted/pending) patents.