He earned his PhD from Niigata University (Spain). He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Agrobiotechnology Institute (IdAB). Dr. Baslam’s research focuses on 1- biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology of biosynthesis and degradation of starch in plants, 2- understanding how volatiles emitted by different microbial affects development and function in plants, and 3- identifying the current impacts of climate change conditions (High temperature, elevated CO2, drought…) on crops. He is currently employing `OMICs´ based techniques to further elucidate the genes and metabolites involved in model organisms such as Arabidopsis and rice.