Throughout his career, he has gained extensive experience in strategic planning, securing and managing competitive national and international funding, institutional cooperation, internationalization, financial management and multidisciplinary team leadership.
He has also played an active role in creating alliances between public administrations, universities, research centers, technology centers and companies to strengthen scientific and innovation capabilities.
HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER
His professional career began at the Office for the Transfer of Research Results (OTRI) of the University of Zaragoza, where he worked for almost a decade on activities related to knowledge transfer, innovation and university-business collaboration. Between 2007 and 2013, he went on to lead the University of Zaragoza's European Projects Office, spearheading the institution's strategy for participating in European research and innovation programs. During that period, he also served as the National Contact Point for the Ministry of Science and Innovation for the Science in Society area of the Seventh Framework Programme and as Spain's national representative to the European Commission.
That year, he began his tenure as executive director of the Campus Iberus Consortium, the Ebro Valley International Campus of Excellence, comprising the universities of Zaragoza, Public University of Navarre, Lleida and La Rioja. During the six years he held the position, López Lorente promoted joint initiatives in research, innovation, internationalization and education.
From 2019 until joining ARAID, he served as executive director of the Aragon Health Research Institute Foundation (IIS Aragón), where he was responsible for strategic planning, the organization's overall management and institutional coordination among the entities that make up the institute (the Aragon Government's Department of Health, the University of Zaragoza, the Aragonese Health Service and the Aragonese Institute of Health Sciences).
