Background
Río, Luis Alfonso del was born on December 13, 1943 in Campomanes, Spain.
Río, Luis Alfonso del was born on December 13, 1943 in Campomanes, Spain.
Master of Science in Chemistry, University Oviedo, Spain, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, University Granada, Spain, 1971.
Postdoctoral fellow, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (Spanish National Research Council), Granada, 1972-1974; research scientist, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (Spanish National Research Council), Granada, 1974-1986; senior research scientist, Estacion Experimental del Zaidin (Spanish National Research Council), Granada, 1986-1987; professor, Estacion Experimental del Zaidin (Spanish National Research Council), Granada, since 1987; fellow of the British county, U. Bristol, England, 1972-1974. Referee DGICYT, Min. of Education, Madrid, Spain, since 1987, Physiologia Plantarum Journal, Lund, Sweden, since 1994. Head of the research group of oxygen free radicals in plant cells Junta de Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain, since 1986.
Second lieutenant Spanish Army, 1967-1968. Member The Bio-chemical Society, Society for Free Radical Research, American Society Plant Physiologists, New York Academy of Sciences, Japanese Society Plant Physiologists, Society for Free Radical Research (chairman plant oxygen group).
Son of Martin del Río and Sofia Legazpi. Married María J. Lopez-Huertas, July 7, 1973. Children: Luis Alfonso, Javier, Alberto.