He obtained his B.Sc. in Pharmacy in 1985 and his Ph.D. in Pharmacy in 1991 from the University of Valencia. He completed his doctoral research at the Instituto de Investigaciones Citológicas (Valencia). He subsequently carried out a five-year postdoctoral stay in the laboratory of Dr. Jean Gruenberg, first at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) (1991–1993) and later at the University of Geneva (1993–1996), where he held a teaching and research position as Maître Assistant. He rejoined the University of Valencia in 1996. Associate Professor (1998-2012) and Full Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology since 2012.

He leads the Protein Trafficking research group at the University of Valencia, whose research focuses on intracellular protein trafficking in plant cells, with particular emphasis on bidirectional protein transport between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus mediated by COPI (Coat Protein I)- and COPII-coated vesicles.

His research achievements include six nationally recognized research assessment periods ("sexenios"), supervision of 11 Ph.D. theses, and leadership as Principal Investigator of 15 competitive research projects, including nine funded under the Spanish National R&D Plan. He has published 45 Q1 journal articles and has received more than 4,000 citations according to the Web of Science, averaging over 60 citations per publication. Four of his publications were selected and evaluated by Faculty of 1000 Biology. One article was included among the Most Downloaded Articles in the journal Traffic (2013). Another article published in The Plant Cell ranks within the top 1% of highly cited papers in the field of Plant and Animal Sciences for its publication year, according to the Web of Science, and has received twelve times the average number of citations for comparable publications, according to Dimensions.

He was awarded the Extraordinary Doctoral Award and the García Blanco Research Medal, presented jointly by the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of the University of Valencia and the Príncipe Felipe Research Center in recognition of outstanding scientific contributions by early-career researchers in the fields of Science and Biomedicine.

Dr. Jose J. Sempere Monerris earned a degree in Economics with honors at the University of Valencia, a Master in Industrial Economics with distinction at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) and a Ph. D. in Quantitative Economics (1995) under the European Doctoral Programme at CORE-UCL. He is Full Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Research Fellow at the ERI-CEs (University of Valencia) and Research Associate at CORE- UCL. He was a Visiting Associate Professor in the Strategy and Business Economics Division of the Sauder School of Business at the University British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada) from August 2010 to August 2011. During his PhD he got different scholarships from the Generalitat Valenciana, the College of Spain in Paris-Fundación Banco Exterior de España, and the Human Capital and Mobility Programme of the European Union (Currently Marie Curie Fellowships). His main research areas of interest include industrial economics, economics of innovation, transportation economics, networks and competition policy. He is co-author of more than thirty papers in specialist journals such as Applied Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Economics Letters, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Journal of Economics , Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Southern Economic Journal, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Transport Policy among others. He has supervised 4 PhD dissertations and 17 Master Thesis. He has participated in more than ninety international and Spanish conferences. He has been a member in more than fifteen competitive research grants financed by EU or National institutions or financed by Private institutions.

Academic IDs:

ORCID: 0000-0001-6759-2117
Researcher ID: E-6234-2016
Scopus Author ID: 6507343777

Selected publications:

1. Óscar Álvarez-SanJaime; Pedro Cantos-Sánchez; Rafael Moner-Coloques, Jose J. Sempere-Monerris (2021) The effect of cooperative infrastructure fees on high-speed rail and airline competition. Transport Policy, 112, pp. 125 - 141 . ISSN: 0967-070X

2. Pedro Mendi; Rafael Moner-Colonques; José J. Sempere-Monerris (2020) Cooperation for Innovation and Technology Licensing: Empirical Evidence from Spain. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 154(119976), pp. 1 - 7 . ISSN: 0040-1625

3. Álvarez-San Jaime, Óscar, Pedro Cantos Sánchez, Rafael Moner-Colonques and Jose J. Sempere-Monerris (2016) “Rail Access charges and internal competition in high speed trains”, Transport Policy, vol. 49, pp: 184-195.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.04.006

4. Óscar Álvarez San Jaime; Pedro Cantos; Rafael Moner Colonques; Jose J. Sempere-Monerris. (2015) The impact on port competition of the integration of port and inland transport services. Transportation Research Part B-Methodological, 71(80), pp. 291 - 302 . ISSN: 0191-2615

5. Óscar Álvarez San Jaime; Pedro Cantos Sanchez; Rafael Moner Colonques; José J. Sempere Monerris (2013) Competition and horizontal integration in maritime freight transport. Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review, 51(5), pp. 67 - 81 . ISSN: 1366-5545 

6. Óscar Álvarez San Jaime; Pedro Cantos Sanchez; Rafael Moner Colonques; José J. Sempere Monerris (2013) Vertical integration and exclusivities in maritime freight transport. Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review, 51(5), pp. 50 - 61 . ISSN: 1366-5545

7. Mauleon, Ana, Jose J. Sempere-Monerris and Vincent J. Vannetelbosch. (2011) “Networks of Manufacturers and Retailers“, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 77, pp. 351-367. DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2010.11.007
8. Moner-Colonques, Rafael, Jose J. Sempere-Monerris and Amparo Urbano. (2004) “Strategic Delegation with Multi-Product Firms”, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy vol. 13 (3) pp. 405-427 Fall (2004).

Jose Manuel Morante Redolat received his Bachelor's degree in Biology in 1999 and his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Valencia in 2006. He completed research stays at the National Institute on Aging (Bethesda, USA) and the Montreal Neurological Institute (Canada). After earning his PhD, he worked for two years as Head of R&D at the biotechnology company Sistemas Genómicos S.L. He then joined CIBERNED (Network Center for Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases) as a postdoctoral researcher, where he spent eight years in the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory led by Dr. Isabel Fariñas at the University of Valencia.

He is currently Associate Professor (Profesor Titular) of Cell Biology in the Department of Cell Biology and Functional Biology at the University of Valencia. His teaching activities are mainly focused on the Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, where he has served as Chair of the Academic Committee since the 2023–2024 academic year, and on the Master's Degree in Research and Development in Biotechnology and Biomedicine, where he is a member of the Academic Coordination Committee. He also provides specialized training in biological image analysis techniques through national and international courses.

He currently conducts research at the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory of the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BIOTECMED) at the University of Valencia, where he studies the molecular mechanisms regulating neural stem cells and adult neurogenesis. He participates in regional, national, and international research projects.