Juan Abella is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany and Geology at the Universitat de València. He obtained his PhD in Palaeontology from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and has conducted research at institutions including the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, and the Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena (Ecuador), where he also worked as a lecturer and researcher.

His research focuses on evolutionary palaeobiology and the comparative and functional anatomy of carnivorous mammals, particularly ursids and other fossil Carnivora. He has participated in numerous national and international research projects and has led several palaeontological field campaigns that resulted in the discovery of new fossil vertebrate species.

He has authored more than fifty scientific publications, most of them in leading international peer-reviewed journals, and has carried out research stays at major museums and research institutions in the United States, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic.