Pablo joined the Dikic group in 2018 during his last year of his biotechnology degree at Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (Madrid), to develop his bachelor thesis and lab experience. He was co-mentored by Alexandra snd stayed for 7 months working on the establishment of cell-based autophagy assays as well as the characterization of different interactors of autophagy receptors. Pablo later enrolled in the Master of Neuroscience of the Autonoma University of Madrid and made his Master thesis at the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO).