Víctor Carrión studied Biology and did his MSc and PhD at the University of Málaga (Spain). During his PhD he used molecular microbiology techniques to characterize virulence factors in Pseudomonas syringae, under the supervision of Prof. Antonio de Vicente and Prof. Francisco M. Cazorla. In October 2012 he joined the group of Prof. Jos M. Raaijmakers, at the Wageningen university and later at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology, in Wageningen (The Netherlands), where he studied how the endophytic microbiome can protect plants against fungal diseases. In 2020 he became Assistant Professor and started his group of Metagenomics and Plant-Microbe Interactions at Leiden University. His research program focuses on understanding the underlying mechanisms of plant protection against (a)biotic stresses mediated by microorganisms, and the use of bioinformatic tools for the prediction of bacterial lifestyles. In September 2022 he took up his position as a Ramon y Cajal researcher at the Microbiology department in the University of Malaga.