Ignacio Blanquer
is a professor of computer systems at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and a member of the EOSC Association Board since 2020. He leads the Grid and High-Performance Computing group at the Institute for Molecular Imaging (I3M) and coordinates Spain’s national e-Science network. As an expert to the Spanish Ministry of Science and a delegate to e-IRG, he plays a crucial role in shaping digital research infrastructures. He has led or contributed to numerous EU cloud computing, medical imaging, and open science projects.