Dr José-Alfonso Abecia  has undertaken  postdoctoral  studies  at  the  Macaulay  Institute,  Aberdeen,  and currently is Professor of Animal Production at the veterinary faculty of Zaragoza .

He has supervised eight PhD theses, all approved with the maximum qualification (cum laude). He is principal  researcher  of  four  projects  funded  by  the  Ministry  of  Education  and Science of Spain in the field of sheep reproduction and several grants funded by the private sector about electronic identification of sheep and goats. He has published over  100 refereed  papers.