Arnau Busquets-Garcia  holds a degree in Human Biology from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. He is an independent researcher at the Hospital Del Mar Research Institute in the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), where he heads the Cellular Mechanisms in Physiological and Pathological Behavior group. Previously, Arnau was a predoctoral researcher in the Neuropharmacology group at Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona, 2009-2013), where he obtained his PhD, which received awards from Biogen-Idec and the Esteve Foundation. During his doctoral thesis, he specialized in how cannabis and the endocannabinoid system modulate brain functions. After completing his doctorate, Arnau spent six years in Dr. Giovanni Marsicano's laboratory at the NeuroCentre Magendie (Bordeaux, France), where he continued to study the effects of cannabis in animal models. In 2019, Arnau started his own research group that, by using behavioral, chemogenetic and imaging approaches, is trying to understand the brain circuits involved in social cognition, with a particular focus on higher-order conditioning. He is the author of more than 40 articles and has received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC), funding from the IBRO, and also from the Spanish Research Agency.