**About the Editors**

## **Alejandro Su ´arez-Bonnet**

Dr Alejandro Suarez-Bonnet is a veterinary surgeon with over 18 years of experience in ´ pathology, including regular forensic examinations. He graduated as a Doctor in Veterinary Medicine (DVM) in 2005 from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Spain, and received his PhD in animal health and comparative pathology after writing a thesis on cell markers in canine mammary tumours. He won the prize for the best PhD thesis in medical sciences in 2011. He worked as a pathologist and researcher for the ULPGC until 2015, when he moved to the Royal Veterinary College, UK, to undertake a 3-year clinical residency in anatomic pathology. Currently, he is a lecturer in comparative pathology at the Royal Veterinary College and consultant histopathologist at the Francis Crick Institute, London. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (Anatomic Pathology, is ABVS®, ACVP), an RCVS Recognized Specialist in Veterinary Pathology, holds a Master's degree in veterinary medicine, and holds a PhD and a Postdoc Fellowship in comparative oncology. He is a regular reviewer of several medical peer-reviewed journals and a council member of the Spanish Society of Veterinary Pathology. He has authored and co-authored over 80 peer-review publications covering various aspects of pathology and comparative pathology.

#### **Gustavo A. Ram´ırez**

Gustavo A. Ram´ırez graduated as a Doctor in Veterinary Medicine (DVM) in 1999 from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, and received his PhD in animal health and comparative pathology after writing a thesis on the neuroendocrine cutaneous cells (Merkel cells) and their dysfunctions in dogs. He moved to Barcelona, Spain, working on diagnostics and the characterization of neoplastic diseases in domestic animals as a researcher and veterinary pathologist from 2006 to 2017. He moved to Lleida, Spain, in 2017 and became a senior lecturer in veterinary pathology and the head of the Pathology Unit at the Veterinary College of the University of Lleida. He also coordinates the Veterinary Pathology Diagnostic and Research Lab of this university. His research has included different aspects in veterinary pathology, including the study of the cutaneous diffuse neuroendocrine system, the characterization and diagnosis of cutaneous and neoplastic disorders, the study of prognosis factors in neoplastic diseases, and the development of innovative vaccines and diagnostics for endemic and zoonotic reproductive pathogens of livestock. Dr. Ram´ırez is an EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Anatomic Pathology (Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Pathologist) and has been the president of the Spanish Veterinary Anatomic Pathology Society since 2019.
