Virxilio Rodríguez Vázquez, Bachelor (2001) and Doctor (2008) in Law from the University of Vigo, is since 2010 Associate Professor of Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Vigo, teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
His lines of research focus on the criminal protection of the environment, the criminal protection of workers, law and new technologies, and medical criminal law. In relation to the latter, in 2012 he published a monograph entitled "Responsabilidad penal en el ejercicio de actividades médico-sanitarias" (Criminal liability in the exercise of medical-health activities), published by Marcial Pons (Madrid).