In 1989 he returned to Spain as a research professor for the Spanish National Research Council and carried out an important role as director of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. In 1998 the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutional Biology, a new research center located in Valencia, was interested in including Alberch to its staff. He died on March 13, 1998, at the age of 43.
In 1989 he returned to Spain as a research professor for the Spanish National Research Council and played a key role as director of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. In 1998, the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutional Biology, a new research center in Valencia, sought his expertise and invited him to join its staff. He passed away on March 13, 1998, at the age of 43.