Received his B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering in 1994, his M.S. in 1997 and the PhD degree in 2001 from the University of Cantabria, Spain. Later, he was a Researcher and Teaching Assistant in the Chemical Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry Department.
He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, from 2005 to 2006. At present, he works as an Associate Professor at the University of Cantabria and as Vice-Dean of International Relations in the School of Nautical Studies.
His research interests are in the areas of waste valorization in biofuels and bioproducts as well as marine sediments and industrial waste management. He has worked in the direction and collaboration in Research and Development Projects at International, European and National level as well as Transference Results Projects with the industrial sector.
He has participated in more than 30 SCI papers, 1 invention patent, 80 International Congresses and the supervision of 4 PhDs, obtaining 2 research periods of 6 years from the Spanish Education Ministry. During 2011, he worked as a researcher for 4 months at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Imperial College London (UK).