PhD in chemical sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). He is a professor of chemical engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. He has carried out research on applied spectroscopy, preparation and properties of polymer matrix composites, didactics of experimental sciences, and history of science, and has published several books and nearly 200 articles. He is the president of the Specialised Group in Education and History within the Spanish Royal Society of Physics and Chemistry and has been involved in many science outreach activities in a variety of formats.