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