Tenured professor of Physics at the University of Valencia (Spain). His field of research is relativistic astrophysics and in particular, he studies neutron stars, black holes, and gravitational radiation using computational tools such as relativistic hydrodynamics or magnetohydrodynamics and numerical relativity. He was the president of the Spanish Society of Gravitation and Relativity and now coordinates the Valencia group for the Virgo collaboration and directs the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics in the University of Valencia.