Person detail

Academic background

• 1991: Industrial Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid.

Professional experience

• Civil servant of the Scale of Specialised Senior Technicians of the Public Research Bodies.
• 1991–1998: Researcher on the Experimental Systems Project in the Resources and Systems Division at the Institute for Renewable Energy.
• 1998–2005: Head of the R&D Project on Isolated Systems.
• 2005–2025: Head of the Wind Energy Unit at CIEMAT.
• Since 2025: Director of Scientific and Technical Coordination at CIEMAT.

Other positions

• Since 2005: Principal member for Spain on the Executive Committee of the IEA Wind TCP and Vice-Chair since 2018.
• 2006 – 2008: Advisory member of the European Technology Platform on Wind Energy (TPWind).
• 2007 – 2010: Spanish representative on the EII Team (European Industrial Initiatives) for wind energy (SET Plan).
• 2007 – 2012: Co-convenor of the International working group MT2 of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
• 2007 – 2018: Operating Agent for Phases 1 and 2 of International Task 27 under the IEA Wind TCP.
• Since 2008: Member of the EERA Joint Programme on Wind Energy.
• Since 2010: Collaborator with the Ministry of Science and Innovation on the SET Plan Steering Committee.
• Since 2010: Member of the Board of Trustees of the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC).
• 2010 – 2014: Member of the Strategy Committee and Internationalization Committee of the Alliance for Energy Research and Innovation (ALINNE).
• Since 2010: Member of the Steering Group of the Spanish Scientific and Technical Platform on Wind Energy (REOLTEC).
• 2018–2022: Advisory collaborator in the management of the energy and transport research program at the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI).
• Since 2019: Member of the EERA Joint Programme on Smart Grids.
• Since 2024: Advisory collaborator as an expert for international programs at the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI).

Further information

• 2023: National Energy Award, granted by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge.
• Since 2018: Participation in the Investiga R&D Program organized by the San Patricio Foundation, aimed at encouraging interest in energy research among 10th-grade students.
• Author of over thirty scientific publications, around ten book chapters, three patents, and more than one hundred conference contributions.
• Has participated as a researcher in forty projects funded by public institutions and private companies, serving as principal investigator in twelve of them.
• Has served as an evaluator for the European Union, national agencies, and third countries, and teaches wind energy in various Master's programs in Renewable Energy.
• Fluent in Spanish and English.