Curriculum

He took a degree in Chemical Sciences at Santiago University in 1961 and a doctor's degree in Industrial Chemistry at the Complutense University in Madrid in 1972. In 1986, he got a certificate in Research Management. In 1988, he got a certificate of European Institutions at the Diplomatic School. In 1986 and 1987, he was the Spanish representative in the European Community of Coal and Steel. In 1994, he became president of the Association of Research Workers at the Council of Scientific Investigations and secretary of the Spanish Society of Materials in 1997. Nowadays, he is a research worker at the Council of Scientific Investigations within the Corrosion and Protection Department of the National Centre of Metallurgical Investigations in Madrid. His research activity focussed mainly in the field of protection processes corrosion in metallic materials, modification of the surface and treatment of smelted metal, laser and concentrated solar energy and diamond position under atmospheric pressure by means of acetylene flame. He directed several doctoral theses, published about a hundred works in international scientific magazines and collaborated in the publication of some books.