Associate Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Belongs to the research group (GI-1616) Sustainable Separation Processes since 1995, its main lines of research are focused on: i) synthesis of nanomaterials and their possible industrial applications, ii) improvement of separation processes through rigorous knowledge of the balances involved and iii) design and use of ionic liquids in separation processes and synthesis of nanomaterials.