Degree in Earth Sciences in 1985 and PhD in 2001 with the thesis "Structure of the Northern Margin of the Alboran Sea" both in the Complutense University (Madrid). Between 1986 and 1993 he was part of the Marine Geology Department of the Spanish Geological Survey (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España). From 1993 to 2007 he was a professor at Cádiz University (Marine Geology and Tectonics). In October 2007 he joined the Instituto Español de Oceanografía as Researcher. He has specialized in the study of several geological active processes of continental margins, ocean basins and seamounts from different types of seismic reflection profiles and multi-beam bathymetric data. His research focuses on submarine active tectonics and other active geological processes: volcanism and fluid emissions, diapirs, submarine canyons, mass flow processes and tsunami triggering mechanisms. He has developed this activity in marine areas of Iberia, Canary Islands and the Antarctic.