Degree in Mining Engineering and PhD in Natural Resources and Environment from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). He also holds a master degree in Health and Safety. He was a mining Inspector for the Department of Mines and Energy of Catalonia (Spain) between 1990 and 2004. He has been a professor in the department of Mining Engineering of the UPC since 1988 and director of the ICL Chair in Sustainable Mining since 2012. He has also collaborated in different training programs related to labour security in surface and underground mining as well as in national and international research projects.