Head of Marine Geology Resources and Extreme Environments research group at the Geological Survey of Spain (IGME) research centre attached to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Madrid-Spain. Javier Gonzalez has 20 years´ experience from the Geological Survey of Spain. PhD in geology, mineralogy and geochemistry of seabed ferromanganese deposits. He has been coordinator of the H2020 GeoERA-MINDeSEA project, mapping the metallogeny and critical raw materials potential of seabed minerals in pan-European seas. Since 2004, he collaborates with a number of research institutions on several projects in the Iberian continental margins, Canary Islands, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Baltic Sea, South China Sea, Cocos-Nazca Ridge and South Shetland Islands and Scotia Sea (Antarctica). He is Collaborator at the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology of the “Universidad Complutense de Madrid” (UCM). Oriented to national and international career with responsibility for marine minerals mapping and research in the framework of Europe, Iberoamerican countries and the International Seabed Authority. His main research interests include marine mineral deposits, critical raw materials, sustainability and energy transition.