Fernando Catalina has been a research professor in the Materials area of the CSIC since 2003 and carries out his activity at the Institute of Polymer Science and Technology, During his career, the most relevant contributions have focused on the study of the structure-properties-applications relationships for the development of new polymeric materials with controlled structure. It is worth mentioning the following lines of research: i) Study of photochemical reactions in polymers applications; ii) Degradation and Stabilization of polymers; iii) Synthesis and structural/surface modification of polymers with specialized functionalities undertaken by Microwave irradiation and Plasma treatments; and iv) Design and synthesis of new fluorescent probes and ionic liquids.