Dr. Pinto obtained his PhD at the University of Valladolid (Spain) and the University of Bordeaux (France) under Prof. Miguel Angel Rodriguez-Perez and Prof. Michel Dumon, developing some of the first nanocellular polymers. Later, he worked for three years on water treatment applications of polymer foams as a postdoctoral researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology (Genoa, Italy). He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Condensed Matter Physics, Crystallography, and Mineralogy Department of the University of Valladolid (Spain). His main research interests are in the fields of nanocellular polymers, environmental applications of porous materials, and the characterization of archaeological and historical materials.