José Manuel Torralba is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Charles III University of Madrid (UC3M) and Director at the IMDEA Materials Institute. He is a Fellow in the two most important powder metallurgy associations in the world: FAPMI and FEPMA (the first European to be a Fellow at the same time in Europe and the USA). He has participated in more than 80 International Advisory Committees at International Conferences, in about 35 competitive funded projects (among which five are EU projects and one is an NSF-USA project) and in several research evaluation panels (including the EU Research Framework Programmes) some of which are in Israel and New Zealand. Throughout his career, Professor Torralba has constantly strived for a holistic approach, being involved in a wide number of academic activities: teaching, research, innovation, university management, and management of research programmes and science communication. He also regularly participates in activities related to mentoring, research integrity, new ethics in science, and to the promotion of healthy conditions in research labs. He has been an active supervisor of PhD students and has created a good international network of former students in academia and the industry. Professor Torralba also collaborates regularly with two NGOs (supporting a secondary school in Kenya and providing scientific divulgation lectures in jails).