Juan Carlos del Real is currently a full professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, ICAI School of Engineering, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain. He currently holds the position of director of postgraduate and doctoral studies at the ICAI School of Engineering and previously the position of head of studies for the master’s degree in industrial engineering (2014–2022). He holds a Ph.D. degree in industrial engineering from Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICAI). He began his teaching work at Comillas ICAI in 1994, teaching in the fields of materials science and engineering. He is currently developing his research at the Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica (IIT) in the field of materials in the areas of adhesive joints and composites and biomaterials. He is a member of the Interuniversity Research Group on Structural Adhesives formed by researchers from ICAI and Carlos III University of Madrid. He has been president and is currently the scientific coordinator of Grupo Español de Adhesión y Adhesivos (GEAA).