Senior Lecturer at the School of Agricultural Engineers, University of Seville, graduated with a PhD in Veterinary Science from the University of Córdoba in 1994. His main research lines focus on animal nutrition-quality of products (meat and dairy), especially in Mediterranean pastoral- based farming systems and the use of agro-industrial by-products, to promote the sustainability and resilience of ecosystems and the circular economy. He is the recipient of a range of fellowships (FPI-Training of Research of the Ministry of Science and Innovation-Government of Spain; Community program for Research and Technological Development of the EU; Grants for the Improvement of Research Staff of the Government of Andalusia) and has made several research and development stays (Hassan II Institute of Agronomy & Veterinary Medicine, Rabat-Morocco; Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen-United Kingdom; National Autonomous University of Mexico). He is currently the Academic Coordinator of the PIMA Network "Sustainable Agriculture" of the Organization of Ibero-American states (OEI).