After my Degree and Ph.D in Biology (1993) at Univ. Malaga. I moved to Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences (Univ. Cadiz) reaching a permanent position in 1998, and Professor of Ecology since 2010. I have been responsible for the research group RNM214 “Structure and Dynamics of Aquatic Ecosystems" from November 2014 to June 2016, Director of the Marine Research Laboratory, Labimar; General Director of Scientific Projection (Vice-Rectorate for Research in June 2016), and, from March 2017 until July 2019, General Coordinator of the Campus of International Excellence of the Sea CEI·MAR. Research interest: the ecophysiology of marine macroalgae and seagrasses, from physiological aspects related to photobiology and nutrient metabolism, to the dynamics of green tides, and the effects of eutrophication in seagrass beds. I am interested in seagrass communities, its bottom-up and top down controls in a global change scenario, and its implications at ecological and socioeconomical levels. I have also involved in projects related to integrated aquaculture projects and the application of the Water Framework Directive with macroalgae and seagrasses. In addition to the Universities of Malaga and Cádiz, I was trained at Univ. of North Carolina at Wilmington in my predoctoral stage, and at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (New York) (Dr. Paul G. Falkowski, postdoctoral stage, 1995). Throughout my career, I have published more than 70 articles in international journals