Professor of Petrology and Geochemistry at the University of Alicante's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Place of birth: Riospaso (Lena, Asturias, Spain)
Date of birth: 17.06.1946 Son of Avelino and Rosa.
Married with Mª de los Angeles García del Cura, three sons.
University of Alicante's President from 14.06.2001

• University degree in Geological Sciences by the Complutense University of Madrid (1971).
• FPI Fellowship holder at the CSIC's Lucas Mallada Institute and Assistant Lecturer at the UCM's Faculty of Geological Sciences. 1971-1974.
• Lecturer responsible for the Course on Geology, Geotechnology and Foundations. at the UPM's Technical University College of Public Works. 1971-1974.
• Ph.D. holder in Geological Sciences by the Complutense University of Madrid, with Extraordinary Prize awarded (24.06.1974) Director of his thesis: D: Francisco Mingarro Martín, Ph.D.
• Fellowship holder at the Fundación March (1975) "Las bauxitas españolas como mena del aluminio" ('Juan March' Foundation, serie Universitaria, 33, 64 pp. (summary of final report).
• Associate Lecturer at the UCM 's Faculty of Geology part-time lecturer: 1974-1980, full-time lecturer:1980-1983, professor: 1983-1992)
• He performed academic activities during 20 years at the Complutense University of Madrid, where he taught the courses on Sedimentary Petrology, Mineral Deposits and Industrial Rocks.
• Vice-Dean of the UCM's Faculty of Geological Sciences (1981-1986). Acting Dean (1985-1986)
• Vice-President of the Professional Association of Geologists (1982-1987) 1989 ICOG's Prize to the Promotion of Geology. 1992 ICOG 's Prize to his activities for the institution.
• Professor of Petrology & Geochemistry. (15-04-1992)
• Director of the University of Alicante's Gemology School (1992-1998)
• Vice-Dean of the University of Alicante 's Faculty of Sciences (1995-1998)
• Vice-President for Academic Affairs at the University of Alicante (1998-2000)
• Secretary-General of the 1st Spanish Conference on Geology. Segovia. 1984
• Founder member and first Secretary of the Geological Society in Spain. 1985.
• Secretary-General of the 5th Spanish Conference on Geochemistry. Soria. 1993
• President of the 5th Spanish Conference on Geology. Alicante. July 2000
• Chairman of the Organising Committee of the 15th International Sedimentological Congress. Alicante. April 1998
• Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the 2nd International Stone Conference. Madrid. May 1998
• Vice-Chairman of the Spanish Geological Society's Spain Geology History Committee
• Vice-Chairman of the International Association of Sedimentologists. (1996-1998)

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• Member of the Institute for Madrid Studies from 1984
• Member of the Academy of Ph.D. holders.
• Member of the International Committee for the study of Bauxites and Alumina (ICSOBA), from 1977
• Eight doctoral theses supervised, four of which related to mineral resources and several dissertations.
• More than 120 publications on Spanish and foreign scientific journals, most of them related to mineral resources: ornamental rocks, bauxites, sodium sulphate, aggregated and sulphides.
• 15 participations on foreign scientific books and 31 on Spanish books.
• Collaborator of the ESPASA Universal Dictionary on issues related to Geology, Geophysics and Mineralogy.
• Presented a hundred papers at international conferences and over 70 at national conferences.
• Several research projects supervised (CICYT,DGCYT,DGES, Generalitat Valenciana) and R&D (CDTI and Universidad Empresa) within the field of study of ornamental rocks and mineral resources.
• Set up a Laboratory of Applied Petrology for the study of Ornamental Rocks at the University of Alicante .

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