(Madrid, 1950)
Doctor (1983) in Chemical Sciences from the University of Barcelona, Chemical Engineer (1976) from the Institut National Polytechnique of Toulouse (France) and Master on Science in Chemical Engineering (1979) from the University of Sherbrooke (Canada). Professor of Environmental Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Director of the department of Engineering Projects at the UPC: 2001-2005, director of the Institute of Applied Petrochemistry: 1988-1991, and of the Institute of Technology and Environmental Modeling: 1992-1997. He founded and directed the doctoral program in Environmental Engineering: 1986-2006 (first in Spain). He founded and co-directed the Master in Environmental Engineering: 2006-2011. Its R&D activities are focused on modeling air quality, climate change, waste and environmental impact studies. Founder and director of the department. of Earth Sciences at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center: 2005-2014.
Responsible for legislative development on industrial waste in the Generalitat of Catalonia: 1981-1984, president of the Advisory Council for the Management of Industrial Waste: 1991-1995, advisor to the Catalan Waste Agency: 2004-2010; and since 2011 advisor to the Air Quality Expert Council. Member of the Advisory Council of the Ministry of the Environment: 1994-1997. President of ADECAGUA: 1989-1991. Member of the ISWA Working Group on Hazardous Wastes. Consultant to the United Nations Environment Program and the World Bank. Member of the EU Steering Group on Air Quality. Member of the scientific Steering Committee of PRACE HPC: 2010-2012 Expert of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
He has continued to be awarded the King James I Prize for the Environment in 1997, and with the IPCC Diploma for the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2007.
