Academic Degrees
Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Santiago de Chile, 2004
Doctor Physical Sciences, University of Madrid, 1971
Doctor Physics, University of Rome, Italy, 1970
Master Physical Sciences, University of Madrid, June 1966
Professional Positions
2012-2019 : Professor ad Honorem, CSIC
2008- : Founder and Principal Scientific Adviser of the spin-off company PUSONICS SL
1988- 2011: Research Professor, CSIC
1991-2003: Director, Institute of Acoustics CSIC
1994-2002: Director, Center for Physic Technologies, CSIC
1971-1975: Head, Ultrasonics Laboratory, Acoustic Dept., Centre for Physics Research
1975-1994: Head, Structural Research Unit of Ultrasonics, Institute of Acoustics
1973-1988: Scientific Researcher, CSIC
1971-1972: Scientific Collaborator, CSIC
1969-1970: Scientific Collaborator, Institute of Ultracoustics, CNR
1966-1970: Postgraduate Fellow, CSIC and CNR
1965-1966: Graduate Fellow, CSIC
CSIC: Higher Council for Scientific Research of Spain
CNR: National Research Council of Italy
Other Professional Activities
- President of the 19th International Congress on Acoustics (ICA), Madrid 2007
- Organizer of the Ultrasonics International Conference, Madrid 1989
- Member of the Boards:
- International Commission for Acoustics (1998-2007)
- World Congress on Ultrasound (1993-2006)
- International Congress on Ultrasonics ( 2006- 2011 )
- Spansih Acoustical Society (1991-)
- Member of Editorial Boards of the Journals
- Ultrasonics (1979-2002)
- Acustica/ Acta Acustica (1993-2011)
- Fellow
- Acoustical Society of America
- British Institute of Acoustics
- Member
- New York Academy of Sciences
- IEEE
- Ultrasonic Industry Association
- Chairman of the Technical Committee on Ultrasound of the European Acoustical Association (2002-2007)
- Member of Scientific Committees (20) of national and international congresses (1991-2009)
Awards
- Distinguished Service Award (Golden Whistle Award), International Congress on Ultrasonics (2011)
- Member of Merit, Spanish Acoustical Society, 2011
- Gold Medal, University of Santiago de Chile (2004)
- Honor Diploma, Portuguese Acoustical Society (2004)
- First Prize for Technological Innovation, Babcock Foundation (1995)
- First Prize to Scientific Research, Ph.D. Thesis, Saving Bank of Cordoba 1971
