I joined the Ebro Observatory (OE) as a predoctoral fellow in 1987. In 1991, I obtained my PhD in physics from the University of Barcelona. From 1993 to 1996, I worked in the Geomagnetism Section at the OE. From 1996 to 1999, I was a contracted researcher at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid. The OE rehired me as a research, observation, and teaching coordinator until 2001, when I became a senior scientist at the CSIC, assigned to the OE. During my training, I spent time at various geophysical research centers. In 1989, I spent three months in Edinburgh at the British Geological Survey studying algorithms for determining the secular variation of the geomagnetic field. In 1991 and 1992, I made short stays at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica studying regional harmonic models to represent the geomagnetic field. in 1992, I spent 11 weeks in Ottawa at the Geological Survey of Canada, furthering my study and applications of harmonic analysis of a spherical cap; in 1994, 1998, and 2003, I returned to Rome to continue my work. In my career as a researcher, I have followed a series of very specific criteria, aimed on the one hand at enhancing and updating part of the geophysical instrumentation of the OE and the Spanish Antarctic Base, and on the other at revitalizing research in geomagnetism in our country, which, although it had a long tradition, was being reduced to routine tasks. Thus, my work has covered several fields, always related to geomagnetism. My main lines of research are the global and regional analysis of the geomagnetic field, including the main field and the lithospheric field, secular variation, and variations of external origin. I am also interested in the by-products of these analyses, such as the dynamics of the upper atmosphere and the electrical conductivity of the Earth. I am also interested in geomagnetic observatory practice and magnetic studies in volcanic areas. I have contributed to the continuous monitoring of the Earth's magnetic field through geomagnetic observatories in the Ebro and Antarctica, and to the understanding of the mechanisms that govern the generation and evolution of the different contributions to this field, as well as its applications in environmental risk on a regional and global scale. Furthermore, based on the joint analysis of measurements taken by satellites and terrestrial observatories, I have sought to obtain complete regional models, which in the case of Antarctica have been the first and have surpassed the performance of certain standard global models. At the same time, I have tried to be an international reference in the applications of the harmonic analysis technique of a spherical cap. At the CSIC, I have achieved the rank of Scientific Researcher and at Ramon Llull University, that of Full Professor. I was director of the OE from 2001 to 2009 and subsequently head of the research line. I am a member of the Geomagnetism Section of the Spanish Commission on Geodesy and Geophysics, currently serving as deputy chair and having previously held the position of secretary of the Section. I have served as National Delegate at all the Assemblies of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy and the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics since 1999. I have been the principal investigator for several projects under the National R&D&I Plan, many of which were carried out in Antarctica, and I have secured significant research contracts. I have published more than 100 scientific articles and technical reports, 70 of which have been published in peer-reviewed journals (index h=23), and I have presented papers at national and international conferences, where I have occasionally chaired sessions. I joined the Ebro Observatory (OE) as a pre-doctoral fellow in 1987. In 1991, I obtained my PhD in physics from the University of Barcelona. From 1993 to 1996, I was a collaborator in the Geomagnetism Section at the OE. From 1996 to 1999, I was a contracted researcher at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid. The OE rehired me as coordinator of research, observation, and teaching until 2001, when I became a senior scientist at the CSIC, assigned to the OE. During my training, I spent time at various geophysical research centers. In 1989, I spent three months in Edinburgh at the British Geological Survey studying algorithms for determining the secular variation of the geomagnetic field. In 1991 and 1992, I made short stays at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica studying regional harmonic models to represent the geomagnetic field. in 1992, I spent 11 weeks in Ottawa at the Geological Survey of Canada, furthering my study and applications of harmonic analysis of a spherical cap; in 1994, 1998, and 2003, I returned to Rome to continue my work. 

In my career as a researcher, I have followed a series of very specific criteria, aimed on the one hand at enhancing and updating part of the geophysical instrumentation of the OE and the Spanish Antarctic Base, and on the other at revitalizing research in geomagnetism in our country, which, although it had a long tradition, was being reduced to routine tasks. Thus, my work has covered several fields, always related to geomagnetism. My main lines of research are the global and regional analysis of the geomagnetic field, including the main field and the lithospheric field, secular variation, and variations of external origin. I am also interested in the by-products of these analyses, such as the dynamics of the upper atmosphere and the electrical conductivity of the Earth. I am also interested in geomagnetic observatory practice and magnetic studies in volcanic areas. I have contributed to the continuous monitoring of the Earth's magnetic field through geomagnetic observatories in the Ebro and Antarctica, and to the understanding of the mechanisms that govern the generation and evolution of the different contributions to this field, as well as its applications in environmental risk on a regional and global scale. Furthermore, based on the joint analysis of measurements taken by satellites and terrestrial observatories, I have sought to obtain complete regional models, which in the case of Antarctica have been the first and have surpassed the performance of certain standard global models. At the same time, I have tried to be an international reference in the applications of the harmonic analysis technique of a spherical cap. At the CSIC, I have achieved the rank of Scientific Researcher and at Ramon Llull University, that of Full Professor. I was director of the OE from 2001 to 2009 and subsequently head of the research line. I am a member of the Geomagnetism Section of the Spanish Commission on Geodesy and Geophysics, currently serving as deputy chair and having previously held the position of secretary of the Section. I have served as National Delegate at all the Assemblies of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy and the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics since 1999. I have been the principal investigator for several projects under the National R&D&I Plan, many of which were carried out in Antarctica, and I have secured significant research contracts. I have published more than 100 scientific articles and technical reports, 70 of which have been published in peer-reviewed journals (index h=23), and I have presented papers at national and international conferences, where I have occasionally chaired sessions.