Biographical Note
MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from MIT, and Electrical Enginer from Comillas University in Madrid, Spain. Professor and Director of the BP Chair on Sustainable Development at Comillas University, and founder and director for 11 years of its Institute for Research in Technology (IIT).
Permanent visiting professor at the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (MIT, Boston, USA). Commissioner at the Spanish Electricity Regulatory Commission (1995-2000). Independent Member of the Single Electricity Market Committee of Ireland (2007-2012). Member of the Board of Appeal of the Agency for the Coordination of Energy Regulators (ACER) in the EU.
Director of Training at the Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Review editor of the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Member of the Advisory Group of the Energy Roadmap 2050 for the Energy Directorate of the European Commission. Life Member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering. Consultant for companies and institutions in more than thirty countries.
He has supervised more than 25 doctoral theses, one hundred master theses, edited three books, published one book and more than two hundred articles in international conferences and journals.