Ph.D in Chemistry (Ph.D. 1976) and Pharmacy (Ph.D. 1981) at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Pharmacist specialized in Industrial Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics, and in Analysis and Control of Medicines and Drugs. PI of research projects dealing with hydrogels, polymeric micelles, supramolecular systems, imprinted networks for controlled release, drug/medical device combination products, and scaffolds for regenerative medicine. Author of >350 publications in indexed journals, 15 patents and 30 book chapters, and co-editor of two books. Supervisor of 24 Doctoral Theses. h-index (Web of Science) = 50.