Graduate in Physics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 1986. PhD in Physics, University of Barcelona in 1992 ?On polymer dynamics in dilute solution, with Prof. M. Rubí. During this period, I visited the University of Leiden (12 months) with Prof. D. Bedeaux (1988-1992) to deploy my thesis subject: dynamics of dilute polymers solutions, and Brownian motion.

Postdoctoral UE fellow (IV Framework Program), Institut Charles Sadron (CNRS-ULP) Strasbourg, 1993-1995 with J.-F. Joanny, on physics of polymer adsorption.

Associate professor, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Escola Tècnica Superior dEnginyeria Química, Department dEnginyeria Química, 1996-2018. In 2018 I became full professor. The main subjects developed during this period are Dissipative Particle Dynamics with Energy conservation (DPDE), molecular dynamics simulations of polyoxometalates in aqueous solutions, calculation of physical properties of industrial fluids through molecular dynamics simulations, education in Chemical Engineering, and modelling of fluid dynamics through particulate methods as SPH.

From 2007-2011 I was responsible for Chemical Engineering Education and from 2001-2019 I was Director of the School. Also within this period, I was President of the Conferencia de Decanos y Directores de Ingeniería Química de España (2014-16).

At the end of this period of management, I got a sabbatical leave at Imperial College London, 6 months (20219-2020), with Prof. F. Bresme. Subject: heat transport at the mesoscale.  Almost simultaneously, I started the present work on the Generalised DPDE, which is my present major field of interest. 

During my career, I have supervised 8 PhD theses (plus two on their way; 6 with European label) and many master theses and research works. I have published 81 articles in SCI journals, my work has received (WOS) 2101 citations (Jan. 2025), and my h-index is 27. I have been awarded with 5 Sexenios de Investigación, the last in 2020. I held a general interest in theoretical aspects in liquid theory, statistical mechanics and fluid dynamics, producing several relevant papers in high impact journals (JACS, Phys. Rev. Lett., Macromolecules, etc.). The main highlights are the extension of the Dissipative Particle Dynamics method to include heat transport, followed by several additional extensions and ongoing applications, in a still active collaboration with the Army Research Laboratory, financed through a contract with the U.S. Army Research Office, as PI. The work done on polymer adsorption has become a reference paper on the subject. Pioneering simulations of polyoxometalates in aqueous solution and on the Ludwig-Soret coefficient of alcohol-water mixtures have received general interest. The non-equilibrium algorithm devised for this purpose has also become a standard for boundary-driven simulations. Another remarkable contribution is the understanding of the kinetics of micellar aggregates, which show non-exponential behaviour in the exchange kinetics.

The most of my PhD students have jobs related their doctoral education, in research and in education.

I have participated in many research projects obtained from competitive calls, and in several contracts with the industry, 3 as PI. I have been awarded with several grants for research stays: postdoctoral scholarship, Salvador de Madariaga scholarship, 4 scholarships from the NWO from the Netherlands. I have been invited professor at the Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg).