Born in Cartagena (1966). B.Sc. in Physics, Universidad de Granada (1989). Research studies at 
the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), with stays in Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie 
and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for 
Astrophysics. Ph.D. in Physics, Universidad de Granada (1994), 
 with thesis 
title "Movimientos Propios Internos Absolutos en Cuasares" (Absolute 
Proper Motions in Quasars). 
NRC postdoctoral researcher at NASA 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1994-1996), 
and research staff at the 
 Universidad de Valencia
(1997-2001). Associate Professor in Astrophysics since 2001. 
Research interests: radio interferometry, vey long baseline interferometry (VLBI), 
astrometry, radio supernovae, 
 AGNs, radio stars, SKA. 
Other interests: planetarium scriptwriting and educational activities in l'Hemisferic .