Fitxa persona

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Bachelor in Chemical Sciences (extraordinary degree award 1990) and doctor in Chemical Sciences (1995) from the University of Valencia (UV). After a stay at the Walther-Nernst-Institut of the Humboldt University of Berlin (1995-1997), he joined the Department of Physical Chemistry of the UV, where he worked as a senior research technician (1997-2001) and, since 2002, as a senior university professor.

His research work has been developed in the field of theoretical and computational chemistry, especially in the development, calibration and application of basis sets for the calculation of transition metal systems and in the theoretical study of the molecular structure and excited electronic states of electroactive systems.

As far as his teaching work is concerned, he has taught various subjects in the Degrees of Chemistry, Biology, Chemical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, as well as in the Double Degree of Physics and Chemistry and in the University Master's Degrees of Secondary Education Teacher and Chemistry. He was coordinator of the pilot project of educational innovation for the 1st year of the Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry (2003-2005) and coordinator of European convergence of the Faculty of Chemistry (2005-2009). He has participated in various innovation initiatives and, for one of them (“Theatre is pure chemistry; chemistry is pure theater”), he received in 2010 the award for teaching quality and innovation awarded by the Social Council of the UV.

In the field of management, he was director of the UV Quality Assurance Office (2012-2018), coordinator of the Double Degree in Physics and Chemistry (2020-2024) and, since 2022, he has served as the rector's delegate for teaching transformation. Likewise, he collaborated as an evaluator in various calls and programs for the Agency for the Quality of the University System of Castilla y León (ACSUCYL, 2006-2021), for the Agència Valenciana d'Avaluació i Prospectiva (AVAP, 2017-2020) and for the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA, 2019-2026), where he currently acts as an academic member of the Accreditation Commission EUROLABEL.