Experienced practitioner (25+ year) in construction, project management and real estate sectors leading multidisciplinary teams in diverse countries (Spain, Tunisia, Mexico, Chile and KSA). Holder of certifications in sustainable construction (LEED, ENVISION), project management (PMP) and Real Estate (MRICS). After completing his PhD in 2017, his career was focused on Academia as teacher in some Mexican and Spanish universities, as well as postdoctoral researcher (National Researcher Level 1, Maria Zambrano fellow). Nowadays, he applies sustainability principles in a holistic and integrated manner to multiple fields inter alia, urban development, resilience, smart cities, construction, corporate social responsibility and sustainability assessment in the pursuit of effective solutions to global problems at local, regional, national and international levels. He launched Hurbannia, an entrepreneurial initiative approved on 27th August 2019 by the  Regional Development Society of Cantabria (SODERCAN), as a first step to create later the Institute of Sustainability of Cantabria (ISOSCAN), a cluster of various regional companies and the Universidad Europea del Atlántico (UNEATLATICO) to raise private and public funding (EU, national/regional government) to tackle main structural issues of Cantabria by combining scientific methods with a business insight. The coronavirus pandemic cut short this endeavour.

Generation of knowledge is based on putting into practice relevant global initiatives (2030 Agenda/Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), New Urban Agenda, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, etc.) under the prism of sustainability principles by addressing today´s problems (development of the poorest countries, resilience to natural hazards, sustainable urban development, corporate sustainability, rural development, education for sustainability, citizenry engagement in governance). The applicant represents the University of Oviedo to the European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR), an inter-university consortium with more than 50 institutions engaged in the coordination of sustainability science teaching and research. Two research articles were written in collaboration with some ESSSR researchers. He assisted two doctoral students in completing their PhD in Mexico, whilst other Colombian doctorand is now being led. Evaluator of research proposals for the University of Mons (Belgium), Le Studium, a French Institute for Advanced Studies and CONACYT. Associate editor for three books published on Springer Nature, editorial board member of Discover Sustainability, Natural Resources Forum, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education and reviewer of 661 articles for JCR-indexed journals. Scientific committee member of the 6th International Conference on Sustainable Development (New York, 2018). H-index 13 (WoS and Scopus) and research interest score higher than 90% of ResearchGate members. Two 3-month predoctoral stays were carried out at Taïf University in KSA (2015) and Tecnologico Monterrey in Mexico (2016), whilst a 4-month postdoctoral stay at Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (University Sains Malaysia) was completed in 2023. A further 4-month postdoctoral stay is scheduled from April to August 2024 in the Faculty of Architecture (Chulalongkorn University) in Thailand.