EDUCATION
Ph.D., Physics, 1990, Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de Física de la Terra i del Cosmos, Barcelona, Spain
M.S. and B.S., Physics, 1982, Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de Física de la Terra i del Cosmos, Barcelona, Spain

EMPLOYMENT
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Professor 1990 - Present
Adjunct Professor 1988 – 1990

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Many physical courses at: Escola Politècnica Superior d'Enginyeria de Vilanova i la Geltrú, Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona, Escola Universitària d'Enginyeria Tècnica Industrial de Barcelona, Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura del Vallès, Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeries Industrial i Aeronàutica de Terrassa.
Co-author of three physics books (undergraduate level).
Teacher at 3 Master Courses and 4 PhD Programs.
Teacher at the CVA Summer School 2005 in Barcelona.

PUBLICATION RECORDS
114 scientific papers (59 refereed, 29 as first author), 1106 citations in 721 papers (1054 in 708 refereed papers), H-index: 17 (total and refereed). Source: NASA ADS, May 2013.
2 technical reports for proposed space missions.

RESEARCH
Participation in 23 competitive projects (both from the European Community and Spain).
Co-I of INTEGRAL ToO proposal: “Type Ia Supernovae”, yearly from 2003 to 2013, PI: J. Isern.
Director of three PhD, one of them in progress at the time of writing this cv.
Co-author of the feasibility studies of SIXE “Spanish-Italian X-ray Experiment” and FFEW “Forest Fire Earth Watch”.
Research keywords: hydrodynamics, stellar evolution, nuclear reactions, supernovae

MEMBERSHIPS, SERVICE, AND MISCELLANEOUS
Member of the International Astronomical Union since 1994, Division G Stars and Stellar Physics, Commission 35 Stellar Constitution.
Scientific referee for The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and Journal of Physics G.
Scientific Organizing Committee: Trobades Científiques de la Mediterrània “Supernovae”, Maó (Spain), 1992, and: Workshop “Advanced Topics in Astrophysics”, Llafranc (Spain), 2011.
Director of the Secció de Física Aplicada I, Dept. de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear from 1999 to 2001.