Presently, chair of the European Strategic Forum for Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), joint forum between Member States, Associated Countries and European Commission. Previously, Associated Director of Institut Laue Langevin (Grenoble, France), Director of ESS-Bilbao (Bilbao, Spain). Deputy Director General for Research in the Spanish Ministry of Research and Innovation (Madrid, Spain) and Research Professor in Material Science at CSIC (Madrid, Spain).