Professor of Nutrition and Bromatology at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the San Pablo-CEU University in Madrid, and Director of the CEU University Institute “Food and Society”. Head of the Research Excellence Group “Nutrition for Life”, and President of the Spanish Federation of Nutrition, Food and Dietetics Societies (FESNAD). Fellow of the Royal European Academy of Doctors, and of the Royal Academy of Gastronomy, and Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Galicia, and founding member of the Spanish Academy of Nutrition and Food Sciences. He has published more than 250 indexed scientific articles, more than 50 book chapters, and is the editor of 15 books. Among others, he has been awarded the following distinctions:  Encomienda Orden Alfonso X El Sabio; International award HIPÓCRATES of medical investigation  about human nutrition; Awars Dr. Marañón for the Best Scientific Work in the Food Field; or the Grand Prix of the International Academy of Gastronomy President of the Scientific Committee of the Health and Mediterranean Diet Agency, , Member of the Patronato and scientific council of IMDEA-Food (Community of Madrid), and of the Nutrition Committee of the Spanish Heart Foundation.