Since 1993 he has developed his research activity at INSIA-UPM as Head of Traffic Accidents Investigation Unit (http://insia-upm.es/research/accidentology/?lang=en). He started this activity with a predoctoral fellowship in Spain for the training of research personnel (AP93 52184777, 1994-1996, Ministry of Education and Science), thesis titled “Development of a real-time simulator for the study of driving habits”. He finished his Doctoral Thesis in 2000. It was titled “Model for predicting the occurrence of accidents on road sections by continuous measurement of influence variables”, score obtained was Cum Laude.  At present, it has positively recognized two research periods: 2002-2007 and 2008-2013.

His field of research has been the primary and secondary safety of road vehicles:  performing in depth traffic accidents studies; determining causes of these accidents and evaluating injury mechanisms of people involved (VRUs, and vehicle occupants); elaborating recommendations to reduce the number of accidents and victims through statistical analysis based on macroscopic and in-depth accident databases; and cost-benefit studies about the proposed recommendations.

He has maintained a line of research on VRUs safety since 2002 as researcher in several national and international projects: “Accidental, biomechanical and dynamic study of pedestrian crossings (ABIDA)” (DPI2001-2818, Plan Nacional de I+D+I (2002 - 2004; “Pan-European Co-ordinated Accident and Injury Databases (PENDANT)” (GMA2/2001/52066, V Framework Programme CE, 2003 - 2006); “Cost-benefit analysis of active and passive safety systems for pedestrian protection, based on in-depth investigation of infringements (PEATON)” (FIT-370100-2006-0049, Programa de Fomento de la Investigación Técnica PROFIT, 2006 - 2007); “Industrial research on pedestrian protection based on an in-depth study of traffic accidents in Madrid, Zaragoza and Barcelona” (FIT – 370100 – 2007 – 51, Programa Nacional de Medios de Transporte del Plan Nacional DE I+D+I, 2004-2007). Fomento de investigacion tecnica, 2007-2008); “SEGVAUTO Research Programme” (S2009/DPI-1509, P2013/MIT2713, P2018/EMT- 4362, Programmes of R & D Activities between research groups of the Community of Madrid, 2010-2022); “Methodology for modelling the movements of vulnerable users in the pre-collision phase (PREMOVU)” (SPIP2017-02217, Proyectos de investigación en tráfico, movilidad y seguridad vial DGT, 2017 - 2018); “Application of virtual reality techniques in optimization of identification systems of the vulnerable road users based on the prediction of their reactions along the pre-collision phase (OPREVU)” (RTI2018-096617-B-100, Programa -Estatal de I+D+i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad, 2018-2021). Throughout these research projects, he has researched on several field: accident databases, development of new passive safety devices, effectiveness of active safety systems, and VRUs behaviour modelling using virtual reality techniques. Also, he was director of a Doctoral Thesis read in 2016 (“Parametrical Study of Pedestrian Accidents Using Multivariate Models”, author A. Badea).

He has collaborated in: 35 publications, scientific and technical documents; 42 R&D projects funded through competitive calls of public or private entities (Principal Investigator, 5); and 38 R&D non-competitive contracts, agreements or projects with public or private entities (Principal Investigator, 10). 7 of them have been international R&D projects funded through competitive calls of public or private entities.

He is co-author of an industrial and intellectual property (Software registration) titled “Computer application for data processing of a data recorder (EDR) on board a commercial vehicle (M-002078/2011)”

He has acted as Spanish representative on several international European Enhanced Vehicles Committees (EEVC), focused on vehicle safety: WG14 (Energy-absorbing front underrun protection); WG15 (Compatibility Between Cars); and WG21 (Accident Studies). Leader of the Objective 1 in the ECTRI (European Conference of Transport Research Institutes) TG Safety. Leader of the Accident Studies Working Group of ASEPA (Spanish Association of Automotive Professionals).

As Deputy Director of Training at INSIA-UPM, he oversees practices with companies, coordinating around 20 students per year. He is the coordinator of the Master's degrees in Automotive Engineering and Engineering of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicles of the University Institute of Automobile Research (INSIA-UPM) and member of the Academic Commission of the PhD Program in Mechanical Engineering (ETSII – UPM). He is the professor-coordinator of the UPMRACING Team (http://www.upmracing.es/en/), composed of 70 students from different engineering schools of the UPM since 2005 (Formula Student competition).

He is an evaluator of R&D projects (AIDIT) and reviewer of scientific papers: Energies Journal (ISSN 1996-1073) and Applied Sciences Journal (ISSN 2076-3417)