Miguel Fernández Ruiz was born in Madrid (Spain) in 1977. He obtained his diploma in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnical University of Madrid (Spain) in 2001 and was awarded that year as best student in Civil Engineering in Spain. He later performed his doctoral studies in the same University, and obtained his PhD (cum laude) in 2004. At the same time he performed his doctoral studies, he also developed a part-time career in the industry as consultant engineer specialized in composite structures. In 2004 he joined tÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland) as post-doctoral fellow, where he was later promoted to scientist and lecturer. In 2014 he was promoted as Senior Scientist at EPFL and worked part-time, developing also a professional career as partner of a consulting firm specialized in structural design. In 2021, he was appointed full professor in the Chair of Structures at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Escuela de Caminos, Canales y Puertos) where he develops currently his academic activities.

1. Scientific contributions: The main scientific contributions have been developed in the field of structural concrete and Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC). Particularly in the design for punching, shear and the applications of limit analysis to design of structural concrete. The main theoretical developments are currently implemented into national and international standards (Swiss Codes, Model Code 2010 and draft for next generation of european standard Eurocode 2). For all of them, it has been systematically applied the scientific method, starting from careful observation of the reality by means of experiments and developing sound theories on their basis. This knowledge has in most cases been eventually transferred back to the society by means of codes or design reccomendations.

2. Societal contributions: Concrete is the second most consumed material on Earth after water and contribution to 8% of CO2 human footprint. Thus, every contribution improving the knowledge on concrete, allowing for safer and more refined designs (reducing the carbon footprint) have a huge societal impact. In addition, the implementation of TRC, concentrating many of the research efforts performed by the applicant, is one of the most promising solutions towards a more sustainable building approach. It allows reducing dramatically thicknesses in construction, embodied CO2, and can be implemented in high- and low-tech contexts (as traditional structural concrete).

3. Contributions to education: The applicant has dedicated significant efforts to educate young generation of researchers and engineers. In particular, he has co-directed 11 PhD thesis at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) and more than 25 Master theses. The applicant is also active as member of Advisory Boards of scientific journals (four) and also as reviewer of scientific projects for various countries (Belgium, Bresil, Portugal and Switzerland).B.1. Breve descripción del Trabajo de Fin de Grado (TFG) y puntuación obtenida B.2. Breve descripción del Trabajo de Fin de Máster (TFM) y puntuación obtenida