Ph.D. in Psychology. Professor of Health Psychology at the University Rovira i Virgili (URV) and distinguished researcher earning the ICREA-Academia award. Director of the Unit for the study and treatment of Pain at the URV and of the Master in General Health Psychology at the same university. He is one of the main researchers at the International Campus of Excellence South Catalonia (CEICS). Main researcher of ALGOS, a consolidated research team on pain recognised by the Regional Government of Catalonia. Coordinator of the Latin American Network for the Study and Treatment of Child Pain. He has received different awards for his research activity on pain. Recently, he was given the award for research excellence by the Regional Government of Catalonia (ICREA-Acadèmia, its last edition) and the award for research development in child pain by Fundolor. He has also received awards for research results by the Prince Girona Foundation and the Mobile World Capital Barcelona, for technological developments to facilitate the evaluation and treatment of people with chronic pain.