José Luis Martínez holds a PhD in Materials Physics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1984). After several research stays at the Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan (1982-83) and the Brookhaven National Laboratory (N.Y. USA, 1984-1985) he was Full Professor of Physics at the University of Madrid (1984-1987). After working as a scientist at the European research facility, Institut Laue Langevin in Grenoble (France) for 5 years, he joined the CSIC at the Institute of Materials Science in Madrid (ICMM) in 1992. He then spent 8 years in research management positions, being Deputy Director General for Research Projects at the State Secretariat for R&D until 2007. Subsequently, he was Deputy Director General of the European Research Infrastructure, Institut Laue Langevin de Grenoble from 2007 to 2012. From July 2016 to present, J.L. Martinez has been appointed member of the Evaluation Commission on Nuclear Waste of the French National Assembly and French Senate (https://www.cne2.fr/compositiondelacne2). Presently, he is the chair of the ESFRI forum for the period 2024-2026 European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures (https://www.esfri.eu/people).
