After graduating from Salamanca University (Spain) in Surveying Engineering (1999) and Geodesy and Cartography Engineering (2001), he stayed on as a research assistant at INRIA Grenoble (France) at the Institute of Computer Vision and Robotics, where he also completed his PhD on "3d reconstruction from a single view" in 2005. Based on his thesis’s results, he obtained six international awards from the International Societies of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS/ASPRS). He has authored more than 200 research articles in international journals and conference proceedings. He is a full Professor at the University of Salamanca in the field of photogrammetry and geodetic and cartographic engineering. Additionally, he is a member of the ISPRS, where he serves as Co-Chair of the Working Group on "Data Acquisition and Processing in Cultural Heritage" and regularly as program committee member of conferences and reviewer for related journals. In 2015, the contribution of his works to the progress of knowledge was recognized by the Royal Academy of Engineering with the Royal Academy of Engineering Award.
