Alberto received a MS in Geophysics and Meteorology and a MS in Computer Engineering from the University of Granada. In 2010 he obtained his PhD in Atmospheric Physics from the University of Granada. During his graduate education he was a visiting scholar at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (La Jolla, CA) and at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton, NY). In 2010 he moved to San Diego with a postdoctoral position at the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at University of California San Diego. Since 2012 he is a member of the Atmospheric Physics Group at the University of Granada. His main research topics are the properties of atmospheric aerosol and clouds, focusing on the aerosol-cloud interaction processes and their role on climate change. Alberto also teaches several undergraduate- and graduate-level courses at the University of Granada and has been involved in the STEM program since 2016.