F. M. Morales got PhD in Materials Science and Engineering in 2003 with International Mention and Extraordinary Prize, later moved to prestigious German laboratories founded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Max Planck Society and Marie Curie Actions, to work on EU and EC-NSF international projects. In 2006 he obtained a “Ramon and Cajal” contract (1st position in the Area of Science and Technology of Materials), and in 2007 he was the youngest to habilitate as Associate Professor in Materials Science and Metallurgic Engineering. In 2014 he obtained accreditation for Full Professorship, taking office in 2017 as the youngest in this position at UCA at that moment. Since 2014 at UCA he is the Responsible of the Laboratory of Sample Preparation for Optic- and Electron- Microscopies of the Central Facilities SC-ICYT, and Coordinator of the Homologated Service “Materialography”. Till January 2025 he has been the Director of the Institute of Research on Electron Microscopy and Materials (IMEYMAT) since 2014, editor of the B-IMEYMAT magazine and member of the UCA board of electronic journals since 2009 and of the IMEYMAT NanoPodcast series since 2021. He is also member of the editorial board of 5 international journals, coauthor in May 2025 of more than 154 papers (over 120 SJR/JCR, h-index 21) and of 152 communications to conferences (93 talks, 13 invited), 1 book, 3 patents, and 2 software. He received the 50k Award for Technological Innovation of the San Telmo Foundation on creation of technology-based companies, and a CEPSA Prize for his last patent. Prof. Morales has taken part in 55 national and international projects and grants (PI of 30), was Management Committee Member of the EU COST Action MP0805 and organizer of the EXMATEC conference, participated in 24 contracts with companies (leading 21 of them), and was responsible infrastructure acquisition valued in over 7M€. Since 2006, Dr. Morales ended the direction of 6 BSc, 5 MSc, and 5 international PhD theses (2 more under direction), mentored 15 trainees in companies and 8 assistant BSc students, having acted as advisor (tutor) of 10 doctoral students after 2015. He has also been responsible of 43 contracts or grants of scientists, technicians and administration staff; and acted as referee for more than 29 international journals. His research focused on the application and development of (S)TEM, XRD techniques for the study of thin films or nanostructures of semiconductors. Beyond electronic materials, his research is turning to smart building materials for countertops or windows, and to nanoparticles ultra-characterization, currently leading 3 projects, and 2 contracts with foreign centers, in these fields.