In 2017 he became the president of the Spanish Microscopy Society (SME), having been its vicepresident from 2013 to 2017 and board member since 2009. In 2019 he became a Member of the Executive Board of the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (IFSM). He was also appointed by the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) as the scientific supervisor of its strategic multidisciplinary area of Electron Microscopy.

Other recognitions include the FWO Commemorative Medal in 2021, the 2014 EU40 Materials Prize (E-MRS), the 2014 EMS Outstanding Paper Award and being listed in the Top 40 under 40 Power List (2014) by The Analytical Scientist. He currently has more than 380 peer-reviewed publications, h-index 82 GoS (71 WoS), with more than 21500 GoS (16700 WoS) citations.