Juan-Tomás Vázquez is a researcher of the Marine Geosciences Group (GEMAR) at the Spanish Institute of Oceanography. He is graduated and PhD in Geology from the Complutense University (Madrid). He joined the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain (IGME) in 1986, between 1993 and 2007 was a professor of Marine Geology and Tectonics at the University of Cadiz. Currently focus his interest on the geology and geomorphology of continental margins and oceanic basins to know neotectonics, active tectonics, seepage and mass transport processes and their role in marine geological hazards. He has participated in 61 oceanographic expeditions, 23 of them as scientist chief, and in more than 45 research projects, five of them as coordinator or main researcher. He has supervised 2 PhD Thesis, 1 BSc Thesis, 4 DEAs and 9 MSc Thesis, and one PhD Thesis in progress. He has published 7 books and 57 book chapters, 40 papers in SCI journals and 102 in other journals, and presented more than 325 communications in national and international conferences.