Javier obtained his MSc degree at PUC on 2013 with a thesis titled “Development of a new frictional piezoelectric semi-active energy disipator” [“Desarrollo de un nuevo disipador de energía friccional piezoeléctrico semi-activo”, in Spanish]. He published his work at Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics with a paper titled “A Semi-active piezoelectric friction damper“. He currently works at SIRVE Engineering.