I am José Manuel Torralba, Director of the IMDEA Materials Institute and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Throughout my career, I have consistently pursued a holistic approach, engaging in a wide range of academic activities: teaching, research, innovation, university management, research programme management and science communication. I am regularly involved in activities related to mentoring, research integrity, new ethics in science and the promotion of healthy conditions in research laboratories. I have been an active supervisor of PhD students and have created a good international network of former students in academia and industry. I regularly collaborate with two NGOs (supporting a secondary school in Kenya and giving science outreach lectures in prisons). I run marathons.