Ph.D. Degree (Cum Laude) University of Barcelona (UB) 2006; DDS degree by the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM); MSD degree by the University of Barcelona (UB); Honorary Ph.D. Universidad UNICIEO. Bogotá, Colombia; Winner of the “Joseph E. Johnson Award”, American Association of Orthodontists, San Francisco May 1995; Winner of the International Design award Delta Gold ADI-FAD 2009 with the “Carriere Distalizer MB”; Member of the Editorial Review Board of the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (AJO-DO); Contributing editor of the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics (JCO); Inventor of the Carriere Motion Appliance, Carriere Distalizer and the Carriere Self-ligating Bracket; Invited Professor at several Orthodontic Departments of Universities in USA, South America, Europe and Asia; Invited speaker around the world