Professors and Researchers

Patricia Menéndez Torre

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Degree in Pedagogy, Diploma in Social Education and Postgraduate in Sexology. Experience in socio-educational intervention with vulnerable populations; as a teacher in vocational training and university education and as the person responsible for equality and diversity. Publications and educational action guides aimed at families and teachers. Award for tutoring Final Degree Projects in VET from the Regional Ministry of Education of Cantabria, in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Paula Quijano

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Graduate in Translation and Interpreting from the UPV in English, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Master's Degree in Language Teaching and Teaching of Languages, specialising in German, USAL. Master's and Postgraduate Degree in Literary Translation specialising in English>Spanish/German>Spanish from ISTRAD. PhD candidate in Comparative Literature and Literary Studies at the UPV and student of the Degree in Philosophy at the UNED. Extensive experience in language teaching combined with work in the translation, interpreting and project management sectors.

Pedro Muñoz

Faculty of Health Sciences

Doctor of Medicine in 1990, specialist in Family and Community Medicine, specialist in Preventive Medicine and Public Health, and Master in Public Health. Public Health Technician of the Family and Community Medicine Teaching Unit since 1988, Associate Professor of the School of Nursing of the University of Cantabria for 11 years. Director of 22 doctoral theses.

Pedro Pérez Eslava

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Bachelor’s Degree in Law, University of Cantabria, member of the Cuerpo Técnico Superior de la Administración and the Cuerpo Superior de Inspectores de Finanzas of Cantabria. He was nominated as general interventor of the Cantabria Government on February 2018. Before, he was the manager of the Agencia Cántabra de Administración Tributaria or president of the board of directors of the Sociedad Regional Coordinadora de Empresas Públicas.

Pelayo Redón

Faculty of Health Sciences

Degree in Biology from the University of Oviedo. Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude for teachers. His professional career has been related to private enterprise within the field of waste management, responsible for the operation of the non-hazardous waste landfill of Meruelo (Cantabria), among others.

Ramón Pali

Higher Polytechnic School

D. in Engineering and Technology, M.Sc. in Applied Physics and B.Sc. in Engineering and Technology in Mexico. He has more than ten years of teaching and research experience in Materials Engineering. Professor of the Escuela Politécnica Superior at the Universidad Europea del Atlántico.