Initially trained as a structural geologist, Dr. Josep Parés received a Ph.D. in Geology and Paleomagnetism carried out at the ETH-Zurich. After spending ten years as a Research Scientist at the Spanish Council of Scientific Research, he joined the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA. In 2007 he accepted a position as Full Professor and Program Coordinator at the CENIEH, Spain. Josep has participated in numerous international meetings (AGU, EGU), published more than 130 scientific, peer-review articles and book chapters, and contributed as a principal investigator in more than twenty research national and international projects (MINECO, European Union, National Science Foundation, National Geographic). He has carried out field work in Spain as well as the Appalachians, Rocky Mountains, Antarctica, Tibet and North Africa, and participated in several deep drilling expeditions (ODP and IODP) in the Pacific Ocean. He currently conducts research in archaeological and paleontological sites including Atapuerca, Orce (Spain), and in the circum-Mediterranean area through the use of paleomagnetism combined with absolute age dating methods (luminescence, electron spin resonance, and cosmogenic nuclides). Dr. Parés’ studies are focused in rocks and sediments both to decipher the geomagnetic field behavior in the past and to establish geochronologies based on magnetostratigraphic records. His current research includes coupling this record with rock magnetic cyclostratigraphy, a new application of environmental magnetic parameters to the sedimentary record. The underlying goal is the detection of orbitally forced driven global climate change at millennial or greater scales based on the magnetic mineral concentration variations.