José Ramón Marcaida López is a tenured researcher at the Institute of History, CSIC (Spanish National Research Council). His main research interests lie in the relationships between science, visual culture and artistic practice in the early modern period, with a particular focus on the Hispanic world. He has held research and teaching positions in the history of science and history of art at the University of Cambridge and the University of St Andrews. He is actively involved in public engagement, which has led him to collaborate with institutions such as the Biblioteca Nacional de España and the Museo Nacional del Prado.