10/12/1969	Born in Gijón (Asturias, Spain)
1/1970	Moved to Oviedo (Asturias, Spain)
1974-1975	Preschool at Colegio Hispania (Oviedo)
1975-1983	Elementary school at Colegio Auseva (Oviedo)
1983-1987	Secondary school at Colegio Auseva
1987-1989	Studies of Physics at the Univ. de Oviedo
1989-1992	Studies of Physics at the Univ. de Cantabria (Santander, Spain)
1989-1994	Studies of Mathematics at the Univ. de Cantabria (incomplete)
6/1992	Licenciado en Física at the Univ. de Cantabria (esp. Fundamental Physics)
6/1992-9/1992	Summer Student at the IAC (Canary Islands, Spain)
9/1992-10/1992	Research Student at the IAA (Granada, Spain)
1992-1996	Graduate School at the Univ. de Cantabria-CSIC (Inst. de Física)
6/1994-9/1994	Visiting student at STScI (Baltimore-MD, USA)
6/1995-9/1995	Visiting student at SUNY (Stony Brook-NY, USA)
14/4/1996	Married to Amelia Ortiz-Gil
6/1996-9/1996	Visiting student at the Sternwarte der Universität (Bonn, Germany)
10/1996	Doctor en Física at the Univ. de Cantabria (esp. Astrophysics, Apto cum Laude)
11/1996-5/1997	NSF Postdoctoral Researcher at SUNY (Stony Brook-NY, USA)
5/1997-9/1999	ARC Postdoctoral Researcher at UNSW (Sydney, Australia)
3/1/1998	Birth of daughter Aida Amelia Fernández-Ortiz
9/1999-9/2000	NSF Postdoctoral Researcher at SUNY (Stony Brook-NY, USA)
10/2000-10/2002	Marie Curie Fellow at Oss. Ast. Brera (Milan, Italy)
3/12/2000	Birth of daughter Anna Fernández-Ortiz
10/2002-10/2003	Marie Curie Fellow at OAUV (Valencia, Spain)
11/2003-7/2008	"Ramón y Cajal" Fellow at OAUV
2/2005	"Habilitado" como Profesor Titular de Astronomía y Astrofísica
2/2006	Licenciado en Matemáticas at the Univ. de València
8/2008-Present	CSIC "Cientifico Titular" at IFCA