Jose Rubio Iglesias

Jose Miguel Rubio Iglesias (M. Eng. in Geodesy and Cartography, Polytechnic University of Madrid, 2006) is currently working as geospatial data management expert at the European Environment Agency (EEA). Since he took up his duties in 2017, he has been in charge of the geospatial data catalogue of the EEA, including its connection to the GEOSS portal.

He works on behalf of the EEA in GEO-related activities on data sharing and management with a focus on in-situ data. He is also member of the INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe) Coordination Team and also the contact point on Citizen Science for the agency, holding as well the position of co-chair of the Interest Group on Citizen Science of the Network of Environmental Protection Agencies.

Before joining the EEA, he worked as a Seconded National Expert at the European Commission, supporting the GEO Team in DG RTD in data related activities.