José Luis Pastor Navarro holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Alicante (Spain). He is a Geological Engineer and a Civil Engineering from the same university. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Alicante and a member Geotechnical Engineering and Structures Research Group (INTERES), and a collaborator with the Geohazards InSAR Laboratory and Modelling Group at IGME.

His main research interest focuses on Transportation Geotechnics, soil improvement or stabilization, monitoring and characterization of landslides, geotechnical modeling, geomechanical classifications of rock masses, and determining the properties of soils and rocks through laboratory testing.

Before joining the university full-time, he worked at Consulteco S.L., a construction laboratory, for 13 years. During this time, he was Head of the Geotechnical Area, Transportation geotechnics Area, and Structural Pathology Studies. His main duties at this company included designing and supervising field geotechnical investigation campaigns and characterizing soils through laboratory testing. He conducted numerous geotechnical studies for both civil engineering and building projects, as well as slope stability studies. Additionally, in the field of transportation geotechnics, he has carried out soil improvement studies using various additives. His responsibilities also included foundation design, underpinning and reinforcement of structures, and various engineering projects.