After completing his undergraduate degree at Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela, with a final year project "Electrochemical Generation and Growth of Pyrrole" and spending a year as a research assistant, David joined Professor Laurence Peter's group at the University of Bath where he gained his PhD with a thesis entitled "Semiconductor Photoelectrochemistry: Multi-electron Transfer Processes at Illuminated Semiconductor | Electrolyte Interfaces" .
David moved to Switzerland to become a postdoctoctoral fellow at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). David spent six years at EPFL before moving to Universität Bern in 2003. After 4 years in Bern, David and his group relocated to the University of Bristol, England, and the Bristol Electrochemistry group was created.
With the award of a professorship in 2013, David has continued to develop the group and establish firm links with electrochemistry groups around the world.
