Juan A. Monsoriu was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1975. He received a B.Sc. degree in physics, an M.Sc. degree in optics, and a Ph.D. degree in physics from the Universitat de València, Valencia, in 1998, 2000, and 2003, respectively. In 2000, he joined the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Valencia, where he is currently a Full Professor of Applied Physics. His research has been performed at the UV, the UPV, the Universidad de Málaga, Spain, the University of Bath, UK, and the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. His main research interests include numerical simulations for the design of microstructured optoelectronic systems and aperiodic optical devices.
Pedro José Fernández de Córdoba Castellá holds a Ph.D. in Physics and a Ph.D. in Mathematics and is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. He is a member of the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical, and Natural Sciences, the Académie Nationale des Sciences, Arts et Lettres du Bénin, the Cuban Academy of Sciences, and the Mexican Academy of Engineering. His contributions have been recognized with honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Pinar del Río (Cuba) and Santander University (Mexico).
