Ignacio Enrique Zaldívar-Huerta was born in Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico. He received the B.S. degree in electronics engineering from the Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico, in 1992, the M.S. degree in microelectronics from the Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), Mexico, in 1995, and the Ph.D. degree in sciences for the engineering from the Université de Franche-Comté, France, in 2001. Since February 2002, he has been with the Department of Electronics, INAOE. Currently, He is a Titular Researcher. His research interests are optical fiber communication systems and electro-optic devices on silicon. He has published 49 journals, 53 conference papers, and 4 book chapters on these subjects.