Ramon Villarino was awarded a degree in Telecommunications Technical Engineering by Ramon Llull University (URL) in Barcelona, Spain in 1994, a degree in Senior Telecommunications Engineering by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona, Spain in 2000, and a doctorate by the UPC in 2004. In 2005–2006, he was a Research Associate at the Technological Telecommunications Center of Catalonia (CTTC) in Barcelona, Spain. He worked as a Researcher and Assistant Professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) from 2006 to 2008. Since January 2009, he has been a full-time professor at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) in Tarragona, Spain. His research activities focus on radiometry, microwave devices, and systems based on UWB, RFIDs, and frequency selective structures using MetaMaterials (MM).