Marcos A. Martínez Segura graduated in mining engineering (BSc. 1994) from the Technical University of Cartagena, Spain, and graduated in mining engineering (MSc. 1999) from the Vigo School of Mines (University of Vigo, Spain). In 2009, he obtained a Ph.D. in mining geophysics at the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT), Spain, where he is currently Associate Professor in Mining Engineering and Applied Geophysics in the Department of Mining and Civil Engineering. In 2022, he was a visiting researcher at the British Geological Survey (UK). His research interests mainly concern the application of near-surface geophysics to mining, environmental, hydrogeology, archaeology, seismic engineering, etc. He is the author of more than 30 publications. He is the main researcher of the research group “Near-Surface Applied Geophysics” at the UPCT.