Dr. Ramón Miralles received his PhD degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) in 2000. He is a professor at the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia - Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación (ETSIT-UPV). He also works as a researcher at the Institute of Telecommunication and Multimedia Applications (iTEAM). His research interests are signal processing, machine learning, non-stationary and nonlinear signal processing, surrogate data generation, and time frequency analysis. All of these topics are applied in different fields such as bioacoustics, passive acoustic monitoring of noise and cetaceans, industrial signal processing, and non-destructive testing using ultrasound. He is currently participating in several European and national projects related to the use of passive acoustic monitoring to assess the effect of anthropogenic noise on marine animal populations. His work involves developing passive acoustic monitoring devices and software for the application of the MSFD in Spanish waters.