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.