Received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the University of Seville, Seville, Spain, in 1989 and 2000, respectively. From 1990 to 2001, he was been with the Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla (IMSE-CNM, CSIC/University of Seville). Since 2001, he is Associate Professor with the Department of Electronic Technology, University of Seville. His current research interests include the design and test of IC for cryptography, hardware implementations of ciphers for IoT applications, secure communications, and design methodologies and CAD tools. He is co-author of two books and more than 50 scientific papers, and has collaborated in more than 20 research projects (national and international