C. Pérez-Collazo (Moaña, 11/12/1981) received the M.Eng. degree in mining engineering from the Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, in 2006; an M.Sc. degree in renewable energy and energy sustainability from the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, in 2011; and holds a Ph.D. degree in civil engineering from the University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK, in. 2017. Since 2021, he is Assistant Professor in the Centro Universitario de la Defensa en la Escuela Naval Militar, Marín, Spain, where he teaches naval engines and machinery, as well as engineering design. In the period 2007-2009 he was project manager for large civil engineering construction works, in charge of the earth-ground movement works at several projects. In the period 2011-2019 he worked as a researcher at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain first and them at the University of Plymouth later, where he mainly conducted research as physical modeler at the COAST Research laboratory on offshore and coastal hydrodynamics.