Miguel V. Andrés was born in Valencia (Spain) in 1957 and, at present, he is a Professor at the Department of Applied Physics of the University of Valencia, Spain, being responsible for the leadership and management of the Laboratory of Fiber Optics (www.uv.es/lfo). He received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from the University of Valencia, Spain, in 1979 and 1985, respectively. Since 1983, he has successively served as an Assistant Professor, Lecturer, and Professor in the Department of Applied Physics of the University of Valencia. After a postdoctoral stay (1984-1987) at the Department of Physics, University of Surrey, U.K., he founded the Laboratory of Fiber Optics at the University of Valencia. His current research interests include photonic crystal fibers, in-fiber acousto-optics and opto-mechanics, fiber lasers and new fiber-based light sources, fiber sensors, optical microcavities, microwave photonics, and waveguide theory. His research activity includes an increasing number of collaborations with Latin America universities and research institutes of Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil among others.