José Luís Martín received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of the Basque Country, Spain, in 1988 and 1992, respectively. He was the director of the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (1995-2001), deputy director of the Bilbao School of Engineering (2001-2005), Bizkaia Campus development director (2005-2013), general secretary (2013-2017) and vice-rector for research (2017-2021) of the University of the Basque Country. Since 2002, he has headed the Applied Electronics Research Group (APERT), recognized by the Basque Government as Group A (maximum status). His research interests are power electronics and systems-on-programmable chips.