Dr. José de Jesús Campos Gaxiola was born in Sinaloa, México. He received his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry in 2007 from the Technological Institute of Tijuana. Since 2009, he has been a Professor at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa in Los Mochis, México. His research focuses on the coordination chemistry of transition metals (Cu, Co, Zn, and Cd) and lanthanides (Sm, Eu, Gd, and Tb) with popillipyridine ligands for their application in dye-sensitized solar cells and optoelectronic devices; the crystal engineering of boron compounds for the development of luminescent materials; and nanosensors for the functionalization of gold and silver nanoparticles with organic molecules, for the detection of contaminants in water.