José Manuel Sánchez-Pena is a Professor of Electronic Technology at Carlos III University of Madrid. He was a Visiting Researcher at the University of Exeter (UK) in 1994-95 in the Department of Physics and a Founder and Director of the Displays & Photonic Applications Group (1998-present) and Deputy Director of the Electronic Technology Department (2015-actualiidad). He in the Deputy Director and Head of Research and Transfer of the Spanish Center of Subtitling and Audio Description (CESyA) dependent on Real Patronato sobre Discapacidad (2005-present). His main research topics are electro-optical devices, sensors, advanced electronic instrumentation, and photonic technologies for disability. He is a co-author of 118 articles in indexed international journals (JCR) and more than 240 communications in International and National Congresses, as well as 8 patents (4 of them in exploitation and 4 with PCT coverage) and 4 software registrations (3 in exploitation), 6 brand registrations in exploitation as well as 1 utility model. He has led 23 competitive international and national projects and 22 contracts with companies and public institutions. He is Director of the Indra-Adecco Foundation Chair -UC3M In Assistive Technologies (20 14-2020) and has been Co-Director of the EADS-Adecco Foundation Chair-UC3M for the employment of people with disabilities in aeronautical environments (2012-14). He has supervised nine PhD theses, two of them with an international doctorate mention.