Miguel Rodríguez Pérez was born in Vigo, Spain, in 1978. He received M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in telecommunication engineering from the Universidade de Vigo, Spain, in 2001 and 2006, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidade de Vigo, where he is also an affiliated member of the co-located Networking Laboratory. He has co-authored more than 60 papers for conferences and journals. His research interests, ranging from performance evaluation and congestion control protocols to energy efficiency, are primarily focused on computer networks. In recent years, he has focused on exploring how satellite networks can benefit from new network architectures.