Dr. Alejandro Martín-Sanz de Santamaría is a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Salamanca (USAL) and a Corresponding Member of the Real Academia de la Historia. His research focuses on Classical Archaeology, Roman Epigraphy, and Landscape Archaeology, with a particular interest in the socio-economic transition between the Late Roman Empire and the Early Middle Ages in the Mediterranean and the Iberian Peninsula. He graduated in History from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2001) and holds an MA in Mediterranean Archaeology from the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" (2004). He obtained his PhD from the University of Salamanca (2008) under the supervision of Dr. José María Blázquez Martínez, examining the transformation of Roman villas. Dr. Martín-Sanz has led numerous international research projects and archaeological excavations, including major campaigns at the Roman town of Regina Turdulorum and epigraphic conservation programs at the Villa of Noheda. He has previously held research positions at the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI) in Berlin and the Institute of Archaeology of Mérida (IAM-CSIC). In 2022, he was awarded the Fundación Palarq Prize for his innovative application of LiDAR technology to the study of Roman infrastructure.