José Luis Martínez-Ramos (SM’05) was born in Dos Hermanas, Spain, in 1964. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Seville, Seville, Spain, in 1994. Since 1990, he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering of the University of Seville, where he is currently a Full Professor. His primary areas of interest are active and reactive power optimization, power system planning, analysis and control, and electricity markets.