Luis Iglesias Martínez has been an Associate Professor at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid since 2003. He received his PhD in Agricultural Engineering from the same university in 1998, and after serving as a lecturer and research scholar, he built a strong academic career. His work has increasingly concentrated on the use of cutting-edge digital and geospatial technologies in the mining industry, especially in initiatives pertaining to digital mining procedures, quarry operations, and sustainable resource extraction. He has worked on several European-funded projects, including H2020 projects like DIGIECOQUARRY, SLIM, and illuMINEation, where he designed and implemented UAV-based data acquisition workflows, created 3D models and point clouds, optimised blasting operations, and evaluated performance. In addition, he works on initiatives that combine technology innovation with real-world field applications to increase mining operations' efficiency and environmental sustainability.