Wilmar Hernandez (Senior Member, IEEE) received a degree in electronics engineering and a specialist degree in microelectronics from the Instituto Superior Politecnico Jose Antonio Echeverria (ISPJAE), Havana, Cuba, in 1992 and 1994, respectively, and an M.S. degree in signal treatment and a Ph.D. in electronic engineering from Enginyeria La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain, in 1997 and 1999, respectively. From 1992 to 1995, he was a Lecturer with the Electrical Engineering Faculty, ISPJAE, and a Researcher with the Microelectronics Research Center, ISPJAE. From 1999 to 2003, he was affiliated with the Department of Electronics and Instrumentation, University Institute for Automobile Research, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain, where he was the Technical Director of the department, from January 2003 to January 2004. From January 2004 to March 2013, he was an Associate Professor of circuits and systems with the Department of Circuits and Systems, EUIT de Telecomunicacion, UPM. From September 2014 to September 2015, he was a Researcher with SENESCYT, Ecuador, under the Prometeo Fellowship Program. From December 2015 to November 2017, he was a Professor with the Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador. Since January 2018, he has been a Professor with the Universidad de Las Americas, Ecuador.