Full Professor of the Applied Physics Dept. of the University of Vigo at Ourense (Spain) and group leader of the Engineering Physics Lab since 1999. Secretary of the International Commission for Optics (ICO) and Past-President of the European Optical Society (EOS) until 2020. CEO and founder of the "spin-off" company "Illumnia" specialized in photonics technologies, co-owned by the University of Vigo. Coordinator of the MsC course in "Photonics and Laser Technologies" of the Universities of Vigo, Santiago de Compostela A Coruña for the period 2007-2017. Director of the School of Aerospace Engineering at Ourense since 2020.Current research in nonlinear and quantum systems, lasers, photonics.Keywords: Quantum and Nonlinear Optics, Photonics & Laser technologies, LED lighting, Sensors.