Professor DAVID ARTIGAS received the BSc degree in Physics from the Universitat de Barcelona in 1990 and the PhD degree in Sciences from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain in 1995, where he subsequently became Senior Researcher. Since 1998, he holds a lecturer position in Electromagnetic fields and Laser at the Telecommunication School, UPC. In 2001, he stayed for one year at the Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, UK, as a research visitor. He joined ICFO-The Institute of Photonics Sciences in Barcelona, Spain, in 2006 where he became Staff Scientist. He was Head of ICFO Academic Affairs (2009-14), Academic secretary of the PhD school at the UPC (2014-22) and Head of ICFO Academic Liaisons since 2014. His research area included theoretical analysis and modelling in nonlinear optics, ultrafast phenomena, bio-photonics and microscopy, and has recently focused in surface waves (Dyakonov waves) and bound states in the continuum (BICs) existing in anisotropic media.