José María Garrido-Balsells was born in Granada, Spain, in 1974. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in telecommunications engineering from the University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain, in 1999 and 2008, respectively. He worked for three years as a Consultant and Technical Manager for several telecommunications companies. In 2001, he joined as a full-time Assistant Professor (LRU), with the Communications Engineering Department, University of Malaga, where he is currently an Associate Professor. Since 2001, he has been with the TIC-102 Research Group of the Regional Government of Andalusia and since 2020 he has also been with the TELMA Research Institute, University of Málaga. He has authored and coauthored 70 journal and conference publications, participating actively as Principal Investigator in research projects and contracts with national and international companies. His research interests include wireless optical communications, including indoor, visual light communications (VLC), and outdoor optical communications systems through turbulent and dispersive media such atmospheric or underwater. He is also interested in topics related to adaptive optics applications including machine learning control algorithms, structured light, and OAM vortex beams or channel coding schemes, among others.