He is the author or coauthor of >100 papers in international refereed journals and >100 conference contributions and has given >15 invited/plenary talks at prestigious international conferences. His research interests cover the wide field of nonlinear interactions in optical fibers, with particular focus on distributed optical fiber sensing. Dr. González-Herráez has received several important recognitions to his research career, including the European Research Council Starting Grant, the "Miguel Catalan" prize for young scientists given by the Comunidad de Madrid and the “Agustin de Betancourt” prize of the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering.