P. Otero (S’84–M’93) received the M.Eng. degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, in 1983, and the Ph.D. degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1998. 

From 1983 to 1995, he was with Spanish Companies Standard Electrica, EN Bazan, Telefonica, and also with the University of Seville, Seville, Spain, where he was involved with and lectured on communications and radar systems. In 1996, he joined the Laboratory of Electromagnetism and Acoustics, EPFL, granted by the Spanish Government. In 1998, he joined the University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain, where he is Associate Professor and Head of the Oceanic Engineering Research Institute. P. Otero is IEEE Member.