Gonzalo Urcid received his B.E. (1982) and M.Sc. (1985) both from the University of the Americas in Puebla (UDLAP), Mexico, and his Ph.D. (1999) in optics from the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics, and Electronics (INAOE) in Tonantzintla, Mexico. He holds the appointment since 2001 of National Researcher from the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (SNI-CONACYT), he was a visiting postdoctoral faculty in the Computer Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Department at the University of Florida (2001-2002), and currently is an Associate Professor in the Optics Department at INAOE.