José Ignacio Alonso Montes    

José I. Alonso, was born in Villacañas (Toledo), Spain. He received the Ingeniero de Telecomunicación and Ph. D. degrees from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, in 1982 and 1989, respectively. From 1982 to 1985 he worked as a Microwave Design Engineer at Telettra España S.A. (now Alcatel S.E.S.A.). In 1985 he joined the Departamento de Señales, Sistemas y Radiocomunicaciones, E.T.S.I.Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, where he is currently Professor. He has taught courses in microwave circuits design, electrical networks and filter theory, test and measurements of microwave circuits and laboratories related with analog and digital communication systems. He has developed his research with the Grupo de Microondas y Radar in the areas of the analysis and simulation of high speed/high-frequency integrated circuits and their interconnections, the computer-aided design and measurements of hybrid and GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) and their applications in the development and implementation of mobile, satellite, optical-fiber communication and adaptive antenna systems. At present, he is involved in the planning and development of equipment and circuits for Broadband point-to-multipoint Wireless Access (LMDS and MMDS systems) He is currently collaborator of the Dirección General de Investigación (National Board of Research) of Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (Science and Technology Ministry).