Dr. Marrugo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar (UTB), Colombia, where he did his B.Eng. in Mechatronics Engineering (Summa Cum Laude). He received his Ph.D. in Optical Engineering (Cum Laude) and his M.Sc. in Photonics from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain. He was the recipient of the Honours Diploma for Young Researchers from the Spanish Optical Society (SEDOPTICA) and the DCS Rising Researchers recognition from SPIE. At UTB, Professor Marrugo's lab is called Laboratorio de Óptica y Procesamiento de Imágenes (OPI-Lab), and together with his team they innovate in optical technologies and develop methods for 2D and 3D image acquisition/analysis for biomedical and industrial applications. He has co-authored over 50 conference and journal papers, co-edited one book, two book chapters, and one patent (pending). He has been an SPIE member since 2012.