Oriol Monserrat has a PhD in aerospace science and technology from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (2012) and a degree in mathematics from the University of Barcelona (2004). In 2003 he began working as a researcher at the Active Remote Sensing Unit of the Geomatics Institute. Since January 2014, he has been working as Head of the Remote Sensing Department of the Geomatics Division of the Telecommunications Technology Center of Catalonia (CTTC-www.cttc.es) and as Division Manager of the Geomatics division.