Dr. Luis Vázquez Martínez is Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics Departamento de Matématica Aplicada, Faculdad do Informática, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Dr. Martínez has held many distinguished administrative positions throughout his career, including Vice-Dean of Research, External Relations and Students of Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Academic Director of Research at UCM, and Director and Founder of the European Office of Research and the Supercomputing Center, UCM, among many others. Dr. Martínez has received many awards and research honors during his distinguished career, including the Daza Valdés Prize from the Spanish Society of Optica, Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella from the Republic of Italy, NASA Distinction as Principal Investigator of REMS-Curiosity-MSL, and the Liouville Award for Lifetime Achievements in the Area of Fractional Calculus and Its Applications. Dr. Martínez was a Founding Member of the Centre of Astrobiology associated with NASA in its Mars exploration program, where he founded and managed the Advanced Computer Laboratory.