Ricardo A Depine was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a Permanent Professor with the Department of Physics at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), where he leads the research activities of the Applied Electromagnetics Group and teaches courses on classical electrodynamics, waves, photonics and optics and continuum mechanics. He is also Principal Researcher of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientÃficas y Técnicas (CONICET). His current research activities encompass the electromagnetic response of nanostructures, scattering by rough surfaces, photonic crystals, materials and photonics, plasmonics, and metamaterials. More details about his current and past research interests can be found at http://users.df.uba.ar/rdep/.