Dr. Jorge X. Velasco Hernández did his doctoral studies in mathematics at the Claremont Graduate School. In July 1991 he started his postdoctoral studies at the Biometrynit/Mathematical Sciences Institute of Cornell University. In the summer of 1992, he returned to Mexico to UAM-Xochimilco, changing his assignment to the Department of Mathematics at UAM-Iztapalapa. From 94-96 he did a second postdoc at Cornell University. From 1996 to 2003 he was Full Professor (A, B and C) at UAMIztapalapa. In 2000 he did his sabbatical stay in the Department of Applied Mathematics at ITAM and IMP and in October 2001 he joined the Mexican Petroleum Institute as a Researcher in the Applied Mathematics and Computing Program, where he was Coordinator from 2004 to 2013. In October of that year, he joined the Institute of Mathematics of the UNAM in Queretaro as a Senior Researcher. He is a National Researcher III, Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, International Fellow of the Santa Fe Institute, member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and president of the Mexican Mathematical Society for the period 2014-2016.