Prof. Dr. Manuel Lopez Martinez is Senior Technology Officer for Market Development in the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), where he is supporting and fostering the adoption of Galileo, EGNOS and Copernicus in Waterborne and Emergency Response Applications. He is the main contact point in EUSPA for the dialogue with GNSS simulator and chipset manufacturers. He has deeply contributed to the concept definition of the EGNOS maritime service, the Galileo Emergency Warning Service, the Galileo Search and Rescue service evolutions, and in the development of applications to exploit Galileo Authentication in fisheries.
He received his PhD in System Engineering and Automation from the University of Seville in 2005. He got a permanent position as Associate Professor at the University of Seville in 2008, where he was teaching until he joined EUSPA (former GSA) in 2013 as seconded national expert in the Market Downstream and Innovation Department.