Rafael Martí is a Professor of Statistics and Operations Research at the University of Valencia, Spain. He earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Valencia in 1994. His research focuses extensively on metaheuristics for complex optimization problems, and he collaborates regularly with leading scholars in Operations Research worldwide. Prof. Martí is a senior research associate at two private companies, Entanglement Inc. (USA) and OGA (Spain). Each year, he spends several months as a visiting professor at universities in Colorado (USA), Molde (Norway) and Dublin (Ireland). His scientific contributions place him among the most distinguished researchers in the Optimization field according to Research.com and the Standford Ranking of 2% Top Scientist.