Alberto ALMENDRA received the Telecommunication Engineering degree in 1991 and the Ph.D. degree in Telecommunications with summa cum laude in 2001, both from the E.T.S.I. Telecomunicación (ETSIT), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain. Since 1991 he has been a faculty member of UPM, formerly as Associate Professor and currently as Professor in the Area of Electronics Engineering.

As Director of International Relations of ETSIT-UPM (2004-2013), he was responsible for the management and deployment of different Double Degree Agreements and the mobility of students and staff.

Since 2013 he is Deputy Vice-Rector for Internationalization and EU Programmes, as well as representative for UPM in different networks: Magalhaes, ATHENS,...

As Deputy Vice-Rector, he is the Erasmus+ Institutional Coordinator and is responsible, among other duties, of the design and development of the internationalization policies at UPM. One of the main actions undertaken has been to expand the portfolio and intensively promote the international double degrees. It is his responsibility to establish new agreements, participate in international networks, and Higher Education forums, contributing actively to promote and disseminate the UPM strategic partnership plans.

His research activities are in the areas of Micro and Nanoelectronics devices fabrication and characterization, and in Wireless Sensor Networks.