José Rebollo was born in 1959. He received the B.S. and the Ph.D. degrees in Physics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain, in 1982 and 1987, respectively. He was an Assistant Professor at this University teaching Electronics and Physics as well as Postgraduate Microelectronic Courses. In 1989, he joined the Power Devices and Systems Group of the National Microelectronic Centre (CNM) where he has been working on the physics, technology, modelling, and reliability of power semiconductor devices.

He has published more than 200 papers in scientific journals and conferences, and holds several patents in these fields. Dr. Rebollo has participated and managed several EU funded projects, and industrial contracts including technology transfer, as well as R&D projects funded by the Spanish Administration.