Dr. Hector J. Santos-Villalobos is a Senior R&D Staff at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a Senior IEEE member. He is leader of the Multi-Modal Analytics & Architectures Group in the National Security Sciences Directorate at ORNL.  He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in 2003 and 2005, respectively, from the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico—Mayaguez. In 2010, he received a Ph.D. from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University and right after, he joined ORNL’s Imaging, Signals, and Machine Learning Group group as a post doctorate student. In 2011, he was one of the recipients of the JIST & JEI Itek Award for an outstanding and original research publication on imaging science and engineering concerning his doctorate work. During his time at ORNL, he has worked on a variety of imaging modalities with a common goal of developing capabilities and a reputation for computational imaging and identity sciences at ORNL.  Key project areas include biometrics, coded aperture, light field, and elastic ultrasound imaging. His research has produced several technical publications, three issued patents, and multiple research grants.