Doctor Enrique Rodríguez de la Colina is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, in the area of Networks and Telecommunications at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Iztapalapa Campus, since August 2010. He is currently the coordinator of the Graduate Program in Information Sciences and Technologies at the same institution and is a member of the National System of Researchers of Conacyt.

He obtained his Ph.D. in the area of Photonic Communications Systems Engineering from the University of Cambridge, England in 2009. He collaborated as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Girona, Spain, in the Broadband Communications and Distributed Systems Group. He obtained a Master's degree in Computer Science at the Azcapotzalco Campus of the UAM, obtaining the University Merit Medal and in 2001 he completed a Diploma in Management Skills at the Instituto Tecnologico Autónomo de México (ITAM). He obtained a degree in Electronics Engineering in the area of Communications from UAM Iztapalapa Campus in 1994.

Before joining the academia, Professor Rodriguez had more than fifteen years of experience working in the industry as an engineer, project manager, and consultant for several telecommunication companies.

His areas of research interest are Cognitive Radio Networks, Community Intranets, Mission Critical Wireless Communications Systems and high capacity networks, including optical and satellite networks.

He is the author of international publications in conferences, seminars, and scientific journals and is a member of the IEEE Computer, Communications, and Photonics societies.

He belongs to the academic Group of the Prodep "Digital Communication Systems" In Consolidation. He has the Desirable Profile Prodep.