M. Pardo (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in electronics engineering from Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia, in 2002, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, in 2007 and 2012, respectively. He is currently an Electronics and Electrical Engineering Department Graduate Programs Coordinator with Universidad del Norte and leads the electronic analog design area. His research interests include the areas of oscillators, energy harvesters, and renewable energy systems.