Manuel Collados is a full professor at the University of La Laguna and senior researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. He specializes in solar magnetic fields and developed key instruments like the Tenerife Infrared Polarimeter and GRIS. His work focuses on solar atmosphere heating, spectropolarimetry, and magnetism. He leads EU projects for the European Solar Telescope and has extensive teaching experience in solar and plasma physics.