Jesús Ureña holds a Degree in Telecommunications Eng. from the UPM and PhD in Telecommunications Eng. from the UAH, where currently holds a position of Full Professor in the Dep. of Electronics. He has been Director and Secretary of this Dep. of the UAH. From 1999 he is leading the GEINTRA-USRF research group with 7 permanent researchers and an average of more than 15 scholarships, contracts and PhD students. He has participated in numerous research projects, 35 with public funding (13 as IP) and more than 30 with private funding.

The topics addressed covers the areas of mobile robotics, multisensor integration, ultrasound and infrared sensors, implementation of algorithms in hardware, positioning systems, ambient assisted living and electronic and information technologies applied to transport.

With his research group, he was awarded 1st Prize of the 11th Ideas Competition for the creation of Technology-Based Companies-UAH, and UAH Social Council Award for the Transfer of Knowledge University-Society for the work ""Ambient intelligence for independent living"" (2019). He continuously collaborates in dissemination activities to society, such as Science Week or industry demonstrations.