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P. Redondo is a key figure in the development of next-generation astronomical instrumentation, with a primary focus on the design, construction, and verification of near-infrared (NIR) multi-object spectrographs for large telescopes. Their most significant contribution is their central role in the EMIR project, the NIR multi-object imager-spectrograph for the 10-meter Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory. Redondo’s work spans the instrument’s entire lifecycle, from presenting the final global design and performance plans in 2004 (4 citations) to leading the crucial verification phase in 2014 (8 citations). Their efforts were instrumental in delivering EMIR as one of the GTC’s first common-user instruments, a feat achieved by a consortium of Spanish and French institutes led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. The foundational 2006 paper on EMIR’s design and fabrication phase has garnered 27 citations, underscoring its impact on the astronomical community. Through this work, Redondo has enabled transformative NIR multi-object spectroscopy, providing astronomers with a powerful tool to study the universe’s most distant and obscured objects.