Nestor Arana Arexolaleiba received his "Ingeniería Superior en Sistemas Automáticos" (MSc) degree from the University of Mondragon in 1997. In April 1998 he received the pre-doctorate DEA and the PhD degrees in Automatic Systems from INSAT-Toulouse in 1998 and 2002.

Since 2002, Nestor Arana-Arexolaleiba is a Lecturer-Research at the Polytechnic School of Mondragon University. His technical research is focuses on the area of image processing for industrial environments and health.

In addition, he has actively participated in the design and development of PBL curricula of the engineering school of Mondragon University and he has researched in several aspects of PBL application. He has also acted as a consultant in more than eight different educational institutions (Secondary, Vocational Trainning and University) at local and international level (Mexico, Kenya and Colombia). He teaches in Educational Innovation Master and Educational Training Master.