Romeo Ortega, born in Mexico, is a Mexican-French control scientist and distinguished professor.

He is head of the Adaptive and Nonlinear Control Systems Lab in St. Petersburg, Russia and full-professor at the Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology (ITAM) in Mexico City.

In 1990-1991 Romeo Ortega was a fellow of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science.

Since June 1992 Romeo Ortega is a member of the French National Researcher Council CNRS).

From January 2020, Romeo Ortega is member of the Mexico National Researchers System (SNI) level 3.