ABOUT ME

I have a Ph.D in Physics and I am an Associate Professor in the Physics Department of the University of Coimbra, where I am the Coordinator of the PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering.

My scientific background is in electronic and optical instrumentation. I started my scientific career in the field of Nuclear Electronics and worked in Real-Time Data Acquisition and Timing Systems for space (my graduate thesis was done in contract with ESA – European Space Agency) and nuclear applications (electronics for nuclear radiation detectors; timing and control systems for nuclear fusion experiments). 

I shifted my research to Biomedical Instrumentation, focusing mainly in ocular fluorescence. I have done work in lens and retinal fluorescence and in corneal confocal microscopy. Currently, I work mainly on ocular functional imaging (optical coherence elastography, multiphoton imaging of the cornea). 

I am senior researcher and a member of the Executive Board of CIBIT - Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research. 

My current scientific interests are:

Ocular functional imaging.

Multiphoton imaging.

Optical Coherence Tomography instrumentation.

Optical Coherence Elastography.

Corneal confocal microscopy.

Laser-tissue interactions and laser safety

Current supervisions: 3 Ph.D supervisions; 

Past supervisions: 2 PhD Thesis in Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra;  3 PhD Thesis in Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra; 43 M.Sc. Thesis. 

Member of the Scientific Council of the Department of Physics of the University of Coimbra (since 2009). 

Member of the Scientific Council of ICNAS - Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health, University of Coimbra.

Coordinator of the Master Program in Biomedical Engineering of the University of Coimbra (2011-2015).

Coordinator of the PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering of the University of Coimbra (since 2015).

Chair of Portugal Chapter of IEEE-EMBS, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2014-2017). 

Sub-director, Department of Physics of the University of Coimbra (2009 - 2011; 2015 - 2016, 2023 - present).