Manuela Vieira In 1993 received the PhD in Semiconductor Materials from the New University of Lisbon. She is a full professor in Electronics in ISEL. Portugal, and the head of a Group in Applied Research in Microelectronic Optoelectronic and Sensors-GIAMOS and leader of the Microelectronic, Materials and Processes (M2P) from CTS-UNINOVA. She has more than 300 scientific papers and 30 years of experience in the field of optoelectronic and in thin films and devices, her research activities have been mainly related to the development of optical sensors and visible light communications.