Pedro B. Tavares is an Associate Professor with Aggregation in the Chemistry Department of the University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD). Moreover, He is also working as the Diretor of the Electronic Mycroscopy Unit of UTAD. He completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) in 2000. His fields of interest are related to materials chemistry, in particular mixed valence ceramic oxides, environmental catalysis, thin film deposition (MOCVD, sputtering and PLD) and materials characterization (Electronic Microscopy, X-ray Diffraction, Raman). His scientific output includes more than 200 publications, 7849 citations (h-index 45, i10 index of 134) (Google, 29 July 2025).