Valentina Vassilenko has a PhD degree in Atomic and Molecular Physics in 2000. Since 2005, she has worked in Biomedical Engineering with her main research topics in the development of devices, sensors, and non-invasive methods in human health assessment with emphasis on Cardiovascular diseases and Breath Analysis. She is a Professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, a researcher scientist at LIBPhys-Laboratory of Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering and Physics of Radiation, Portugal, and Doctor Honoris Causa by Vinnytsia National Technical University, Ukraine (2013).