I am Assistant Professor in the Physics Department of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT / UNL), Portugal and scientific and technological adviser at Future-Compta SA, where I hold the position of Research Director. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Technological Physics (1992), a Master's degree in Biophysics and Bioengineering (1994) both awarded by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal and the PhD in Biomedical Physics and Bioengineering (1999) awarded by the University of Aberdeen - UK. My main areas of research include instrumentation, ML and AI algorithms, image processing, biomedical engineering and optics, applied to various scientific areas. I have multiple participations in research projects, including as project coordinator. I am the author of more than 70 publications in scientific journals and books, responsible by the supervision of 8 PhD’s and 36 MSc’s. I hold strong collaborations with the industry, being one of the co-founders of a university technological spin-off, the NGNS Ingenious Solutions Ltd where I was CTO between 2005 and 2017.