Carlos F. G. C. Geraldes is working as a Full Professor at the Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra. He completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Oxford in 1976. His research interests focus on paramagnetic nanoparticles as MR imaging agents, MRI contrast agents, lanthanide-based and transition metal-based MRI contrast agents, lanthanide shift reagents and NMR probes, and Nanoparticles for molecular Imaging and theranostics.