Professor. Dr. Luís Ferreira Gomes earned a degree in Geological Engineering from the University of Coimbra in 1987 and completed a University Extension Course on Slope Stability at the University of Aveiro in 1988, receiving a Ph.D. at the same university in the Geotechnical Area (Applied Geology) in 1992. He joined the University of Beira Interior in 1993 and has been an Associate Professor since 1999, in the area of Civil Engineering (Geotechnics). He is a senior member of the Institution of Engineering and also a member of the Portuguese Geotechnical Society, the Portuguese Water Resources Association, and several international societies such as IAEG (International Association of Engineering Geology), ISSMGE (International Society of Mechanics Soils and Foundations Engineering), ISRM (International Society for Rock Mechanics), IGS (International Geosynthetics Society), IAH (International Society of Hydrogeologists), and PROGEO (The European Association for the Conservation of the Geological Heritage). His professional activity is divided mainly into Education, Research, and Consulting areas, particularly in Groundwater Resources, Geothermics, and continued Engineering Geology. He has published about a hundred articles distributed by national and international journals and national and international conferences, mostly in books from publishers with scientific referees.