Susana O. Catarino is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Electronics (DEI) of University of Minho, Portugal, and a Researcher at the Microelectromechanical Systems Research Unit (MEMS-UMinho). She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering, in the Department of Industrial Electronics, University of Minho, in February 2014. She received, in 2009, the M.Sc degree in biomedical engineering with a specialization in medical electronics from the same University. Her research interests include the design and development of biomedical and lab-on-a-chip devices, and the microfluidics' integration of optical and piezoelectric sensors and actuators.