Prof. Dr. Fernando Mendes is working as a Coordinator Professor at the Biomedical Laboratory Sciences Scientific-Pedagogical Unit at the Polytechnic University of Coimbra and is an effective member of the Health & Technology Research Center (H&TRC). He is also a researcher collaborator at the Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB) at the University of Coimbra. He finished his PhD in Medical Sciences in 2016 at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra. For the past few years, he has been a member of a multidisciplinary team whose domain includes Oncology and Biophysics. In recent years he has given higher priority to the study of topics related to cancer treatment, namely using radiotherapy and immunotherapy.