Dr. Filipe Fernandes works as an Assistant professor in the School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal. He is also a collaborator at the University of Coimbra where he is collaborating in the planning, preparation and submission of research project proposals. His research interests mainly focus on thin solid films; machining; materials characterization; sputtering technologies; and oxidation resistant materials. His scientific output includes more than 120 publications, corresponding to 1631 citations (h-index 24) (Scopus, 12 11 2025). He won different prizes and awards, from which should be highlighted the ”2023 Young scientist awards” which was recognized at the Indo-European conference of Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Processing - IECAdvaMAP-2023, for his outstanding contribution towards research. He has been the PI of several projects, having attracted 2 million € in industrial research projects and 500,000 € in fundamental research projects. He is a member of the advisor committee/scientific commission of conferences, a member of the evaluation comities of research projects, a member of scientific societies and a member of the Editorial Board of scientific journals. He supervises postdocs, PhDs and Master’s students, and has participated on the juries of PhD and Master’s theses and research contracts. We recently published a book in the area of machining. In 2025, he secured two FCT projects: UnivLub (€249k), and NOFRICTION (€59k).