Hugo Águas is Associate Professor at the Materials Science Department of FCT-NOVA and a photovoltaics research group leader at CEMOP-UNINOVA. He received his PhD in 2005 in Optoelectronics Engineering. His current research interests are in the fields of thin-film deposition and the use of silicon materials for photovoltaic devices and optical sensors; nanomaterials processing, biosensors, microfluidics, and SERS. He has coordinated 6 national projects and was responsible for several national and international projects, including the H2020 Project APOLO (H2020-LCE-2017-RES-RIA), which was aimed at developing photonic-enhanced flexible Perovskite solar cells for BIPV (https://project-apolo.eu/). He was the main organiser of symposium K, photonic materials and techniques for SERS and solar cell light trapping at E-MRS Fall Meeting 2016, and is Guest Editor for several journals, such as PSSa (Wiley); Materials Letters (Elsevier); and Materials, Sensors, and Micromachines (MDPI) He holds a patent for solar tiles comprising the development of silicon thin-film technology for direct application in ceramic tile building elements, which was given the Innovation Award in Energy Live Expo in 2014. He has a publication record of more than 178 publications recorded by WoK. His number of citations is registered in the WoK as above 3000 and he has an H-index score of 30.