Prof. Dr. Pedro V. Baptista graduated from Universidade de Lisboa in 1996. He then attained his PhD in Human Molecular Genetics from the School of Pharmacy, University of London (2000), after which he started at FCT/UNL as  Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics. He is now Full Professor in Molecular Genetics and Nanomedicine at FCT/UNL and coordinates the Nanomedicine Group at FCT/UNL focused on the biofunctionalization of nanoparticles with targeting and silencing moieties and their application in drug delivery and/or gene silencing, the assessment of toxicology of nanoparticles in in vivo models, the development of nano biosensors and microfluidic devices for diagnostic applications, and DNA/RNA biomolecular recognition studies. His research focuses on the use of noble metal nanoparticles (mainly gold and silver) for new diagnostics and therapeutics platforms, with particular emphasis on combinatory nanomedicines that include photothermia, gene silencing, and targeted drug delivery.