Fernando Cerdeira is an associate professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Machines and Motors and Fluids at the University of Vigo, and member of the Chemical, Environmental & Thermal Engineering research group (ChETE) and the Network of Bioorremediation and Water Energy of Galicia (Bioauga). Cerdeira is an industrial engineer and Level I Termograph certified by the Infrared Training Center and earned a Ph.D. degree in the field of infrared thermography from the University of Vigo in 2008. With respect to higher education, he teaches courses both in undergraduate to postgraduate level at the Schools of Mining and Energy Engineering and Industrial Engineering. His research lines focus on the experimental study of liquid-water heat pumps for domestic applications, and the use of low or no global warming potential refrigerants (GWP); the study of CO2 absorption processes in organo-aqueous solutions with different amines; and the use of infrared thermography as a tool for the detection of defects in building.