Agostinho Almeida (1962) is a professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal, in the fields of analytical/bioanalytical chemistry and instrumental methods of analysis. He graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences (1986), with a specialization in Clinical Analysis, and received a PhD degree in Analytical Chemistry (2000) from the University of Porto. He is a researcher at LAQV/REQUIMTE, the Portuguese Research Center for Sustainable Chemistry, where he leads a trace element analysis unit. His main research interests are trace elements in health and disease, with a focus on the development and validation of analytical procedures in atomic absorption and plasma-mass spectrometry, microwave-assisted sample preparation, and environmental, pharmaceutical, clinical/toxicological and forensic applications. In the last 10 years, he has been a researcher in 15 projects with competitive funding and supervised/co-supervised of dozens of students, many from foreign countries. He has authored over 140 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and presented over 90 lectures and oral communications. He is a member of the Editorial Board of two journals. In brief, as a professor and researcher he has focused on the analysis of trace elements, mainly in the clinical-toxicological, food and environmental areas. He is also head of a specially dedicated research laboratory unit.