João Mendes completed a Masters in Characterization Techniques and Chemical Analysis in 2014 from the University of Minho, School of Sciences, and a degree in Chemistry in 2013 from the University of Minho, School of Sciences. He is undertaking a Ph.D. in Chemistry at the Institute of Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC) and in the Chemistry Research Unit (CIQUP) at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto since 2018. His research interests include areas of exact sciences with an emphasis on chemistry, analytical chemistry, and physics, highlighting optical fiber structures to develop optochemical (bio)sensors emphasizing effects, such as fluorescence, absorption, and/or evanescent field coupled with long-period gratings and plasmonics.