Retired Full Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, and a Senior Researcher, the Head of the Instrumentation and Measurements Group, and with Prof. Jorge Morgado, Coordinator of the Basic Sciences and Enabling Technologies of the Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT). Main research interests include instrumentation, transducers, measurement techniques, and digital data processing, particularly for biomedical and environmental applications. Metrology, quality, and electromagnetic compatibility are also areas of regular activity. Fellow of IET, Senior Member of IEEE, Associate Editor of IET-SMT, member of the Editorial Board of several international publications, and a regular reviewer of IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement, Trans. on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Sensors Journal, Signal Processing Letters and member of the technical program committee of IEEE IMTC, SPICES, SSD, CIVEMSA, Sensors and MeMeA (co-chair in 2014), maintains a strong relationship with IMEKO, being a member of the Advisory Board and Honorary Chair of TC-19.