I am an Assistant Professor of Physics at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) and a researcher at the Center of Physics and Engineering of Advanced Materials (CeFEMA) associated with the Laboratory of Physics for Materials and Emerging Technologies (LaPMET), where I coordinate the q.m@t team [https://sites.google.com/tecnico.ulisboa.pt/qmat] and I am a founding member and one of the coordinators of the research network QuantumMatter@PT [https://quantummatterpt.weebly.com]. I am interested in aspects of quantum matter in and out of equilibrium. The main focus of my research is on open quantum systems rendered out of equilibrium by current or voltage drives. Other aspects of my work include transport, localized magnetic moments, superconductivity, disorder effects, and quantum criticality. My research is of relevance for material science and nano-device applications for quantum sensing and quantum information processing. Prior to my current appointment, I held an Investigator FCT (Researcher) - Starting Grant (2014-2019) and was an invited Professor at the Physics Department of IST (2014-2019). Before that, I was a research fellow at the Russian Quantum Center (RQC), Moscow (2014-2015). I have held postdoctoral positions at prestigious institutions such as the Condensed Matter Theory Group of MIT, Cambridge, USA (2009-2010), Centro de Física das Interacções Fundamentais - CFIF, IST, Lisbon (2010-2011), and the Max Planck Institute - PKS, Dresden (2011-2013). I earned my PhD in 2008 from University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris-VI and my Master's in Physics Engineering from IST (2004). I believe that my research in open quantum systems away from equilibrium has the potential to yield groundbreaking discoveries in the design of novel materials with unprecedented properties that are unattainable at equilibrium, as well as in the development of cutting-edge technologies such as thermoelectrics, electronic and sensing devices, and quantum information processing. For more information visit: [personal website] http://web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/~ribeiro.pedro [team website] https://sites.google.com/tecnico.ulisboa.pt/qmat