Paulo Sérgio de Brito André was born in 1971. He received the Bachelor in physics engineering (1996), the Ph.D. degree in physics (2002) and the Agregação (habilitation) title in 2011, from the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal. In 2013, he joined the Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, as an Associate Professor, where he is lecturing courses on Telecommunications. His current research interests include the study and simulation of photonic and optoelectronic components, optical sensors, integrated optics, photonics applications, multi-wavelength optical communications systems and passive optical networks. Paulo André is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).