OTHER ACTIVITIES

1. CONSULTIVE BOARDS and/or EVALUATION COUNCILS
Scientific Expert of European Health & Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA), Brussels, Belgium (since Jun.2021)
Scientific Expert/Adviser of European Commission DG (Photonics Unit), Brussels, Belgium (since Dec.2013)
Chair-Session and Member of the Scientific Committee of AOP’2022, V International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, Guimarãres, Portugal (18-22 Jul.2022)
◆ Independent Expert, Research Executive Agency (ICT-30 Photonics), Brussels, Belgium (2017)
◆ Member of the International Technical Program Committee of the 6th European Workshop of Optical Fibre Sensors, EWOFS’2016 (ewofs2016.org), Limerick, Ireland (May-June 2016).
◆ Independent Expert, Research Executive Agency (ICT-26 Photonics), Brussels, Belgium (May2014)
Independent Expert of European Commission DG (Photonics), Brussels, Belgium (since Dec.2013)
External Reviewer of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Research Foundation, for Catalyst Grant Program, USA (Feb. 2013)

Senior Member of SPIE 2012, USA (since Jul.2012).
Member of the International Technical Committee of the 5th European Workshop of Optical Fiber Sensors, EWOFS 2013,Cracow, Poland (since Jun.2012).
Member of the Organizing Committee of VIII Iberoamerican Optics Meeting and XI Latinamerican Meeting on Optics, Lasers and Applications, RIAO/OPTILAS’2013, Porto, Portugal (Jun.2012).
Member of the Scientific Committee of AOP 2012, Summer School on Recent Advances on Optics and Photonics, Porto, Portugal (Jun.2012)
Member of the International Technical Committee and Chair of Discussion Group II of the 4th European Workshop of Optical Fiber Sensors, EWOFS 2010, Porto, Portugal (since Jul.2009)
Member of the Technical and Scientific Board of ALTEC-Associação de Laserterapia e Tecnologias Afins, Porto, Portugal (2009-2017)
Member of the International Organizing Committee of the First Canterbury Workshop in OCT and Adapative Optics, Kent, U.K. (Sep.2008)
Member of the Expert Evaluation Panel of Science and Technology Foundation (FCT), the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, under the International Call Program "CIENCIA 2008", Action C2008-Optical Imaging (Set.2008).
Member of the Expert Evaluation Panel of Science and Technology Foundation (FCT), the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, under the Operational Program in Science and Innovation 2010 (POCI 2010), Action V.5 (Jun.2007).
Independent Expert of European Defense Agency (EDA) for IAP2-EO SubWork Group, Bruxelles (Jan.2007)
Independent Expert of Portuguese Innovation Agency (Agência de Inovação S.A.), Portugal (Mar. 2004).
Member of the Working Group (Electronics) COTEC Portugal, the innovation organization promoted by the President of Portugal that includes the 100 largest companies in the country.
Member of the Scientific Council, of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Univ. Fernando Pessoa, (since 2003).
External Scientific Appraiser of two R&D projects in Optical Biosensors, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB), University Nova de Lisboa (Jul.1999).
Member of the Evaluation Jury of the Initiation to Research Grant (BIC), Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT), on the project number CERN/P/EEI/15203/1999 (Feb. 2000).
Member of the Scientific Council, of the Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto (INESC PORTO) between 2000-2001.
External Scientific Consultant of R&D projects on fibre optic cables - OPGW ( OPtical Ground Wire ), of Quintas & Quintas S.A. (May-Dec. 1996).


2. PEER-REVIEWER ON SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
Measurement and Science Technology
Optical Engineering
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Optics Letters
Applied Optics
Optics Communications
IEEE Sensors Journal
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
IEEE Journal Lightwave Technology
Sensors & Actuators: A.Physical
Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics
Optics and Lasers in Engineering
Sensors Online Journal
Optics Express


3. TECHNICAL COURSES TAUGHT (CONSULTING)
Laser Phototherapy (level 1), ALTEC and UFP, Porto (Oct/Nov, 2012)
Lasertherapy (level 1), ALTEC and UFP, Porto (Oct.27-30, 2009)
Lasertherapy (level 1), ALTEC and UFP, Porto (May 26-29, 2009)
Development and Innovation, Module of the 1st INOV Jovem Course on Technology Development and Innovation, IDIT, S.M.Feira (Oct.2006)
Electromagnetism: Propagation and Radiometry, 1st Module of the II pos-graduate course on Electromagnetic Compatibility, IEP/Univ. Lusíada/QUEMC, Lisbon (April-May,2000).
Fibre Optic Sensors: Principles and Applications, Cabelte S.A., Valadares, Portugal (1998).
Optical Fibres, Quintas & Quintas S.A., Póvoa do Varzim (1996).
Optoelectronics: Optical Fibres and Communications,INESC-Porto(1994):
Electronics and Telecommunications, INESC-Porto (1993):
Electronics of Industrial Process, INESC-Porto (1990):


4. POS-GRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISION
Graduation Project: André Filipe Pinho da Costa Lima
- Project topic:
Development of a Magneto-optical Current Sensor
- University/Lab.: MW Technologies, ISEP-Inst. Superior Eng. Porto
- Status: concluded (2016)

Ph.D. Student: Liviu Neagu
- Thesis topic:
Multiple Paths Configurations for Optical Coherence Tomography at 1050 nm
- University/Lab.: School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent (UK) with partnership of Multiwave Photonics S.A. (Portugal).
- Status: concluded (Mar.2012)
Ph.D. Student: Irina Trifanov
- Thesis topic:
Fiber Optic Sources and Systems for Optical Coherence Tomography
- University/Lab.: School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent (UK) with partnership of Multiwave Photonics S.A. (Portugal).
- Status: concluded (Nov.2011)
Ph.D. Student: Carla Carmelo Rosa
- Thesis topic:
Low Coherence Interferometry: sensing applications and optical coherence tomography
- University/Lab.: Faculty of Sciences of Univ. Porto (Portugal), and School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent (UK)
- Status: concluded (July 2005)
Ph.D. Student: Raquel López-Heredero
- Thesis topic:
Desarrollo de Cavidades Fabry-Perot de Baja Fineza de Fibra Optica para su Aplicación en Sensores
- University/Lab.: Lab. Instrumentacion Espacial (LINES), Space Sciences Division of INTA (Madrid, Spain) and the UOSE, INESC-Porto (Portugal)
- Status: concluded (July 2002)
M.Eng. Student: Pedro Cavaleiro Dias
- Thesis topic:
Development of a Fibre Optic Sensor for Electric Current Metering on High Power Lines
- University/Lab.: Electrical Electronic Eng. Dept., Faculty of Eng. of Univ. Porto (FEUP) and the UOSE, INESC-Porto
- Status: concluded (Feb.1998)
Graduation Project: Paulo Sérgio de Amorim Caldas
- Project topic:
Optical Current Sensors
- University/Lab.: Physics Dept. Univ. Minho and the UOSE, INESC-Porto(1999)
- Status: concluded (1999)


6. POS-GRADUATION EXTERNAL EXAMINER
M.Eng. Student: Fernando Augusto Ortigão Festas Maia
- Thesis:
High Power Laser for Space Applications
- University/Lab.: FCUP (PT), INESC-TEC
- Date: Nov.10, 2021

Ph.D. Student: André R.D.C. Gomes
- Thesis:
Advanced Fiber Sensing Technologies using Microstructures and Vernier Effect
- University/Lab.: FCUP (PT), Leibniz-IPTH (D)
- Date: April 1, 2021

M.Sc. Student: Hugo A. Veloso
- Thesis:
Optimization of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for Application in the cork industry
- University/Lab.: FCUP (PT), INESC-TEC
- Date: Dec. 10, 2020

M.Sc. Student: Paulo S.S. Santos
- Thesis:
Development of a low-cost interrogation system platform for corrosion sensors in offshore metallic structures
- University/Lab.: FCUP (PT), INESC-TEC
- Date: Nov. 29, 2018

Ph.D. Student: Seyed H. H. Darbrazi
- Thesis:
GPU-Accelerated Optical Coherence Tomography Signal Processing and Visualizations
- University/Lab.: FCUP (PT) & MIT (USA)
- Date: May 19, 2016
M.Sc. Student: Manuel J.M Marques
- Thesis:
Experiments in Spectrometer-Based, Fourier-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography
- University/Lab.: FCUP (PT), INESC-TEC
- Date: Oct. 12, 2012
Ph.D. Student: Dipankar Sengupta
- Thesis: Study on Discrete and Continuous Liquid Level Measurements Using Fiber Bragg Gratings
- University/Lab.: Nat. Institute Technology, Warangal (India)
- Date: April, 2012
Ph.D. Student: Sanderson E.U. Lima
- Thesis:
Detecção e Localização de Falhas em Transformadores de Potência Utilizando a Tecnologia dos Sensores em Fibra Óptica e Processamento de Sinal Avançado”
- University/Lab.: FCUP (PT), UOSE-INESC Porto (PT)
- Date: Jan.30, 2012

Ph.D. Student: Diana Viegas
- Thesis:
Sensing Devices Based on Micro-Optic Technology
- University/Lab.: FCUP (PT), FiberSensing S.A. (PT)
- Date: Dec.17, 2010

Ph.D. Student: Michael Leitner
- Thesis:
White Light Interferometry: Application s in high resolution sensing and biomedical imaging
- University/Lab.: FCUP (PT) & Univ. Kent (UK)
- Date: July 27, 2010
Ph.D. Student: Orlando Frazão
- Thesis:
Sensores em Fibra Óptica Baseados em Interferometria e Efeitos Não-Lineares
- University/Lab.: FCUP (PT), UOSE-INESC Porto
- Date: Dec. 4, 2009
M.Sc. Student: Susana Silva
- Thesis:
Fibre Bragg Grating Based Structures for Optical Sensing and Filtering
- University/Lab.: FCUP (PT), UOSE-INESC Porto
- Date: July 25, 2007