Full Professor ("Professor Catedrático") at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal; IEEE Fellow class of 2022; Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Engineering in 2023; Top 2% of Scientists since 2019; Best Scientist 2022-2025 in Research.com; Primary Coordinator of the 5.2-million-euro FP7-EU project SiNGULAR, 2012-2015; Primary Coordinator of the 4.5-million-euro Horizon-EU project EU-DREAM, 2024-2027; Coauthored more than 500 journal publications; Won 5 Best Paper Awards at IEEE Conferences.