Patrícia Figueiredo, PhD

Patrícia Figueiredo is an Associate Professor with the Department of Bioengineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa, and Principal Investigator of the Biomedical Engineering Lab at the Institute for Systems and Robotics – Lisboa. With a degree in Physics Engineering from IST and a DPhil in Neuroimaging from the University of Oxford, she has been conferred Habilitation in Biomedical Engineering by IST. Here, PF has been the chair of the Medical Imaging and Neuroimaging courses and the vice-coordinator of the MSc Programme in Biomedical Engineering. Her research is focused on imaging human brain function noninvasively using MRI and EEG, with applications in basic neuroscience as well as disorders such as epilepsy, dementia, schizophrenia and migraine. PF has a track record of publications in neuroimaging and her work has been distinguished with a Prize for Women in Science by L’Oréal Portugal, a best paper award by the Portuguese League against Epilepsy, and the António Xavier Prize for the best Portuguese PhD Thesis in NMR, EPR or MRI as advisor. PF has taken leading roles in several national and international projects in this field, and she is currently the President Elect of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB).