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Sofia Fernandes is a doctorate researcher at the Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica (IBEB) of Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL), Portugal. She has a PhD in Neurosciences. Her research is dedicated to study the effects of electromagnetic stimulation in biological tissues for therapeutic applications, using realistic computational models of the human brain and spinal cord, field of research that she leads at IBEB since September 2022. Her academic background combines clinical and exact sciences, with BScs. in Physiotherapy and Physics, and MSc. in Astrophysics, reflecting a multidisciplinary research methodology. Sofia published 13 articles in international peer-reviewed journals (9 in Q1 of respective fields), 4 book chapters and 26 conference proceedings. Currently, she is an invited professor in the MSc. programs in Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering (FCUL) and in Physiotherapy (Escola Superior da Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, ESTEsL), where she lectures Bioelectricity and Electrophysiology and Human Movement and Motor Control, respectively. She is also supervisor of 3 PhD (1 completed), 12 MSc students (5 completed, 2 as consultant) and several internships of national and international BSc, MSc and PhD students. She was in the organizing committees of PSMR 2017 and BHBM 2022, 2023 international conferences, invited speaker in 1 international conference on neurophysiology in 2019 and 1 national conference in 2024, and organizer of 4 symposiums in 4 international conferences on modelling and experimental strategies in non-invasive spinal stimulation (1 in 2020, 2 in 2022 and 1 in 2023). She is guest editor of the special issues "Electromagnetic Modeling for Brain Stimulation" (PMB, IOP Science) and "Emerging Talents in Human Neuroscience: Neuromodulation 2023" (Frontiers in Human Neuroscience). Sofia is currently the portuguese PI in the international consortium "DC4MND- Multidimensional mechanistic investigations of trans-spinal direct current stimulation in motor neuron disease", awarded by the JPND 2022 call. She also has ongoing collaborations with the University of Texas Southwestern and the University of Seville. Her previous experience includes a doctorate researcher position in the FCT R&D project Stimuli2BioScaffold - PTDC/EME-SIS/32554/2017 at CDRSP - Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, from the Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal, during 2020, in modelling strategies to optimize electromagnetic applications in Tissue Engineering, with whom she still collaborates. Sofia had also previous researcher positions in FCT projects DAI/2019/13 (statistical analysis of ALS biomarkers, Nova Medical School, 2019) and PESO/P/PRO/40154/2000 (analysis of near-IR images of circumstellar disks, FCUL, 2001-03). She also won a 4-year FCT PhD scholarship in 2014 (SFRH/BD/100254/2014).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sofia Rita Cardoso Fernandes
Date of birth
1976/07/19
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Fernandes, Sofia Rita
  • Fernandes SR
  • Fernandes, S.R.
  • Sofia R Fernandes

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0D18-893A-C016
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0576-8364

Email addresses

  • srcfernandes@fc.ul.pt (Professional)
  • srcfernandes@ciencias.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
  • sofiarita19@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+351) 914072685 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Rua Aliança Operária, 50, 2º Direito, 1300-049, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering - Medical Engineering
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Sport and Fitness Sciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2013/09 - 2019/10/07
Concluded
 Neurociências (Doutoramento)
Major in Ramo/Especialidade: Ciências Biomédicas, especialidade de Neurociências
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Transcutaneous Spinal Direct Current Stimulation: Modelling the spinal electric field distribution and clinical relevance" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18 - with Honors and Distinction
2005/09/19 - 2009/07/20
Concluded
 Fisioterapia (Licenciatura)
Major in Fisioterapia
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
 16 points (in 20)
2001/09/23 - 2003/10/31
Concluded
 Astronomia e Astrofísica (Mestrado)
Major in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Frequência de Discos Circum-Estelares no enxame Aberto NGC 2547: Estudo do Excesso de Emissão no Infravermelho Próximo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very Good
1994/09/19 - 2001/12/12
Concluded
 Física (Licenciatura)
Major in Physics
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 14 points (in 20)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/01/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/01/06 - 2020/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Centro para o Desenvolvimento Rápido e Sustentado de Produto, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Centro para o Desenvolvimento Rápido e Sustentado de Produto, Portugal
2019/05/01 - 2019/10/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2015/03/01 - 2019/02/28 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2001/10/01 - 2003/10/01 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09 - 2024/02 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/02 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/02 - 2021/07 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/07 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/07 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/06/01 - Current DC4MND- Multidimensional mechanistic investigations of trans spinal direct current stimulation in motor neuron disease
jnpd2022-010
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

EU Joint Programme Neurodegenerative Disease Research
Ongoing
2019/05/01 - 2019/10/31 Avaliação Detalhada de MicroRNA circulantes como biomarcadores de diagnóstico e prognóstico em Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica
PTDC/MEC-NEU/31195/2017
Research Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2015/03/01 - 2019/02/28 Transcutaneous Spinal Direct Current Stimulation: Modelling the spinal electric field distribution and clinical relevance.
SFRH/BD/100254/2014
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2001/10/01 - 2003/10/01 The Nearest Planet Nurseries: Protoplanetary Disk Fraction in Young Clusters, and the Timescale for Planet Formation
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/PDCT/40154/PT
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - Current Programatic Funding of IBEB
UIDP/00645/2020
Post-doc
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/06 - 2020/12/31 Stimuli2BioScaffolds - Stimuli modelling for BioScaffolds: from numerical modelling to in vitro tests
C492074784-00085914
Post-doc
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Centro para o Desenvolvimento Rápido e Sustentado de Produto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Di Lazzaro, Vincenzo; Ranieri, Federico; Baczyk, Marcin; de Carvalho, Mamede; Dileone, Michele; Dubbioso, Raffaele; Fernandes SR; et al. "Novel approaches to motoneuron disease/ALS treatment using non-invasive brain and spinal stimulation: IFCN handbook chapter (2 citations)". In Clinical Neurophysiology, 114-136. 2023.
    Published • 10.1016/j.clinph.2023.12.012
  2. Sofia R. Fernandes; Mariana Pereira; Sherif M. Elbasiouny; Yasin Y. Dhaher; Mamede de Carvalho; Pedro C. Miranda; Fernandes SR; et al. Corresponding author: Fernandes SR. "Interplay Between Electrical Conductivity of Tissues and Position of Electrodes in Transcutaneous Spinal Direct Current Stimulation (tsDCS)". In Brain and Human Body Modelling. Springer Nature, 2022.
    In press • 10.1007/978-3-031-15451-5_7
  3. Fernandes SR; Salvador R; de Carvalho M; Miranda PC. "Modelling Studies of Non-invasive Electric and Magnetic Stimulation of the Spinal Cord (15 citations)". In Brain and Human Body Modeling 2020, 139-165. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-45623-8_8
  4. Fernandes SR; Pereira M; de Carvalho M; Miranda PC. "Non-invasive Spinal Cord Stimulation: Relevance of Modelling Studies in Clinical Protocol Design". In XV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing – MEDICON 2019, 1767-1773. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_214
Conference abstract
  1. Marques da Silva V; Ferreira HA; Fernandes SR. "Effect of tDCS montages in EEG-based functional connectivity of the sensorimotor network". 2023.
    Published • 10.1016/j.brs.2023.01.732
  2. Fernandes SR; Pereira M; Andrade A; Ferreira HA; de Carvalho M. "Model-guided transcutaneous direct current stimulation of the brain and spinal cord to repair ALS-induced motor dysfunctions". 2023.
    10.1016/j.brs.2023.01.218
  3. Pereira M; Fernandes SR; De Carvalho M; Miranda PC. "TH-183. Relevance of realistic human models to guide non-invasive spinal stimulation: A review of current findings". 2022.
    10.1016/j.clinph.2022.07.363
  4. de Carvalho M; Pereira M; Fernandes SR; Miranda PC. "O203 Neuromodulation of lower limb motor circuitry with transcutaneous lumbar spinal cord direct current stimulation". 2017.
    10.1016/j.clinph.2017.07.211
  5. Fernandes SR; Salvador R; Wenger C; de Carvalho M; Miranda PC. "P084 Electric field distribution in the lumbar spinal cord during trans-spinal magnetic stimulation (2 citations)". 2017.
    10.1016/j.clinph.2016.10.209
  6. Fernandes SR; Wenger C; Salvador R; de Carvalho M; Miranda PC. "Transcutaneous Spinal Direct Current Stimulation: Modelling the Electric Field Distribution in the Cervical Spinal Cord. (2 citations)". Paper presented in 3rd International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics – Neurotechnix 2015, LISBOA, 2015.
    Published
  7. Fernandes SR; Wenger C; Salvador R; de Carvalho M; Miranda PC. "Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation: Modeling the Electric Field Distribution using the Finite Element Method.". Paper presented in Proceedings of the 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 2015, Milan, 2015.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Videira AS; Canadas D; De O. Pires L; Andrade A; Ferreira HA; Miranda PC; Fernandes SR. "How the Number and Distance of Electrodes Change the Induced Electric Field in the Cortex during Multichannel tDCS (2 citations)". 2022.
    10.1109/embc48229.2022.9871114
  2. Meneses J; Fernandes SR; Alves N; Pascoal-Faria P; Miranda PC; Meneses, J.; Fernandes, S.R.; et al. "Effects of Scaffold Electrical Properties on Electric Field Delivery in Bioreactors (4 citations)". 2021.
    10.1109/embc46164.2021.9630711
  3. Fernandes SR; Meneses J; Datta A; Amado S; Alves N; Pascoal-Faria P. "Comparison of electromagnetic stimulation fields generated by different experimental setups: A biophysical analysis (1 citation)". 2020.
    10.1063/5.0081338
  4. Meneses J; Fernandes SR; Datta A; Amado S; Alves N; Pascoal-Faria P. "Numerical modelling of a bioreator design targeting optimal conditions for cell culture (1 citation)". 2020.
    10.1063/5.0081336
  5. Fernandes SR; Teixeira PS; Correia J; Alves J; Santos FD; Lada EA. "What Can We Learn from Protoplanetary Disk Frequency in Young Clusters?". Paper presented in Extrasolar Planets: Today and Tomorrow, held 30 June - 4 July 2003, Institut D'Astrophysique de Paris, France., Paris, 2003.
    Published
  6. Teixeira PS; Fernandes SR; Alves JF; Correia J; Santos FD; Lada EA. "Timescale for Disk Dissipation in Young Clusters". Paper presented in Extrasolar Planets: Today and Tomorrow, ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 321, held 30 June - 4 July 2003, Institut D'Astrophysique de Paris, France., Paris, 2003.
  7. Teixeira PS; Fernandes SR; Alves JF; Correia J; Lada C; Lada EA; Santos FD. "What can we Learn from Disk Frequency in Young Clusters?". Paper presented in Star Formation at High Angular Resolution, International Astronomical Union. Symposium no. 221, held 22-25 July, 2003 in Sydney, Australia, Sydney, 2003.
  8. Fernandes SR; Teixeira PS; Alves JF; Correia J; Santos FD; Lada C. "Protoplanetary Disk Fraction in Young Clusters and the Timescale for Planet Formation". Paper presented in 2002 International Astronomical Observatories in Chile workshop, held 11-15 March 2002 at La Serena, Chile., La Serena, 2002.
Journal article
  1. Silva, João C.; Meneses, João; Garrudo, Fábio F. F.; Fernandes SR; Alves, Nuno; Ferreira, Frederico Castelo; Pascoal-Faria, Paula. "Direct coupled electrical stimulation towards improved osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells: a comparative study of different protocols". Scientific Reports 14 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55234-y.
    10.1038/s41598-024-55234-y
  2. Fernandes SR; Callejón-Leblic, M Amparo; Ferreira, Hugo Alexandre. Corresponding author: Fernandes SR. "How does the electric field induced by tDCS influence motor-related connectivity? Model-guided perspectives". Physics in Medicine & Biology (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ad222d.
    Open access • Accepted • 10.1088/1361-6560/ad222d
  3. Meneses, João; Fernandes SR; Silva, João C.; Ferreira, Frederico Castelo; Alves, Nuno; Pascoal-Faria, Paula. Corresponding author: Meneses, João. "JANUS: an open-source 3D printable perfusion bioreactor and numerical model-based design strategy for tissue engineering. (2 citations)". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 11 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1308096.
    Published • 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1308096
  4. Pereira M; Fernandes SR; Miranda PC; de Carvalho M. "Lumbar trans-spinal direct current stimulation: A modeling-experimental approach to dorsal root ganglia stimulation (2 citations)". Frontiers in Neuroscience 16 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.1041932.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fnins.2022.1041932
  5. Meneses J; Fernandes SR; Alves N; Pascoal-Faria P; Miranda PC. "How to correctly estimate the electric field in capacitively coupled systems for tissue engineering: a comparative study (4 citations)". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14834-2.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-022-14834-2
  6. de Carvalho M; Fernandes SR; Pereira M; Gromicho M; Santos MO; Alves I; Pinto S; Swash M. "Respiratory function tests in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: The role of maximal voluntary ventilation (4 citations)". Journal of the Neurological Sciences 434 (2022): 120143. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2022.120143.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.jns.2022.120143
  7. Pereira M; Fernandes SR; Miranda PC; de Carvalho M. "Neuromodulation of lower limb motor pathways with trans-spinal direct current stimulation: an overview of current findings". Annals of Medicine 53 sup1 (2021): S24-S25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2021.1896902.
    10.1080/07853890.2021.1896902
  8. Meneses J; Silva JC; Fernandes SR; Datta A; Castelo Ferreira F; Moura C; Amado S; Alves N; Pascoal-Faria P. "A Multimodal Stimulation Cell Culture Bioreactor for Tissue Engineering: A Numerical Modelling Approach (19 citations)". Polymers 12 4 (2020): 940. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym12040940.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/polym12040940
  9. Fernandes SR; Pereira M; Salvador R; Miranda PC; de Carvalho M. "Cervical trans-spinal direct current stimulation: a modelling-experimental approach. (21 citations)". Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 16 1 (2019): 123. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-019-0589-6.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/s12984-019-0589-6
  10. Fernandes SR; Salvador R; de Carvalho MA; Miranda PC. "Electric Field Distribution during Non-Invasive Electric and Magnetic Stimulation of the Cervical Spinal Cord (3 citations)". Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2019 (2019): 5898-5901. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8857129.
    Published • 10.1109/EMBC.2019.8857129
  11. Pereira M; Fernandes SR; Miranda PC; de Carvalho M. "Neuromodulation of lower limb motor responses with transcutaneous lumbar spinal cord direct current stimulation. (13 citations)". Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology 129 9 (2018): 1999-2009. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30041145.
    Published • 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.07.002
  12. Fernandes SR; Salvador R; Wenger C; de Carvalho M; Miranda PC. "Transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation of the lumbar and sacral spinal cord: a modelling study (34 citations)". Journal of Neural Engineering 15 3 (2018): 036008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/aaac38.
    Published • 10.1088/1741-2552/aaac38
  13. Santos L; Martinho M; Salvador R; Wenger C; Fernandes SR; Ripolles O; Ruffini G; Miranda PC. "Effects of tissue conductivities in tCS of the motor cortex with different electrode configurations". Brain Stimulation 10 2 (2017): 438. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2017.01.306.
    10.1016/j.brs.2017.01.306
  14. Fernandes SR; Salvador R; Wenger C; de Carvalho M; Miranda PC. "Influence of electrode configuration in neuromodulation of cervical spinal cord during non-invasive direct current stimulation". Brain Stimulation 10 2 (2017): 458. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2017.01.345.
    10.1016/j.brs.2017.01.345
  15. Miranda PC; Salvador R; Wenger C; Fernandes SR. "Optimizing Electric-Field Delivery for tDCS: Virtual Humans Help to Design Efficient, Noninvasive Brain and Spinal Cord Electrical Stimulation. (7 citations)". IEEE pulse 8 4 (2017): 42-45. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28715314.
    Published • 10.1109/mpul.2017.2701259
  16. Miranda PC; Salvador R; Wenger C; Fernandes SR. "Computational models of non-invasive brain and spinal cord stimulation. (17 citations)". Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28269725.
    Published • 10.1109/embc.2016.7592207
  17. Fernandes SR; Salvador R; Wenger C; de Carvalho MA; Miranda PC. "Influence of electrode configuration on the electric field distribution during transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation of the cervical spine. (7 citations)". Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference (2016): 3121-3124. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28324978.
    Published • 10.1109/embc.2016.7591390
  18. Santos L; Martinho M; Salvador R; Wenger C; Fernandes SR; Ripolles O; Ruffini G; Miranda PC. "Evaluation of the electric field in the brain during transcranial direct current stimulation: A sensitivity analysis. (27 citations)". Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference (2016): 1778-1781. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28268672.
    10.1109/embc.2016.7591062
  19. Macedo M; Wenger C; Salvador R; Fernandes SR; Miranda PC. "Investigating an alternative ring design of transducer arrays for tumor treating fields (TTFields). (4 citations)". Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference (2016): 5168-5171. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28269429.
    Published • 10.1109/embc.2016.7591891
  20. Bastos R; Fernandes SR; Salvador R; Wenger C; de Carvalho MA; Miranda PC. "The effect of inter-electrode distance on the electric field distribution during transcutaneous lumbar spinal cord direct current stimulation. (13 citations)". Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference (2016): 1754-1757. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28268666.
    Published • 10.1109/embc.2016.7591056
  21. Teixeira, PS; Fernandes, SR; Alves, JF; Correia, JC; Santos, FD; Lada, EA; Lada, CJ. "Timescale for disk dissipation in young clusters". Extrasolar Planets: Today and Tomorrow (2004): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/28405407/.
  22. Fernandes, SR; Teixeira, PS; Correia, JC; Alves, JF; Santos, FD; Lada, EA; Lada, CJ. "What can we learn from protoplanetary disk frequency in young clusters?". Extrasolar Planets: Today and Tomorrow (2004): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/28405324/.
  23. Teixeira PS; Fernandes SR; Alves JF; Correia J; Santos FD; Lada EA; Lada C. "Near infrared imaging of NGC 2316 (18 citations)". Astronomy & Astrophysics 413 1 (2003): L1-L4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034621.
    Published • 10.1051/0004-6361:20034621
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Fernandes, Sofia Rita. "Transcutaneous Spinal Direct Current Stimulation : Modelling the spinal electric field distribution and clinical relevance". PhD, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/55166.
  2. "Frequência de Discos Circum-Estelares no Enxame Aberto NGC2547: Estudo do Excesso de Emissão no Infravermelho Próximo". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2003.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/04/10 Relevância da Modelação de Campos Elétricos na Estimulação Cerebral (Relevance of Electric Field Modeling in Brain Stimulation) 1st Portuguese Conference on Brain Stimulation in Mental Health
Fundação Champalimaud (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/08/17 Modelling challenges in non-invasive spinal stimulation: perspectives on current state-of-the-art Brain and Human Body Modeling Conference 2023 (hybrid conference)
A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown MA, USA. (Massachusetts, United States)
2023/07/25 Modelling challenges of electromagnetic stimulation in biological tissue: perspectives on current state of the art 45th International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference EMBC 2023, Sydney, Australia
ICC Sydney (Sydney, Australia)
2022/09/08 "Non-invasive Brain and Spinal Stimulation (NIBSS) Strategies for Diagnosis and Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)" 32nd International Congress of ClinicalNeurophysiology, ICCN 2022, Geneva, Switzwerland
International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (Geneva, Switzerland)
2022/08/18 "Comparing tDCS paradigms for modulation of motor-related connectivity: investigating the relation between the electric field and clinical outcomes" Brain and Human Body Modeling Conference 2022 (hybrid conference)
A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown MA, USA. (Massachusetts, United States)
2021/09/02 Realistic Human Modelling for Biomedical Applications Session 1: “Digital Twins for Life Sciences. International Manufacturing Forum Series (online)
CDRSP – Center for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Marinha Grande, Portugal (Marinha Grande, Portugal)
2021/08/19 Accurate realistic model of the spinal cord and surrounding tissues. Brain & Human Body Modelling (BHBM) Conference (online), August 19-20, 2021
A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown MA, USA. (Massachusetts)
2021/08/19 Interplay between Electrical Conductivity of Tissues and Position of Electrodes in Transcutaneous Spinal Direct Current Stimulation Brain & Human Body Modelling (BHBM) Conference (online), August 19-20, 2021
A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown MA, USA. (Massachusetts)
2021/05/05 Estimulação Eletromagnética do Sistema Nervoso: a teoria ao serviço da clínica (online, PT). Dia aberto da FCUL 2021
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FCUL (Lisboa, Portugal)
2020/09/23 Comparison of Electromagnetic Stimulation Fields Generated By Different Experimental Setups: - a Biophysical Analysis - ICNAAM 2020 - 18Tth International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics
University of Athens, Greece; European Society of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (ESCMCE) (Rhodes, Greece)
2020/09/11 A combined modelling-experimental approach in Non-Invasive Spinal Cord Stimulation 7th International Conference on Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Klinische Neurophysiologie und Funktionelle Bildgebung (Baden-Baden, Germany)
2019/11/14 Non-Invasive Neuromodulation of the Cervical Spinal Cord: combining modelling and experimental studies 4th PhD Students Meeting of the Mind-Brain College of the Universidade de Lisboa
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/09 Optimizing Electromagnetic Stimulation of the Brain and Spinal Cord: a combined modelling and experimental approach 11th OSET Congress of the International Organization of Societies for Electrophysiological Technology
International Organization of Societies for Electrophysiological Technology (Porto, Portugal)
2019/08 Non-invasive Spinal Cord Stimulation: Relevance of Modelling Studies in Clinical Protocol Design Medicon 2019 - XV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing
Universidade de Coimbra (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/07 Otimização do Campo Elétrico em Estimulação Não-Invasiva do Cérebro e da Medula Espinhal Ciência '18 - Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal
Ministério da Ciência e Ensino Superior (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016 Influence of electrode configuration on the electric field distribution during transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation of the cervical spine IEEE Eng , Med Biol Soc. 2016
IEEE (Orlando FL, United States)
2015 Transcutaneous Spinal Direct Current Stimulation: Modelling the Electric Field Distribution in the Cervical Spinal Cord. International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics – Neurotechnix 2015
(Lisboa)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/03/01 - Current PhD thesis: "Multidimensional mechanistic investigations of trans-spinal direct current stimulation in motor neuron disease: realistic computational models of in vivo and in vitro systems"
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica e Biofísica (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/12/18 - Current MSc thesis: "Detection of Pre-Syncopal State in Space: analysis of physiological data for automatization and standardization of procedure"
Supervisor of Alexandre Manuel Silva Pinto
 Ciências da Engenharia - Engenharia Biomédica e Biofísica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/12/15 - Current MSc thesis: "Modulation of slow waves bt Transcranial Alternate Current Stimulation"
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica e Biofísica
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/12/14 - Current MSc thesis: "Generation of hiPSC-derived motor neurons in compartmentalization devices for the development of a polarized neuronal model in vitro"
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica e Biofísica
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/02/01 - Current MSc thesis: "Combined Brain and Spinal Stimulation for modulation of motor-related EEG responses"
Supervisor
 Ciências da Engenharia - Engenharia Biomédica e Biofísica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/07/18 - Current PhD Thesis: "Spasticity in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: predicting and evaluating treatment impact with non-invasive electrical stimulation"
Co-supervisor
 Neurociências (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022 - Current MSc thesis: "Treino propriocetivo como estratégia de intervenção para melhoria do equilíbrio em indivíduos pós Acidente Vascular Cerebral (AVC): Revisão sistemática"
Co-supervisor
 Fisioterapia (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/12 - Current MSc thesis: "Modelling Transitions Between Brain States: from rest to motor execution"
Co-supervisor of Lima, David
 Physics Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2024/05/23 PhD Thesis "Numerical Modelling of Mechanical and Electromagnetic Stimulation in Bioreactors and Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering"
Supervisor
 Ciências da Engenharia - Engenharia Biomédica e Biofísica (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/03/01 - 2024/04/09 MSc thesis: "Motor Dynamics of the Human Cortex: implementation and validation of a HNN-based neural circuit model to predict movement-related cortical potentials"
Supervisor
 Physics Engineering (Master)
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
2021/09 - 2023/12/12 MSc thesis: "Targeted tDCS in Sensorimotor Networks: Modelling the Electric Field Distribution based on FC Analysis"
Co-supervisor of Silva, Vasco
 Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/07 MSc thesis: "Importância terapêutica do exercício na neuroplasticidade em adultos com patologia neurológica: revisão sistemática"
Co-supervisor of Cardoso, Sara
 Fisioterapia (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/04/30 - 2020/11/19 MSc thesis: "Efeitos do Uso de Auxiliares de Marcha em Pessoas com Sequelas de Acidente Vascular Cerebral - Fase Crónica: Revisão Sistemática."
Co-supervisor
 Fisioterapia (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/08/17 - 2023/08/18 Co-Chair in Session III: "New Modeling Methods and Targets - Spinal cord stimulation and novel stimulation targets" in Brain & Human Body Modelling (BHBM) Conference, August 17-18, 2023, A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown MA, USA. (2023/08/17 - 2023/08/18)
Conference (Other)
 A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
2023/07/24 - 2023/07/27 Submmission, organization and Co-Chair of Special Session entitled "Computational analysis of non-invasive neuromodulation constructs: Brain and Spine", to be held in the 45th Annual International Conference of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBC) 2023, Sydney, Australia (2023/07 - 2023/07)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 IEEE, United States
2023/03/20 - 2023/03/20 Organization of symposium: "Non-invasive Brain and Spinal Stimulation (NIBSS) in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): an update" in the 5th International Brain Stimulation Conference 2023, held in Lisbon, Portugal (2023/03/20 - 2023/03/22)
Symposium (Other)
 Elsevier Inc, United States
2022/09/08 - 2022/09/08 Organization of symposium: "Non-invasive Brain and Spinal Stimulation (NIBSS) Strategies for Diagnosis and Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)", in the 32nd International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology, Geneva, Switzwerland (2022/09/04 - 2022/09/08)
Symposium (Other)
 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology, United States
2022/08/18 - 2022/08/19 Chair in Session II: "Featured Talks: EEG/TES/DBS" in Brain & Human Body Modeling (BHBM) Conference (hybrid format), A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown MA (2022/08/18 - 2022/08/19)
Conference (Other)
 A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
2021/08/19 - 2021/08/19 Co-chair in Session II. Modeling Neuroimaging and Electrical Stimulation (Very Low Frequency Band), and Interplay Between Them (Co-Chair) in in Brain & Human Body Modelling (BHBM) Conference (online), August 19-20, 2021, A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown MA, USA. (2021/08/19 - 2021/08/20)
Conference (Other)
 A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
2020/09/10 - 2020/09/14 Organization of Symposia: Computer Modelling in Non-Invasive Spinal Cord Stimulation, held at the 7th International Conference on Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS), 24-26 March 2020 • Baden-Baden/Germany (2020/09/11 - 2020/09/11)
Symposium (Other)
 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Klinische Neurophysiologie und funktionelle Bildgebung, Germany
2018/11/14 - 2018/11/15 4th PhD Students Meeting of the Mind-Brain College of the Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa Member of the organizing committee (2018/11/14 - 2018/11/15)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/10/19 - 2017/10/20 3rd PhD Students Meeting of the Mind Brain College of the University of Lisbon Member of the organizing committee Poster presentation entitled "Non-Invasive Direct Current Stimulation of the Lumbar Spinal Cord: combining observational studies with computational models" (2017/10/19 - 2017/10/20)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/05/29 - 2017/05/31 6th International Conference on PET-MRI and SPECT-MRI (2017/05/29 - 2017/05/31)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
2017/05/27 - 2017/05/27 PSMR 2017 Sattelite School (PET-MRI School) - Presentations and Hands-on on MRI and PET data analysis (2017/05/27 - 2017/05/27)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
2016/11/28 - 2016/11/29 2nd PhD Students Meeting of the Mind Brain College of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon Member of Organizing Committee Poster presentation entitled: "Electric field distribution in the lumbar spinal cord during trans-spinal magnetic stimulation." (2016/11/28 - 2016/11/28)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016/06/02 - 2016/06/03 Brain Imaging: an introductory workshop on research and clinical applications Member of the organizing committee. Principles and applications of imaging techniques in neurosciences: immunofluorescence, calcium imaging, fMRI acquisition and analysis, MRI diffusion-weighted imaging, nuclear medicine techniques in brain imaging, electroencephalography as image: principles and applications. Hands-on on FSL and Travis software tools on MRI diffusion-weighted imaging analysis. (2016/06/02 - 2016/06/03)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/04/11 - 2024/04/12 6th European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Mental Health: "Optimising therapeutic brain stimulation: from precision to personalisation”
Conference
 6th European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Mental Health: "Optimising therapeutic brain stimulation: from precision to personalisation”
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2024/04/10 - 2024/04/10 1st Portuguese Conference on Brain Stimulation in Mental Health
Conference
 1st Portuguese Conference on Brain Stimulation in Mental Health
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2023/02/25 - 2023/02/25 (PT) "Modelação Computacional de Estimulação Cerebral Não Invasiva com SIMNIBS: uma abordagem hands-on.
Workshop
 ENEEB - XVIII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Engenharia Biomédica
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/02/19 - 2023/02/22 Poster entitled "Model-guided Transcutaneous Direct Current Stimulation of the Brain and Spinal Cord to repair ALS-induced motor dysfunctions" (On-demand symposium)
Conference
 5th International Brain Stimulation Conference 2023 Lisbon, Portugal
Elsevier Inc, United States
2023/02/19 - 2023/02/22 Poster entitled "Effect of tDCS montages in EEG-based functional connectivity of the sensorimotor network" (co-author)
Conference
 5th International Brain Stimulation Conference 2023 Lisbon, Portugal
Elsevier Inc, United States
2022/09/04 - 2022/09/08 Poster entitled "TH 183. Relevance of realistic human models to guide non invasive spinal stimulation: a review of current findings" (co-author)
Congress
 32nd International Congress of ClinicalNeurophysiology, ICCN 2022, Geneva, Switzwerland
International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology, United States
2022/07/11 - 2022/07/15 Poster with flash presentation entitled "How the Number and Distance of Electrodes Change the Induced Electric Field in the Cortex during Multichannel tDCS"
Conference
 44th International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference EMBC 2022, Glasgow, United Kingdom
IEEE, United States
2021/06/28 - 2021/06/30 Poster presentation entitled: "Re-connecting the Motor Brain in ALS with Electrical Stimulation"
Conference
 Ciência 2021 – Science and Technology in Portugal Summit (online)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/06/16 - 2021/06/17 Poster presentation entitled "Predicting the Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation with realistic head models based on MRI/DTI data"
Meeting
 1st ISMRM Iberian Chapter Annual Meeting (online)
Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Física, Portugal
2019/11/12 - 2019/11/13 5th Meeting of the Mind-Brain College of the University of Lisbon, Lisboa (Portugal) Co-chair in oral comunications session.
Conference
 5th Meeting of the Mind-Brain College of the University of Lisbon
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/07/08 - 2019/07/10 Poster presentation entitled "Promoting axonal regeneration using non-invasive direct current stimulation".
Conference
 Ciência'19 - Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal
Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Portugal
2019/06 - 2019/06 Participant and co-author in poster presentation entitled "Neuromodulation of Lower Limb Motor Pathways with Trans-spinal Direct Current Stimulation: an overview of current findings".
Conference
 4th IC CIIEM: Health, Well-being and Ageing in the XXI century
Escola Superior de Saúde Egas Moniz, Portugal
2019/02/13 - 2019/02/15 Workshop on statistics - from basic to advanced level Descriptive statistics, correlation methods, application of statistical test, analysis of variance and data modelling in basic and clinical sciences - fundaments and applications using the SPSS and R softwares.
Workshop
 Workshop on statistics - from basic to advanced level
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/07/02 - 2018/07/04 Poster presentation entitled "Transcutaneous Direct Current Stimulation of the Cervical Spinal Cord: combining modelling and experimental studies."
Conference
 Ciência '18 - Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal
Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Portugal
2018/06/21 - 2018/06/23 Poster presentation entitled "Promoting axonal regeneration in motor neuron diseases using noninvasive electrical stimulation"
Workshop
 Workshop on Integrative approaches in Neurodegeneration
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/05/24 - 2017/05/26 Poster presentation entitled "Neuromodulation of Lower Limb Motor Circuitry with Transcutaneous Lumbar Spinal Cord Direct Current Stimulation."
Conference
 XI PhD CAML Students Meeting FMUL-iMM
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/03/05 - 2017/03/08 Poster presentation entitled "Influence of electrode configuration in neuromodulation of cervical spinal cord during non-invasive direct current stimulation."
Conference
 2nd International Brain Stimulation Conference
2016/09/07 - 2016/09/10 Poster presentation entitled "Electric Field Distribution in the Lumbar Spinal Cord during Trans-Spinal Magnetic Stimulation."
Conference
 6th International Conference on Transcranial Brain Stimulation 2016
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Department of Cellular Neurobiology, Germany
2016/03/30 - 2016/04/01 Poster presentation entitled "Transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation of the cervical spine region."
Conference
 X PhD CAML Students Meeting FMUL-iMM
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015/12/02 - 2015/12/02 Poster presentation: Modelling Biophysical Effects of Electromagnetic Fields in Living Tissue, P.C. Miranda, R. Salvador, C. Wenger, S.R. Fernandes.
Conference
 1st PhD Students Meeting of the Mind Brain College of the University of Lisbon
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015/08/25 - 2015/08/29 Poster presentation entitled "Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation: Modeling the Electric Field Distribution using the Finite Element Method."
Conference
 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Milan, Italy
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, United States
2015/03/26 - 2015/03/27 Poster presentation entitled "Transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation: Modelling the electric field distribution in the spine and assessing the clinical relevance of tsDCS."
Conference
 IX PhD CAML Students Meeting - FMUL-iMM
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/03/03 MSc thesis: "Neurocosmética: Correlatos de Ressonância Magnética Funcional na Aplicação de um Creme", president of jury
President of the jury
 Maria Beatriz Serra Monteiro (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2024/02/22 Master thesis: "Análise Computacional do Fluxo Sanguíneo na Retina (PT)", president of jury
President of the jury
 Mariana Barbosa Roldão (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2024/02/06 Master thesis: "Assessing the Aftereffects of Closed-Loop Amplitude Modulated Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation on Parieto-Occipital Alpha Oscillations", main arguer
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Teresa Meireles Carneiro (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/12/19 Master thesis: "Investigating Neural Signatures of Trail Making Test Performance in Healthy Subjects using High-Density EEG", president of jury
President of the jury
 Inês Martins Lopes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/12/12 Master thesis: "Targeted tDCS in Sensorimotor Networks: A Functional Connectivity Study", member of jury
Supervisor
 Vasco Marques da Silva (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/12/12 Master thesis: "Assessing Brain Functional Connectivity in Parkinson’s Disease using Explainable Artificial Intelligence Methods", president of jury
President of the jury
 Leonor Maria de Oliveira Pires (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/11/02 Master thesis: "Effects of oxytocin and testosterone administration on the aggression toward sexually-objectified women", main arguer
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Beatriz Lemos (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/02/06 Master thesis: "Development of an Electrical Impedance Tomography Algorithm to Estimate the Scalp and Skull Conductivity", main arguer
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Catarina Camarate (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/11/25 Master Thesis: PosturAll: "A Posture Assessment Software for Children", president of jury of defense
President of the jury
 Ana Beatriz Neves (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/09 Master thesis: "Cell-to-cell Connectivity Simulation as a Tool to predict the effect of Non-Invasive Electric Brain Stimulation" - member of defense jury, reviewer
(Thesis) Arguer
 Mathis Stumpf (Master)
Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2017/05/27 - 2017/05/27 PET-MRI School (PSMR 2017 Satellite School), Lisbon (Portugal) Member of Organizing Committee
Member
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023/08/17 - 2023/08/18 Brain and Human Body Modeling Conference 2023 (hybrid conference) A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown MA, USA.
2022/08/18 - 2022/08/19 Brain and Human Body Modeling Conference 2022 (hybrid conference) The Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, US
2017/05/29 - 2017/05/31 PSMR 2017 - 6th Conference on PET-MRI and SPECT-MRI Lisbon (Portugal)

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/12/15 - 2024/03/15 "An image-guided workflow for individualized multiphysics simulation in cochlear implant patients.", design of computer realistic models and simulation. Fundación Pública Andaluza para la Gestión de la Investigación en Salud de Sevilla, Spain
2023/02/01 - 2023/09/25 MSc project: "The effects of transcranial alternate current stimulation (tACS) on slow brain rhythms.", Linda Johnsen FHWien der WKW, Austria
2021/12/01 - 2022/09/13 MSc project: "Cell-to-cell Connectivity Simulation as a Tool to predict the effect of Non-Invasive Electric Brain Stimulation", Mathis Stumpf Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09/18 - 2024/02/09 Master programme in Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering - Bioelectricity and Electrophysiology Engenharia Biomédica e Biofísica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/12/14 - 2023/12/14 MSc Programme in Biomedical Engineering Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/11/22 - 2023/11/22 PhD/MSc programme: Cognitive Sciences - Technologies for Integrative Analysis of the Nervous System: Transcranial Neural Stimulation Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/03/02 - 2023/03/02 PhD/MSc programme in Neurosciences - Clinical Neurophysiology: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Neurociências (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/02/28 Master programme in Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering - Bioelectricity and Electrophysiology Ciências da Engenharia - Engenharia Biomédica e Biofísica (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/11/22 - 2022/11/22 PhD/MSc programme: Cognitive Sciences - Technologies for Integrative Analysis of the Nervous System: Transcranial Neural Stimulation Ciência Cognitiva (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/02/14 - 2022/08/31 Master in Physiotherapy - Human Movement and Motor Control Fisioterapia (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/02/14 - 2022/08/31 Master programme in Physiotherapy - Physiotherapy in Adult Neurologic Conditions Fisioterapia (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/02/22 - 2022/02/22 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, in Module - Clinical Neurophysiology Neurociências (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/10/21 - 2021/10/21 Transcranial Neural Stimulation, in Module IIa - Technologies for Integrative Analysis of the Nervous System Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/04/01 - 2021/08/31 Master programme in Physiotherapy - Human movement and Motor control Physiotherapy (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/04/01 - 2021/08/31 Master Programme in Physiotherapy - Physiotherapy in Adult Neurologic Conditions Fisioterapia (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/04/01 - 2020/08/31 Master programme in Physiotherapy - Physiotherapy in Adult Neurologic Conditions Fisioterapia (Mestrado) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/04/01 - 2020/08/31 Master programme in Physiotherapy - Human Movement and Motor Control Fisioterapia (Mestrado) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2020/01/03 BSc in Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy - General Physics Imagem Médica e Radioterapia (Licenciatura) Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2020/01/03 BSC in Cardiopneumology - Biossignal Processing Cardiopneumologia (Licenciatura) Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2019/04/01 - 2019/08/31 Master programme in Physiotherapy - Human Movement and Motor Control Fisioterapia (Mestrado) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/04/01 - 2019/08/31 Master programme in Physiotherapy - Physiotherapy in Adult Neurologic Conditions Fisioterapia (Mestrado) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2023/04/25 - Current 90 segundos de ciência - Antena 1 (PT) "Reconectar o cérebro com estimulação elétrica"

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/05/06 - Current Internship - MSc in ingénieur Filière Systèmes Embarqués et Objets Connectés, École nationale supérieure de physique, électronique, matériaux, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble: "Stack it up! EEG signatures of Sport Stacking" Magali Arnaud
2024/03/01 - Current Internship - MSc in Biomedical Engineering, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa: "Combined Brain and Spinal Stimulation for Modulation of Motor-related Cortical Activity: EEG connectivity analysis with MNE-Python" Maria Leonor Lopes
2024/01/15 - Current Internship BSc in Biology, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa: "Modulação de ritmos alfa com estimulação transcraniana com corrente alternada (tACS)" Inês Pires
2023/06/11 - 2024/02/29 Internship - PhD in Automatic Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Escuela Internacional de Doctorado de la Universidad de Sevilla: "Computational Analysis of Inter-subject Variability in tDCS of the motor cortex" Pablo Franco
2023/03 - 2023/06 Internship - BSc in Physics Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa: "Brain Stimulation for modulation of motor-related EEG responses and methods for data processing and power spectrum analysis" Margarida Cohen Serra
2023/03 - 2023/03 Insternship - MSc in Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien: "The effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation on neural oscillatory power" Linda Johnsen
2022/04 - 2022/09 Internship - MSc in Physics, TU Darmstadt, Germany: "Cell-to-cell connectivity Stimulation as a Tool to predict the effect of non-invasive electrical brain stimulation" " Mathis Stumpf
2022/04 - 2022/09 Internship - BSc in Biomedical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa: "EEG connectivity based on empirical mode decomposition of time-series: feasibility studies and applications" Rita da Silva Feixeira
2021/06 - 2021/09 Internship - BSc Universidade de Vigo: "EEG-based analysis of brain connectivity: relevance and applicability of available open-source software pipelines" Ángel Villar Montero, Universidad de Vigo, Spain

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022/12 - Current Guest Editor of Special Issue of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience entitled "Emerging Talents in Human Neuroscience: Neuromodulation 2023" Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland
2022/08/01 - Current Guest Editor, Physics and Medicine in Biology Special Issue entitled "Electromagnetic Modeling for Brain Stimulation" IOP Publishing USA, United States
2022 - Current Reviewer - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland
2022 - Current Reviewer - Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation Springer Nature, Luxembourg
2022 - Current Reviewer - Journal of Neurophysiology and Neurological Disorders
2022 - Current Reviewer - Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy Wolters Kluwer, Italy
2022 - Current Reviewer - Neurology Hidawi
2021/02 - Current Reviewer - Neurophysiologie Clinique Elsevier BV, Netherlands
2020/07 - Current Reviewer - Medical Engineering and Physics - Elsevier Elsevier BV, Netherlands
2023/08/17 - 2023/08/18 Students competition, member of jury in Brain and Human Body Modelling Conference 2022, Boston, United States A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
2023/07/18 - 2023/07/18 BSc final project: "Neurobiomechanics - Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the upper limb in the dart throwing - Electrophysiological aspects", Daniel Lopes, main arguer Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2022/08/18 - 2022/08/19 Students competition, member of jury in Brain and Human Body Modelling Conference 2022, Boston, United States A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States