João M. P. Coelho
Room in IBEB
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Contacts
E-mail: jmcoelho[at]ciencias.ulisboa.pt
Professional networks
Research topics
- Biomedical engineering
- Laser radiation interaction with matter
- Laser phototherapy
- Optical design
- Optical metrology
Biography
João M. P. Coelho received his engineering degree in Physics and Materials Engineering in 1992 from Nova University of Lisbon (Portugal) and his Ph.D. degree in Physics Engineering at the Technical University of Lisbon in 2003.
He was a researcher at INETI, Lisbon (1991-2009) and since 2009 he is a researcher at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FCUL, Lisbon, where he is an integrated member and vice-coordinator (since 2018) of the Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering (IBEB). He also collaborates with the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA). His research interests include laser radiation interaction with matter, laser phototherapy, biomedical engineering, optical design, and optical metrology. In this fields he has participated and is participating in several national and international research projects, having published more than 100 journal articles and conference abstracts, and co-authoring several book chapters.
In 1996 he received the third place in the Award Innovation Young Engineer 1996 given by the Portuguese Order of Engineers (Ordem dos Engenheiros). In 2017 he received a SET Panel Excellence Award, for his excellent contribution to the SET 198 Task Group on “Visible Laser Dazzle Effects and Protection” that enhanced the visibility of the SET Panel and is a major benefit for the NATO community (NATO 2017), and, related with this activity, in 2019 he received the STO Scientific Achievement Award 2019, SET-198 Task Group on “Visible Laser Dazzle – Effects and Protection”, Science and Technology Organization (NATO 2019). He is a member of the Portuguese Society of Optics and Photonics (SPOF) and Sociedade Portuguesa Interdisciplinar do Laser Médico (SPILM).