Dr. Alexander Chekalyuk is an optical scientist with a strong technological background, including development and oceanographic and environmental applications of the advanced analytical techniques and instrumentation (www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderchekalyuk). Since 1994, he has been working at the lead US research centers and universities and, such as Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, NASA Goddard Space … Continued
Francisco Lopez-Castejon is a postdoctoral research associate at the Technical University of Cartagena, Spain, where he focuses on the use of numerical models and underwater vehicles to address new challenges in oceanography. He has a degree in Oceanography from the University of Cadiz (Spain), a Masters in “Informatics and mathematics applied to science and engineering” … Continued
José Pinto is a Researcher and Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering from Porto University. He has received his Diploma Degree in Computer Science from the Faculty of Sciences and a MSc Degree in Computer Engineering at the School of Engineering (both from Porto University). He started conducting research in Autonomous Vehicles back in … Continued
Mafalda Baptista is a postdoc researcher at CIIMAR (Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto) working on microbial ecology of aquatic systems and extreme environments. She got her PhD in Environmental Sciences and Technology from the University of Porto. Since then she has established a number of collaborations with research institutions, namely … Continued
Maria Paola Tomasino graduated in Environmental Biology at University of Bari, Italy and obtained her PhD at Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy. She had a post-doc position at Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn of Naples, where she starts to study marine microbes. She applied molecular methods, in particular DNA metabarcoding, to characterize phytoplankton community and species abundance … Continued
Dr. Catarina Magalhães is a microbial ecology researcher of CIIMAR, Assistant Professor at the University of Porto and member of the Portuguese Polar Program coordination committee. Her major research is on understanding how microbial derived machineries interact and to identify the mechanisms regulating their operation. She focuses her studies in investigating the N-biogeochemistry and microbial … Continued
Paulo Dias is an electrical and computer engineer who conducts research on unmanned systems operation on the maritime domain. The focus of the work is on planning, control, and operation of heterogeneous teams of autonomous robotic systems, on the air, surface, and underwater. Portugal’s tradition of bold ocean discoveries and exploration that began in the … Continued
Maria Costa is a Robotics Engineer in a robotics research laboratory (LSTS). She is a software developer (onboard software – control, guidance and navigation) and is also a part of both the AUV and UAS field operational teams (where she is the main UAS Operator: fixed-wing, multi-rotor and vtol vehicles). During the last four years … Continued
Keila Lima is a software engineer at LSTS-FEUP, after being collaborating with the laboratory during her master thesis. The thesis subject included the coordination and command of autonomous vehicles using the Dolphin DSL integrated in LSTS software toolchain. She has been recently making developments on the software toolchain and also working on the field as … Continued
Kanna Rajan is Professor of Autonomous Systems at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and a Visiting Professor at the Univ. of Porto, Portugal. His focus has been on building complex systems in software for decision-making for real world environments including for the harsh confines of space and the deep ocean. He was a … Continued
