Prof. Doutor António Lobo Ribeiro

ABOUT ME:
I have born in S. João da Madeira Portugal in the year of 1967, and I have a Ph.D. and M.Sc.
degrees in Applied Physics (Optics and Electronics) by the Faculty of Sciences of University of
Oporto, Portugal, and by the School of Physical Sciences of University of Kent at Canterbury,
Kent, UK.
I am Associate Professor at the University Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal, since 1996,
being temporally on leave from the University duties during 2001 and 2003, to co-found with
three colleagues a start-up company on advanced fibre optic technologies, Multiwave
Networks Inc. at USA (now called Multiwave Photonics S.A. owned by other investors).
My actual scientific interests are concentrated in the following topics:
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Fibre Optic Sensors and Optical Microdevices
Biomedical Optics and Optical Coherence Tomography
Fibre Lasers for Medical Applications
Optoelectronic Monitoring Systems
Wireless Sensors and Embedded Systems
High Technology Start-ups
Prof. Doutor António Lobo Ribeiro
Docente da Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde
Habilitação Literária
Licenciado em Física (ramo de Óptica e Electrónica) pela Universidade do Porto obtido
em 1990-07-26
Mestre em Física (Óptica Aplicada) pela Universidade of Kent at Canterbury, United
Kingdom obtido em 1992-06-30
Doutor em Física Aplicada (Óptica e Electrónica) pela Universidade do Porto obtido em
1997-03-04