João Figueirinhas
João L. Figueirinhas received his PhD in physics from Kent State University, Ohio, USA, in 1987. He is currently a senior lecturer at IST and a researcher at CeFEMA. His main research interests focus on NMR spectroscopy and electro-optics of anisotropic fluids, including liquid crystals, polymer liquid crystals, and their composites. He has coauthored more than 70 research articles on these subjects.