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Pedro Inácio has an interdisciplinary background in electronics, instrumentation, and bioelectronic systems, with a research focus on developing advanced transducer platforms for extracellular electrophysiology, ultra-low-noise amplification systems, and embedded measurement instrumentation. His early research, conducted under the supervision of Prof. Henrique Leonel Gomes, established strong expertise in analog electronics, signal processing, impedance analysis, and materials-based biointerfaces. Since July 2019, he has been affiliated with research teams at the University of Algarve, initially within CEOT and currently collaborating with CISCA and CCMAR. His doctoral research culminated in the development of scalable extracellular electrical transducers for recording bioelectrical signals from non-electrogenic cells, integrating materials science, electronics, and biological systems. In April 2024, he initiated postdoctoral research on capacitive sensing technologies for plant physiological monitoring, with the goal of developing field-deployable embedded measurement systems and ultra-low-cost impedance platforms based exclusively on AVR microcontroller architectures. This research direction consolidates his transition from biomedical bioelectronics to sustainable biosensing technologies for environmental and agricultural applications. On 22 December 2025, he was awarded a Junior Researcher position under the 7th Edition of the highly competitive Individual Scientific Employment Stimulus (CEEC Individual) by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), supporting the development of an independent research line in accessible and scalable sensing technologies. Concurrently, from February to July 2026, he serves as an Invited Assistant Professor at the University of Algarve, contributing to undergraduate teaching in Operating Systems. This appointment reflects the progressive expansion of his academic responsibilities alongside the consolidation of his interdisciplinary research career. His scientific visibility continues to grow through conference participation, peer-review activities for international journals, guest editorial roles, and invited seminars. Notably, in January 2026, he delivered the seminar “From Cells to Plants: Biosensing and Data Innovation” at CCMAR, highlighting the interdisciplinary evolution of his research from cellular electrophysiology to plant sensing systems. Combining theoretical rigor, practical instrumentation development, and science communication, Pedro is committed to advancing low-cost, high-sensitivity sensing technologies and to actively contributing to academic teaching, mentorship, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Atividades

Atividades
2026/01/02 - Presente. Arbitragem científica em revista. Microsystem Technologies (0946-7076). Springer Nature.
2026/02/12 - Presente. Arbitragem científica em revista. Academia Medicine and Health (3070-3530). Academia.edu Journals.
2026/02/09 - Presente. Arbitragem científica em revista. Academia Biology (2837-4010). Academia.edu Journals.
2025/12/04 - Presente. Arbitragem científica em revista. Academia Materials Science (2997-2027). Academia.edu Journals.
2025/10/14 - Presente. Arbitragem científica em revista. Discovery Electrochemistry (3005-1215). Springer Nature.
2025/07/29 - Presente. Arbitragem científica em revista. Scientific Reports (2045-2322). Springer Nature.
2025/04/23 - Presente. Arbitragem científica em conferência. INCREaSE 2025 International Congress on Engineering and Sustainability in the XXI Century. Faro, Portugal.
2026/01/21. Apresentação oral de trabalho. From Cells to Plants: Biosensing and Data innovation. CCMAR Seminars. CCMAR - Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (Faro, Portugal).
2026/02/01 - 2026/07/31. Curso / Disciplina lecionado. Sistemas Operativos. Engenharia Informática (Licenciatura). Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia.
2026/01/01 - 2026/06/30. Arbitragem científica em revista. Applied Sciences (Guest Editor for a Special Issue: Research Progress in Electrode Materials) (2076-3417). MDPI Applied Sciences.
2025/04/22. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Capacitive Leaf Sensors for Low-Cost Plant Physiology Monitoring. Green-G conference . ITQB Nova (Lisboa, Portugal, Portugal).
2019/01/17. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Eletrónica implantável para comunicar com células. Douturamentos da UAlg e Cultura Científica: Visão Prática. Universidade do Algarve e Municipio de Faro (Faro, Portugal).
2019/05/17. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Bioelectronic interfaces design for biomedical applications. Seminário e Webinar: Design e Prototipagem. Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal (Faro, Portugal).
2019/04/16. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Electrical methodology to evaluate materials and devices for electrophysiological transducers. Materiais 2019. Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal).
2018/05/14. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Bacterial cellulose on bioelectronics for the study and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. 3rd International EPNOE Junior Scientists Meeting.
2018/02/02. Apresentação oral de trabalho. UMA LÍNGUA ELECTRÓNICA PARA A DISCRIMINAÇÃO DA ORIGEM FLORAL DO MEL. V Congresso Ibérico de Apicultura. Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal).
2017/10/16. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Bacterial cellulose on bioelectronics for the study and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. 3rd Symposium of Bacterial NanoCellulose Conference.
2017/05/04 - 2017/05/15. Participação em evento. Course of Nanobiotechnology. Outro. Course of Nanobiotechnology. Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia.
2017/04/07. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Electrophysiological signals detection using ink-jet printed polymer and the displacement current method. StableNextSol COST Action no. MP1307. Congress Center of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Lisbon, Portugal (Lisboa, Portugal).
2015/12/02. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Conducting polymer electrodes to measure slow cooperative extracellular signals. 2015 MRS Fall Meeting Symposium. Materials Research Society (MRS) (Boston, Estados Unidos).
2015/11/24. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Drug screening platform based on extracellular electrical noise measurements. 3rd International Conference on Nanotechnology in Medicine (NANOMED) 2015. Manchester Metropolitan University, UK (Manchester, Reino Unido).
2015/11/23. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Highly sensitive electrochemically gated graphene field-effect transistor for extracellular cell signal recording. 3rd International Conference on Nanotechnology in Medicine (NANOMED) 2015. Manchester Metropolitan University, UK (Manchester, Reino Unido).
2015/10/24. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Extracellular recordings from cardiomyocytes using polymer electrodes on nanofibrous bacterial cellulose substrates. 3rd International Conference on Nanotechnology in Medicine (NANOMED) 2015. Manchester Metropolitan University, UK (Manchester, Reino Unido).
2015/05/12. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Ink-jet printed polymer electrodes on bio-cellulose to record extracellular calcium waves produced by neuronal cell populations in vitro. E-MRS 2015 Spring Meeting. European Material Research Society, E-MRS (Lille, França).
2015/05/10. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Cooperative bioelectrical activity on Glioma C6 cells measured using electrical methods. Elsevier 4th International Conference on Bio-Sensing Technology. The Royal Society of Chemistry (Lisboa, Portugal).
2015/05/10. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Ink-jet printed polymer microelectrodes arrays to record electrophysiological signals of neuronal cells in vitro. Elsevier 4th International Conference on Bio-Sensing Technology. The Royal Society of Chemistry (Lisboa, Portugal).
2015/05/10. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Electrical noise as a tool to probe populations of cells in vitro. Elsevier 4th International Conference on Bio-Sensing Technology. The Royal Society of Chemistry (Lisboa, Portugal).
2014/12/02. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Semiconducting polymer micro-electrodes and electrical noise based techniques as a tool to probe living cells in vitro. MRS, Materials. Material Research Society (MRS) (Boston, Estados Unidos).
2014/10/10. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Semi-Conducting Polymer Microelectrodes and Electrical Noise Based Techniques as a
Tool to Probe Living Cells in vitro. Workshop NANO2014. Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal).
2014/10/09. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Electronic transducers to communicate with living cells in vitro. Seminários do Departamento de Engenharia Electrónica e Informática, DEEI. Universidade do Algarve, Campus Gambelas (Faro, Portugal).

Projetos

Projetos
2026/02/01 - 2029/01/31. CEEC Individual Contract (7th edition), Concurso Estímulo ao Emprego Científico Individual - 7.ª Edição. Investigador. Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar.
2023/02 - 2024/07. Dispositivos bielectrónicos para medir a comunicação astrócito-neurónio.
2016/07 - 2019/09. IMPLANTABLE ORGANIC DEVICES FOR ADVANCED THERAPIES (INNOVATE).

Produções

Pedro M.C. Inácio; Rui Guerra; Peter Stallinga. 2025. "A path toward transferable PEDOT:PSS-based capacitive sensors: Electrical modeling and fabrication". Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2025.116779
Youssef Elamine; Pedro M.C. Inácio; Maria da Graça Miguel; Jorge D. Carlier; Maria Clara Costa; Leticia M. Estevinho; Henrique L. Gomes. 2024. "Electrical impedance spectroscopy for potassium content analysis and botanical origin identification of honey". Food Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.139605
Pedro M. C. Inácio; Rui Guerra; Peter Stallinga. 2022. "An Ultra-Low-Cost RCL-Meter". Sensors. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22062227
Inácio, P.M.C.; Medeiros, M.C.R.; Carvalho, T.; Félix, R.C.; Mestre, A.; Hubbard, P.C.; Ferreira, Q.; et al. 2020. "Ultra-low noise PEDOT:PSS electrodes on bacterial cellulose: A sensor to access bioelectrical signals in non-electrogenic cells". Organic Electronics, 85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2020.105882
Inácio, Pedro. 2019. "Insight into the sensing mechanism of an impedance based electronic tongue for honey botanic origin discrimination". Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2019.01.023
Inácio, Pedro. 2019. "Extracellular electrophysiological based sensor to monitor cancer cells cooperative migration and cell-cell connections". Biosensors and Bioelectronics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2019.111708
Inácio, Pedro. 2018. "Ultrasensitive bioelectronic devices based on conducting polymers for electrophysiology studies". Chemical Papers. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-018-0481-z
Inácio, Pedro. 2018. "Transient electrical behavior of an electrode/electrolyte interface based on a surface micro-structured with gold mushroom shapes". Journal of Applied Physics. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5042712
Inácio, Pedro. 2017. "Bioelectrical Signal Detection Using Conducting Polymer Electrodes and the Displacement Current Method". IEEE Sensors Journal, 17 (13): 3961-3966. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2017.2703834
Inácio, Pedro. 2017. "Extracellular Electrophysiological Measurements of Cooperative Signals in Astrocytes Populations". Frontiers in Neural Circuits. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncir.2017.00080
Ana L. G. Mestre; Mónica Cerquido; Pedro M. C. Inácio; Sanaz Asgarifar; Ana S. Lourenço; Maria L. S. Cristiano; Paulo Aguiar; et al. 2017. "Ultrasensitive gold micro-structured electrodes enabling the detection of extra-cellular long-lasting potentials in astrocytes populations". Scientific Reports, 7 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14697-y
Inácio, Pedro. 2016. "An electrical method to measure low-frequency collective and synchronized cell activity using extracellular electrodes". Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, 10 (Supplement): 1 - 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbsr.2016.06.002
Medeiros, M.C.R.; Mestre, A.L.G.; Inácio, P.M.C.; Santos, J.M.L.; Araujo, I.M.; Braganca, J.; Biscarini, F.; Gomes, H.L.. 2016. "Performance assessment of polymer based electrodes for in vitro electrophysiological sensing: The role of the electrode impedance". https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237659
Asgarifar, Sanaz; Gomes, Henrique L.; Mestre, Ana; Inácio, Pedro; Bragança, J.; Borme, Jérôme; Machado, George; Cerqueira, Fátima; Alpuim, Pedro. 2016. "Electrochemically Gated Graphene Field-Effect Transistor for Extracellular Cell Signal Recording". Em IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 558-564. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31165-4_53
 

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