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Research interests

Prof Estrela’s research focuses on the development of label-free electrical biosensors and chemical sensors for a wide range of applications such as medical diagnostics and environmental monitoring.

Prof Estrela research interests include

  • label-free electrical detection of biomolecular interactions
  • biologically sensitive field-effect devices
  • detection of DNA, proteins, bacteria, cells, ions and small molecules
  • electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of biological systems
  • surface biofunctionalization
  • electronic addressing of microarrays
  • nanobiosensors
  • microfluidics
  • lab-on-chip
  • organ-on-chip

Prof Estrela’s work has a strong multidisciplinary nature and he has collaborations in place with electrical engineers, physicists, chemists, molecular biologists, chemical engineers, pharmacologists, clinicians and industry.

Other responsibilities

  • Director of Centre for Biosensors, Bioelectronics and Biodevices (C3Bio)
  • Theme Leader (Healthcare Technologies) at Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies
  • Theme Leader (Sensors & Data) at Water Innovation and Research Centre
  • Member of Steering Committee of Centre for Therapeutic Innovation
  • Specialty Chief Editor Frontiers in Lab on a Chip Technologies
  • Associate Editor Biosensors and Bioelectronics
  • Associate Editor Scientific Reports
  • Associate Editor Sensors
  • Associate Editor Frontiers in Sensors
  • Associate Editor Advanced Devices & Instrumentation

Willing to supervise doctoral students

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

Education/Academic qualification

Physics, Doctor of Philosophy, Non-Fermi Liquid Behaviour in Uranium-Based Heavy-Fermion Compounds, University of Amsterdam

Award Date: 26 Sept 2000

Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Master of Physics, Caracterização e Estudo da Anisotropia Magnética em Compostos Monocristalinos de UFe12-xMx (M=Mo, Si, Al), University of Lisbon

Award Date: 19 Dec 1995

Keywords

  • TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
  • Biosensors
  • QD Chemistry
  • Electrochemical sensors
  • Biosensors
  • Biosensing Technologies
  • Bioengineering
  • Electrochemistry
  • Sensors
  • Nanobiosensors
  • Bioelectronics

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