He received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering – Automation, from University of Minho, Portugal (and, in simultaneous, in école Normale Superieure de Cachan, France) in 2006. He is Assistant Professor at Mechanical Engineering department of University of Minho. He has authored, or co-authored, more than 140 refereed journal and conference proceeding papers. He has coordinated several Research Projects on Mechatronics and Automation domains and his main interests are related with design and analysis of dependable controllers for obtaining dependable mechatronic systems. He is a frequent paper reviewer for several journals, including Journal of Process Control, Measurement, Control Engineering Practice, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. He is a member of IEEE and member of IFAC.