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Patrícia Figueiredo is a Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at IST, and Principal Investigator of the Biomedical Engineering Lab at the Institute for Systems and Robotics – Lisboa. She holds a DPhil degree in Neuroimaging from the University of Oxford and was conferred Habilitation in Biomedical Engineering by IST. At IST, she is the chair of the Medical Imaging and Neuroimaging courses, was Vice-Coordinator of the MSc in Biomedical Engineering, and is currently the Vice-President of the Bioengineering Department. She has supervised several MSc and PhD students in Biomedical Engineering, Physics Engineering, Neuroscience, and related fields. Her research is focused on imaging brain function noninvasively using MRI and EEG, with applications in basic neuroscience as well as disorders such as epilepsy, migraine, schizophrenia, neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. Her work has been distinguished by numerous awards, including a Prize for Women in Science by L’Oréal Portugal and the António Xavier Prize for the best Portuguese PhD Thesis in NMR, EPR or MRI, as advisor. Patrícia Figueiredo has been elected President of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB), Chair of the Brain Function Study Group of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), and Corresponding Member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences.