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... Nélia Jordão Alberto

Researcher

Nélia Alberto

Academic position: Researcher
Joining date: 01-10-2011
Roles in IT: Researcher
Thematic Line: Optics and Photonics
Group: Optical Sensors and Integrated Photonics - Av
IT – Aveiro
Instituto de Telecomunicações
Campus Universitário de Santiago
P-3810-193 AVEIRO - PORTUGAL
Tel: +351 234 377 900
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Bio

Nélia Alberto graduated in Physics and Chemistry in 2005 and completed her PhD in 2011, from the University of Aveiro (Portugal). During the 2012-2017 period, she worked under a FCT post-doctoral research fellowship at the Instituto de Telecomunicações and the Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Aveiro). In 2018 and under Decree No. 57/2016, she was hired as Researcher by the Instituto de Telecomunicações. From April 2023, she is an Assistant Researcher at the same institution (Stimulus of Scientific Employment Individual Support - 5th Edition).

Her research interests include the development of photonic-based solutions and their application, with a special focus on the biomedical context Dr. Alberto is author/ co-author of more than 120 peer-reviewed papers in journals and conferences, several book chapters, and co-editor of two books. She was listed in the top 2% of the most-cited scientists according to Stanford University and Elsevier rankings in the years 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. She participated as researcher in > 15 projects (FCT, AdI, P2020,...) and has been actively involved in other scientific activities, including reviewing for scientific journals, participation on the organizing of conferences and supervisions activities.

In 2011-2012, she was also devoted to teaching activities in CESPU - Escola Superior de Saúde do Vale do Sousa, and from 2020, she collaborates with the Physics Department (University of Aveiro) in teaching several curricular units.

[last updated October 2025]


Scientific Achievements

  • PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 21-07-2011
  • Fiber Bragg gratings
  • Optical fibre (silica and polymeric) based sensors
  • Fiber coatings
  • Cost effective solutions
  • Bioapplications
  • Electromagnetismo e Ótica, Escola Superior de Saúde do Vale do Sousa do Instituto Politécnico de Saúde do Norte, Lic. Engenharia Biomédica
  • Física Mecânica, Escola Superior de Saúde do Vale do Sousa do Instituto Politécnico de Saúde do Norte, Lic. Engenharia Biomédica
  • Eletricidade e Magnetismo, Universidade de Aveiro, Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial / Engenharia Mecânica
  • Mecânica, Universidade de Aveiro, Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Mecânica/Automação Industrial
  • Ótica Aplicada, Universidade de Aveiro, Lic. Engenharia Biomédica/ Lic. Engenharia Física
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
  • L. Helguero, I.D. Direito, N. Alberto, M. F. Domingues, S. Guieu, F. Monteiro, A. Joaquim, A. Radwan, Deteção da agregação de proteínas como indicador da resposta à terapia anti-tumoral, Medisis Open Day - Prémios Medisis Ideas, February 2022
  • J. Rodrigues, Z. Podvratnik, A. Girão, N. Emami, N. Alberto, V. Neto Neto, T. Monteiro, G. Gonçalves Gonçalves, Nanocompósitos reforçados com pontos quânticos de carbono - uma nova estratégia de reciclagem de polímeros (Ciência 2025), 2025

Closed Projects13

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
ANION Optical Sensors and Nanomaterials for Anion Recognition FCT/PTDC 01-04-2010 01-04-2013
BRAGG Estabilizacao de Redes de Bragg para Aplicacoes Avancadas FCT/CAPES 01-01-2011 01-12-2013
E-Health4workplace Plataforma e-Health para otimização de condições no local de trabalho (confidential) 01-04-2020 31-03-2021
ELVIS Inspection Table for photovoltaic modules QREN 01-12-2011 01-11-2013
IMMINENCE Projetos de I&D Industrial à Escala Europeia Nr. 112314 - IMMINENCE: Intelligent Management of next generation MobIle NEtworks aNd serviCEs P2020 01-06-2021 30-06-2023
NESH Development of novel sensors for hemodynamics characterization FCT/PTDC 01-05-2010 01-05-2013
NICE-HOME Non-Invasive Fog-Cloud Enabled Home Monitoring for Elders IT 01-02-2020 31-01-2022
POFCOM Bragg Gratings in Plastic Optical Fibre for communications and sensing applications FCT/PTDC 01-01-2012 01-07-2014
PREDICT oPtical fibeR sEnsors for aDvanced applICaTions FCT, IT/LA 01-01-2018 31-03-2023
PREDICT2 PRotein aggregation Detection to Indicate response to anti-Cancer Treatment P2020 01-09-2020 31-01-2021
SAFE-HOME Projetos de I&D Industrial à Escala Europeia Nr. 072082 - Security-Aware Fog-based Efficient Home Monitoring for Elders P2020 01-04-2021 30-06-2023
TRANSFIBRA New optical turbidity sensor based on optical fibers ADI 01-01-2012 01-12-2013
WeHope WeHope - Wearable e-health optical fiber monitoring system IT 01-10-2016 01-09-2018
  • N. Alberto, Top 2% of Stanford-Elsevier most-cited scientists worldwide, Nélia Alberto included in the 2% of the most-cited scientists in the single year impact category (2024) DOI: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.8, 01-09-2025
  • N. Alberto, Top 2% of Stanford-Elsevier most-cited scientists worldwide, Nélia Alberto included in the 2% of the most-cited scientists in the single year impact category (2023) DOI: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.7, 01-09-2024
  • N. Alberto, Top 2% of Stanford-Elsevier most-cited scientists worldwide, Nélia Alberto included in the 2% of the most-cited scientists in the single year impact category (2022) DOI: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.6, 01-10-2023
  • M. Rocha, A. C. Nepomuceno, H. R. Chi​, A. Radwan, P.S André, N. Alberto, P. Antunes, M. F. Domingues, Best Conference Paper Award - ICC2023, Paper title: QoE-Aware Edge-Assisted Machine Learning-Based Fall Detection and Prediction with FBGs, 01-05-2023
  • N. Alberto, Top 2% of Stanford-Elsevier most-cited scientists worldwide, Nélia Alberto included in the 2% of the most-cited scientists in the single year impact category (2020) DOI: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.3, 01-10-2021
  • C. Marques, P. Antunes, N. Alberto, J. Melo, P.S André, H Varum, BEST YOUNG RESEARCH PAPER - CINPAR 2016, Bond-slip monitoring of RC through optical fiber sensor, XII. International Conference on Structural Repair and Pathology – CINPAR 2016, 01-10-2016
  • L. Bilro, N. Alberto, P. Antunes, P.S André, R.N. Nogueira, Best poster award, Best poster award in the Engineering Category at the Annual Research Day at University of Aveiro "Optical Fiber Sensors and Applications by: Lúcia Bilro, Nélia Alberto, Paulo Antunes, Rogério Nogueira, Paulo André", 01-06-2012
  • N. Alberto, A fibra ótica como uma ferramenta na Engenharia Biomédica (Palestra - Envision Biomed - EMBS UA), Portugal, 02-2025
  • N. Alberto, Fiber4Med: Optical fiber for medical applications (Workshop - Tec2Med Summit ), Portugal, Caparica, 05-2023
  • N. Alberto, Fibra ótica na engenharia biomédica (Workshop - XVIII Encontro Nacional de estudantes de Engenharia Biomédica), Portugal, Aveiro, 02-2023
  • N. Alberto, Measuring with optical fiber: Bioengineering (Workshop - Envision BioMed 2022), Portugal, 10-2022
  • International Online Conference on Optics, Organizing Committee, 2026
  • IEEE Global Communications Conference - GLOBECOM, Technical Programme Committee, 2025
  • International Conference on Biosensors & Bio-Sensing Technology, Organizing Committee, 2025
  • IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, Technical Programme Committee, 2025
  • IEEE ComSoc - International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services Healthcom, Technical Programme Committee, 2025
  • The International Telecommunications Conference - ITC-EGYPT, Technical Programme Committee, 2025
  • IEEE Communications Society IEEE International Conference on Communications ICC, Technical Programme Committee, 2025
  • GLOBECOM-IEEE Global Communications Conference, Technical Programme Chairman, 2024
  • Laser Optics & Photonics Tecnology, Organizing Committee, 2024
  • IEEE Healthcom, Technical Programme Chairman, 2024
  • The International Telecommunications Conference - ITC-EGYPT, Technical Programme Committee, 2024
  • VI International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, AOP2024, Sessions Chairman, 2024
  • VI International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, AOP2024, Sessions Chairman, 2024
  • International Conf. on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP, Technical Programme Chairman, 2024
  • IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON, Technical Programme Committee, 2024
  • ICC Wireless Communications, Technical Programme Committee, 2024
  • International Meet on Sensors and Sensing Technology, Conference co-chair, 2024
  • GLOBECOM-IEEE Global Communications Conference, Technical Programme Committee, 2023
  • IEEE EMBS Biomedical and Health Informatics BHI, Technical Programme Committee, 2023
  • The International Telecommunications Conference - ITC-EGYPT, Technical Programme Committee, 2023
  • IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering ENBENG23, Scientific Committee, 2023
  • Smart City applications International Conference SCA, Technical Programme Committee, 2022
  • IEEE ComSoc - International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services Healthcom, Technical Programme Committee, 2022
  • OSA Latin America Optics and Photonics Conf. - LAOP, Technical Programme Committee, 2022
  • Iberic Meeting of Optics Students IMOS, Scientific Committee, 2022
  • IEEE Communications Society IEEE International Conference on Communications ICC, Technical Programme Committee, 2021
  • III International Conference on Applications in Optics and Photonics (AOP 2017), Technical Programme Committee, 2017
  • Congresso Nacional de Mecânica Experimental - CNME, Organizing Committee, 2014
  • International conference on Advanced Nanomaterials, Organizing Committee, 2014
  • International Conf. on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP, Organizing Committee, 2014
  • Guest Editor, Biosensors, 17-01-2025 - 31-12-2025
  • Editorial Board, Photonics, 22-02-2024 - 21-02-2026
  • Editorial Board, Photonics, 28-11-2022 - 15-05-2024
  • Editorial Board, Sensors, 20-09-2022 - 19-09-2024
  • Guest Editor, Photonics, 20-07-2022 - 15-08-2023
  • Guest Editor, Biosensors, 23-03-2022 - 31-12-2024
  • Guest Editor, Sensors, 17-09-2021 - 20-07-2022
  • Area Editor, Photonics, 01-06-2020 - 31-03-2022
  • Guest Editor, Photonics, 07-02-2020 - 31-05-2021
  • Guest Editor, Sensors, 27-11-2019 - 31-05-2021
  • Area Editor, Sensors, 01-11-2019 - 31-10-2022
  • Guest Editor, Sensors, 18-12-2018 - 31-08-2020
  • Guest Editor, Sensors, 03-12-2018 - 30-06-2020
  • Optical Fiber Technology
    2024, 3 review(s); 2019, 2 review(s); 2018, 3 review(s); 2017, 1 review(s); 2016, 1 review(s); 2015, 2 review(s); 2013, 1 review(s);
  • Sensors
    2025, 2 review(s); 2021, 1 review(s); 2019, 4 review(s); 2018, 8 review(s); 2017, 1 review(s); 2016, 2 review(s); 2014, 1 review(s); 2013, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
    2022, 1 review(s); 2014, 1 review(s);
  • Optics Letters
    2019, 1 review(s); 2014, 1 review(s);
  • Journal of Applied Physics
    2015, 1 review(s);
  • Optics & Laser Technology
    2023, 1 review(s); 2019, 1 review(s); 2018, 1 review(s); 2015, 1 review(s);
  • Opto-Electronics Review
    2016, 1 review(s);
  • Optics Express
    2021, 1 review(s); 2016, 1 review(s);
  • Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)
    2017, 1 review(s); 2016, 1 review(s);
  • Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
    2018, 1 review(s);
  • Applied Sciences
    2019, 2 review(s);
  • IEEE Sensors Journal
    2025, 1 review(s); 2024, 1 review(s); 2023, 3 review(s); 2022, 5 review(s); 2021, 1 review(s); 2019, 4 review(s); 2018, 1 review(s);
  • Journal of Physics Communications
    2018, 1 review(s);
  • Materials
    2019, 1 review(s); 2018, 1 review(s);
  • Optics and Lasers in Engineering
    2023, 1 review(s); 2022, 1 review(s); 2018, 1 review(s);
  • Applied Optics
    2019, 1 review(s);
  • Fibers
    2019, 1 review(s);
  • Biosensors
    2025, 2 review(s); 2020, 1 review(s);
  • Photonics
    2022, 1 review(s); 2021, 1 review(s);
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
    2022, 1 review(s);
  • Biomedical Optics Express
    2024, 1 review(s);
  • Measurement
    2024, 1 review(s);
  • journal of optics and photonics research
    2025, 2 review(s);
  • Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology
    2025, 1 review(s);
  • Dental Materials Journal
    2014, 1 review(s);
  • Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele
    2015, 1 review(s);
  • Simpósito Brasileiro de Micro-ondas e Optoelectrónica/Congresso Brasileiro de Electromagnetismo MOMAG
    2014, 1 review(s);
  • International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conf. - IMOC
    2019, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE IEEE IEEE International Conference on Communications ICC'2021
    2021, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE EMBS Biomedical and Health Informatics BHI
    2025, 6 review(s); 2024, 5 review(s); 2023, 3 review(s); 2022, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE ComSoc - International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services Healthcom
    2025, 3 review(s); 2024, 2 review(s); 2022, 3 review(s);
  • IEEE Global Communications Conference - GLOBECOM
    2022, 1 review(s);
  • Smart City applications International Conference SCA
    2022, 2 review(s);
  • Iberic Meeting of Optics Students IMOS
    2022, 2 review(s);
  • OSA Latin America Optics and Photonics Conf. - LAOP
    2022, 3 review(s);
  • IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering ENBENG23
    2023, 5 review(s);
  • International Telecommunications Symposium - ITC
    2023, 3 review(s);
  • GLOBECOM-IEEE Global Communications Conference
    2024, 1 review(s); 2023, 3 review(s);
  • IEEE Communications Society IEEE International Conference on Communications ICC
    2026, 5 review(s); 2024, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON
    2024, 3 review(s);
  • The International Telecommunications Conference - ITC-EGYPT
    2024, 3 review(s);
  • VI International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, AOP2024
    2024, 6 review(s);
  • IEEE Healthcom
    2024, 1 review(s);
  • ICC
    2025, 3 review(s);
  • IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering - ENBENG
    2025, 4 review(s);

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