Pedro Estrela's Biography

Pedro Estrela, Associate Professor, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Bath

Dr Pedro Estrela is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Research at the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering at the University of Bath. He has a background in Physics (degree and Masters from the University of Lisbon, PhD from the University of Amsterdam) and started working in the field of biosensors in 2000 as a (Senior) Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, before joining the University of Bath in 2008. Dr Estrela’s research focuses on the development of label-free electrical, electrochemical and optoelectronic biosensors for a wide range of applications such as medical diagnostics and environmental monitoring. He is the manager of the Bath Biosensor Network, Theme Leader (Healthcare Technologies) at the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies, Theme Leader (Sensors & Data) at the Water Innovation & research Centre.