Filipe Monteiro Silva

Aníbal Silva (Filipe Monteiro-Silva) got his BSc. in Chemistry (2008) by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (Portugal) and later on got his MSc. also in Chemistry (2010) in the same institution.

He was an active member of CIQ-UP until 2013, REQUIMTE-LAQV from 2013-2014 and is since then an active collaborator at INESC TEC. He was involved in international projects such as SNIFFER (SeNsory devIces network For Food supply chain sEcuRity) and AGRINUPES (Integrated monitoring and control of water, nutrients and plant protection products towards a sustainable agricultural sector), national projects such as CORAL (Sustainable Ocean Exploitation: Tools and Sensors) and Smart Fertilizers. He works towards a fertilization efficiency increase, for further competitive and operational enhancement of the primary sector, on behalf of a societal food security increase, equalization on the access to tools of agricultural productivity and en route with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals 2, 6 and 12.

He was awarded with the 2020-2021 BIP Proof Award (Business Ignition Programme) - by the University of Porto, Santander Bank Portugal and Amadeu Dias Foundation, and with the 8th Edition (2020-2021) Innovation Award of Crédito Agrícola, in the “Agro-Industry 4.0” category.

His current research interests/areas of expertise revolve around organic synthesis, chemical (bio)sensors, chromatography, with recent special focus towards the synergy bridging photonics and artificial intelligence.