Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, CICECO, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.

Paula Vilarinho is a Professor at the University of Aveiro (UA) in Portugal since 2000, graduated in Ceramics and Glass Engineering, and got her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from UA (1994). Currently, she is a leader of the Electroceramics Group at Associated Laboratory CICECO, president of the Portuguese Society of Materials, and a member of the Executive Committee of the European Federation of Materials.