Faculdade de Motricidade Humana

Pedro Teques is a lecturer in sport and exercise psychology in the Polytechnic Institute of Maia/Maia University Institute. He graduated in psychology with specialization in sport psychology. Then, he completed his MS and PhD in sport and exercise psychology at the Faculty of Human Kinetics/University of Lisbon. In 2009, he received the prize for best students at the University of Lisbon, and one of his PhD studies received the prize in the Young Investigators competition at the annual congress of the Portuguese Society of Sport Psychology in 2014. Pedro is author and co-author of several peer-reviewed papers in the area of the psychosocial influences on sport performance and development. He is also a chartered psychologist with the Order of Portuguese Psychologists. For over a decade, he has consulted with coaches, parents and athletes in a number of sports (e.g., football, handball, gymnastics, trap shooting).

My name is Micael Couceiro and I am an experienced professional in Robotics. I obtained the BSc, Teaching Licensure (+ 2 years) and MSc degrees on Electrical Engineering (Automation and Communications), at the Engineering Institute of Coimbra (ISEC), Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (IPC). In 2014, I obtained the PhD degree on Electrical and Computer Engineering (Automation and Robotics), at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of University of Coimbra (FCTUC). Since 2007, I have been conducting scientific research in several areas besides robotics, namely computer vision, sports engineering, economics, sociology, digital media, and others, all at the Artificial Perception for Intelligent Systems and Robotics (AP4ISR), Institute of Systems and Robotics (ISR), in collaboration with many other groups, namely RoboCorp, CIDAF, RoboticsLab and SRGE. This resulted on some dozens of scientific articles in international impact factor journals, book chapters and international conferences. Besides being currently a post-doc. researcher at AP4ISR, I have also been invited for lecturing, tutoring and organization of events (e.g., professional courses, national and international conferences, among others), both in the public and private domains. I am also one of the founders and the CEO of Ingeniarius, Lda.

PhD in Sports Sciences. He is Adjunct Professor at the School of Education and Communication at the University of Algarve. Carvalho published several scientific articles in the field of performance analysis in tennis. He was a high level coach for more than 10 years (e.g., of the professional tennis player João Cunha e Silva) and has been a coaching consultant of several of the best Portuguese tennis players.

His line of research is mainly focused on tennis in two different domains, Performance Analysis, particularly the identification of performance indicators to describe players’ actions and their dynamics of interaction, and teaching based on Constraints-Led Approach. 

Associate professor of the Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon. Member of the Laboratory of Exercise Physiology and Biochemistry, and CIPER, funded by FCT. During the last 8 years Professor Fragoso was largely involved in high-level athletes' evaluation and consulting, with regular contracts with national sports federations and with the Portuguese Sports Institute. Fragoso’s main research activity is focused on anthropometric maturation and performance.

He concluded a 5 yr graduation in Special Education and Rehabilitation in 2004. Then, in 2007, he completed a Post-Graduate program in Neurosciences at the Faculty of Medicine/University of Lisbon. In 2008 he obtained a Master degree in Physiotherapy and concluded a PhD in Human Kinetics in 2012 (Faculty of Human Kinetics/Technical University of Lisbon). He is an ACSM certified Exercise Physiologist since 2006 and has supervised Cardiac Rehabilitation interventions for a period of 4 yrs. Additionally, he directed a phase III/IV Cardiac Rehabilitation program from 2005-2007. In parallel, he coordinated the APPACDM-Ajuda Adapted Physical Activity program for adults with Down syndrome from 2004-2012. In 2008 he was awarded with the prize of young researcher of the year in the domain of Human Kinetics (Young Researchers Lisbon Technical University/Delloit) and with an honorary mention for senior researcher in Human Kinetics (Senior Researchers Lisbon Technical University/Santander Totta). Presently, his research interests focus on the cardiorespiratory, autonomic adaptations to exercise and resistance training with vascular restriction. He has published several scientific papers in international peer reviewed journals with impact factor. Finally, he has also served as a reviewer for many well respected journals in the field of Sports Medicine, Applied Physiology and Neurophysiology.