Filomena O. Soares received her degree in Chemical Engineering in 1986 at Porto University, Portugal. In 1997, she obtained her PhD in Chemical Engineering at the same University. Since 1992 she works in the Industrial Electronics Department Minho University and she develops her research work in R&D Algoritmi Centre.
Her main scientific interests are in the areas of System Modeling and Control, with application to bioprocesses and in Biomedical Engineering Science. Motor and cognitive rehabilitation has been receiving her attention, using serious games and robots to foster the communication with impaired children/adults. She is interested in new teaching/learning methodologies, in particular blended-learning and virtual and remote laboratories.
She supervised several Msc and PhD thesis and was co-author of several scientific articles in international conferences and journals