Patrícia Figueiredo is a Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, and Principal Investigator of the Biomedical Engineering Lab at the Institute for Systems and Robotics – Lisboa. She holds a DPhil degree in Neuroimaging from the University of Oxford and was conferred Habilitation in Biomedical Engineering by Técnico, where she is currently the Vice-President of the Department of Bioengineering. She develops neuroimaging methods to study brain function noninvasively, with applications in both basic and clinical neuroscience. Her work has been distinguished by the Prize for Women in Science by L’Oréal Portugal and the António Xavier Prize for the best Portuguese PhD Thesis in NMR, EPR or MRI, as advisor. She was elected President of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB) in 2023, Chair of the Brain Function Study Group of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in 2024, and Corresponding Member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences in 2025.