Electrical Bioimpedance at UDESC: from bench to bedside
This research seminar presents 25 years of research by Prof. Pedro Bertemes-Filho (UDESC, Brazil) on electrical bioimpedance spectroscopy (EIS), a technique that measures the frequency-dependent electrical properties of biological tissues to extract clinically relevant information. The talk traces a clear translational arc: starting from foundational instrumentation work at the University of Sheffield, where his landmark 2000 paper comparing Howland current source topologies for electrical impedance tomography established a global reference for EIS circuit design, to the most recent and impactful outcome, eGluco, a wearable smartwatch for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring.
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- AUT City Campus
- 74 Governor Fitzroy Place
- Auckland, North Island
- New Zealand 1010
- Building: WG404
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- Co-sponsored by Gautam Anand
- Starts 16 June 2026 12:00 PM UTC
- Ends 22 June 2026 12:00 PM UTC
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Pedro of Department of Electrical Engineering at UDESC (Joinville campus)
Biography:
Pedro Bertemes-Filho was born in Florianópolis, Brazil, in 1970. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC, 1995), a Master's in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC, 1998), and a PhD in Medical Physics from the University of Sheffield, UK (2002). He completed postdoctoral studies at the University of São Paulo (2003–2004), the University of Sheffield (2012–2013), and Dartmouth College, USA, as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar (2017). He is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at UDESC (Joinville campus), where he has taught since 2004. He leads the Research Group on Biomedical Engineering. His research focuses on electrical bioimpedance spectroscopy, electrical impedance tomography, electronic instrumentation, and biosensors, with applications ranging from cancer diagnosis and non-invasive glucose monitoring to food quality control. He is the lead developer of eGluco, a wearable smartwatch for non-invasive blood glucose measurement, which has received national recognition and is currently in production. He has authored or co-authored over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles (with more than 1,500 citations on Google Scholar), 6 books, and more than 20 book chapters. He holds 4 patents and has supervised more than 25 master's and doctoral students. Bertemes-Filho is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and a reviewer for over 15 international journals, including IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering and Physiological Measurement. Recently, he is acting as a Guest Editor in the special issue “Bioimpedance-based Biosensors” from Biosensors journal.
Address:Department of Electrical Engineering at UDESC (Joinville campus), , Florianópolis, Brazil