Nuno Martins is a Portuguese scientist, entrepreneur, investor, and

neuroscientist A neuroscientist (or neurobiologist) is a scientist specializing in neuroscience that deals with the anatomy and function of neurons, Biological neural network, neural circuits, and glia, and their Behavior, behavioral, biological, and psycholo ...

known for his pioneering work on brain cloud interface,

nanotechnology Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers (nm). At this scale, commonly known as the nanoscale, surface area and quantum mechanical effects become important in describing propertie ...

, neuroscience, and robotics.

Education

Martins graduated from the inaugural year of the

Singularity University Singularity Education Group (using the public names Singularity Group, Singularity University or SingularityU) is an American company that offers executive educational programs, a business incubator, and business consultancy services. Although t ...

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...

Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. He also earned a PhD with Honors from

University of Minho The University of Minho (''Universidade do Minho'') is a public university in Minho Province, Portugal. It is divided into the following campuses: * Largo do Paço (rectorate), in Braga * Campus of Gualtar, in Braga * Convento dos Congregados, i ...

, Portugal, with his PhD Thesis titled: "Neuronanorobotics: a proposed medical technology to preserve human brain information"

Career

Martins is a Visiting Research Scholar at CSTMS the Center for Science Technology and Medicine at the

University of California Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkeley ...

, USA. He was a research affiliate at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA. Martins is the founder and CEO of Lux Premium a real estate company in Portugal. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Hanu Ventures which is focused on longevity, biotechnology, Healthcare and artificial intelligence.

Selected publications

''• PhD Thesis: Neuronanorobotics: a proposed medical technology to preserve human brain information.'' ''• Martins NRB, Angelica A, Chakravarthy K, Svidinenko Y, Boehm FJ, Opris I, Lebedev MA, Swan M, Garan SA, Rosenfeld JV, Hogg T and Freitas RA Jr (2019) Human Brain/Cloud Interface. Front. Neurosci. 13:112. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00112'' ''• Nuno R. B. Martins, Wolfram Erlhagen, Robert A. Freitas Jr., “Human connectome mapping and monitoring using neuronanorobots”, Journal of Evolution and Technology – Vol. 26 Issue 1 – January 2016 – pgs 1-24'' ''• Nuno R. B. Martins, Wolfram Erlhagen, Robert A. Freitas Jr., “Action Potential Monitoring Using Neuronanorobots: Neuroelectric Nanosensors”, Intl. J. Nanomaterials and Nanostructures 1(June 2015):20-41.'' ''• Research Paper: Nuno R. B. Martins, Wolfram Erlhagen, Robert A. Freitas Jr., “Non-destructive whole-brain monitoring using nanorobots: Neural electrical data rate requirements”, Intl. J. Machine Consciousness 4(June 2012):109-140.'' ''• Research Paper: Talaei K, Garan SA, Quintela BdM, Olufsen MS, Cho J, Jahansooz JR, Bhullar PK, Suen EK, Piszker WJ, Martins NRB, Moreira de Paula MA, dos Santos RW and Lobosco M (2021) A Mathematical Model of the Dynamics of Cytokine Expression and Human Immune Cell Activation in Response to the Pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 11:711153. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.711153''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Martins, Nuno Portuguese computer scientists Portuguese neuroscientists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Portuguese scientists Neuroscientists Nanotechnologists Roboticists University of Minho alumni University of California, Berkeley faculty