Manuel Simões is an Associate Professor with Habilitation of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and a senior researcher in the Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy (LEPABE). He is Deputy Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Applied Microbiology, Section Editor-in-Chief for Antibiotics journal, Co-Editor-in-Chief for Biofouling: The Journal of Bioadhesion and Biofilm Research (the oldest journal on biofilm research). His main research interests are focused on the mechanisms of biofilm formation and their control with antimicrobial agents, particularly using new antimicrobial molecules. From 2020-2024 he was among the restricted number of Portuguese researchers recognized by the Web of Science/Clarivate Analytics as a highly cited researcher, recognizing the exceptional research influence demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers.