María Teresa Arredondo Waldmeyer

Maria Teresa Arredondo Waldmeyer received the first Ph.D. degree in telecommunication engineering from the Universidad Politeìcnica de Valencia, with a focus on Automatic External Defibrillation and Mechanisms Associated to the Resuscitation in 1988. She was the first female Electrical Engineer with the Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Argentina. She was also the first female to become a Full Professor of telecommunication and bioengineering, Spain, in 2001, and the only one for over ten years in the country. She is one of the founders of the Argentinean Society of Biomedical Engineering in 1977, and the first SABI Secretary. Always a pioneer in the field, she is currently a Full Professor with the Bioengineering and Photonics Department, Universidad Politeìcnica de Madrid. She is also the Co-Director of EIT Health Living Labs, Delft University of Technology. She has been the Director of the Vodafone Chair for Healthcare and e-Inclusion since 2002. In recognition of her leadership in mobile healthcare, she received the Honorary Award of the IEEE Mobihealth 2014. She has published over 200 papers and books. She is an advisor and resource to many companies and healthcare institutions, especially in the area of e-health. In spite of the numerous demands on her time, she continues to conduct courses, summer schools, and participates in conferences and women-in-engineering events. She has been a motivating mentor and supporter of over 500 younger scientists, especially women, throughout her career. She has served or serves on numerous committees and editorial boards.