Luis Sardinha

Luís B. Sardinha is Full Professor of Exercise Prescription and Functional Body Composition and
Energy Regulation at the Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon. He was trained in Exercise
and Sport Science, earning a M.Sc. in Exercise Physiology from the University of Kansas, USA and a
Ph.D. from the Faculty of Human Kinetics at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. In 1997, he did his
post-doc at the Body Composition Laboratory, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine,
University of Arizona, USA. Currently he is the Dean of the Faculty of Human Kinetics, Director of the
Exercise and Health Laboratory, PI for the Portuguese Physical Activity and Physical Fitness
Surveillance System and coordinator of the Towards Intelligent Health and Well-Being Network of
Physical Activity Assessment (INTERLIVE ® ). He has been an investigator in some international
research projects and PI in several competitive projects. The focus of his research has been the
development of models and methods of human body composition, and investigating graded and
dose response relationships between sedentary behaviour, physical activity and fitness with
physiological attributes across the life span and related mechanisms. He is further involved in
forward-translation research comprising web-based outreach programs to influence children and
adults’ body composition, fitness and health using digital phenotyping.