Paulo Sérgio de Brito André was born in 1971. He received a bachelor's degree in Physics Engineering in 1996, a Ph.D. in Physics in 2002, and the Agregação title (habilitation) in 2011 from the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal. Currently, he is a Full Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon. He is also a senior researcher and the director of the Lisbon branch of the Instituto de Telecomunicações. Currently, he is the vice coordinator of the Aerospace Bachelor's program and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Aerospace Doctoral Program Engineering and a member of the Scientific Council of IST, University of Lisbon. Since 2024, he has been the president of the Lisbon branch of the Instituto de Telecomunicações.

He has published approximately 300 papers in journals, 600 conference communications, and 20 books or book chapters, with over 8,500 citations and an h index of 51 according to Google Scholar. He also holds 10 patents. His current research interests include the study and simulation of photonic and optoelectronic components and systems for telecommunications, sensing, and energy applications, in both classical and quantum regimes. Paulo André is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).