Vitor Cardoso is Professor of Physics at IST, where he leads the IST Gravity group at CENTRA. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Amsterdam (Van der Waals Professorial Chair) and at Waseda University. His research interests are mainly focused on strong-gravity problems, with implications for gravitational-wave and black-hole physics, high-energy and particle physics. He is co-author of one book and of over 200 scientific papers. His published work attracted over 13000 citations worlwide, corresponding to a Hirsch index H~70. He was awarded the "outstanding faculty" distinction by Instituto Superior Técnico in 2018. His research was recognized by the European Research Council, with two prestigious ERC Grants. In 2015 he was awarded the “Ordem de Sant’Iago da Espada” title, for scientific achievements, by the President of the Portuguese Republic. Prof. Cardoso is currently the Chair of GWverse, an international Consortium of over 30 countries and hundreds of scientists, which aims to study black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics. He is a Board member of LISA, and the co-chair of its science interpretation package. He is a founding member of the Portuguese Society for Relativity and Gravitation.