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Jorge Neiva is a marine robotics researcher whose work bridges the gap between advanced autonomous systems and real-world oceanographic monitoring. His primary research areas include underwater vehicle operations, command and control architectures for multi-vehicle teams, and the application of marine robotics to behavioural ecology. Neiva’s most influential contribution is the integrated monitoring of ocean sunfish (*Mola mola*), where he demonstrated the first near-real-time, fine-scale tracking of these elusive animals using satellite tags in southern Portugal (2016, 31 citations). This work provided unprecedented resolution into sunfish behaviour, showcasing how robotics and telemetry can solve long-standing observational challenges in marine biology. More recently, Neiva played a key operational role in the REPMUS22 large-scale unmanned vehicle exercise, contributing to the deployment of a command, control, and communications centre for multi-domain autonomous systems (2023). His hands-on leadership in field trials and system integration has advanced the practical readiness of collaborative robotic fleets. With a career focused on translating laboratory concepts into at-sea success, Neiva continues to shape how autonomous vehicles are used for persistent, intelligent ocean observation.