Dr Pedro Amarante Andrade is a Senior Lecturer in Speech Pathology at the School of Allied Health, Curtin University, and an Adjunct Research Fellow in the School of Medicine at The University of Western Australia. He holds a PhD in Biophysics (Palacký University Olomouc, Czechia) and a Master's in Voice Pathology (University College London), alongside a background in Speech and Language Therapy and Audiology. His career spans clinical, academic, and research roles across Brazil, the UK, the Czech Republic, and Australia, including posts at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital (London), Plymouth Marjon University, and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

Pedro's research centres on the physiology and treatment of voice disorders, combining clinical speech pathology with biophysical and acoustic methods. He is currently coordinating a multi-site clinical trial, "Non-Invasive Targeted Electrical Stimulation to Treat Vocal Cord Paresis," funded by the Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation, in partnership with Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Fiona Stanley Hospital, and The University of Western Australia. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in the Journal of Voice and related journals, and regularly presents at international voice science conferences including PEVOC and the Voice Foundation's Annual Symposium.