Eric started and managed the Medical Electrodes Group at NIBEC at the University of Ulster. As well as being a Professor in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ulster, he is Director of the Biomedical and Environmental Sensor Technology (BEST) Centre at UU, linking industry and academic laboratories throughout Ireland.

Professor McAdams is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading specialists on the linear and non-linear electrical properties of materials and interfaces and on sensor/electrode design. He has published widely on these topics and has over 150 publications and has been involved in the development of electrode systems for several space programmes.