His research interests are in the analysis and design of antennas, with emphasis on arrays, dielectric lens antennas, wideband antennas, EBG structures and THz antennas.

Prof. Neto was co-recipient of the H.A. Wheeler award for the best applications paper of the year 2008 in the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. He was co-recipient of the best innovative paper prize at the 30th ESA Antenna Workshop in 2008. He was co-recipient of the best antenna theory paper prize at the European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) in 2010. In August 2011 he was awarded a 5 years starting grant from the European Research Council for Advanced THz antennas. He presently serves as associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and propagation and for IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL).