Career

• Since 2019: Assistant Researcher at Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (Portugal)
• 2012 - 2019: RTD Manager at Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (Portugal)
• 2011 - 2011: Manager of the Project Management Office at the Oil and Gas Business Unit of ISA - Intelligent Sensing Anywhere, S.A., Coimbra (Portugal)
• 2007 - 2011: Senior Researcher and Senior Project Manager at CeNTI - Centre for Nanotechnology and Smart Materials, VN Famalicão (Portugal)
• 2006 - 2007: Senior Researcher at UMR 7610-Chimie des Polymères, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Paris (France)
• 2005 - 2006: European Projects Manager at the the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
• 2002 - 2005: Lecturer at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (Portugal)
• 1999 - 2002: PhD programme at GE Plastics, Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands/The University of Leeds, United Kingdom
• 1998 - 1998: Trainee at the R&D Laboratory of Soporcel, Figueira da Fozb( Portugal)

Roles

• 2021 - 2023: Member of the Professional Development and Recognition Committee of the European Association of Research Managers (EARMA). Since 2023: Founding member and Chair of the Project Management Special Interest Group at EARMA. Since 2017: Member and past Board Member at the "Plataforma de Interface à Ciência" (Platform for Science Interface Professionals in Portugal)
• 2017 - 2019: Member of the Core Team and Facilitator at the Demola North Portugal Innovation Centre
• 2012 - 2018: Evaluator of project proposals at the international and national levels

Qualifications

• 2010 - Post-Graduation in Professional Project Management at The Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto, Coimbra (Portugal)
• 2004 - Post-Graduation in Environmental Technology at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real (Portugal)
• 2003 - Doctorate in Chemical Engineering at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom
• 1999 - Graduation in Chemical engineering at the University of Coimbra, Portugal

Awards and Honors

• 2022 - Senior Engineer qualification by the Portuguese Engineers Order
• 2012 - Listed in the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Science and Engineering
• 2011 - Listed in the 2011 edition of Who's Who in Science and Engineering
• 2005 - Award by the Portuguese Engineers Order
• 2001 - Student Support Award by the Organising Committee of the First International Conference on IGC, Imperial College, London, UK.

Interests

• Research and Innovation Management, Knowledge and Technology Transfer, Professional Project Management
• Chemical engineering, materials science and engineering, polymer chemistry and technology, surface engineering: novel surface treatments for cellulosic materials (since 1998), polymeric materials processing technologies, inverse gas chromatography, surface modification of inorganic particles, inorganic-organic composites, ATRP, superhydrophobic/oleophobic materials, biomimetic reversible adhesives, novel PU-based formulations, novel polyolefin- based coatings and composite materials, surface treatments based on the use of actinic radiation.