Career

• Since 2012: RTD Manager at the 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

• Since 2017: Co-moderator of the group on Benchmarking and Science Policies of the "Interface Professionals Platform" (Portuguese Science and Technology Managers)
• Since 2017: Member of the Core Team and Facilitator at the Demola North Portugal Innovation Centre
• Since 2012: RTD Manager at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
• Since 2012: Evaluator of European Project Proposals (FP7, H2020, EUROSTARS (EUREKA) and COST (ESF)) and of Project Proposals submitted to the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FRS-FNRS, Belgium), to the National Innovation Agency (ANI, Portugal), to the Irish Research Council (IRC) and to the Innovation Fund Denmark
• Since 2011: Senior Consultant on Professional Project Management
• Since 2003: Reviewer of the Journals: "European Polymer Journal", "Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology", "Surface Science", "Surface and Interface Analysis", "Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics", "Chromatographia" and "Journal of Renewable Materials"

Qualifications

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

Awards and Honors

• 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
• 2010 - Student Support Award by the Organising Committee of the First International Conference on IGC, Imperial College, London, UK. This award was granted on the basis of the two Posters and the Oral Presentation with which I contributed to this Conference
• 2005 - Award by the Portuguese Engineers Professional Association for the professional activity carried out during the period I was a Trainee Member of this organisation

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.