Portuguese Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education
He holds a Ph.D. from Imperial College London, in the field of Mechanical Engineering (Experimental Combustion), 1985, having done a post-doctorate at the University of California at San Diego, 1986. He subsequently pursued an academic career at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, where he started for developing his research activity in the field of Fluid Mechanics and Experimental Combustion.