Place and date of birth: Lisboa, 24/12/54. Nationality: Portuguese. Institutional address: Chemical Engineering Dept., Instituto Superior Técnico, 1049-001-Lisboa. Academic Degrees: Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal (1989); B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering., Univ. de Birmingham, United Kingdom (1978). Present Position: Associate Professor, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1991. Coordinator of the Integrated Master in Chemical Engineering (1st and 2nd cycles) since 2003. Previous Positions: Coordinator of the Chemical Engineering PhD programme at Instituto Superior Técnico, 2003-2010. Assistant Professor, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1989-1991. Assistant, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1981-1989. Process Designer, ICI, Billingham, UK, 1978-1981. Scientific area of interest: Transport phenomena, bioreactor modelling and optimization.