Education
2008
PhD in Economic Engineering/ Production Engineering,
University of Minho, Portugal.
Theme: Electricity power planning in Portugal: the
role of wind energy.
2002
Master Degree at Faculty of Economics of Porto, Porto,
Portugal.
1995
Degree in Chemical Engineering at Faculty of
Engineering of Porto, Portugal.
Professional experience
December 2015-present
Associate Professor at the
Department of Production and Systems, University of Minho.
April 2008-December 2015
Assistant Professor at the
Department of Production and Systems, University of Minho.
2013-present
Project evaluator on energy systems and technologies for different
supporting agencies (Horizon 2020, FP7, Cost Action, Fund for Scientific
Research – FNRS)
1999- April 2008
Assistant
at the Department of Production and Systems, University
of Minho.
1995/1999
Technical consultant for industry at the Centre for
Energy Conservation
(presently the National Agency for Energy).
Participation in international short
courses
2005
“3rd Course on Applied infrastructure
research & policy training (INFRATRAIN)”, Berlin- Germany, 4-8 October 2005.
(MARIE CURIE grant awarded for participation in the event.)
2008
“Summer
School on Methods and Tools for Impact Assessment", Berlin-
Germany, 16-20 Junho 2008 (grant
awarded for participation in the event from German
Federal Ministry for Education and Research )
2011
"Advanced Energy Systems analysis on the EnergyPLAN model Course"
Sustainable Energy Planning & Management Group, Aalborg University, Denmark,
2-4 May 2011.
2012
Milan Summer School 2012 on ‘Cost-benefit Analysis of Investment projects"
University of Milan
11-14 September 2012
Research and publications
Projects