Education

PhD in Environmental Engineering, 2005, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; Committee members: Howard Weinberg (advisor); Karl Linden; Philip Singer; Michael Aitken; Mark Sobsey; Michael Meyer.

Master of Science in Environmental Engineering, 2002, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; Committee members: Howard Weinberg (advisor); Philip Singer; Michael Aitken.

Other courses attended: Scientific Writing from the Reader’s Perspective (Workshop by George Gopen; UNC Chapel Hill); UV treatment (Course by Karl Linden at Duke University); violin (hopeless quest; UNC Chapel Hill)

BS (Licenciatura), 1998 by the New University of Lisbon in Environmental Engineering – major in Sanitary Engineering. 

Other short courses attended: Supervisors’ course (2014; NOVA Doctoral School); Social Media for Scientists (2015; NOVA Doctoral School); Sea Economy (2018; NOVA Faculty of Social and Human Sciences); Project Management course (2018; NOVA Doctoral School); Science Communication Course (2018; ITQB NOVA); Time Management (2019; Synergie); Leadership and Management Skills Course for PIs (2022 and 2023; hfp consulting); Writing Support Workshop (2023; Margot Pilon); Presentation Skills (2023; Thinkplus consulting).