Present Positions:

• Full Professor, Dept. of  Mathematics, IST [since June 2011 - ]
• Associate Professor, Dept. of  Mathematics, IST [Sept. 1993 – May 2011]
• Vice-President of CEMAT [since April 2007 - ]

Scientific Awards:

· First Prize: Scientific Awards UTL/Santander Totta 2010, in Pure and Applied Mathematics.

· Honorable Mention: Scientific Awards UTL/Santander Totta 2009, in Pure and Applied Mathematics.

· Honorable Mention: Scientific Awards UTL/Santander Totta 2008, in Pure and Applied Mathematics.

· Project SIMCARD (Cardiovascular Imaging, Modeling and Simulation) from UTAustin | Portugal has been endorsed

by the EUREKA network - the biggest industrial R&D network in the world (Eureka! 4990).

     Previous Positions:

• President of CEMAT [Jan. 2001 - March 2007]
• Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics [Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2006]
• Coordinator of the Division of Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis at the Department of Mathematics [1995 - 1999, 2001 - 2003]
• Scientific Coordinator of the  Research Group: Numerical Analysis and Applications in Fluid Mechanics [1996 -  2003]

• Assistant Professor, Dept. of  Mathematics, FCUL [July 1985 - Sept. 1993]
• Assistant, Dept. of  Mathematics, FCUL [Sept. 1973 - Sept. 1977 and Oct. 1983 - June 1985]
• Researcher, CMAP -  École Polytechnique (Palaiseau, France) granted by INIC  [Oct. 1977 - Sept. 1983]

Education:

• Habilitation in Mathematics, Instituto Superior Técnico/UTL,  Jan. 2001
• Ph.D in Mathematics (Advisor: J.-C. Nédélec), Fac. of  Sciences, University of  Lisbon, 1985
• Doctorat de 3ème Cycle in Numerical Analysis (Advisor: J.-C. Nédélec), Lab. of  Numerical Analysis, Univ. of  Paris VI, France, 1981
• D.E.A. in Numerical Analysis, Lab. of Numerical Analysis, University of Paris VI, France, 1978
• Graduation in Mathematics, Fac. of Sciences, University of Lisbon, 1973