Curriculum Vitae

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Professional Situation

Senior Researcher.Head of the  Metrological Quality Division of LNEC and Quality Manager of LNEC  Laboratories (Testing and Metrology).

Academic and Scientific Degrees

• PhD in Technological Physics from the University of Lisbon (2006).
• MSc  in "Instrumentation, Industrial Maintenance and Quality” from the  Faculty of Science and Technology of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1999).
• Graduated in Technological Physics from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (1993).

Functions and Relevant Public Offices

• Member of the Technical Board of IMEKO (International Measurement Confederation) (2021 - ).
• Chairperson of the Technical Committee TC 11 of IMEKO (Measurement in Testing, Inspection and Certification) (2021 - ).
• National delegate representing RELACRE (Portuguese Member Organization of IMEKO) on the General Council of IMEKO (2021 - ).
• President of the Board of Administrators of EUROLAB aisbl (2015 – 2021).
• Vice-President of UILI, Union Internationale des Laboratoires Indépendants (2015 – 2021).
• Member of the EURAMET Research Council (2015 – 2018).
• Member of the Board of Directors of UILI, Union Internationale des Laboratoires Indépendants (2013 – 2021).
• President of the Board of Directors of RELACRE (2012 - ).
• Member of the Board of Administrators of EUROLAB aisbl (2012 - ).
• Vice-President of the Portuguese Metrology Society (2009 - 2015)
• Member of the Board of Directors of RELACRE, Association of Accredited Laboratories of Portugal (2009 - ).

Areas of Research / Interest

• Main areas of research:
• Scientific and applied metrology;
• Physics and applied mathematics;
• Scientific instrumentation;
• Quality, measurement and measurement uncertainty;
• Computing and numerical analysis;
• Data science and information management;
• Laboratory of the future and smart instrumentation.

Research and Professional Activity

• Research developed  applying knowledge of metrology, physics, applied mathematics and  numerical computing in various areas of civil engineering and in  cooperation with other organizations, in international research  projects.
• In the context of applied metrology, research has been  developed aiming at the traceability of scientific instrumentation and  the development and validation of methods applied to a variety of  quantities (dimensional and geometric, temperature and radiation, mass,  pressure, force, optics, anemometry, among others). Studies associated  with large infrastructures with measurements in dynamic regime stand  out, namely in aerodynamics, flow rate, flow speed and seismic tests. In  the context of Metrology applied in hydrology and hydraulics, he  coordinates the LNEC Metrological Hydraulics Unit, which supports the  recognition of LNEC as a Portuguese Designated Institute for the  quantities flow rate and flow velocity of liquids.
• In the field  of quality and accreditation, he has over 30 years of experience, as  coordinator of laboratories accredited by ISO/IEC 17025, as a management  systems auditor and in advanced consultancy activities. He collaborated  in the creation of metrological infrastructures in Macau, in the  Autonomous Regions of Madeira and the Azores and in several  Portuguese-speaking countries (S. Tomé and Príncipe, Cape Verde,  Mozambique, Angola and Guinea-Bissau). He performs the functions of  Quality Manager for the Management of LNEC-EM Laboratories and has had  relevant roles in several international organizations, in coordination  and as member of technical committees.
• He has a considerable  number of papers in international scientific journals, publications in  books, participation in more than 100 international conferences and  workshops, with oral presentations and as a guest speaker, he has been  an editor in leading journals, a member of scientific committees and a  reviewer at international conferences.