Apresentação Pessoal

Current job position: 
Full Professor and Chair Holder spatial planning and environment - Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto.
Senior Member of CITTA - Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment - FEUP - University of Porto.
Member of the Civil Engineering Department Council - FEUP - University of Porto.
Coordinator of the Research Group 1 - CITTA.
Head of the Spatial Planning and Environment Division - DEC - FEUP.
Director of the Doctoral Program in Spatial Planning - FEUP/FCTUC.
President of the Scientific Committee of the Doctoral Program in Spatial Planning - FEUP/FCTUC.
Director of the Master Programme in Planning and Urban Project - FEUP / FAUP - University of Porto. 
President of the Scientific Committee of the Master Programme in Planning and Urban Project - FEUP / FAUP.
Member of the Scientific Board of the Advanced Studies in Rehabilitation of Building Heritage Course - FEUP - University of Porto. 
Former Member of the Steering Board of the Department of Civil Engineering - FEUP - University of Porto.
Former Director of the Laboratory of Planning - SPTA - DEC - FEUP.
Coordinator of the Unity "Architecture in FEUP" - FEUP.

Academic Background:
Graduated in Architecture, University of Lisbon (1987).
Master in Regional and Urban Planning, University of Lisbon (1993).
PhD in Regional and Urban Planning, University of Lisbon (1997). 

Main focus of research activity - Keywords: Public Space Quality; Bioclimatic Urban Design; Inclusive Urban Design; Age-Friendly Cities; Becoming Local, Generative Urban Fabric; Inclusive Public Space; Resilient Urban Spaces; Zero Carbon Cities; Urban Sustainability; Climate Transition. Urban Architecture; Eco-Design; Spatial Planning.

Main activities performed:
Coordinator of the Research Group 1 of CITTA.
Coordinator of the Transversal Thematic Research Area "Inclusive Cities and Active Ageing" (CITTA).
Principal Investigator & CoPI of funding research projects and senior member of several other funding research projects.
Supervisor of 14 concluded PhD thesis. 
Author (or co-author) of dozens of publications, including scientific articles, book chapters, and books published in Portugal and abroad. Reviewer of more than 80 scientific papers for international indexed journals.
Chair, co-chair / executive president of national and international scientific events.

Other relevant information: 
Editor in Chief - UPorto Press Journal of Public Space - University of Porto.
Editorial Board Member and Reviewer Board Member of several international indexed journals. 
Societies affiliation / Professional skills:
Full Member and Past Council Member of the Portuguese Society of Planners (AUP).
Bureau Member & Former Vice-President of the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP).
Consultant / expertise in architecture and urban planning fields.

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Áreas de Interesse

1. Technological sciences > Architecture