Associate Professor with Habilitation at the Department of Electromechanical Engineering, Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI), P-6200-001 Covilhã, Portugal, lecturing Materials Science and Engineering, Aeronautical Materials, New Materials and Technological Forecasting for undergraduate and graduate engineering students since July 1, 1992. Head of the Technological Forecasting and Innovation Theory Working Group (TFIT-WG)
Main research interests: Technological Forecasting, Futures Studies, Socioeconomic Long Waves, Technological Evolution, Innovation Dynamics and New Materials.