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Diplomas, Awards and Distinctions:

Degree (Licenciatura) in Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), July 1966. Doctorate in Mathematical Sciences (Doctorat d’État), Paris VI University, March 1971. Doctorate in Mathematical Sciences (Doctorat d’État), Paris VI University, March 1971. Gulbenkian Prize for Science and Technology (1988) with Prof. Mário Figueira (and ex-aequo with Prof. Fernando Conceição Silva), March 1989. Grand Officer of the Order of Santiago da Espada, September 2000.

Professional Career:

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Research Fellow at the Center for Mathematical Studies in Lisbon, October 1966 to September 1967. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Research Fellow at the Faculté des Sciences de Paris (Paris VI University), October 1967 to September 1971. Research grant from the Institute of High Culture at the Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Lisbon, October 1971 to September 1972. Researcher at the Institute of High Culture (at the Institute of Physics and Mathematics until its extinction in May 1975), October 1972 to June 1976. Extraordinary Professor (Pure Mathematics) at FCUL, June 1976 to November 1979. Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics at FCUL, December 1979 to November 2014 (date of retirement). Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics at FCUL, December 1979 to November 2014 (date of retirement). Author or co-author of around a hundred research articles in international journals. Author or co-author of around a hundred research articles in international journals. Researcher at the Center for Mathematics, Fundamental Applications and Operational Research of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, from its inception to the present.