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Victor Manuel de Matos Lobo was born on February 18, 1940 in Coimbra, Portugal. He graduated with honors in Physical and Chemical Sciences from the University of Coimbra in 1963. He was invited to become an assistant professor in Coimbra and to go to the University of Mozambique on a commission. In 1966, he went to Cambridge, England, for his doctorate. At the University of Coimbra, he became associate professor in 1975 and full professor in 1981, continuing his research in electrochemistry.
He published textbooks for his courses. In 1977 he published a Portuguese translation of a book on Chemical Thermodynamics, a course he taught for decades. In 1975 he published Vol. I of a work entitled “Electrolyte Solutions: Literature Data on Thermodynamic and Transport Properties”. In 1989 he published “Self-diffusion in Electrolyte Solutions. A critical examination of data compiled from the literature” (Elsevier, Amsterdam). In 1990, he published a two-volume work of around 2,500 pages for Elsevier entitled “Handbook of Electrolyte Solutions”. He organized a basic electrochemistry database for the Scientific Engineering Research Council in the United Kingdom.
He was elected associate member of IUPAC, promoted to full member and re-elected.
He was awarded the Gold Medal of the 15th International Exhibition of Inventions and New Techniques, Geneva, Switzerland, the Nicolai M. Emanuel Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Prize of the Electrochemical Society, and received awards from students after jubilation.
He was elected an associate member and then a permanent member of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon.
He was Director of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Coimbra. He was invited to the Council responsible for the acceptance of scientific journals in SciELO, is editor of “Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta”, president of the National Corrosion Commission (linked to the Ministry of Industry), has been head of the Portuguese delegation in international meetings of ISO and CEN, representative of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society in EuCheMS. He has been President of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society, President of the General Assembly of the Portuguese Chemical Society, President of the General Assembly of Intercultura, Vice President of the General Assembly of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society, member of the National Education Council. He was a municipal deputy in Coimbra and Mortágua.
