Degrees

• PhD in Mathematics, University of Glasgow (1997): Thesis advisor: Kenneth Brown, Thesis: “On the prime spectra of some noetherian rings” (PDF )
• MSc in Mathematics, University of Lisbon (1994):, Thesis: “Anéis Noetherianos não commutativos-Extensões de Ore e Anéis de Fracções”
• Licenciatura in Mathematics, University of Lisbon (1991)

Positions and grants:

• Professor Auxiliar, Universidade do Porto (Portugal), 1998-Present
• Pos-doc grant da JNICT-PRAXIS XXI, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1997-1998
• PhD grant da JNICT-PRAXIS XXI, University of Glasgow, 1993-1997
• MSc grant da JNICT-Programa Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, 1991-1993

Research interest: Algebra, non-commutative Noetherian rings, Representation theory of down-up algebras and related algebras, Automorphism groups.