Associate Professor with Habilitation at the University of Beira Interior (UBI), Ph.D. in Economics, UBI (2004), and Habilitation in Technological Change and Entrepreneurship, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon (2017). Currently serving as the director of UBIExecutive Business School. Evaluation/expert for the European Commission and associated agencies, as well as other international and national science and technology committees. Vice-coordinator of NECE, the Research Center in Business Sciences, with solid experience in project coordination, execution, and evaluation. Chair of several scientific, corporate, and public policy events that promote technological entrepreneurship, innovation, and regional development. Editor of several scientific journals and books. Member of the EIT Food RIS Policy Council; and of the MIT Technology Review Global Panel, a community of business professionals. Entrepreneurship.
