Academic qualifications
- 2004/2006
Post-doc in Cognitive Engineering
A study of the sensorimotor loop of the human being in a virtual environment
(supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology - FCT - scholarship).
Carried out in collaboration with the University of Minho (Research Centre in Psychology)
and the Graphic Computational Centre of Guimarães (CCG).
- 2000/2004
PhD in Robotics

A study of the human-machine interaction in a remote-control
situation (supported by the French Ministry for Education and Research scholarship).
Granted by the University of Evry (System Complexes Laboratory - CNRS) and the
University of Marseilles (Movement and Perception Laboratory – CNRS).
- 1998/1999
Master's degree in Neurosciences
A study of the visual motion perception and oculomotor response.
Granted by the University of Marseilles (Cognitive Neurosciences Laboratory –
CNRS).
- 1993/1998
Bachelor's degree in Cognitive Sciences
Granted by the University of Marseilles.
Training period in the experimental farm of the Research Agriculture Centre of Canada in
Lennoxville (a study of the visual discrimination of the human being by the animal).
Teaching
- 2007/....
Professor in the New University of Lisbon (Portugal)
- Robotics
- Telerobotics and Autonomous Systems
- Real Time Systems
- Systems' Integration
- Microprocessor Programming
- Multimedia Information Systems
- 2006/2007
Professor in the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (Portugal)
- Interaction by Computer
- Modeling and Animation by Computer
- Audio and Visual Technologies
- 2003/2004
Assistant in the University of Marseilles (France)
- Cognitive Ergonomics
- Computer Science
- 2002/2003
Assistant in the University of Clermont-Fd (France)
- Animal Biology
- Neurophysiology
- 2000/2002
Assistant in the University of Evry (France)
- Cognitive Sciences
- Animal Biology
- Computer Programming