B.Sc. in Industrial Chemical Engineering (1961, IST/UTL); Ph.D. in Applied geology (1980, IST/UTL); Aggregate in Applied Geology (1990, IST/UTL). Jubilated Invited Full Professor of FCT/UNL and Full Member of CENIMAT. Main scientific interests: Crystallography and Crystal Chemestry. Mineralogy and Minerogenesis. Structural Analysis by X-ray Spectroscopic Techniques with Synchrotron Radiation.