• Graduated on Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, 1974.
• PhD on Chemical Engineering, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, 1982.
• Post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Toronto, Canada (Colloid and Polymer Chemistry Group, M. A. Winnik), 1985-1986.
• Habillitation (agregação) on Chemical Engineering,  Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, 1990