Graduation in Chemistry, Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.), 1972. PhD. in Organic Chemistry, Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.), 1976. Assistant Professor – researcher at the Facultés Notre Dame de la Paix – Namur Belgium (1978-1981). Researcher at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.) (1981-1988). Scientific Director of BIOEID (R & D Company - Oct. 1988- Sept. 1989). Biosafety Consultant of SmithKline Beecham - Belgium (Oct. 1989- Aug. 1992). Belgian attorney of the UE Committee for Biotechnology Normalization CEN/TC 233. 1990-1992. Associate Professor, Universidade do Algarve (June 1992- Febr.1996). Full Professor, UALG (since 1996). Scientific activity: Study of the decline disease of Quercus suber and Quercus rotundifolia aiming at the management of the genetic/biological control of the disease. Studies on molecular interactions Phytophthora cinnamomi-Quercus suber in connection with the infectious process. Study of candidate genes as molecular markers in dairy indigenous species (namely, study of genes of the somatotropic axis in dairy species). Genetic and morphological characterization of indigenous bovine breeds, namely of an extinct Algarvia breed that is now being reconstituted.