Dr Pedro has a Diploma from the University of Coimbra, Portugal (1987) and PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT, USA (1993). He has been Assistant (1993-2001), Associate (2001-2010) and Full (2010-) Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Coimbra; a Member of the Portuguese National Parliament (2009-2012 and 2012-2015); Pro-Rector of the University of Coimbra (2003-2004 and 2005-2006); Vice-Rector of the University of Coimbra (2007-2009) in charge of Quality, Innovation, Entrepreneurhsip and Technology Transfer; Currently he is the Dean of NOVA Information Management School of the NOVA University of Lisbon (2018); Advisor of the President of Portugal for Higher Education (2006-2009).He was the first recipient of the Feigenbaum Award (1998) by American Society for Quality and was an Associate (2010-2015) and then Full Member (2015-) of the International Academy for Quality (IAQ) where he is also the Chair of the Think Tank for Quality in Education (2016-). Vice-President of the Portuguese Association for Quality (APQ), the European Organization for Quality (EOQ) and IAQ. Dr Pedro conducts research activities in the fields of Process Systems Engineering, Data Analysis, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Quality Management, with several books and papers published. He has also been collaborating with OECD and the European Commission in the development and application of a self-assessment platform for evaluating the innovation and entrepreneurial environments and initiatives carried out by Higher Education Institutions (HEInnovate), as well as with OECD in the country reviews it is conducting on how entrepreneurial are higher education systems and their institutions. He has participated in several projects regarding Quality Management, Excellence Models, Quality in Education and Quality in Higher Education, both in Portugal and abroad (e.g. Poland, United Arab Emirates, Mexico, Mauritius, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia). |