B.Sc. (4 yrs) in Mathematics (Ramo Cientı́fico – Matemática Pura) by Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (1995), M.Sc. in Mathematics by Faculdade de Ciências e  Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (1998), Ph.D. in Sciences (Sp. in Mathematics) by Universidade do Minho (2002).

My scientific interests are in matrix theory, mostly generalized inverses but also connections to partial orders and operator theory. Other interests include cryptography, post-quantum cryptography, algebraic coding theory, having supervised various BSc/MSc projects on the topic, and I have recently been looking into applications to quantum codes.

PhD supervision (co-supervision) of Zhu HuiHui, from Nanjing Southeast University, PRC (started 2014, finished 2016).

PhD supervision (co-supervision) of Yuefeng Gao, from Nanjing Southeast University, PRC (started 2015, finished 2018).

Supervision of the PhD-student visitor Honglin Zou, from Nanjing Southeast University, PRC, September 2015 – March 2016.

PhD supervision (co-supervision) of Angelos Bampounis, University of Minho (in course).

PhD supervision of Faustino Maciala (with Cláudia Mendes Araújo), University of Minho (in course).