- Habilitation (Agregação) in Chemistry, Instituto Superior Técnico, unanimously approved, October 2007
- PhD in Chemical Engineering (Applied Chemistry), Instituto Superior Técnico, approved with Honours (distinção e louvor), October 1989
- Provas de Aptidão Científica e Pedagógica, Instituto Superior Técnico, approved (muito bom), February 1985
- Licenciatura em Engenharia Química - Química e Processos (Chemical Engineering- Processes and Chemistry), Instituto Superior Técnico, grade 16/20, February 1983