Born 1952, Porto, Portugal ACADEMIC DEGREES AND CAREER Degree in Biology by the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto (1974); PhD in Biology (1983) Full Professor since 1993; Emeritus since 2023 RESEARCH INTERESTS Formal and population genetics. Pure and applied genetics, forensics (human and non-human; kinship and taxonomic assignment) and diagnosis of genetic diseases. Current ACTIVITIES: Member of the Editorial Board of: Genes (2019-), PeerJ (2017-), The Scientific World Journal (2012-), Human Population Genetics and Genomics (2022-) Associate Editor: Frontiers in Genetics (2021-) National Contact Point of EUROFORGEN-NoE - European Forensic Genetics Network of Excellence Leader of the Population Genetics and Evolution Research Group at I3S/IPATIMUP Previous: Coordinator of the GABBA (Graduate Program in Areas of Basic and Applied Biology), University of Porto (2004, 2015-2022). Coordinator of the PhD Program in Biology (FCUP; 2008-2012). Coordinator of the MSc Program in Forensic Genetics (FCUP, 2007-2012; 2013-2022). Member of the Editorial Board of Forensic Science International (2004-2007), Investigative Genetics (2015-2016), Open Forensic Sciences Journal (2009-2010), Frontiers in Genetics (2011-2020) President of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics (2004) President of the Spanish and Portuguese Working Group of the International Society of Forensic Genetics (GHEP-ISFG) Member of the IPATIMUP Board of Directors (1998-2010) AWARDS Seeds of Science Special, Ciência Hoje, 2012 Estímulo à Excelência, FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia), 2005 Honorary member, International Society of Forensic Genetics, 2022