Rui Munhá

Rui Munhá has been a Science Officer in the Department of International Relations of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) since 2014. In 2020, he was appointed Coordinator of the National Contact Points in the Pillar of Scientific Excellence and in the Widening & ERA Part of Horizon Europe. Rui Munhá is also a National Delegate/National Contact Point for the European Research Council and for Widening&ERA, and he is a member of the Governing Board and Executive Board of the COST Association (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). Rui also coordinates the initiative Study & Research in Portugal, which aims to attract and retain talents in higher education, research and innovation, and he is a contact point for the dialogue between FCT and the Associations of the Diaspora.

Rui Munhá obtained a PhD in Chemistry in 2011, and he developed his scientific activity at the University of Lisbon, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada), University of California (Irvine, USA) and the University of Aveiro, co-authoring 20 articles in international journals with over 500 citations, in addition to several invited oral communications. Rui was born in Lisbon, in 1979.