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Ceremony to confer the title of Emeritus Professor of Universidade de Lisboa to António Cruz Serra

Date: 12 February
Hour: 5 p.m.
Venue: Pavilhão de Portugal, Parque das Nações
More information: Official Site

The ceremony to confer the title of Emeritus Professor of Universidade de Lisboa to António Cruz Serra will take place on 12 February 2025, at 5 p.m., in Pavilhão de Portugal.

Programme

  • Opening Ceremony
  • Luís Ferreira, Rector of Universidade de Lisboa
  • Rogério Colaço, President of Instituto Superior Técnico
  • Leonor Beleza, President of Champalimaud Foundation
  • José Marques dos Santos, Former Rector of University of Porto
  • Pedro Girão, President of ULisboa School, Shanghai University
  • Ceremony to confer the title of Emeritus Professor of ULisboa to António Cruz Serra, by the Rector of Universidade de Lisboa, Professor Luís Ferreira
  • António Cruz Serra, Honorary Rector of Universidade de Lisboa
  • Musical performance
    • Técnico Students’ Camerata
  • Closing Ceremony

Biography

António Cruz Serra was born in Coimbra in 1956. He is Executive Trustee of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation since 12 May 2022.

Full Professor in Electronics at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, where he has lectured from 1978 to 2022.

He was Rector of Universidade de Lisboa (2013-2021), Rector of Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (2012-2013), President of Instituto Superior Técnico (2009-2012), Deputy President for Administrative Affairs at Instituto Superior Técnico (2002-2008), a member of the Fusion for Energy Executive Committee (2007-2009), President of IMEKO –International Measurement Confederation (2009-2012), President of the Board of Directors of Taguspark SA (2010-2014), President of the Consortium Linking Universities of Science and Technology for Education and Research (2010-2012).

He was also a researcher in the Biomechanics Group at the Gulbenkian Institute of Science (1979-1981), researcher at Centro de Eletrotecnia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, INIC (1982-1994) and researcher at the Instituto de telecomunicações (1994-2024).

He was a member of the evaluation panels for the scientific research projects in Electronic Instrumentation, proposed for funding to various EU framework programmes and government agencies of Portugal, the Czech Republic, Italy and Poland.

From 1993 to 2022, he lectured Electronics subjects in the Weapons and Electronics Engineering programme at the Portuguese Naval School.

He holds a Doctoral (1992) and a Master’s (1985) Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa. He graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (1978).

He has authored over two hundred scientific publications.