Alexandre Quintanilha

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    • Alexandre Quintanilha's details
      • Country: Portugal
      • Region: Porto
      • University: ICBAS and IBMC.INEB
    • Alexandre Quintanilha's presentations

    Prof. Alexandre Tiedtke Quintanilha (IBMC) completed his Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics in 1972.

    He spent the next two decades at U.C. Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as professor of cell physiology and director of a Centre for Environmental Studies. He moved to the University of Porto as professor of biophysics at the Biomedical Faculty and, until very recently, director of both the IBMC and INEB. He is currently implementing a consortium of the three major biomedical research institutions in Porto.

    Over the years he has chaired various committees at the European Science Foundation, the European Commission, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and several other national and international research organizations. His current interests are in the areas of biological stress, risk perception and public understanding of science.

 

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