Tuesday, 9/27/2016
China
Professor of the EEUM received the Jiangsu Friendship
Award, created by the Jiangsu Government. The award is granted to foreign
citizens for their contribution to local development and exchange and
cooperation in economy, science and culture.
Professor Artur
Cavaco Paulo, of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, was
granted the Jiangsu Friendship Award on the 27th September, for his
contribution to the development of Jiangsu province, East China. The award also
distinguishes the collaboration in the framework of the International Joint Research
Laboratory for Textile and Fibre Bioprocesses, involving the Universities of
Minho and Jiangnan.
“It is an
additional recognition of scientific excellence from Minho and Portugal”, Artur
Cavaco Paulo affirms. This is the main award granted annually by the Jiangsu
Government, a region of 75 million inhabitants. The award is granted to foreign
citizens for their contribution to local development and exchange and
cooperation in economy, science and culture.
Born in Beja, Portugal, Artur Cavaco Paulo completed
his bachelor degree in Chemistry at the University of Lisbon. He completed his
MSc in Textile Technology and his PhD in Engineering – Textile Chemistry
speciality both at the UMinho. He is a professor at this university since 1990.
Currently, he is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at the School of
Engineering and coordinator of the Bioprocesses and Bionanotechnology Research
Group at the Centre of Biological Engineering.
Artur Cavaco Paulo has received the “Excellence
Encouragement” award from the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and
Higher Education in 2005. He leads several national and international research
projects. He is a cofounder of the International Network on Polymer and Fiber
Biotechnology and a member of the Society of Dyers and Colorists (United
Kindgom) and of the Cell Division of American Chemical Society (USA), among
others. He has published around 300 scientific papers and is a member of the
editorial board of the journals "Coloration Technology” and
"Biocatalysis and Biotransformations".
+Info:
artur@deb.uminho.pt