Background
Archer, Luis Jorge was born on May 5, 1926 in Porto, Portugal. Son of Luiz Peixoto and Candida (Jorge) Archer.
Archer, Luis Jorge was born on May 5, 1926 in Porto, Portugal. Son of Luiz Peixoto and Candida (Jorge) Archer.
Licenciate in Biology, University Porto, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, University Porto, $D, 1969. Licenciate in Philosophy, University Braga, Portugal, 1954.
Licenciate in Theology, St. Georgen, Frankfurt, Germany, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics, Georgetown University, 1968.
Professor, U. Porto, Portugal, 1968-1971; director laboratory, Gulbenkian Institute, Oeiras, Portugal, 1971-1989; visiting professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1973; visiting professor, U. Lisbon, Portugal, 1974-1978; full professor, New University of Lisbon, Portugal, since 1979; director department, New University of Lisbon, Portugal, since 1985. Director Center of Human Molecular Genetics, Lisbon, since 1991. Adviser European Commission, Brussels, since 1994.
Chairman National Council Bioethics, Lisbon, since 1991. Member New York Academy of Sciences, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Lisbon Academy of Sciences.