Background
Morais, Maria Helena Afonso was born on December 12, 1948 in Macedo de Cavaleiros, Bragança, Portugal. Daughter of António Joaquim and Maria Cândida Afonso Morais.
Morais, Maria Helena Afonso was born on December 12, 1948 in Macedo de Cavaleiros, Bragança, Portugal. Daughter of António Joaquim and Maria Cândida Afonso Morais.
Degree in chemical engineering, University Luanda, Angola, 1971. Degree in biotechnology, New University Lisbon, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Engineering, New University Lisbon, 1988.
Assistant New University Luanda, Portugal, 1972—1975. Research fellow New University Lisbon, Portugal, 1983—1988. Science assistant National Institute Agrarian Research, Oeiras, Portugal, 1976—1979, research assistant Portugal, 1981—1983, auxiliary researcher, head food technical department Portugal, 1989—1996, principal researcher, research group leader Portugal, since 1986.
Researcher Caloust Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal, 1979—1981. Auxiliary professor New University Lisbon, 1993—1998. Associate researcher environmental biotechnology unit Science and Technology Foundation, Lisbon, since 1998.
Member of Portuguese Society Engineering (certified), Portuguese Association Biotechnology, Portuguese Association Biochemistry.
Married José Leonel de Góis Horácio, September 5, 1981 (divorced March 6, 1988). 1 child Maria Ana Afonso Morais Horácio.