Carlos A. A. Carvalhais holds a degree in Environmental Health from the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (ESS|P.Porto), a master’s degree in Occupational Safety and Hygiene Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and a PhD in Occupational Health and Safety from the University of Porto. He also holds a postgraduation in Radiation Protection and Safety from University College of Dublin and ESS|P.Porto. After graduating, he developed professional and scientific activity in occupational and environmental health in the Air and Occupational Health Unit of the National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge. He also has experience in the area of quality, environment and safety management, in the industry.
Currently, he is an invited assistant professor at ESS|P.Porto, teaching in the Environmental Health BSc degree and in Safety and Hygiene in Organizations Master’s Degree.
He is an integrated researcher at the Occupational Chemical Exposures-Health Lab from ITR and has been developing research on topics related to occupational health and safety and indoor environments, which results have been awarded.
He is the author of dozens of publications, articles published in international journals with peer review, book chapters and full articles in international indexed conference proceedings. He also has several communications in national and international conferences.