Education

• Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering, UM, 1997

• Graduation in Environmental Engineering, FCT-UNL, 1984

Positions

• President of the Administration of Hydrographic Region - North (Administração de Região Hidrográfica do Norte) since October 2007.

• Head of Direcção Regional do Ordenamento do Território e dos Recursos Hídricos, Secretaria Regional do Ambiente, Governo Regional dos Açores, 2000 - (2002...)

• Assistant Professor, UMinho, 1997 - 2000 and (2002...-)

• Teaching Assistant, UMinho, 1987-1997

• Consulting Engineer, 1986-1988

• Engineer at Divisão de Hidráulica, Direcção Regional das Obras Públicas e Equipamento, Secretaria Regional do Equipamento Social, Governo Regional dos Açores, 1984-1987

Teaching

• Transport Phenomena Laboratory (Biological Engineering Degree - 2th year)

• Polution Control (Biological Engineering Degree - 4th year)

• Industrial Services (Biological Engineering Degree - 4th year)

• Environmental Impact Assessment (Biological Engineering Degree - 5th year)

• Research Project (Biological Engineering Degree - 5th year)

• Industry Training (Biological Engineering Degree - 5th year)

• Laboratory of Water and Wastewater Technology (Master on Environmental Technology)

Research

• Biofilms in aquatic systems (SBR, UASB/EGSB, design and modeling of wastewater treatment plants)

• Nitrification/denitrification, PAH degradation

• Water resources management, eutrophication

• Environmental engineering education

Selected publications

• Rodrigues, A.C, Brito A.G., Melo L.F. (2001). Post-treatment of a brewery wastewater using a sequencing batch reactor. Water Environment Research Vol January.

• Brito A.G., Melo L.F., Santana F. (2000). Environmental technology education in Portugal: analysis and perspectives. Water Science and Technology, Vol 41, 02, 23 –29.

• Brito A.G., Melo L.F. (1999). Mass transfer coefficients within anaerobic biofilms: Effects of external liquid fluid velocity. Water Research. Vol. 33, 17, 3673-3678.

• Brito A.G., Melo L.F. (1997). Operation of UASB and EGSB reactors with low strength acidified wastewaters: a simplified analysis of reaction and mass transfer effects. Environmental Technology. Vol. 18, 35-44.

• Brito A.G., Rodrigues A.C., Melo L.F. (1997). Feasibility of a pulsed sequencing batch reactor with anaerobic aggregated biomass for the degradation of low strength wastewaters. Water Science and Technology. Vol. 35, 1, 193-198.