Prof. Dr. José Leitão

Name: José Manuel Peixoto Teixeira Leitão (Professor (full)) Born: 24-06-1952, Braga, Portugal Academic career: (2003 -) Full Professor (University of Algarve); 1996-2003 - Associate Professor; 1989-1996 - Assistant Professor. 1988 -1989 - Researcher at the LNETI (Sacavém, Portugal) Education: High School - Mozambique (1969): Agriculture Engineer: Higher Institute of Agronomy, Bulgaria (1982); Ph.D. (Cell Biology) Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (1988). Habilitation (Genetics and Plant Breeding) - University of Algarve (2000) Visiting Scholar/Professor: 2012 - Helmholtz Center Munich, Germany; 2007 University of Arizona, Tucson, USA; 2004 University of Georgia, USA; -1999 Stanford University, CA, USA;1993-1998 (12 months) PennState Univ. USA;1992-2008 (20 months) - University of Mainz, Germany; 1989 Institute of Plant Genetic Engineering, Kostinbrod, Bulgaria. University administration: Director of the Undergraduate and Master course on Biotechnology and Ph.D. program in Agrarian Sciences. 2010 - Head of the Department of Biology and Bioengineering. 2005-2007 - Chair of the Scientific Committee. 2000-2004 - Director (Dean) of the Faculty of Engineering of Natural Resources, University of Algarve Research interests: Plant Genetics and Genomics. Plant Epigenetics. Plant Breeding. Mutation Breeding. Cytogenetics. DNA repair. Polyphosphates. Orcid ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-4278-0415 Awards: Doctor Honoris Causa (2011) - Agrarian University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.