José J. G. Moura has a degree in Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Chemistry and is Professor of Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. The main field of research is Bioinorganic Chemistry and the role of Metals in Biology. More than 400 articles indexed in ISI Web of Knowledge and an h-index of 57. For extended periods, Research Specialist at Univ Minnesota (US) and Adjunct Professor at Univ. of Georgia, Athens (US). Past President of Chemistry Department and President of Scientific Council at FCT-UNL, Portuguese Delegate to COST and INTAS, a member of Scientific Panel in the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and FCT-MCTES, NST (US) Specialized Panel, and of several scientific editorial boards. In 2006, he was elected Member of Academia das Ciências de Lisboa and in 2010, elected President of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, for 2 years. Scientific Award MCTES.
Scientific key words: Bioinorganic, Role of Metals in Spectroscopy, (Bio) Electrochemistry, Protein-Protein interactions.
Other interests: Director of FCT NOVA Campus FCT Library and Department of Documentation and Culture; Culture/Scientific Interfaces. In the last years quite involved in multidisciplinary curator activities (Arts and Sciences).