Paulo Avilez-Valente holds a PhD from the University of Coimbra (Civil Engineering, 2000). He graduated from the University of Porto (License in Civil Engineering, 1987) and from the University of Wales, Swansea (Computational Mechanics, 1990). He is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. His main interests are Computational Hydraulics, Coastal Engineering and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. He is currently working in numerical modelling of wave generation-propagation, extreme events, and coastal and estuarine circulation.
