Victor completed his PhD in Biological Oceanography in 1988 at the University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, France. He is currently Assistant Professor at the University of Aveiro, Department of Biology, in Portugal. He specialises in the ecology of coastal and estuarine macro-benthic communities and their responses to natural and anthropogenic factors, integrating environmental, biological and eco-toxicological descriptors in bioassessments. Victor lectures topics in experimental design and the analysis of multivariate biological data to post-graduate students and has been using PRIMER software as a teaching tool for over 20 years. He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed papers and is currently Editor-in-Chief for Marine Pollution Bulletin and Associate Editor for Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.