- DMD, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 1985; MS (1992) and Certificate (1993), University of Iowa, USA; PhD, Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium (1995).
- Full Professor, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry.
- 2015 University of Minnesota School of Dentistry's Century Club Professor of the Year; 2017 IADR Dental Materials Group Peyton-Skinner Award for Innovation.
- Associate Editor, Journal of Adhesive Dentistry; Section Editor of Operative Dentistry, Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry; Editorial Board of the American Journal of Dentistry, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, and Pediatric Dentistry.
- Delivered over 280 invited lectures in Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, and South America; has published over 160 peer-reviewed articles in international journals. Has authored 26 book chapters and is editor and author of the books Restoration of Root Canal-Treated Teeth: An Adhesive Dentistry Perspective and Tooth Whitening: An Evidence-Based Perspective (Springer).
