PhD (Royal College of Art, 2003). MFA (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1992).
Professor of Design and New Media at the University of Porto. Director of the PhD Program in Design (U.Porto / U.Aveiro/ UPTEC / ID+). Director, on behalf of U.Porto, of the Institute for Research in Design, Media and Culture / Unexpected Media Lab.
Chair of the Scientific Board (HSS) at the Foundation for Science and Technology (2016-present, member since 2010). Curator, FuturePlaces medialab for citizenship, since 2008.
Outreach Director of the UTAustin-Portugal Program for Digital Media (2010-2014). Member, Academia Europaea. Member, Executive Board, European Academy of Design. Advisory Board Member for Digital Communities, Prix Ars Electronica.
Since 2000, Heitor develops audiovisual work with Touch, Cronica Electronica, Ash International and Tapeworm. He is the Ambassador in Portugal of the KREV project since 2001. Projects include Autodigest (since 2002), 3-33.me (since 2012) and Antifluffy (since 2013).
Current research interests include the lexical implications of new media, the ecology of perception, and cultural criminology.