2010 – Habilitation in Biology at University of Aveiro
2004 – PhD in Biology at University of Aveiro. Thesis “Population Dynamics and Management of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in Central Portugal and South-Eastern Poland”
1999 – MSc in Ecology at University of Coimbra. Thesis “Ecologia de Javali (Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758) no Centro de Portugal (Ecology of wild boar in Central Portugal)”
1996 – First Degree in Biology (scientific area) at University of Coimbra. Thesis “Biologia do javali (Sus scrofa) (Biology of wild boar (Sus scrofa)”