2014 – PhD in Biology, Specialization in Microbiology by the Aveiro University.
2008 – Master in Microbiology by the University of Aveiro (final classification of 16).
2007 – 4 years degree in Biology by the University of Aveiro (final classification of 15).
1) Environmental Microbiology; Microbial Ecology; Molecular Biology
2) Investigation of marine microbial symbionts to search for novel compounds including biocatalysts and antibiotics.
3) Bacterial biodegradation of pollutants and microbe enhanced phytorremediation.
4) Bioinformatics and metagenomic based analysis