Currently PhD student in Food Biotechnology at Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED UAlg) in partnership with the Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry (LAQV/REQUIMTE, U.Aveiro) with research focused on development of sustainable package from vegetal byproduct for high pressure process. Worked as a research fellow in the Xtreme Gourmet project at MarBiotech group (CCMAR, Portugal).