As clinical director of the Ria Formosa Wildlife Recovery and Research Centre (RIAS - Olhão), my work focuses on the medicine and rehabilitation of wildlife as well as its conservation through the identification of threats and mortality causes. I also combine my work as a veterinarian with research in areas such as parasitology, toxicology and forensic medicine. Currently, my main line of research is the impact, diagnosis and treatment of paralyzing biotoxins in marine and aquatic birds.