I studied Biochemistry at Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, where I obtained my first degree in 1989. In 1990 I went to Uppsala University, Sweden, where I developed the research that lead to my PhD in Biochemistry (Theoretical), presented in the University of Lisbon in 1994. That same year, I joined ITQB NOVA as a post-doctoral fellow. Five years later I became Invited Assistant Professor and created the Protein Modelling Laboratory, one of the first labs in Portugal to work in this field. In 2005 I became Associate Professor at ITQB NOVA. In 2021 I receive the Agregação degree. Nowadays, my Laboratory works on molecular modelling of proteins using computational biophysical methods and we have experience in a quite large number of areas, from basic research in methods, to applications with biotechnological and biomedical impact. I am co-author of 122 published or accepted papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and I have an h-index of 38 (in Scopus; it is 42 in Google Scholar). I am currently Dean of ITQB NOVA since 2013, and I was Vice-Dean during the 2005-2008 and 2011-2013 periods. I am the Coordinator of the Molecular, Structural and Cellular Microbiology – MOSTMICRO-ITQB Research Unit of ITQB NOVA since 2015. I am President of the Scientific Council of TAGUSPARK, the largest Science and Technology Industry Park in Portugal.