M.Sc. in Biological Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (2015), with an internship at the Research Group of Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). Master's thesis on the encapsulation of a natural antioxidant into biopolymer-based microparticles. In 2016, worked as a Junior Scientist at Vitasquare B.V. (Netherlands), a biotechnology company specializing in spray-dried ingredients and solutions. Currently a Ph.D. student at the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP) and working on a collaborative project between Amyris US Biotechnology Company and UCP for the valorization of Amyris fermentation process by-products with the development of new ingredients.