With a degree in Marine Biology from the University of Lisbon, I’ve started my career as a production manager for a semi-intensive aquaculture unit for European seabass and gilthead seabream in the Algarve. I moved to Faro in 2008 to proceed with my PhD studies (in Aquaculture – Nutrition) at the University of Algarve, doing research on the modulation of fish quality through a nutritional approach. In 2012 I joined the aquaculture department of Sorgal S.A. as part of the technical team, before being invited to develop the Soja de Portugal group's Innovation Department in 2014. In 2020 I joined B2E, building the CoLAB for its first three years of successful activity. In 2023 I’ve joined Egas Moniz School of Health & Science as Assistant Professor and coordinator of the new Masters in Sustainable Aquaculture.