Carlos Santos has obtained his Habilitation for Full Professorship (Agregação) in Econometrics, at the Rectorship of the Portuguese Catholic University, in 2013. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Oxford (2006), having worked under the supervision of Professor David F. Hendry. He concluded his undergraduate studies in Economics in 1999, at the University of Porto, with a final mark of 17 ou of 20 . Currently, he is an Associate Professor (w/ Habilitation) at the University of Maia. He has previously lectured at the Portuguese Catholic University and at Oxford University. He is also a Researcher at NECE-UBI (Research Center in Business Sciences, University of Beira Interior). He has also colaborated with CeBER (Research Centre in Business and Economics - Univ. of Coimbra). In the past, we was a a Graduate Visitor at the European Central Bank, DG-Research, where he worked with Andreas Bayer,. He has published numerous scientific papers in international quality journals. His research is mainly focused on Finance, Econometrics, Machine Learning and Macro- Financial Linkages. In 2022, he went back to Oxford, to work on the Statistical Theory of Machine Learning under the guidance of Professor Max Kasy. He has been a part of nationally (FCT) and internationally (ESRC, UK) financed research teams. He has delivered seminars worldwide.