I hold a PhD in Biology (2020) awarded by the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, a MSc in Bioengineering (2013) and a BSc in Biochemistry (2010) from the University of Minho. Currently, I'm a Researcher at CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Matosinhos, Portugal. I work on Biological Sciences, particularly, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Comparative & Functional Genomics, and Evolutionary Biology.