Graduated in Veterinary Medicine in 2000, obtained a Master's Degree in Medical Parasitology in 2004 and, more recently, a Doctor's Degree in Biomedical Sciences (2017) with a thesis entitled “Neutrophil-Leishmania interaction during the initial phase of Leishmania infantum infection in dogs ”. Author of two book chapters, fifteen scientific articles published in international journals and several communications at international and national scientific meetings, some of which by invitation. Co-researcher in several projects funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). Research work mainly in the area of ​​immunology, in the context of Leishmania spp. infection. Teaching activity since 2010, initially at the Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre, Portugal and currently at the Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal.