Career

• Since 2019: Junior Researcher (national funding by FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology) at the Mountain Research Center of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (CIMO-IPB), Portugal
• 2018 - 2018: Junior Researcher (project ValorNatural ®) at the Mountain Research Center of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (CIMO-IPB), Portugal
• 2017 - 2018: Post-Doctoral Researcher (SFRH/BPD/114753/2016) at the Mountain Research Center of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (CIMO-IPB), Portugal
• 2014 - 2014: Visiting PhD Student at Faculty of Pharmacy at Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain
• 2012 - 2015: PhD Fellow of FCT (SFRH/BD/76019/2011) at REQUIMTE/LAQV and the Mountain Research Center of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (CIMO-IPB), Portugal

Qualifications

• 2015 - PhD. in Pharmacy Sciences – Nutrition and Food Chemistry, University of Porto (UP), Portugal
• 2010 - MSc. in Food Quality and Safety, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), Portugal
• 2007 - Graduation in Clinical Analysis and Public Health, School of Health of Institute Jean Piaget in Macedo de Cavaleiros, Portugal

Awards and Honors

• 2024 - Best oral presentation Award at 2nd International Trainee Symposium in Agri-Food, Nutrition, and Health, hosted at the Richardson Centre for Food Technology and Research, Canada
• 2021 - Antioxidants Best Paper Awards
• 2011 - 3rd Award in the Technology Competition Food I&DT 2011 – CHESTNUTSRAD

Interests

• Chemistry of Natural Products: Extraction and identification of chemical compounds in natural matrices
• Nutraceuticals and functional foods: development of nutraceuticals and innovative food formulations with functional properties
• Technology of Natural Products: Emerging technologies for conservation of food matrices; natural additives; biowaste valorisation
• Photoconversion of ergosterol into ergocalciferol (vitamin D2)