Career

• Since 2010: Auxiliary Professor, Agriculture School, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
• 2007 - 2011: Guest Associate Professor, University of Madeira
• 2001 - 2010: Assistant Professor, Agriculture School, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
• 1997 - 2001: Assistant Professor, Agriculture School, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
• 1995 - 1997: Assistant Professor. School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Guarda
• 1992 - 1995: Assistant Professor. School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Guarda

Roles

• 2014 - 2017: Head of Social and Exact Sciences Department, Agriculture School, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
• 2014 - 2017: Member of the Permanent Council of the Agriculture School, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
• 2008 - 2013: Vice-coordinator of Social and Exact Sciences Department, Agriculture School, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
• 2007 - 2007: Head of Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Agriculture School, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
• 2006 - 2006: Vice-head of Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Agriculture School, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
• 2003 - 2009: Member of the Scientific Council of the Agriculture School, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
• 1999 - 2007: Member of the Pedagogical Council

Qualifications

• 2005 - in Social and Human Sciences - Economics, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
• 1998 - Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
• 1992 - in Agriculture Management, Universidade de Trás-os- Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal

Awards and Honors

• 2014 - Honorable Mention - free communication, Symptoms of Depression and Solitude in Institutionalized Elderly Persons, Nursing School, Vila Real, Portugal
• 2013 - Best communication in panel, IX Colloquium Pharmacy. School of Technology and Health of Porto, Porto
• 2012 - Best Communication in panel, School of Health, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
• 2012 - Best Communication in panel, V Symposium on Obstetrics. School of Health, Vale do Ave, Famalicão, Portugal
• 2011 - Best Communication in panel, IV Symposium on Obstetrics. School of Health of Vale do Ave, Famalicão, Portugal

Interests

• Market Research of traditional food products
• Strategic and management agribusiness
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Entrepreneurship
• Rural economic development
• Education economy and leadership
• Public health and Pharmacoepidemiology