MAIN SPECIALIZATION • Forestry Engineering and Technology of Forestry Products • Environment/Biodiversity • Science Communication • Museology CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS • Identification and Characterization of Woods • National and Tropical Wood Anatomy • Physical-mechanical properties of the Woods • Colorimetric study of the Woods • Database/Xylotheques • Numerical taxonomy • Dendrochronology-Dating method, by dendrochronology, of painting from the 15th to 17th centuries, on Baltic Oak Wood OTHER AREAS OF ACTIVITY • University Teaching (classes in Bachelors and Masters degrees) • University of Lisbon's Higher Institute of Agronomy (ISA) • Faculty of Science of the University of Lisbon • Polytechnic Institute of Viseu • Jean Piaget Institute • Collaborating teacher in: • Institute of Higher Education and Sciences • Lisbon School of Higher Education • Institute of Education of the University of Lisbon • Guest teacher: • Eduardo Mondlane University – Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering, Mozambique • University of Cape Verde-UniCV • Coordinator of a Degree at the School of Higher Education-Jean Piaget Institute in Almada, from 1996 to 2001. • Professor at the School of Higher Education-Jean Piaget Institute in Almada, from 1995 to 2003. • Guest Professor at Eduardo Mondlane University – Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering, Mozambique, since 2002. • Collaborating Researcher in the FORTEC research team: forestry and bio-refineries at the Higher Institute of Agronomy (ISA), University of Lisbon. • Member of the organizing committees of National and International Conferences, promoted by the Institute of Higher Education of Maia - University Institute of Maia. • Educational coordinator at the Living Science Centre of Sintra • Responsible for the internationalization of the Living Science centre of Sintra with contacts among Lusophony countries (Mozambique, Cape Verde, S. Tomé and Príncipe, Guinea, etc.). • Curator of the two xylotheques of the Ex-Institute for Tropical Scientific Research (IICT), currently at the University of Lisbon, referenced in the index Xylariorum 4. • Quality manager (ISO/IEC 17025:2005). • Trainer (Certificate of Professional aptitude of the National System of Professional Certification of the Institute of Employment and Professional Training – CAP)) • Trainer (Trainer Certificate by the Scientific-Pedagogical Council of Continuous Training by the University of Minho-CCPFC) in the areas: o A10 (Nature Sciences/Natural Sciences) o A62 (Agronomy/Forestry Sciences) oC20 (Research/Action) oD08 (Environmental Education) • Trainer of the ESA programme (European Space Agency) – ESERO Portugal (European Space Education Resource Office). • Secretary General, for the NGO ‘Causa Maior’ (Greater Cause) – association founded on 11/10/2013