Doctor in Digital Media from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, with research fully funded by the FCT, I specialised in the intersection between Interaction Design and Augmented Reality (AR). My scientific activity adopts the Research through Design methodology, focusing on the development of complex interactive systems for scientific literacy (STEM). This path culminated in a thesis that, in addition to resulting in innovative technological artefacts, established design guidelines recognised and cited internationally. These conclusions offered decisive practical contributions to integrating ludic elements and pedagogical strategies into the design of educational games, ensuring that they are both appealing and scientifically rigorous. My academic trajectory is sustained by a broad and diverse teaching experience in Higher Education, with a special focus on the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Madeira. Over the last few years, I have coordinated and taught core curricular units across various study cycles, namely the Master's in Interactive Media Design, the Master's in Cultural Management, and the Postgraduate program in Digital Communication. My pedagogical versatility is proven by my collaboration with the Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering at the University of Madeira, where I taught within the scope of the Master's in Informatics Engineering, as well as at the Conservatory - Professional School of the Arts of Madeira, in the areas of Design and Multimedia Project. In these contexts, I ensure the necessary bridge between technological rigour and Design methodologies, promoting an interdisciplinary and applied vision. This capacity for interdisciplinary dialogue extends to the supervision and co-supervision of master's dissertations and regular participation in relevant academic juries, both at the University of Madeira and the University of Porto. Currently, I play a role in supervision and research for large-scale international projects, such as the eGames Lab (PRR Consortium) and NatureExVR. I am also a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI), Laboratory for Robotics and Engineering Systems (LARSyS), and at the Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology and Innovation (ARDITI).