Since July 2020, I have been a Principal Researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço under an FCT Stimulus contract. I am currently a member of the institute’s coordination team and one of the directors of the Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto. I graduated in Physics/Applied Mathematics in 2003 and completed a Master’s degree in Astronomy in 2004, both at the University of Porto. My PhD research was carried out at CAUP and at the Centro de Astronomia e Astrofísica da Universidade de Lisboa. In 2009, I began an FCT-funded postdoctoral position between CAUP and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Spain). Recognizing the growing importance of astro-informatics in modern astrophysics, and in parallel with my postdoctoral work, I also completed a degree in Informatics Engineering at the School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, in 2012. In 2013, I became an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Porto, and I am currently a regular invited professor in both the Astronomy doctoral program and the undergraduate Physics degree at FCUP. From 2017 to 2025, I was also an invited Assistant Professor at a private university (CESPU). I am currently supervising two PhD students and have previously supervised six postdoctoral researchers, five PhD students, ten MSc students, and more than twenty undergraduate students. My recognized expertise in exoplanet science, combined with experience in instrumentation development, led to my nomination as the national representative on the Science Technical Committee and the ELT Sub-committee at ESO, positions I held from 2018 to 2023. I have published around 400 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, with more than 21,000 citations and an h-index of 80 (NASA ADS – https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/public-libraries/xyaMr_GjSu6roLJYwSW9aQ). Some of these publications have appeared in Nature and Science. I am the lead author of 17 refereed papers that together have received ~1800 citations. My scientific productivity is strongly linked to my leadership and participation in several successful observing proposals, including multiple ESO Large Programs. I was the Principal Investigator of one FCT research project (240 k€ over 3 years) and an exploratory project (40 k€ over 5 years). I am currently managing a PAE Prodex contract coordinated with the national space agency (PTSpace) to fund the Portuguese participation in the CHEOPS mission extension. I was also the PI of a bilateral project between Portugal and Poland (~10 k€). As Co-I, I have been involved in several national and international projects. I am presently part of major international collaborations, including serving as a board member for CHEOPS and as a member of the ESPRESSO Science Team. For CHEOPS, I have led the “Target Stellar Characterization” working group since the start of the mission. For ESPRESSO, I served as Science Team Chair for two years (2020–2021). I am also one of the co-PIs of the HRMOS instrument proposal to ESO. I have delivered several oral presentations at international conferences and taught courses at two international schools. I have participated in the organization of numerous international conferences (including Exoplanets 6 in 2026), as well as several workshops and project progress meetings. In terms of outreach, I have given dozens of talks in schools, contributed to many institute-organized activities (e.g., Ignite Astro, Researchers’ Night), participated in the development of the planetarium show “CHEOPS: Hello Universe!”, and taken part in various media communication activities, including TV and radio interviews.