Landscape Architect (1971) and in Agronomy Engineer (1978), PhD in Urban Planning (1995) and Aggregate in Public Administration and Territorial Policies (2011). In 2001 he was awarded with the Order of Isabel a Católica by the King of Spain. He is currently a researcher at the laboratory URBinLAB-Urbanism and Territorial Dynamics at CIAUD-Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design, Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon and, since 2021, member of the Coordinating Council of the College F3 (Food, Farming & Forestry) of the University of Lisbon. He was a professor of urban and spatial planning and landscape architecture at the Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon, and also taught at the Lisbon College of Fine Arts, the School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, a, Li, at Lusíada University , at the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon, the School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon and the University of Sassari, Italy, as visiting professor. He began his professional activity as landscape architect and urban planner in 1972, having participated in landscape and urban and territorial studies and projects in Portugal, Mozambique, Saudi Arabia, Macau, and Timor, having also been coordinator of the Lisbon City Planning and Programming office (1975), the Santarém Municipal Planning Office (1988-1996) and consultant for the General Directorate of Urbanization Services and the Housing Development Fund (1975 and 1976). From 1988 to 1991 he was member of the National Commission for UNESCO's MAB (Man and the Biosphere) Program. From 1990 to 1993 he was an advisor to the presidency of the Lisbon City Council and the presidency of the Cascais City Council (1995). From 1996 to 2003 he was director and president of AMBELIS, Agency for Economic Modernization of Lisbon, SA. He also held various public positions: Member of the Parliament and Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Social Equipment and Environment (1983 and 1985), having played an active role in approval the Environmental Basic Law (1987), President of the Municipal Assembly of Alcobaça (1990-1994) and member of the Municipal Assembly of Alcobaça in the period 1980-1994) and 2017-2021). He was director of the magazine Agros (1968-1969), the newspaper União de Agricultores (1982-1983), the magazine Grande Lisboa (1998-2003) and, between 2004 and 2005, the magazines Espaços (architecture, Interior Design and Art) and Imobiliário (real estate, business, architecture, and housing). From 1998 to 2003 he was member of the International Committee of the Barcelona Meeting Point Real Estate Fair (1998-2003) and the Marbella Real Estate Fair (2000-2003) and, since 2005, has been member of the Strategic Council of the SIL-Salão Imobiliário de Portugal. In 2017 he received the Career Award from the Portuguese Real Estate Show, in 2018 the Personality of the Year Award from Imobiliária magazine and, in 2022, he was honored by the Portuguese Association of Landscape Architects with the diploma of Honorary Member. Of his published work, the following stand out: De Alcobaça à Independência do Brasil – o coronel Isidoro Rodrigues Pereira e as transformações sociais, económicas e políticas do Maranhão colonial entre 1775 e 1825 (2021); O Encontro de Alcobaça no Contexto da Revolução de 1820 (2020); Urbanização, Espaços Verdes e Sustentabilidade. Do jardim à agricultura urbana. Edições Sílabo, Lisboa (2020); Alfaces na avenida. Estratégias para (bem) alimentar a cidade. Colégio Food, Farming & Forestry (F3), Universidade de Lisboa, (2017) (Editor, coautor); Território e poder. Os usos, as políticas e o ordenamento. (2017); Urbanismo e território – as políticas públicas (2015); Urbanismo e natureza – Os desafios (2010) Fundamentos ambientais do ordenamento do território e da paisagem (2007). Caminho do Oriente: o Projeto, os objetivos. Parque Expo 98, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Ambelis. Lisboa (coautor) (19