I’m an Associated Professor of Archaeology at Nova Lisbon University (UNL), and currently, I’m the coordinator of the master's programme in medieval archaeology and the director do Institute for Medieval Studies (IEM). I graduated with a history degree, specializing in archaeology, from the University of Lisbon in 1997. I then joined the newly founded Portuguese Institute of Archaeology (IPA). In 1998-1999 I served at IPA's Covilhã office involved in heritage assessment and management. Subsequently, I worked at the IPA’s central services in Lisbon on environmental impact assessments. I was IPA's vice-director (2003-2006), position where I gained leadership skills and expertise in team management. After my tenure as IPA’s vice-director, I secured a FCT doctoral scholarship (2006-2010) that was the basis for my PhD in History, specialization in Archaeology, that I defended in 2010 at UNL. Since my PhD, I’ve held several research projects funded by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, local municipalities, FCT and Fundación La Caixa, and I’ve also formally integrated different international research teams. I've taken on diverse roles within the NOVA FCSH faculty, including coordinating the archaeology degree (2012-2021) and the master of archaeology (since 2023). Additionally, I served as deputy director for research (2016-2021) and vice-coordinator of the History Department (2022-2023). I was vice-director of the IEM (2014-2016) and become to be its current director in 2023. Throughout my career as a researcher, I’ve focused on the interconnectedness of human settlement and landscape. I've delved into understanding how territories evolve within the medieval political and socioeconomic contexts. The Middle Ages interested me because it was when traditional social and territorial structures were formed. I have led 44 archaeological campaigns, primarily focusing on medieval sites in central Portugal. My research has been featured in numerous national and international publications. I have delivered more than 110 lectures and talks at scientific meetings across Portugal, Spain, the UK, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Germany. This body of work has resulted in a total of 134 publications, encompassing 15 books (as co-author and co-editor) and 46 peer-reviewed articles/papers. I've mentored multiple generations of undergraduate, master, and doctoral students through their involvement in my research projects, providing them with practical training in field and laboratory. I've successfully supervised 27 master's and 4 doctoral theses, plus 3 post-doctoral researchers. I'm currently supervising 5 more PhD students. Many former students have now become independent researchers, leading their own projects, and they are training themselves new generations of students. I organised 35 scientific meetings within the IEM's activities, among others in different organisational contexts. I also promoted regular meetings on early medieval archaeology since 2019 - EMCAM, EMBIO and EMCITY. I would like to highlight the coordination of the “Historical Archaeology Series” from Archaeopress together with Prof. Quirós-Castillo (Basque Country University). The contribution of my research to society has been structured around three main axes: 1) integrated management of heritage safeguarding (e.g. Viseu Património programme 2020-2022, Lafões-Vouzela Project); 2) projects aiming to impact different audiences (e.g musealisation of sites, monuments, museums such as the Pinhel, Alto Paiva, Viseu, and Vouzela but also by dissemination throughout Media such as the “Portugal from above” by NG TV and NG and JNHistoria journals); 3) create impact in local communities by involving them directly in research activities and outcomes.