PhD in Architecture, at Higher Technical School of Architecture/ University of Seville, 2012. Master degree in Architectural Heritage Conservation at University of Évora, 2002. Graduated in Architecture at Faculty of Architecture of Technical University of Lisbon, FAUTL, 1990. Teacher of PhD in Architecture of the University of Évora since 2014 and teacher of Master in Architecture of the University of Évora since 2002. Director of Master in Architecture of the University of Évora between 2013 and 2017. Research in architecture and publications in the fields of design, methodologies of intervention on heritage and military architecture in Portuguese expansion. PhD thesis “From the sea against the earth. First bastioned fortifications of the Portuguese expansion. Architectural study”, with the scientific guidance of Paulo Varela Gomes and António Tejedor Cabrera, awarded with the price National Defense Research Award 2015, of Portuguese Committee on Military History. Professional practice of architectural design since 1990. Architect of the General Directorate for Nacional Monuments, DGEMN, since 1996 to 2004, where he is responsible for conservation, recovery and adaptation works in classified buildings. Some of his works have been awarded and published in peer-reviewed journals, including buildings like Estalagem da Casa Branca in Funchal (co-authorship with João Favila, nominated for MIES VAN DER ROHE Price, Barcelona, for SECIL Price, Lisbon and winner of Price of architecture of Funchal, 2002) and the National Museum of Resistance and Freedom in Fortaleza de Peniche, 2019/2024.