Completed a MSc Biochemistry at Universidade do Minho, Escola de Ciências in 2017, and a BSc Biochemistry also at Universidade do Minho, Escola de Ciências in 2014. Main research interests are in molecular biology, protein biochemistry and its biotechnological application. Accordingly, the MSc thesis was the study of the functional expression of membrane transporters in yeast, which has resulted in a pre-patent. The BSc project was focused in the research of the role of functional transcription factors in different plant species. Research grantee at Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia (LNEG), between 2017 and 2019, with the objective of exploring the ability of two Pseudozyma spp strains to assimilate lignocellulosic substrates and produce Mannosylerythritol lipids (MEL). Took part in another research project, entitled “NanoMicroImpact – Impact of engineered nanoparticles and microplastics on textile wastewater treatment with aerobic granular sludge technology” at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in 2019, again as a grantee. This work resulted in the writing of two scientific articles.