Graduated in 2003 from Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon) in Chemical Engineering. Received his PhD degree from Imperial College London in 2009 in the field of Process Systems Engineering with a focus on optimization and control. From 2009-2014 worked as a Consultant at Process Systems Enterprise (London) on a wide range of projects dealing with the design, simulation, optimization, and troubleshooting of chemical engineering plants. In 2018, joined the Faculty of Engineering at Porto University, focusing on a variety of research subjects, including Energy Efficiency, Machine Learning and Data Analysis, Multiparametric Optimization, and Biotechnology (focus on developing algorithms for image processing). Since September 2023, working as a teaching assistant, and as a researcher in the field of green ammonia.