- PhD Botany, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland (1996)
- Doctoral Biology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1992)
- Higher Diploma in Education (Biology), ILO, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1998)
Main professional achievements:
- 1998-2004: Teacher of biology and mathematics, RSG Enkhuizen, The Netherlands;
- 2006-2012: Post-doctoral research fellowship from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (SFRH/BPD/26914/2006);
- 2012-2018: Post-doctoral research fellowship from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (SFRH/BPD/79662/2011);
- Responsible for the management and execution of PTDC/CLI/64480/2006: Climate change and Mediterranean ecosystems - the effect of precipitation variability on the understory of cork oak woodlands, 2008-2012;
- Responsible for the management and organization of partner duties of EU 13 – IMECC project: Infrastructure for Measurement of the European Carbon Cycle, 2007-2011;
- Participant of (i) CARBOEUROPE-IP: Assessment of the European Terrestrial Carbon Balance, (ii) ESPACE–GRASS: European Stress Physiology and Climate Experiment, (iii) ENRICH: European Network of Research on the Impact of CO2 on Herbaceous Crops;
- Author or co-author of 17 papers in peer reviewed journals and of 2 book chapters. Associate editor of Plant Ecology and Frontiers in Plant Science (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-6622).