1- Education
- PhD in Tourism and Post-doctorate in wine tourism; MSc in Management and Development in Tourism from the University of Aveiro
- Master Business Administration in Marketing from IESF - Higher Education Institute of Financial and Fiscal Studies;
- Degree in Economics from the University of Coimbra;
- Degree in Financial Auditing and a Graduate Specialization degree in Accounting and Auditing, both from ISCAA - Higher Institute for Accountancy and Administration - University of Aveiro.
-PhD student in Food Heritage, Culture and Identities ( University of Coimbra- UC);

2- Teaching
- Invited Professor at University of Coimbra (since 2022);
- Assistant Professor at ISCET - Institute of Business Sciences and Tourism (From 9 de julho de 2019 - 2022);
- Assistant Professor at University Portucalense Infante D. Henrique (2013-2017), at the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture, teaching undergraduate and graduat courses of Tourism, Tourism hospitality, Heritage and territory development and Wine Culture and Enotourism. Coordinated 1st degree in Tourism and Short Master in Wine Culture and Enotourism, participating in several National projects in the fields of Regional Development and Tourism and Member of the Scientific Council of UPT.
- Invited Professor at IPP – Instituto Politécnico do Porto - Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo - Postgraduate degree in wine tourism(since 2019)
- Teacher at EHTC- Coimbra School of Hotel and Tourism (2011-2013)

3- Research Fields
- Wine Tourism, Olivotourism, Travel Distribution and Food Heritage.

4- Research Units
- Integrated Researcher at CECH – Center for Classical and Humanistic Studies at the University of coimbra https://www.uc.pt/cech/investigacao/investigadores/investigadores-integ…;

- Member of DIAITA - IIIUC (Coimbra University) Interdisciplinary Research Institute – DIAITA Project (Food Heritage of Lusofonia): Food Heritage line http://www.uc.pt/iii/research_centers/CECH/projetos/diaita/equipa_diaita;

- Associate researcher at GOVCOPP (Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy Research Unit) University of Aveiro. https://www.ua.pt/govcopp/page/21720

5 - Projects
- Researcher integrated in the International Project - JPICH/0001/2020 - OLIVE4ALL – Olive Heritage for Sustainable Development: Raising Community Awareness of Living Heritage (since 26/05/2022);

- Researcher integrated in the Project “Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Central Region of Portugal” (PCI-CentroPT) of the CECH Research Unit - University of Coimbra, under the coordination of Professor Carmen Soares. (02/2020 to 31-12-2022) with publication of Catalog/Exhibition PCI- Centro de Portugal: publication 24-11-2023. https://www.culturacentro.gov.pt/pt/inicio/saber-ser-saber-fazer-o-patr…;

- Researcher integrated in the TWINE Project – Co-creating sustainable Tourism & WINe Experiences in rural areas, Notice No. 02SAICT2017, from the University of Aveiro. Under the coordination of Prof. Doctor Elisabeth Kastenholz, from the University of Aveiro, bringing together researchers from UA, UBI and IPV, international experts, City Councils, Parish Councils, CCDR Centro and Turismo do Centro. (29-3-2018 a 31-7-2022 )

- Postdoctoral Researcher in the project INNOVINE&WINE - R&D Vine and Wine Innovation Platform – UTAD – University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, within the scope of ON 0015, with Scientific Coordination: Veronique Nelly Paul Marie Joukes. (9-4-2018 a 31-03-2019)

- Postdoctoral researcher at CIDEHUS (University of Évora) and in the CREATOUR project – “Development of Creative Tourist Destinations in Small Cities and Rural Areas”, with reference “POCI‐01‐0145‐FEDER‐016437”, co‐financed through the “Programs” COMPETE 2020. FOR Lisbon, FOR Algarve) and for FCT. Advisor: Doctor Ana Maria Ferreira. See http://www.cidehus.uevora.pt/members/bolseiros_projetos. Several tasks were developed: Project: “Cultural Heritage and Tourism: revealing places and identities that allow the development of the Alentejo region.” Advisor: Doctor Ana Maria Ferreira. (1-09-2017 a 31-01-2018); Colaborating in writing the preliminary report for the UNWTO of the Observatory for Sustainable Tourism of Alentejo (Évora University). The Alentejo Sustainable Tourism Observatory (ASTO) was recognized by the World Tourism Organization (WTO), becoming part of the International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories in January 2018. (1-09-2017 a 31-01-2018)
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