2003 - Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering field, specialisation in Transportation Planning by FCT/Coimbra University
1993 - Master’s in Soil Mechanics by FCT/UNL
1989 - Degree in Civil Engineering by IST/UTL
Since 2005 - Head of the accredited Laboratory UO PAVMAT of LNEC-EM.
Since 2003 - Assistant Researcher
2010 – 2013 - Head of Road and Airport Infrastructures Division of Transportation Department
1993 – 2003 – Research Assistant
1992 – 1993 – Research Trainee
1992 - Fellowship for Research Trainee
1990 – 1992 - JNICT fellow student
1990 - Fellowship for Research Trainee
Paving materials, including non-traditional materials
Evaluation of performance models and methods for analysing the structural behaviour
Assessment of the behaviour of road and airport pavements.
Participation in research projects as responsible investigator
Participation in research projects as investigator
Supervision of training courses, participation in committees for organising events, participation in committees for reviewing scientific works.
LNEC’s delegate at FEHRL Research Coordinator group.
Portuguese representative at the Technical Committee of AIPCR, "Terminology and Translation Assistance (CTERM) 2009-2011.
Group Coordinator GT02 - "Aggregates" included in CT09, from RELACRE.
Participation in Standardisation Committees, CT154 - Aggregates and CT 129 - Paving Materials.
Group coordinator of SC2/CT154 – Aggregates for bituminous mixtures
Group coordinator of GT1 - Promote of use of non-traditional materials in embankments and structural layers of Portuguese Commission of Geotechnical Transport (CPGT) da SPG
National representative elected for the Material and Construction Products sector for IPAC’s Technical Commission for Accreditation of Laboratories (CTAL ).