I completed my BSc and MSc at the University of Porto (UP) in 2011 and began my research career in 2012 with a PhD grant by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia. I got my PhD degree from UP in 2016, supervised by Prof Maria João Ramos. During my PhD, I performed force-field development, assessed density functional theory to study biochemical reactions, and characterized enzyme reaction mechanisms for drug and biomarker development. I also took part in national (Prof António Varandas, U Coimbra) and international (Prof Martin Garcia, U Kassel) collaborations. From 2017-2022, I was a postdoc fellow in the High Performance Computing in Molecular Modelling Group (within LAQV), and I have been involved in 7 funded projects either computational or multidisciplinary. I devised virtual-screening campaigns and in silico hit-to-lead development of new patentable drugs for type-II diabetes (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000024) in a multidisciplinary team of experimental groups: Natural Products, Chemistry and Bioactivity (Prof Paula Andrade, LAQV) and Toxicology (Prof Lourdes Bastos, UCIBIO); with the Macromolecular Crystallography group (Dr Angelina Palma, UCIBIO), I co-led a multidisciplinaryproject to assess natural compounds as novel antidiabetic drugs; and I was a team member on a multidisciplinary project to develop new antidiabetic flavonoid scaffolds (PTDC/MED-QUI/29241/2017), from the Natural Products, Chemistry and Bioactivity group (Prof Eduarda Fernandes, LAQV). More recently, I have studied enzyme reaction mechanisms of sulfur oxygenation and devised computational protocols for the in silico design of enzyme mutants for the biodesulfurization of sour crude oil (PTDC/QUI-QFI/28714/2017), together with Dr Sandra Ribeiro (I3S, Porto). I also integrated a 3-year HPC PRACE project (2019215204) focusing on PET plastic biorecycling, and two project from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (OLCF) on the study of active site dynamics in the catalysis by human pancreatic amylase and the HIV-1 protease with QM/MM MD simulations. Currently, I am a FCT Junior researcher at the High Performance Computing in Molecular Modelling Group (Ref. 2021.00391.CEECIND/CP1662/CT0003). I am studying enzymes reaction mechanisms and developing computational protocols focused on the engineering of bacterial enzymes able to convert sulfur pollutants into non-pollutant sulfur forms. I am also the PI of one computing project in high-.performing computing facilities (Oblivion supercomputer through a project from the National Platform for Advance Computing (RNCA), 2023.09563.CPCA.A1) and the co-PI of two other (VEGA supercomputer through an EuroHPC project, EHPC-REG-2022R03-205, and the Oblivion supercomputer through a project from the National Platform for Advance Computing (RNCA), 2022.15843.CPCA.A1). In the last 5 years, I published 18 research papers in indexed peer-reviewed journals (ca. 179 citations and h-index of 8), several of them in journals with impact factors above 9 (ACS Catalysis, PNAS, Green Chemistry). I also peer-review for top journals (ACS Catalysis, Chemistry Eur J, J Phys Chem). I presented several scientific communications in international/national events, mentored/supervised over a dozen national/international students ranging MSc to PhD degress, and participated in MSc academic juries. I also participated in workshops on intellectual property protection and promoted activities within my workplace (group seminars, international conferences), took part in activities for scientific dissemination and cultural outreach within the University of Porto (University fair, scientific exhibitions) and published in open national journals for an educational audience.