My research focuses on early modern and contemporary global contacts of people and objects. I have been instrumental in the development of new methods of identification of Portuguese material culture used around the world by different people. On the more theoretical level, I deal with frameworks concerning how people and objects interact in the formation of identities, and how can they reflect global contacts. My underlying philosophy is that science requires interdisciplinary teams covering not only humanities but also science and technology. Although I have worked and published sites and collections from the Iron Age through to the 20th century, my major area of research is medieval, post-medieval, and contemporary archaeology (8th-20th centuries). This vast chronology has allowed me to observe and develop frameworks and methodologies for interpreting long-term structural changes in social and cultural structures. I currently have a research and teaching position at NOVA University of Lisbon. I am also president of the Lisbon Archaeology Group based in the Portuguese Archaeologist Association and vice president of the Institute of Archaeology and Paleosciences based in NOVA University of Lisbon. I have published more than 200 papers both in high impact journals as well as in local Portuguese journals destined to the general public. I have organized 12 conferences (currently I am organizing the Society for Historical Archaeology conference in Lisbon in 2021, the third time outside North America and the first time in a non-English speaking country), and have given 105 talks in conferences in several parts of the world (both invited and by call). I was awarded the first PhD grant in Post-Medieval Archaeology in Portugal by FCT (2006), one Fulbright scholarship (2011), and two FCT postdoctoral fellowships (2012-2015 and 2016-2019). I was the first female PhD in Historical Archaeology in the country and the first dealing with the subject of globalization in archaeology. I have supervised the excavation of over 20 archaeological sites (recently a 19th-20th century fishermen’s village) and studied collections from more than 50 sites supervised by other archaeologists. Over the last five years, I have been constantly working with archaeological companies providing scientific bases for their work. This has produced several publications in Portugal and abroad. In 2012, I created the undergraduate module ‘Contemporary Archaeology’ at NOVA University of Lisbon, the first of its kind in Portugal and in the last two years I have also taught ‘Theory in Archaeology’. I am capable of combining empirical experience as a field archaeologist and material culture specialist using current theoretical debates. Furthermore, I can apply those debates to the daily work of dozens of field archaeologists working in archaeological companies when excavating medieval and post-medieval contexts. As a Principal Investigator, I have developed several projects including Portuguese Ceramics in the North Atlantic – together with Dr Sarah Newstead (funded by the American Institute of Archaeology, American Ceramic Circle, Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and Santander Bank), and From Roman to Contemporary: 2000 years of archaeology in Santarém (founded by the private company Arpa – Arqueologia e Património Lda), 1775 Earthquake house Project (founded by the private company Cota 80.86), The Early Medieval village of Casa Branca (founded by the Medieval Archaeology Society and the private company Embraer). Currently I’m developing a survey of British Transferware in Portugal (18th – 19th century) sponsored by the Transferware Collectors Club. I have also participated in several projects around the world (Cape Verde, Brazil, and Oman).