I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, and a researcher of the Centre for Classical Studies (CEC). I hold a PhD in Classical Studies (thesis: “Inscrições Paleocristãs do Território Português: contributo para o estudo do Latim vulgar”, University of Lisbon, 2009). My research interests include epigraphy, historical sociolinguistics, vulgar Latin, multilingualism and Latin linguistics. My interests extend to applied linguistics and sociolinguistics. My work in this field is related to my teaching in the Portuguese as Foreign Language/L2 program, which allowed me to explore how contemporary perspectives on applied linguistics can be used in the study of the Latin language in its ancient social and cultural contexts. Since 2022, I have been a member of the International Commission for the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Germany). I am also a member of the AIEGL–Societas Internationalis Epigraphiae Graecae et Latinae (2021–). In the CEC, I am the PI of the Epigraphica research team (HPRT3 - Epigraphy and Linguistics) dedicated to epigraphy, which has a unique profile in the Portuguese academy: it gathers specialists in Latin Linguistics, Archeology and Ancient History. In this team, I focus on Latin and Greek epigraphy, especially in late antique epigraphic texts, as sources for the study of Latin and the Romance languages. I have published several articles and book chapters and co-authored six books related to classical philology and epigraphy. I am currently participating in five international projects. I am engaged in both undergraduate and postgraduate courses and have supervised and co-supervised MA and PhD theses.