I am currently a researcher of the Centro de Química Estrutural (IST) and Invited Assistant Professor of the Chemical Engineering Department, both at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisbon. My research can be broadly described as studying the thermophysical and structural behavior of complex fluids. I perform molecular simulations and calculations with molecular-based equations of state (various versions of SAFT), and combine these with rigorous experimental measurements of bulk, surface, and transport properties, spectroscopic measurements such as 129Xe and 1H NMR, to elucidate the behavior of the studied systems at the molecular level. With this hybrid strategy, I have focused mainly on highly fluorinated compounds and ionic liquids, substances which have in common the ability to display high levels of supramolecular organization in the liquid state. I have been able to elucidate how the simultaneous presence of mutually phobic hydrogenated and fluorinated alkyl chains, hydrophilic and hydrophobic segments, or polar and nonpolar moieties, imparts the possibility of various levels of segregation, from the phase separation at the macroscopic level, to the formation of supramolecular structures such as gels or liquid crystals, to subtle local segregation effects that heavily influence the bulk, surface and solvent properties of the systems even in the absence of phase separation. I have published 58 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, which gathered more than 1000 citations, achieving an H-Index of 21 (Bibliometric data from Web of Science). I am the first author of 21 of these papers, corresponding author of 2 and co-author of more than 50 communications presented at international scientific conferences. The orientation of undergraduate, Master and PhD. students is an important part of my research career, as substantiated in the supervision of 13 Master dissertations and in the current co-supervision of one PhD. student; many of these and other students are co-authors of my papers. Although my research activity is essentially focused on the realm of fundamental science, I have recently co-supervised two MSc. dissertations in collaboration with The Navigator Company (paper production company - market leader in Portugal), who applied the methodology of academic research to practical problems related to the surface treatment of paper. These works gave immediate contributions to the optimization of Navigator’s paper production process through the understanding of fundamental molecular interactions. I have an extensive teaching experience, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including the co-implementation of a new course on Molecular Simulation at IST, where I have assured theoretical, practical and tutorial classes, and also giving theoretical-practical and laboratory classes on several Thermodynamics mandatory courses.