I am an integrative biochemist with a solid biophysical and microbiology background. I have a bachelor’s degree in Genetics (2009) from Universidade Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro and a master’s degree in Microbiology (2011) from FCUL. My master’s work was developed at the Research Institute for Medicines iMed.ULisboa, where I investigated the role of carbapenemases in bacterial clinical isolates and contributed to the understanding of the mechanisms of bacterial antibiotic resistance and dissemination in a public hospital, Hospital Santa Maria, a work described in 2 publications. I completed my PhD in Biochemistry (2019) at ITQB-Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. The work, reported in 5 articles, provided a groundbreaking contribution to the study of bioenergetics, particularly on ACIII (co-first authors: Sousa, Calisto etal 2018 Nat Commun IF=14.9). In September 2019, I started my post-doctoral work on the energy transduction mechanisms of respiratory proteins at BioISI/FCUL, reported in 5 articles. My extensive knowledge of respiratory membrane proteins allowed me to provide a revolutionary view on biological mechanisms for energy transduction (Calisto etal 2021 Chem Rev IF=72.1). I am the author (h-index 7, GoogleScholar) of 11 peer-reviewed articles in international journals (7 as first author, all in Q1 journals), which collected >230 citations. I delivered 5 oral presentations and contributed to 8 proceedings and >15 posters at international meetings. I am/was a member of 5 FCT projects and PI and Co-PI of 2 BioISI projects.