My professional activities have always been divided between commercial activities and research related to academic contexts. I am a strong believer that Science & Society co-exist and benefit from continuous dialogue - "ivory towers" benefit no one. 

POSITION(S)

• 2021/present: Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA), Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

• 2017/present: Invited Research Fellow / Cranfield University, United Kingdom

• 2019/present: EMOLABS – Emotions Morality Labs.

• 2019/present: Lab-HD - Laboratório de Humanidades Digitais (Lab_HD), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa.

• 2018/present: ongoing collaboration with archaeological firms, e.g: Néopica, COTA.80.86, Atalaia Plural -Arqueologia, Património e Território, Lda.

• 2015/present: Coordinator of the Laboratory for Biological Anthropology and Human Osteology (LABOH), of the Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA), Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

• 2015/2020: Junior Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA), Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

• 2012/present: Consultant at Signinum – Gestão do Património Cultural: Consultant on issues related to Anthropology: excavation, preservation, management and expositions. One of Signinum’s major objectives is to preserve and promote Portugal’s Cultural Heritage both nationally and internationally. It also participates in consultancy of international Cultural Heritage sites.

• 2000/2002: Founding member and technician of the company BioAnthropos – Estudos de Antropologia Biológica, Lda.  Duties: Project manager and field and laboratory technician on the excavation and study of human osteological remains.

• 1997/2000: Research Centre and Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universidade de Coimbra.Free-lance worker. Duties: Project manager and field and laboratory technician on the excavation and study of human osteological remains.