Current:
2021 Associate Professor. Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (IST/IBB), University of Lisbon, Portugal.
2015 Assistant Professor. Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (IST/IBB), University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Industrial / Knowledge Transfer:
2013 Project Manager, Research and Technology Management Fellowship (5 months), SUDOE Regenerative Medicine Network SUDOE Interreg IV B. SOE3/P1/E750.
2008-2013 Business Development Consultant. Supporting Executive for CoHiTec 2008-13, Business catalyst for ISCT-MIT I3 2010 and Building Global Innovators 2013.
2007 Technical consultancy. Membrane Extraction Technology (MET). Development of organic solvent nanofiltration processes. Primary contact: Dr Andrew Boam (6 months).
2002 Development Process Engineering. Membrane Extraction Technology (now Evonik-MET). United Kingdom. Industrial application of the MARS at pilot scale at a resin production site (6 months).Academic:
2013-2014 Senior Research Scientist, Investigador Principal, Development grant, Investigador FCT, Research Contract: IF/00442/2012 (Starting date: 1 Sept 2013, close date Dec 2014), Main Scientific area: Engineering and Technology, Scientific Area: Chemical engineering. Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (IST/IBB)
2009-2013 Invited Assistant Professor. Department of Bioengineering (2011-2013)/Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (2009-2010), Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (IST/IBB), Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, under the MIT-Portugal Program.
2008-2009 Research fellow. Instituto de Ciência e Engenharia de Materiais e Superfícies/Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (ICEMS/DEQB), Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal.
2006-2008 Post-Doc Researcher. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa/Honorary Research Associate: Imperial College London. Project on membrane technology: chiral separations, nanofiltration and water treatment.
2004-2006 Research Associate. Department of Chemical Engineering and
Chemical Technology, Imperial College London (IC). United
Kingdom. Project in collaboration
with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).