Commissions of Trust
2019-present Sub-Director of the College of Polar and Extreme Environments (POLAR2E)
2019-2023 Expert Member of the Life Sciences Working Group (LSWG) of ESA
2019-2022 Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Astrobiology
2019-2021 Scientific Advisory Board Member of the Portugal-UK Bilateral Research Fund (BRF)
2018-2020 Member of the Research Grants board 15K Physical Sciences, Royal Society, UK
2017-present Portuguese Representative of the Executive
Committee of the European Astrobiology Network Association (EANA)
2015-2021 Member of the Newton International Fellowship Panel, Royal Society, UK
2015-2017 Member of the Phobos Sample Return Science Study Team, European Space Agency (ESA)
2015-2016 Science Officer for Origins and
Astrobiology, Planetary and Solar System Sciences Division of the
European Geosciences Union (EGU)
2015 Member of the Lunar Sample Return Science Definition Team (LPSR SDT), ESA
2015-2017 Member of Space Environments Working Group (SEWG), UK Space Agency (UKSA), UK
2014-2018 Member of Working Group 2 of the
EU-Framework 7 Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) action
TD1308 ORIGINS
2014-2015 ESA Topical Team Member Lunar Exploitation of local planetary materials (ELPM)
2014 Group Chief of Proposal Review panel, Emerging Worlds Program, NASA
2012-2015 Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Astrobiology (IJA)
2012 Group Chief of Proposal Review panel, NASA Astrobiology Institute Cycle 6 CAN, NASA
2011-2016 ESA Topical Team Member Future Astrobiology Experiments in Earth orbit and beyond
Participation in space missions
2022-present Community Scientist on the Ariel Science Team
2019-present Team Member of the Comet Interceptor space mission (ESA)
2018-present Team Member of the Portuguese Consortium of the ARIEL space mission (ESA)
2018-present Team Member of the Japanese space mission Hayabusa2 (JAXA)
2015-present Co-I of the EXOcube space mission. Selected by ESA for the definition phase.
2016-2017 Co-Leader
of the Akon Europa Moon penetrator space mission concept.
2016-2017 Member of the core team of the Joint Europa Mission (JEM) space mission concept.
2012-2014 Co-chair
of the Astrobiology Working Group of the MarcoPolo-R space mission.
The asteroid sample return mission was shortlisted for ESA's Cosmic Vision program (M3).
2010-present Co-I of the OREOcube space mission. In the implementation phase for installation on the ISS.
2007-2009 Post-Doc responsible for developing detection
methods of organic compounds for the Urey instrument,
which was then short-listed to fly on the ExoMars mission.