- Graduation in Teaching of Physics and Chemistry (University of Minho), - MSc in Dynamic Mechanical Analysis and Dielectric Relaxation (University of Minho). - PhD in Science and Engineering of Polymers
Natural biomaterials, marine-derived biomaterials, smart materials for biomedical applications (drug Delivery and tissue Engineering), thermal and physical properties of biomaterials, physical ageing, relaxation phenomena in polymers, viscoelastic behaviour of biopolymers.