Born in Elvas, Portugal, September 1971. Portuguese citizenship. Married, three children.
1994 – Licenciatura (graduate degree) in Physics Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico
1994-1996 – Visiting researcher, Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
2001 – Doutoramento (PhD) in Physics, IST / University of Lisbon (formerly Technical University of Lisbon). Thesis: Development and characterization of a Ti:sapphire-Nd:glass laser system based on chirped pulse amplification. Supervised by J. Tito Mendonça (IST) and Colin N. Danson (RAL)
2001 – 2002 – Postdoc Researcher, GoLP, Center for Plasma Physics, IST
2002 – 2014 – Assistant Researcher, GoLP, Center for Plasma Physics / Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion, IST
2015 – Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, IST
2018 – Visiting scientist, ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain
2023 – Associate Professor, Department of Physics, IST