Bachelor of Biology from FCUP and a Master in ICBAS Environmental Toxicology and Contamination; her primary focus of research is environmental ecotoxicology, based on the study of the quality of the quality of soils and biotic communities under the influence of different agricultural practices.

Previously a research fellow in the COPPEPEPLACE Project, funded by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) through the European Territorial Cooperation Operational Program – Interreg V-B Southwest European, which aims to decrease the application of copper in vineyards and develop strategies for remediation of contaminated soils in the SUDOE region.