Student (d6896) in the Agrarian and Environmental Sciences PhD Program, specialising in Forest Science, at the Universidade de Évora. Research assistant at Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária I.P. (1995-2025). Ecophysiology of woody plants; water relations; growth; biomass; carbon assimilation and allocation; plant adaptations to environmental stresses; superabsorbent polymers applied to the soil in forest plantations.