Master in Plants Biodiversity and Biotechnology by the University of the Açores, being at this time a PhD student in Biology at the same establishment, with the thesis project "Changes in plant and soil microbial taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity along gradients of land management intensity in Azorean grasslands and forests".

Collaborator of the project BIOINVENT - Generic bio-inventory of functional soil microbial diversity in permanent grassland ecosystems across management and climate gradients, BiodivERsA3.