Career

• Since 1999: Auxiliary Professor with final appointment at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (ESA-IPB), Portugal
• 1994 - 1999: Auxiliary Professor at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (ESA-IPB), Portugal
• 1989 - 1994: Assistant Professor at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (ESA-IPB), Portugal

Roles

• Since 2015: Head of the “Biological Control Program of Chestnut Blight by hypovirulence” in Portugal
• 2010 - 2014: Program director of Agronomy at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (ESA-IPB), Portugal
• 1998 - 2000: Head of department at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (ESA-IPB), Portugal
• 1994 - 2004: Vice-head of Pedagogic Committee at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (ESA-IPB), Portugal
• Since 1991: Head of Plant Protection Laboratory at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (ESA-IPB), Portugal

Qualifications

• 2004 - PhD. in Agromomy/Plant Protection, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal
• 1994 - MSc. in Integrate Pest Management, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
• 1987 - Graduation First degree in Agronomic Engineering, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

Interests

• Plant pathology and plant protection. Soil borne pathogens and root diseases: Stamenopiles- Phytophthora soil borne pathogens: diagnose, molecular identification and epidemiology
• Fungal canker diseases of plants: molecular identification, diagnosis, biodiversity and epidemiology
• Biological Control of Plant Diseases: Implementation of the program against Chestnut Blight by hypovirulence based on DICTIS, a formulated biological control agent of our lab, that was authorized for field application by the national authority (DGAV)