- Group Leader at iMM since 2015
- Invited Professor at K.U.Leuven, Belgium since 2013
- Staff Scientist at VIB-Leuven, Belgium (2009-2015)
- Postdoctoral Researcher at K.U.Leuven and VIB, Belgium (2006-2009)
- Visiting Scholar within the PhD program at the CNDR/UPENN, University of Pennsylvania, USA (2002-2004)
- PhD in Biochemistry from UNL, Portugal (2006)