PhD in Biology, specialization in Plant Biochemistry and Physiology. Associate Professor in Habilitation, in Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Professor at the Faculty of Life Sciences and High School of Technologies and Management of the Madeira University. Coordinator of ISOPlexis, Centre for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Technologies. Researcher of CITAB, Research Centre in Agri-environmental and Biological Technologies. Research interests Agriculture, Food and Biotechnology. Currently develops research in the field of Food Production Systems, agrodiversity and mechanism of signalization and adaptation to ongoing climate changes. Researcher in 35 R&D projects. 348 research and publicizing works published.