Degree in Psychology in 2000, specialising in Work Psychology, at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Porto. PhD in Psychology, in 2006, at the same Faculty, with a thesis on aging and work. Post-Doctorate in Ergonomics at the Faculty of Human Kinetics of the University of Lisbon.

Associate Professor at Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon, in the Department of Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour, teaching, since 2007, subjects in the areas of Work Psychology, Health and Safety at Work, Organizational Behaviour and Qualitative Methods, in the different programmes, and having supervised several master's and doctoral works.

Researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte (Centre for the Study of Socioeconomic Change and the Territory) developing research on the relationship between health, age, and work, in particular on working conditions, psychosocial risk factors, telework, aging and age diversity at work, having national and international publications in these areas.