I am a researcher from the Centre for Social Studies from the University of Coimbra (CES-UC), and co-coordinator of the outreach program "Ciência Viva at CES" and of the Methodologies Series "Wheel of Knowledge".

I have a PhD in Biology from the University of Porto, on evolutionary biology and population genetics, but since 2009 I am also interested in the areas of Science Communication and Non-formal Science Education. From 2016 I am working exclusively in these areas, combining biology-centered knowledge with social sciences and arts-based methods and methodologies.

My current research interests are centered in the study and production of science communication, active learning and public engagement in and with science (citizen science) tools about the relations between biodiversity and human health, interlinks between systems (natural, social, cultural) and (environmental) sustainability. I am interested in interdisciplinary approaches and methodologies that enhance the inclusion and participation of the publics, such as context-based education or the visual methodologies, and in mixed methods of evaluation of the produced tools. I am particularly interested in the inclusion of younger children (3-10 years old) in the knowledge-production processes and in transformative, creative and cooperative educational practices.