Researcher in the Laboratório de Ciências do Mar (CIEMAR) since 2005, namely of the projects MAPSi - Monitorização de Ambientes Marinhos do Porto de Sines, with particular incidence in the intertidal and subtidal environments, and studies of environmental quality. Participation in many projects of the Lab linked to the environmental monitoring and marine ecology (Arrojal, BLueTide, ImpactÓleo, ImpactÓleo2, ImpacTur, LesTur, MarSW, Protect, SeaForest, among others).