In 2007, Ricardo Vidal finished his bachelor's in Biochemistry at the Faculty of Sciences and ICBAS of the University of Porto. He has a post-graduation in Food, Science, and Technology, which he obtained in 2008 from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto and the Biological Department of the University of Minho. He worked in the food industry at the Port Wine Cellars before joining INEB in 2008 (and I3S in 2023), where he has worked until now as a research technician belonging to the core scientific facility ABC - Advanced Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Characterization. 
In 2023, Ricardo completed his master's in Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship from the Faculty of Engineering (FEUP) of the University of Porto. In his dissertation, he studied Service design for better communication and management practices in the context of scientific services in core facilities, namely, at the core facility where he belongs - BN. At BN, he is responsible for training, assistance, disclosure, and the analysis of samples in several techniques, such as Dynamic Light Scattering, Ellipsometry, FTIR, Electro Kinetic analyzer, Optical Contact Angle, Rheology, Dynamic mechanical analysis, and  Gel Permeation chromatography, among others.