2008 Degree in Veterinary Medicine by Institute of Biomedical Sciences of Abel Salazar, University of Porto. 2008-2010 Small Animal Clinical Practice. 2010-2011 Internship in Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology and Immunology of Institute of Biomedical Sciences of Abel Salazar. 2011-2012 Research fellow. Project: Portuguese Wild Mushrooms: Chemical characterization and functional study of antiproliferative and proapoptotic properties in cancer cell lines. PTDC/AGR-ALI/110062/2009. IPATIMUP. 2012-2013 Research fellow. Project: Transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms of LRP1B inactivation in sporadic and familial non-medullary thyroid cancer?/IPATIMUP (PTDC/SAU-OBD/101242/2008). IPATIMUP. 2013 PhD student. ?Sodium/Iodide symporter (NIS) restoration in thyroid tumors: overcoming therapy resistance? SFRH /BD/87887/2012. IPATIMUP/Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto.