She earned her Ph.D. at University of Porto (UP), Portugal. She conducted research at Department of Biology in the Faculty of Sciences and the laboratory of Soil / Water Interactions at the Marine and Environmental Research Center. (CIIMAR) of Oporto University, Portugal. She has authored of several research articles, several of them together with undergraduate student's co-authors. She has teaching experience of more than 30 years being the director of the MSc course on (UP in Biology and Management of Water Quality Biological has guided several thesis doctoral and master's degree in Aquatic Ecology scope. It reviewer and several scientific journal.