In 2005, he was appointed as the Director of the Ergonomics Laboratory at the same University and member of the Direction Board of the Human Engineering MSc. and of the PhD. Programme in Industrial Engineering and Systems. He authored more than 150 papers in international journals and conference proceedings and, as he has been collaborating with several international peer-reviewed scientific journals in the domain of Ergonomics and Occupational Safety, both as a reviewer and member of the editorial committee. He is also the Vice-President of the Portuguese Society for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SPOSHO) since its foundation in 2004.