I received a BSc in enology and a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD). I am an Assistant Professor at UTAD and a Chemistry Research Centre – Vila Real member. I have Published 80 articles in international scientific journals, seven technical papers, 12 book chapters, and 85 publications in conference proceedings. Supervised Ph.D. and master's thesis besides having supervised works of completion for Bach. / Degree in the field of Biological Sciences. I received two awards. I am currently involved in three research projects, and my lines of research are linked with studies on volatile acidity bio-reduction in wines, wine microbiology, and food and wine sensory evaluation. In my professional activities, I have interacted with more than 110 researchers in co-authorships of scientific papers. I am an active reviewer for Food Research International, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Food Chemistry International, Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science, and MDPI Journals (Foods, Fermentation, Beverages, Molecules, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Materials); Academic Editor of Asian Research Journal of Agriculture, International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, and the Insights in Organic & Inorganic Chemistry Journal and Editorial Board Member of Journal of Agriculture and Crops and Fermentation (MDPI)

 Research Interest: wine microbiology; volatile acidity bio-reduction; wines bio-dealcoholisation; food sensory evaluation; wine sensory evaluation.

Research Interest: Food Processing (Pasteurization,Sterilization, Cooling, Drying) , Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Food Engineering Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Supercritical Fluid Extraction, Pulsed Electric Field, Extraction of Bioactives, Natural Food Colorants, Microencapsulation

Research Interest: Food safety Nano materials Biomolecules detection Microfluidic technique; Electrochemistry Impedance Fluorescence

Research Interest: Functional and Nutritional Properties Of Potato and Sweetpotato Components, Comprehensive Utilization Of potato And Sweet Potato by products,E.G. Extraction and Activity Evaluation of Polyphenols, Anthocyanins, Etc.

Research Interest: Screening/elucidation of action mechanism of functional foods and nutrients with anti-cancer, anti-inflammation, anti-obesity and/or anti-diabetes activity Regulation of disease-related gene expression. Regulation of adipocyte differentiation (adipogenesis) Regulation pancreatic. cell growth and activity,Apoptosis and autophagy

Research Interest: Food Processing, Health Food and Cosmetics, Research of Chinese Herbal Medicine Research, Agricultural Biotechnology, Supercritical Fluid, and Mycology

Research Interest: Chemistry Environmental Engineering Biotechnology Bacterial molecular biology Biostatistics Bioinformatics Anaerobic Bio-technologies

Research Interest: Physicochemical Characteristics and Biological Activities of Natural Products of Tea and Other Plants, Tea Deep Processing Technology and Developments for Functional Food

Research Interest: Separation & Purification and Quality Control of Food Science New Functional Materials for Food and Pharmaceutical Analysis.

Research Interest: He was a researcher of Fruit and Vegetable Innovation

Research Interest: Water And Wastewater Treatment Processes, Including Coagulation-Flocculation, Advanced Oxidation Processes Comprising Homogeneous Catalytic Processes (Fenton’s Oxidation) And Heterogeneous Photocatalysis (With Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Under Ultraviolet Irradiation), Biosorption With Raw Materials And Solid Waste By-Products (Such As Olive Stones), Decanting And Sedimentation, Filtration, And Advanced Separation Operations Such As Ion Exchange And Membrane Technology, Specifically Microfiltration, Ultrafiltration, Nanofiltration And Reverse Osmosis.

Research Interest: Isolation and characterization of bioactive (anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-cancer) compounds in seaweed. Development of anti-obesity functional foods/nutraceuticals Development of natural antioxidants and ingredients that reduce cardiovascular inflammation

Research Interest: The Functions of food components. Molecular mechanisms underlying the function of food components. The theory and method of extraction and separation for food components.

Research Interest: EssentialOils, Antioxidants, Phytochemicals,Chromatography, Phytochemistry, Antioxidant Activity

Research Interest: Functional Nano particles, Biosensors, Food borne Diseases, Residual Antibiotics