I enrolled in IT in 2006, during my chemistry degree by the hand of Prof. Luís Alcácer, in a project for fabricating organic transistors. Then, I did the work in my Master's thesis and my Ph.D. in the synthesis and characterization of organic semiconductors, under the supervision of Prof. Jorge Morgado and Dr. Ana Charas at the Organic Electronics Group. In those years, I used many techniques in organic synthesis but also learned to build and characterize organic electronic devices (Light Emitting Diodes and Photovoltaic Cells). I am really thankful to everyone who worked by my side in the Organic Electronics Group because the years I spent there allowed me to grow, both as a person and as a scientist.

After I finished my Ph.D. in 2015, I worked at a frozen pastry factory as an R&D technician, working on small-scale tests of new ingredients for the production of frozen baked goods. From 2019 to 2021 I joined the Solid State Group at Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, characterizing organic semicrystalline semiconductors. There, I used techniques that included electrical resistivity measurements with temperature variations down to 1.4K and with applied fields up to 16T. It was a very exciting project to work on, and it also helped me diversify my skill set.

This year, I decided to go back to the industry, and seized an opportunity at a polyethene extrusion company, as an R&D technician. My work involves a fundamental science project, in which I am the link between the company and the University group working along with us. Also, I am involved in the analysis of recycled plastic products and their integration into new products. In this work, I can perfectly put to use the diverse set of skills I got from both the academic world and industry.