PHD Student

• May 2021 - Present

PARSUK Xperience 2018 Internship

• Jul 2018 - Jul 2018

Summer internship to work in a project titled “Testing of a rapid method (QuECheRS) for extraction and analysis (LC-MS/MS) of antibiotics in wastewaters and sludge” funded by the Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the United Kingdom (PARSUK), through the Program PARSUK Xperience 2018 Summer internship to work in a project titled “Testing of a rapid method (QuECheRS) for extraction and analysis (LC-MS/MS) of antibiotics in wastewaters and sludge” funded by the Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the United Kingdom (PARSUK), through the Program PARSUK Xperience 2018

Internship

• Sep 2016 - Jun 2017

Forensic Chemistry and Toxicology Service, South Branch of INMLCF, I.P. Voluntary internship developing 2 projects: 1. Elaboration and validation of a new method using GC-MS for rapid detection and quantification of Opiates in low volume whole blood samples; 2. Validating a new ELISA immunoassay kit for Opiates, Cocaine, THC, Amphetamines, Methamphetamines and Benzodiazepines screening in blood and urine samples. Laboratory certified by the IPAC in accordance to the norm NP EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories: developed skills related to the quality control implemented by the laboratory. – Brief training in the Forensic Biology and Genetics Service about RT-PCR for DNA quantification and Capillary Electrophoresis for DNA genotyping. Also acquired skills in Liquid-liquid Extraction, Solid Phase Extraction (SPE), GC-MS, HS-GC-FID (ethyl alcohol), ELISA immunoassays, UPLC-MS (busulfan and cannabinoids) and quality control.

Research Technician

• Jul 2015 - Dec 2015

Laboratory Technician at the Cellular and Systems Neurobiology group with a Fellowship Contract for Bachelor Degree holders granted by the Institute, with the following tasks: – Managing an in-house colony of a Rats (Sprague-Dawley) for the group’s experiments; – Management and maintenance of the consumables routinely used by the group; – Participation in the investigation project “Activity-dependent modulation of actin dynamics underlies the maintenance of long-term depression”, with the purpose of concluding the experiments and writing for the respective scientific paper. Also acquired skills in electrophysiology extracellular recordings, animal handling and experimentation, acute hippocampal slice preparation, pharmacological Manipulation, data analysis using Excel and statistical analysis using the R programme.