Completed the Diplom "Engenharia Zootécnica" in 1983 by Universidade de Évora; Diplôme d´études supérieures "Produccion Animal" and and Postgraduate Certificate "Mejora Animal" in 1985 by Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (Zaragoza- Espanha); Master of "Produção Animal" in 1989 by Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária; Doktor (PhD) in Natural sciences in 1998 by Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich Agrarwirtschaft (Suiça). Professor Coordenador (Full Professor) and Researcher in Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco - Escola Superior Agrária. Expert (Monitor) - Reviewer for H2020 Projects in Research Executive Agency. Published 12 articles in journals. Has 2 book(s). Co-supervised 1 PhD thesis(es). Supervised 5 MSc dissertation(s) e co-supervised 4. Has received 1 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as PhD Student Fellow in 1 project(s), Principal investigator in 1 project(s) and Researcher in 7 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Agrarian Sciences with emphasis on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with emphasis on Agronomy. In their professional activities interacted with 67 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Grassland; Trifolium repens; Pastagem; Alimentação animal; innovation; farm ecology; animal husbandary; Nitrogen biological fixation; Natural pastures; rainfed annual pastures; Sheep; Goat; Mediterranean livestock systems; elevated pCO2; climate change; Biological nitrogen fixation; ecophisiology; Guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba); Trifolium subterraneum; Ecophisiology; Genetic resources; Domestic animal breeds; CO2 emissions; Plant nutrition; Ryegrass; nutritive value; Forages; Drought resiliency; Dactylis glomerata; GHG emissions.
