Current – PhD student in Stephan Neuhauss’ lab, Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich as part of the Life Science Zurich Graduate School – Molecular life sciences PhD program
2017-2018 – Research Fellowship in the Integrative Biomedicine Laboratory at the Chronic Diseases Research Center of the Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal
2016 – MSc degree in Evolutionary and Developmental Biology from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon; Thesis project carried out at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
2014 – BSc degree in Biology from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal
Research Interests
Glucose metabolism in the vertebrate retina and brain
Contribution of cellular metabolism to photoreceptor homeostasis and degeneration
Metabolic disease modeling and genetic engineering
