I have worked in bioinformatics and systems biology with over 25 years of international research experience gained in New Zealand, Germany, Portugal and UK. Currently, I am Head of the Bioinformatics and Data Analytics Unit at the Centre for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CiBB) at the University of Coimbra (Portugal) and serve as Honorary Professor at the University of Plymouth (UK). 

I have established novel bioinformatic tool and resources and led successful investigations in a wide range of research areas ranging from gene expression in cyanobacteria to stem cell differentiation. I am  I am passionate about interdisciplinary and translation research. My work is aimed to contribute to the integration of biological data and to the construction of models bridging elementary molecular processes and their physiological manifestations.