PhD in Political Economy from ISCTE-IUL (2024), with a thesis titled “Essays on the Political Economy of the Balance of Payments.” He attended the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) as a visiting student on a PhD scholarship from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (2022). He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Porto (2016) and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Coimbra (2014), having also completed a postgraduate diploma in Statistical Systems – Specialization in Central Bank Statistics at NOVA-IMS (2017). Since 2022, he has been working as a statistical economist in the Statistics Department of the Bank of Portugal, focusing on financial national accounts. Previously, he worked from 2015 to 2021 in the area of balance of payments statistics and international investment position. He has collaborated in specialized international working groups organized by Eurostat, the ECB, and the OECD. His publications are centered on political economy, the Portuguese economy, and balance of payments, with articles published in journals such as the International Review of Applied Economics and Investigación Económica.