Boarde member of Ciência Viva - National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture since 1 july of 2024.

Director at the Braganza “Ciência Viva” Science Centre (CCVB) since 28 of January 2016 until june 2024. Coordinator of CCVB from 2007 to 27 of January 2016. Master’s degree in Nature Management and Conservation at the University of Azores. Post-graduation in History of Science and Science Education at the University of Aveiro and University of Coimbra (interdisciplinary PhD). Degree in Forest Engineering at the Polytechnical Institute of Braganza. Currently PhD candidate in Universidad de Salamanca (Spain). Member of ScicomPt - National Science Communicators Network, being part of the Board of this Association from October 2017 to May 2020.

Head manager in National and European projects such as PROMOVE PROGRAM project Bio Ilhas (2023-2026) Fundation “la Caixa”; ERASMUS+ projects (VRSciTourism - 2020-1-PT01-KA204-078597; 2015-1-PT01-KA104-012593; 2016-1-PT01-KA104-022476; 2017-1-PT01-KA104-035548); PROMOVE PROGRAM project Virtual Nature (2018-2021) Fundation “la Caixa”; INTEGRA project by Ciência Viva National Agency (2016-2018); Science Education Project Combating School Failure with the intermunicipal Community Terras de Trás-os-Montes (CIM-TTM) (2018-2022) and Science Ativities project (2022) also with CIM-TTM;

Ciência Viva School of Braganza (since 2018-present) funded since 2022 by PRR; Public Participation Laboratories (citizen science project) funded by Ciência Viva National Agency (2016-2018).

Partner Head manager in several projects: RISE Informal and Non-Formal E-Learning for Cultural Heritage- xFORMAL; ERAMUS+ Project 2019-IT-KA203-062432; SilkHouse MicroGrid - funded by Foundation for Science and Technology called with IPB (2016-2019); European Researchers Night (2016 and 2017) coordinated by Ciência Viva National Agency and Funded by UE; Exhibition Why are we as we are? Evolving for 4570 million years, funded by Ciência Viva National Agency [2014/2016].

Local Coordinator of several projects from CCVB such as: (i) Forests and chemistry as motives for scientific dissemination activities. Project ON.2 Refª Norte 01-0125FEDER000034 [2013/2015]; (ii) Update of exhibition content and design, production and installation of outdoor signage. Project ON.2 Refª Norte 07-0125FEDER000025 [2012/2014]; Junior Science Project - PcC88 – Programme Parents with Science [2012/2014] funded by Ciência Viva National Agency, among others.

Teacher trainer, accredited by the Scientific and Pedagogical Council for Continuing Education in the domains: "A64- Environmental Sciences" and "D08 - Environmental Education".

Author or co-author of more than forty journal papers (science communication), conference proceedings and 2 book chapters.

People

André Mendes

Carla Soares Geraldes

Flávia Pires

Isabel Lopes

José Augusto Carvalho

José Eduardo Fernandes

João Paulo Almeida

Luís Alves

Luísa Jorge