- Law Graduate (Faculty of Law, Portuguese Catholic University - Porto)
- Master’s in Judicial Law (School of Law, University of Minho)
- PhD Candidate in Law at EDIUS - International Doctoral School, University of Santiago de Compostela
Author of numerous publications and contributions, both national and international, in the fields of Criminal Procedural Law, Criminal Law, and Criminology"

- Invited Professor at the Faculty of Law, Portuguese Catholic University – Porto School, and at the University of Maia
- Researcher at IUSCRIM (Research Group in Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Santiago de Compostela) and at JusGOV – Research Centre for Justice and Governance, University of Minho, focusing primarily on topics related to judicial error in criminal proceedings