I have a fourteen years work experience as a lab technician at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), in biological engineering classes where different operations from upstream to the downstream of a bioprocess are taught. In 2015, I finished a Bachelor degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering, and during 2018 I completed a Master degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering, focused on Bioprocess development. Both my academic degrees were taken during post-working hours. My master thesis experimental work has a part of the research studies of the European Project INMARE. I’m currently a PhD student at IST, besides doing my work as a lab technician. In the last 8 years, I also participated in scientific projects, from the laboratory courses protocols optimization, to research studies within the work plan of project INMARE and FuturEnzyme.