From April 2011 to 2015: PhD student in Chemical Engineering at FCT/UNL, under the supervision of Professor Ana Aguiar-Ricardo. Thesis theme: “Antimicrobial polymeric membranes for water treatment - microbiocide membranes” (Grant from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, FCT-Lisbon: SFRH/BD/74730/2010).