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Education

2000-2004

Ph.D. Microbiology, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. Dissertation Title: "Use of Pseudomonas aeruginosa expressing lux genes to study antimicrobial susceptibility of biofilms".

1999-2000

M.Sc. Medical Microbiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Dissertation Title: "The activity of alkylphospholipids against Leishmania species".

1993-1998

B.Sc. Hons. in Microbiology, School of Biotechnology, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, PT. Dissertation Title: "Tracheal Intubation as a risk factor for infection in the distal airway".

Employment History

2019-Present	Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Binghamton University.
2013-2019	Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Binghamton University.
2010-2013	Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Binghamton University.
2009-2010	Research Scientist, Department of Biological Sciences Binghamton University. Primary Research project: Study of the effect of cis-2-decenoic acid in bacterial virulence and in the increase of antimicrobial sensitivity of bacteria. Supervisor: Dr. David G. Davies. Secondary Research Project: Regulation of the motile/sessile switch, the progression of biofilm development in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its influence in antimicrobial sensitivity. Supervisor: Dr. Karin Sauer.
2004-2009	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biological Sciences, in Dr. David G. Davies laboratory, Binghamton University working in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm dispersion. Primary research project: Identification of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm dispersion inducer cis-2-decenoic acid. Supervisor: Dr. David G. Davies. Secondary research project: Biofilm dispersion and antimicrobial sensitivity of oral bacterial species in the presence of a biofilm dispersion autoinducer. Supervisor: Dr. David G. Davies. Tertiary research project: Influence of cis-2-decenoic acid on Propionibacterium acnes biofilm development and antimicrobial susceptibility. Supervisor: Dr. David G. Davies.
2000-2004	Ph.D. Candidate Centre for Research in Biomedicine (CRIB), Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. Research project: Evaluate the effect of antimicrobials in the susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms through the use of a lux reporter. Supervisors: Dr. Shona M. Nelson, Dr. Vyvyan Salisbury, Prof. John Greenman and Dr. Karen Bowker.