Auxiliary Professor at the Univ. Porto / FLUP, DHEPI, member of R& D CITAR -Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Tecnologia das Artes;
Area (s) of expertise: Modern and Contemporary History: Local History, History CONOMIC and Social History of Culture.
Sub-areas: History of the Douro and the city of Porto (history ofVine and Wine); history of books and reading, history of management.
Projects: Coordinator Scientific GEHVID - History Study GroupViticulture Duriense; Integrated projects POCTI/042/2003 Douro and Porto Complementarity timeless - Loops socio-economic, cultural and institutional (s XVI to XVIII century) - POCTI / HAR/47429/2002,completed in 2004, President of the Portuguese Association for the History of Vine and Wine APHVIN / GEHVID, since 2009. Diretor of the Historic component ofthe Project NORTH 08-0169-FEDER-000039 -Dourointour: Heritage Douro and cultural tourism