Completed his PhD in Communication Sciences in 2019 at the Universidade da Beira Interior and his degree in Composition in 1998 at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa. He is an Invited Assistant Professor at the Universidade da Beira Interior , an Invited Adjunct Professor at the Instituto Politécnico de Tomar. Member of LabCom - Communication and Arts (https://labcomca.ubi.pt/). Composition and Musical Analysis teacher at the Academia de Música e Dança do Fundão, Conservatório Regional de Música da Covilhã, Conservatório de Música da Guarda and Escola de Música do Centro de Cultura Pedro Ãlvares Cabral. In addition to other artistic work, he has collaborated with Teatro das Beiras (usually with director Gil Salgueiro Nave), composing original music, being musical director and sound designer (11th time in February 2024)Author of the book "O som e a música no cinema português contemporâneo - processos criativos - seguido de entrevistas" (Edições Documenta, 2023 - Sophia Prize 2024, Art & Technic category). As a researcher, he has addressed issues related to musical and sound creation for audiovisuals, semiotics and musical signification, cinema and narrative