Bachelor Science Degree in Economics, Master in Monetary and Financial Economics and PhD Candidate in Economics at ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon. He is Teaching Assistant at Higher School of Communication and Media Studies and Higher School of Accounting and Administration of Lisbon (Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon) and Research Assistant at DINÂMIA'CET – IUL. His main research interests are in the fields of financial markets, financial system, monetary policy and other related areas. He has worked for four years in the Portuguese banking system as financial markets’ analyst.