Study and optimization of processes and ingredients to improve the final product.Responsible for the Microbiology Laboratory.

Management of the group's digital communications, namely institutional website (farmaciaparreira.pt), online shop (easyfarma.pt); and social media. Implementation and monitoring of campaigns in physical and online shops. Strategy and maintenance of the e-commerce platform: problem solving, implementation of new features and improvements. Interaction with the advertising agency when preparing advertising campaigns. KPI monitoring and reporting.

Social media management, content production and performance analysis. Supporting the execution of activities and documentation in the area of business development, such as writing/reviewing/translating technical documentation and communication.

Management of science teaching laboratories (biology, chemistry and physics) in an International Education Institution. Setting up experiments, gathering equipment and consumables to be used in classes and research trials. Preparing reagents, and other materials used in experiments. Assisting teachers during the execution of experiments in classes. Stock control of laboratory consumables.

Carrying out physical-chemical analyses for quality control of raw materials, intermediate products and final products (edible oils and biodiesel). Experience with ICP-OES, GC-FID and FT-IR. Knowledge of food safety management systems (HACCP and Codex Alimentarius).

Maintenance of a large collection of bacterial cultures in the laboratory; molecular biology techniques (DNA extraction, PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis); genomic analysis using bioinformatics tools; enzymatic activity assays of dehalogenases.

Expression of recombinant proteins in bacterial systems, SDS-PAGE gel, Western blot and purification of proteins by column chromatography (AKTA system, with affinity, ion exchange and molecular exclusion columns).

Improvement of the sugarcane bagasse hydrolysis process through the use of fungal enzymatic extracts supplemented with accessory enzymes. Determination of enzymatic activity of cellulases and hemicellulases. Production of recombinant enzymes by E.coli in a 3L bioreactor. General practices of a microbiology laboratory. Molecular biology techniques: DNA and RNA extraction, DNA visualisation by agarose gel electrophoresis, PCR and real-time PCR.