Born on 5 October 1966 in Beira, Mozambique
 

• Law Degree, Faculty of Law, State University of Lisbon, 1989
• Member of the Portuguese Bar, since 2006
• Judge in the Criminal Court and the Correctional Court of Lisbon and President of the Courts of Nelas, Lagos and the Criminal Instruction Court of Lisbon, 1992-2004
• Master of Law, Faculty of Law, Catholic University of Lisbon, 1994
• Member of the Taskforce for Criminal Procedure Reform of the Ministry of Justice of Germany, 1999
• Doctorate of Law, Faculty of Law, Catholic University of Lisbon, 2003
• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Catholic University of Lisbon, 2004-2008
• Member of the Taskforce for Penal Reform of the Ministry of Justice of Portugal, 2005-2007
• Invited Professor on criminal law and procedure at the High Military Studies Institute of the Ministry of Defence of Portugal, 2007-2009
• Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Catholic University of Lisbon, 2008-2010
• Associate Professor with tenure, Faculty of Law, Catholic University of Lisbon, 2011-2015
• Full Professor with tenure (professor catedratico), Faculty of Law, Catholic University of Lisbon, since 2015
• Visiting Professor, Illinois College of Law, United States of America, 2006-2007
• Visiting Professor, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, 2006
• Adjunct Professor, Illinois College of Law, United States of America, 2009-2010