PhD in High Performance in the area of Explosive Strength, Power and Explosive Strength Endurance in Top-Elite and Elite Athletes in Judo.
He is the author of several articles published in journals with impact factor, related to the different forms of strength manifestation and in the scope of motor skills.
He is the author of several book chapters.
He has held several national and international conferences.
He has received several international awards (European and world) for research work in the field of Judo.
He teaches the UC of Specialisation of Judo in Training at FED-ULHT.
Teaches the UC of Theory and Methodology of Training at FED-ULHT, in the Degree and Master.
Regent of the UC of Didactics of Combat Sports (Judo) in the Master of Physical Education Teaching at FED-ULHT.
Regent of the Motor and Technical-Tactical Capacity UC of the Master in High Performance Sports of FED-ULHT.
Teaches the Technical-Tactical Planning UC of the Master in Football.
He supervises several students in final course work and Master's and Doctoral Theses at FED-ULHT and FMH-UL.
Member of the Jury of several Doctoral Theses.
He is a specialist in the area of Development and Periodisation of Strength Training and Motor Skills in general, within the scope of High Sports Performance and Tactical Athlete Training.
Coordinates a Physical Activity Project in the Regiment of Sappers Firefighters of CM Lisboa.
He collaborated in the area of Training Evaluation and Control, Counselling and Prescription of Training in some SL Benfica modalities.
He was Technical Director for several years of the Portuguese Judo Federation.
He was President of ANTJ for several years.
He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Lusophone Institute for the Training of Coaches.
He is currently Coordinator of the Evaluation and Control of the Training of the National Teams of the Portuguese Judo Federation.
Reviewer of several International Journals (with impact factor).
Member: National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA nº45000; Colorado Springs, USA; since 2007); European College of Sport Science (ECSS-ID: EST-1933; nº 18467, Cologne, Germany; 2013); National Association of Judo Coaches (Queluz, Portugal; since 1994); Portuguese Judo Federation (Lisbon, Portugal, since 1976).
Iberian Association of Judo Researchers (Valencia, Spain, since 2008).
