I am Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Department of the University of Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal), member of the Center of Mathematics and Applications at the same University, collaborator member of the Research Center for Business Sciences, UBI, and the Center of Mathematics and Applications of Nova University of Lisbon. I have graduated in Mathematics at the University of Évora and received my Ph.D. in Mathematics/Statistics from the University of Beira Interior. My general research area is in Linear Models. More specifically, I work in the estimation of variance components using algebraic and stochastic methods. I have been publishing research in this field and have been invited to participate in some research projects, co-chaired several international conferences and workshops, being also a program committee member of several international conferences.