PhD in Terminology. Lecturer at the Polytechnic Higher Education since 1995 and at ISCAP-Polytechnic of Porto since 1999. International Coordinator at ISCAP since 2004. Researcher at CLUNL (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa) and at CEOS.PP (ISCAP-P. PORTO). Member of the Editorial Review Board of “Current Trends in Translation Teaching and Learning”. President of APCOMTEC – Portuguese Association for Technical Communication and of TCeurope – Federation of Societies of Technical Communication in Europe.