My main research interests are focused on intimate partner violence and intimate partner homicide, specifically on the characterization and intervention/rehabilitation of perpetrators and risk assessment. I am also studying other types of violent behavior/crime, such as sexual crimes and homicide, with a focus on offenders’ rehabilitation and mental health. I am also studying the impact of childhood experiences (both positive and negative) in adulthood, namely on general antisocial behaviour and intimate partner violence, as well as the impact of imprisonment on inmates' (male and female) mental health. I have published 22 scientific articles as first author and 20, as last author, in this research field in journals such as Trauma, Violence and Abuse (2022, 2023, 2024), Crime & Delinquency (2023), Psychology, Crime and Law (2022), Criminal Justice and Behavior (2021), Journal of Criminal Justice (2022, 2021), Child Abuse and Neglect (2021, 2023, 2023), Journal of Interpersonal Violence (2016, 2018, 2020), Aggression and Violent Behavior (2018, 2023), Deviant Behavior (2023), and BMC Psychology (2023) and have published several others as co-author as a result of collaborations with colleagues and other research groups. I am a member of the Editorial Board of BMC Psychology and a Guest Editor at Frontiers in Psychology with the Topic “Motivational Interviewing in Forensic Settings”. I am an Assistant Professor at the School of Psychology at the University of Minho, and I teach undergraduate courses in Psychology and Criminology and in the Master of Justice Psychology. I was part of the teaching staff of the North Lusíada University in undergraduate and master courses of Psychology and Criminology as an Assistant Professor from September 2015 to February 2020 and of the Lusófona University of Porto in undergraduate and master courses of Psychology and Justice Psychology, also as Assistant Professor, from February 2020 and August 2024. I have been actively involved in several training and supervision activities in different victim, offender, and family support institutions. I was involved in defining the Portuguese Psychologists Association’s (OPP) Guidelines for Professional Practice in the Field of Domestic Violence. I have also participated in several initiatives for the general public.