PhD in Art History from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto on "André Soares and the Rococo style in Minho", 2012.

Member of the National Academy of Fine Arts.

Winner of the José de Figueiredo Prize, 1993, awarded by the National Academy of Fine Arts.

Elected Personality of the Month by the University of Porto (May 2012).

Elected Personality of the Month by the University of Minho (June 2012).

Specialist in Baroque and Rococo art in the Minho region and in parts of the world in which its inhabitants have worked or by which they were influenced, namely Bavaria and Minas Gerais.

Member of the advisory board of the campaign for the Shrine of Bom Jesus do Monte to be included in UNESCO?s World Heritage list.

Director of the journal "Minia".

Co-editor of the journal issue ARTIS 7/8 (Rococo), published by the Art History Institute of the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon.

Author of more than 270 books and articles published in scientific journals and conference proceedings.