Oceanology is from the University of Bordeaux I (1984), and the phD in Sedimentology and Geomorphology is from the University of Minho (1991) . She received her habilitation in Geology in 2004 (University of Minho). Her main research interests are concerned with coastal environments – past (Pleistocene-Holocene) and present morpho-sedimentary dynamics.
From 1977 to 1984 she worked at the Secretary of State for the Environment (Lisbon).
