- Research Professor, the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid
- Chair of Biodiversity at the University of Évora
- President of the Natural and Environmental Science’s Scientific Advisory Committee of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
- Member of the National Council of the Environment and Sustainable Development (CNADS) by appointment of the Council of Ministers of Portugal
- Permanent member to the “Alto Consejo Consultivo de I+D+I” (ACCIDI) of the Presidency of the “Generalitat y del Gobierno Valenciano”, Spain
