Antonietta Impagliazzo - "Transient protein interactions: The case of pseudoazurin and nitrite reductase", 7 April 2005, University of Leiden. Main opponent.Louise Pereira Rodrigues - "Early detection of the biological and genetic determinants of resistance to artemisin based combination therapy in malaria parasites", 11 February 2011, IHMT, Univ. Nova Lisboa. Main opponent.Elizabeth Ann Ball - "Uncovering the role of IFNAR1 in experimental cerebral malaria", April 2013, ITQB, Univ. Nova Lisboa. Main opponent.Neuza dos Prazeres Lima Teixeira - "FSR quorum sensing: role in Enterococcus faecalis biology & host infection", 14 March 2014, ITQB, Univ. Nova Lisboa. Main opponent.Jorge Manuel Santos - "Role of Plasmodium translationallyrepressed gene products in malaria transmission", 3 February 2015, Fac. Medicina Univ. Lisboa.Ana Catarina Dias Pena - "Role of Histone H1 in chromatin and gene expression in the African Trypanosome: broad skills, specific functions?", 9 December 2015, Fac. Medicina Univ. Lisboa.Ana Carina Santos Ferreira da Silva - "Strategies for improved Adenovirus and PPR vaccine production in different cell lines", 25 January 2016, ITQB, Univ. Nova Lisboa.Francisco Maria Aresta Branco - "Understanding chromatin dynamics during antigenic variation in Trypanosoma brucei", 6 December 2016, Fac. Medicina Univ. Lisboa.Anil Kumar - "Investigation of immunoprotective sequences of P. falciparum and other species", February 2017, Savitrabai Phule University, Pune, India. External reviewer.Maria Sousa Rebelo - "Development of an innovative real-time assay for antimalarial sensitivity testing", 4 May 2017, Fac. Medicina Univ. Lisboa.
Hugo Ricardo L. Soares - "Viral and cell host factors influencing the development of an HCV vaccine candidate", 23 October 2018, ITQB, Univ. Nova Lisboa. Main opponent.
Ahmad Syibli Bin Othman - "Studies using transgenic rodent malaria parasites to improve live attenuated malaria vaccines", 25 October 2018, University of Leiden. Main opponent.
Viriato M'Bana - "Uncovering the UIS4 protein interacting network
and its role during the malaria liver stage infection", 17 January 2020, Fac. Medicina Univ. Lisboa.
Maria João Coimbra Dores - "Dissecting Tick Vectors Biosystematics and Symbionts Transmission Potential", 18 December 2020, Fac. Ciências Univ. Lisboa.
Maria Inês Sousa de Albuquerque - "Unnatural glycopeptides and proteins and their use in antigen detection and immunization", 18 June 2021, Fac. Medicina Univ. Lisboa.
Miguel João Ferreira da Silva - "Defining molecular pathways in antimalarial drug resistance", 7 September 2022, Escola de Medicina, Univ. Minho. Main opponent.
Ana Rafaela Azevedo Teixeira - "Blocking the progression of Plasmodium sporozoites from the skin to the liver", 16 November 2022, Fac. Farmácia Univ. Porto. Main opponent.
Maria João Quitoles de Oliveira - "Nanosers microfluidics platform for rapid screening for infectious diseases", 16 December 2022, Fac. Ciências e Tecnologia, Univ. Nova Lisboa.
Henrique Pedro Pereira da Silva Amaral Machado - "Impact of adipose tissue colonization by Trypanosoma brucei during infection", 20 December 2022, Fac. Medicina Univ. Lisboa.