She has a Ph.D. degree in Environmental Management. She is a research collaborator at CENSE, Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research, as well as a team member of Campus Sustainability Working Group at Universidade Aberta. Her research activity is centred on Sustainability Assessment and Management including public sector and Health, Safety and Environmental systems. She has experience as a lecturer of graduate level in Iran universities, also on HSE management systems in Tehran municipality and some international projects such as EUSTEPs (Enhancing Universities’ sustainability Teaching and Practices through Ecological Footprint) and POSEUR (Design and implementation of SEA follow-up program, Portugal).