Tiago, graduated from the University of Lisbon School of Sciences with a Masters in Microbiology and Genetics, followed by a PhD in Chemistry from Princeton University where he worked on metabolic engineering of algae for the production of Fuels and other high value products.

In 2013, he returned to Portugal to join the A4F – algae for future’s R&D team, where he led several R&D projects with the goal of developing technology and know-how for industrialization of algae biomass production for applications in biofuels, cosmetics, food and feed. He was directly involved in the development of 2 of the largest algae production units in Europe. He later became the head of the R&D department which he accumulated with leading a team writing applications for national and international competitive R&D calls.

In 2021, Tiago completed The Lisbon MBA program leaping into starting Algikey which is a trader and developer of algae products and solutions for several sectors including food and nutraceuticals.