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Antonio oversees the secondary partner schools initiatives of NUSTEM, with an emphasis on careers contextualisation in the classroom and curriculum-led outreach activities. His role is part-funded by the Ogden Trust, which aims to support physics and science teachers to enthuse students about physics. Antonio also teaches Applications of Physics on the Mathematics and Physics Foundation Year Programme.

Prior to this appointment Antonio worked for the widening participation team at Leeds Beckett University, where he also taught applied pedagogy to Physics PGCE teacher trainees. Other roles have included Science Outreach Facilitator at the University of Reading (part funded by SEPnet), and work for the Bradford Robotic Telescope at Bradford University, delivering science workshops for pupils and teachers around the usage of robotic telescopes in the classroom.

Antonio was awarded his PhD in Astrophysics in 2010 by University of Hertfordshire. His passion for science communication began when he was a presenter of live planetarium shows in his home town of Oporto.