Paulo Borges graduated from the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal. Presented his master thesis on the topic of “Heat-Shock Proteins in the canine semen throughout cryopreservation techniques”. Paulo performed an internship at the University of Lisbon (FMV-UTL). For 6 years, he was an assistant consultant in the CERCA, ENVA (Centre d’Études en Reproduction des Carnivores) and co-responsible for the dog and cat breeding department (UMES) in the National Veterinary School of Alfort (ENVA) – Paris.

He fulfilled the residency program of the European College of Animal Reproduction, in the CERCA-ENVA-Paris, becoming an ECAR diplomate in 2015. After one year working in private practice in Paris, he did between 2017-2018, one year as a PhD student in the NeoCare Unit of the National Veterinary School of Toulouse (ENVT) in the field of infectious diseases in neonatology and pediatrics in dogs.

Furthermore, he worked in the carnivores semen bank, CRECS, in the south of France for one year. He has created the reproduction center of Atlantico Anicura Veterinary Hospital from 2020-2023. He now works as a reference consultant and lecturer in reproduction and collectivity medicine mainly in Portugal.

He has been invited to lecture in different countries in South America, Asia and Europe. He is also the author and co-author of several scientific articles, along with several chapters of books and manuscripts. He has been an assistant professor at the Lusófona University in Lisbon, Portugal since 2016. He was the vice-president of the reproduction group in France, GERES-AFVAC. He was the former secretary of the European Reproduction Group (EVSSAR) and he is now vice-president.