Luís Serina holds a degree in aerospace engineering from the Technical University of Lisbon (IST, 2005). He has been working in the Space sector for more than a decade both in the industry and the public sector. Since 2007 he has been working with the European Space Agency and the European Commission Space programmes as Portuguese representative in several boards and committees. He is a Portuguese delegate to the ESA Industrial Policy Committee (IPC) and Council. Currently, he holds the position of Industrial Policy and Technology Officer in the Portuguese Space Agency.

Until recently, he was learning to play tennis in his non-space free time. Currently, he intends to focus more on improving his cooking abilities. Luís is known as the best traveling companion: he has always a bag of nuts with him!