Carolina Raquel Lopes Camacho

Carolina Camacho is a Researcher of the “Seafood Safety and Processing” Team of CIIMAR and works at IPMA, I.P. facilities (Lisbon). She holds a PhD in Agroindustrial Technologies (2023; NOVA University Lisbon), a MSc and BSc in Food Science and Engineering (2011; University of Lisbon). She has been working and collaborated in several research projects (17); […]

Alizée De Groodt

Land-Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions

Ana Mafalda da Costa Silva Claro

Ana Mafalda Claro completed her Degree in Biology in 2021 and her Master’s Degree in Cell and Molecular Biology in 2023 both from the University of Porto Faculty of Sciences.  In 2023, she participated as a Research Fellow in a project related to Neurobiology at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S). Recently, […]

Esmaeil Zavvar

Esmaeil Zavvar was born in Tabriz, Persia, and holds a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering and Master’s in Marine Structures. Now, he is a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) with FCT scholarship since 1 Sep 2023. He has about 10 years of experience in civil engineering as a […]

Carla Daniela Mota de Sousa

Carla Sousa holds a BSc in Biology and a MSc in Aquatic Biological Resources, both from the University of Porto, Faculty of Sciences. During her career, she acquired industrial and academic experience, gaining solid knowledge in microbiology, pathology and molecular biology, as well as in areas such as toxicology, animal nutrition and zootechny. Currently she […]

Manuel José Rocha Dias dos Santos

Manuel Santos was born in 1990 in Oporto, where he lives, studies and works. He develops artistic work in the field of scientific illustration, of figurative drawing and of figurative painting. He concluded the bachelor degree in Drawing, in the Faculty of Fine-Arts of the University of Lisbon, concluded the Masters in Teaching of Visual […]

Marisa Camacho Gonçalves Faria Pascoal

Marisa has been a Bachelor’s degree holder in Biochemistry since 2010 and obtained a Master’s degree in Applied Biochemistry in 2016 from the University of Madeira. Her research lies in the use of microbial-derived exopolymers for the development of advanced biomaterials with potential applications in various fields. She is a doctoral fellow of the Portuguese […]

Ivana Rita da Silva Mendonça

With a degree in Biochemistry (2018) and a master’s in Applied Biochemistry (2022) from the University of Madeira, Ivana is currently pursuing her PhD funded by the FCT, focused on developing bioactive and intelligent food packaging from exopolysaccharides of microalgae and cyanobacteria. This work aims to replace traditional plastic materials with biodegradable options that enhance […]

Ana Filipa Gonçalves Rodrigues

Filipa Rodrigues earned her degree in Biochemistry and completed her master’s in applied Biochemistry in 2022, at the University of Madeira. Currently, Filipa is a researcher at the Laboratory of Biomaterials, Bioanalysis, and Biotechnology of the University of Madeira/CIIMAR. Her research focuses on the use of exopolysaccharides extracted from microalgae and cyanobacteria to create innovative […]

Muhammad Haris

Haris, with a background in Biochemistry from the Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (2017) and a master’s degree from COMSATS University Islamabad (2021), is currently pursuing his PhD with support from FCT. Focusing on nanobiotechnology, Haris is dedicated to developing innovative functional foods using algal exopolysaccharides. His work, under the joint guidance of the University of […]