Jorge Alexandre Ferreira Matinha Cardoso

Bioinspired researcher with MSc in Bioengineering (Faculty of Engineering from the University of Porto) and a strong background in molecular biotechnology. Focused on the use of cyanobacteria as platforms for the production of relevant bioproducts. Hands-on experience in lab and large-scale cultivation of cyanobacteria, microbial genetic engineering techniques, and the isolation/application of cyanobacterial-derived compounds in several […]
Renato de Medeiros Rocha

Renato de Medeiros Rocha is actually Associated Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (BR) and hold PhD degree in Biotechnology granted by the University of Tiradentes (BR). He is currently a pos-doc researcher at Soil/Water Interactions Laboratory. His main research interest focus on hipersaline environments, mainly microalgae and Artemia populations.
Gisana de Freitas Pereira
Hugo Arantes de Morais

Hugo Morais is a Master in Aquaculture and specialization in Marine Resources Biotechnology at the School of Tourism and Technology of the Sea (ESTM) of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPLeiria) As a marine biologist he integrated teams of researchers with responsibilities for catch and maintenance of organisms marine ecosystems. As Researcher, he has developed […]
Célia Cristina Carreira Lopes

Graduated in Anatomia Patológica, Citológica e Tanatológica (Technician of Pathology, Cytology and Thanatology) at Escola Superior de Saúde-Porto and obtained her PhD in Pathology and Molecular Genetics from ICBAS/FMUP in February 2021. The main research interests are fish endocrinology and endocrine disruption. The latest works focused on the regulation of peroxisomal, estrogenic and lipid signaling […]
Marta Ramos Pinto Correia da Silva Carvalho Guerra

Ph.D in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, M.Sc. in Quality Control of Plant and Drug Substances, and B.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Porto (FFUP). Assistant Professor of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry at FFUP and Integrated Research Member of CIIMAR since 2014. Mentor of the Young Ambassadors of the European Marine […]
Maria Antónia Santos Mendes Salgado

Maria Antónia Salgado concluded her degree in Sciences of the Aquatic Environment at the University of Porto in 1985, joined the Chemistry Department of Abel Salazar Biomedical Institute in 1987, as a lecturer. She got a PhD from the University College of North Wales, UK in 1996. At present she is Assistentr Professor and teaches […]
Fernando André Pereira Marques Durães

Fernando Durães obtained his MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2014 at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto. He has worked as a Research Grantee in a financed project related to the synthesis of bioactive compounds with capability to circumvent antimicrobial resistance, at the Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry Group, CIIMAR. Fernando Durães is currently […]
Inês de Almeida Ferreira

Inês Ferreira graduated in Marine Biology and Biotechnology by the Polytechnic of Leiria in 2015 and holds a Master degree in Aquaculture granted by the same institute in 2018. She has developed work as research fellow in Cetemares (Marine Sciences R&D, Education, and Knowledge Dissemination Centre) in fish immune status and research field work in […]
Rogério da Silva Oliveira Mendes

Rogério Mendes is a researcher at IPMA, I.P. and CIIMAR, qualified with aggregation/qualification for scientific coordination. He carries out activities in the areas of quality and safety of fishery and aquaculture products, valorization of natural extracts from marine sources focused on biotechnology of marine by-products. He has 43 years of scientific experience in the development […]