Luciana Sofia Ferradosa da Costa

Marta Alexandra da Silva Macedo

I have a degree in Biology and Geology from the University of Minho and I’m currently doing a master’s degree in Marine Sciences – Marine Resources, with a specialization in Aquaculture and Fisheries at the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar. I will be doing my thesis as part of the Blue Bioeconomy Pact project. […]

Aminur Rashid

Aminur Rashid is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Marine Biotechnology and Aquaculture at the University of Porto, affiliated with the Aquatic Animal Health group at CIIMAR. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fisheries and a Master of Science in Aquaculture from Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh. He pursued a second master’s degree in Aquaculture […]

Rodrigo Moreira Oliveira

Rodrigo Oliveira has a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and is currently enrolled in the Master’s in Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology (Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto). As part of his dissertation, he will be focusing on exploring Bacillus spp. antimicrobial compounds as a novel strategy to prevent fish bacterial infections.

Andrea Masseroni

Andrea Masseroni is a PhD student in Terrestrial and Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy). His research is mainly focused on the evaluation of the sublethal effects induced by nanoplastics on different aquatic organisms. Andrea is currently spending a period of six months at CIIMAR to study the effects of nanofibers of […]

Jéssica Pereira Leite

Since 2022, Jéssica Pereira Leite has held a biology degree from the University of Porto. Currently, she is pursuing her master’s degree in Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Porto, and is working on her dissertation as part of the NIAF project on the Endocrine Disruptors and Emerging Contaminants Research Group.

Gary Kett

Gary Kett is a marine ecologist from Ireland, he received his PhD from University College Cork after studying the impacts of marine climate change on intertidal shellfish aquaculture, specifically, he examined how changes in UV radiation affected the health of Pacific oysters and the development of bacterial and viral pathogens of concern. His previous research […]

Sara Silva Jorge

Sara Jorge has a bachelor degree in Aquatic Sciences and a master degree in Aquatic Biological Resources. Her current work aims to establish different non-terminal matrices to measure cortisol in zebrafish under acute and chronic stressful situations. Sara has expertise in fish care, animal facility maintenance, fish sampling, histological techniques, performance and analysis of behavioural […]

Emílio Salas Leitón

My research career has been largely focused on the fish aquaculture. My studies have paid special attention to issues related to nutritional conditions, assessing their potential effects on growth, health and stress of reared fish. In the last few years, I have executed projects related to Maritime Spatial Planning, small-scale fisheries and ecosystem services, thus […]

Pedro Miguel Teiga

Specialist in Rehabilitation of Rivers and streams, consultant, designer and researcher of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). PhD in Environmental Engineering at FEUP with the thesis "Environmental assessment, impact mitigation measures and a general methodology for the rehabilitation of rivers and streams in built-up spaces: a participatory approach”. Founder and […]