Pedro Nuno da Costa Leão

Pedro Leão is Principal Investigator and ERA Chair Holder in Blue Biotechnology and Bioengineering at CIIMAR, where he leads the Research Line in Marine Biotechnology and is the head of the Research Group “Cyanobacterial Natural Products”. He graduated in Biochemistry from the University of Porto in 2005 and went on to receive his MSc (2006) […]

José Ricardo Barata Figueiredo

Ricardo Figueiredo is a master’s student currently developing his thesis at CIIMAR. He graduated in 2021 in Biology from the Faculty of Science and Technologies of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC). Currently, he is finishing his Master’s in Functional Biology and Plant Biotechnology at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP). The […]

Ana Catarina Soares Gavina

Ana Gavina is a PhD Student in Biology from FCUP & CIIMAR. She obtained her degree in Biology and Geology in 2009 and her Master degree in Applied Biology – Toxicology and Ecotoxicology in 2011, at the University of Aveiro. During the PhD, she is carrying out a research on a derivation of risk limits […]

Miguel José Martins Caetano

Miguel Caetano is a marine chemist with scientific interests focused on the challenges posed by the changes in the biogeochemical processes induced during the Anthropocene. Its main research areas of investigation have been the interaction of pollutants (classic and emergent) between water, sediments, and aquatic organisms coupled with the early-diagenetic processes. He has participated in […]

João Eduardo Ferreira Händel de Oliveira

Rita Alexandra Ferreira Alves de Lima

Rita Lima obtained her degree in Biochemistry from University of Porto, Faculty of Sciences in 2019. Currently, Rita Lima is a Master's degree student of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at University of Porto, Faculty of Pharmacy, and is working on the synthesis of conjugates of chitosan for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications.

Ana Maria Cardoso Lourenço Gomes Bispo

Ana Gomes-Bispo is graduated in Food Technology and Safety and has PhD in Agricultural Sciences (2017, University of Évora). Since 2017, she is a Researcher within the Emergent Biotechnologies and Seafood Processing Team (CIIMAR) and the Division of Aquaculture and Upgrading (DivAV) of IPMA, I.P. She has integrated national and international research projects like PROQUAL, […]

Luciana Maria Vaz Moreira

Luciana has a degree in Biochemistry and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences since 2015. She is currently a researcher at Center for Study of Animal Science (CECA/ICETA) that integrates the new associate laboratory AL4animals, and at the group of “Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSDs)” of the National Institute of Health Ricardo Jorge (INSA). Her work is […]

Carlos Filipe Ferreira Gonçalves

Carlos Filipe Ferreira Gonçalves, born on June 28, 1994, has a degree in Environmental Education from the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu. He has six years of professional experience in the field of water management and treatment. He is an associative leader and member of the executive of the Parish Council of Gião, municipality of Vila […]

Pedro Alexandre Pereira dos Reis

Pedro Reis holds a PhD in Biomedical Sciences, MSc in Marine Sciences and degree in Environmental Engineering. He’s presently the intermediate chief of the  Laboratory of Chemistry of CIIMAR-UP, where he is responsible for the implementation and optimization of analytical methods for the determination of inorganic elements and organic compounds in environmental samples. He is […]