Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Rui Jorge Miranda Rocha
Citation names
- Rocha, Rui
- Rui J. M. Rocha
- Rui J. Rocha
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 031C-ABB6-C318
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-4385-6074
Email addresses
- ruimirandarocha@gmail.com (Professional)
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- (+351) 939412836 (Personal)
Websites
- http://www.cesam.ua.pt/RuiRocha (Professional)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rui-miranda-rocha-a75247152/ (Social media)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Water Resources
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2009/05/01 - 2013/09/10
Concluded
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Programa Doutoral em Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Biologia e Biociências Aplicadas
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Effect of light on ex situ production of symbiotic corals " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado |
1997/09 - 2002/02/21
Concluded
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Biologia Marinha e Pescas (Licenciatura)
Major in Pescas, opção Aquacultura
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
"Nitrogen Removal in Aquaculture Recirculating Systems" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2024/02/15 - Current | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2020/08/01 - Current | Diretor de Operações; Diretor de Inovação e Desenvolvimento | Riasearch, Lda., Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2015/07 - 2019/01/30 | Effect of microplastics on the ontogeny, physiology and metabolism of marine fish larvae, under a 100 year climate change
scenario
SFRH/BPD/99819/2014
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FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2019/04 - Current | Feasibility assessment of community-based bivalve farming, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
OSOL
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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European Union
Ongoing
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2018/10 - Current | NutriMo - Development of handmade diets for tilapia nutrition in community based aquaculture in Mozambique
Nutrimo
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Aga Khan Development Network Ongoing
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2018/07/26 - Current | INSIDER - Impact of an invasive species under global climate change and anthropogenic contamination scenarios in coastal food
webs
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030495
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Ongoing
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2018/07 - Current | CRAGIAMP - Search for Antimicrobial Peptides in Crassostrea gigas oysters and Paracentrotus lividus sea urchin
PTDC/BIA-BQM/30232/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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Ongoing
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2018/01/01 - Current | MAXIAQUA - MAXimization of the strategies of control of a parasite in aquaculture of turbot
MAR-02.02.01-FEAMP-0019
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
Ongoing
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2017/10 - Current | VALORMAR - Valorização Integral dos Recursos Marinhos: Potencial, Inovação Tecnológica e Novas Aplicações
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024517
Researcher
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Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Ongoing
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2017/10 - Current | MolBiPack – Melhoramento dos processos de acondicionamento, transporte e embalamento de moluscos bivalves: da captura à comercialização
MAR-01.03.01-FEAMP-0005
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
Ongoing
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2017/10 - Current | BioDepura – Desenvolvimento de metodologias de depuração de moluscos bivalves adequadas aos requisitos fisiológicos de cada
espécie
MAR-02.01.01-FEAMP-0018
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
Ongoing
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2002/09/01 - Current | The underlying mechanisms of the effect of microalgae on the early life stages of fishes | Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Concluded
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2015/10 - 2018/12 | ALISSA - Healthy and sustainable food for aquaculture fish
230-POCI-01-0247-FEDER-3520
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
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2017/05 - 2018/04 | Feasibility assessment of community-based oyster farming in Quiwia, Cabo Delgado. Part of Our Sea Our Life Project
Researcher
The Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom
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European Union
Concluded
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2015/03/01 - 2015/12/03 | DepurPlus – Otimização dos processo de depuração de moluscos bivalves
PROMAR (31.03.05.FEP.0065)
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
Concluded
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2012/01 - 2015/12 | SymbioCoRe - SYnergies through Merging BIOlogical and biogeochemical expertise in COral Research
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Concluded
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2014/04/01 - 2014/06/30 | Sustainable Use of Marine Resources” – MARES
CENTRO-07-ST24-FEDER-002033
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Conference abstract |
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Journal article |
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Preprint |
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Other
Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2021/07/23 | How microencapsulated diets can improve bivalve valorization for global food security | The Animal Health Symposium
CIIMAR
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2021/07/23 | How to improve bivalve’s quality through different harvesting, transport and packaging methods | The Animal Health Symposium
CIIMAR
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2020/11 | Can a short-term exposure to microplastics affect the biochemical and metabolic responses of farmed meagre larvae (Argyrosomus regius; Asso, 1801)? | MICRO2020 International Conference |
2020/11 | Can the toxicity of polyethylene microplastics be enhanced in the presence of engineered nanoclays? | MICRO2020 International Conference |
2019/10/07 | Cockles harvesting, transport and packaging: how to improve the quality of product in consumers table | Aquaculture Europe 2019
European Aquaculture Society (Berlin, Germany)
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2019/10/07 | Testing different prototype diets for coral Aquaculture | Aquaculture Europe 2019
European Aquaculture Society (Berlin, Germany)
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2019/09 | Marine bivalves produced in aquaculture: a nutritious food source or a potential public health risk? | 3rd International Conference on Food Contaminants - Challenges in Risk Assessment
INSA - National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (Aveiro, Portugal)
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2019/03/07 | Optimization of depuration process of Ruditapes decussatus produced in C-grade areas to legally commercialization values | Aquaculture 2019
World Aquaculture Society (New Orleans, United States)
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2019/03/07 | Oxidative stress responses and energy budget in diploid and triploid Oncorhynchus mykiss cultured in temperate regions | Aquaculture 2019
World Aquaculture Society (New Orleans, United States)
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2018/12/18 | Effects of methionine and threonine on oxidative stress and energy allocation in rainbow trout under increased temperatures | 3rd AquaImprove – Aquaculture Research Workshop
CIIMAR (Matosinhos, Portugal)
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2018/06/15 | Effects of essential amino acids on oxidative stress and energy allocation in rainbow trout under increased temperatures. | VII Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
SIBIC 2018 (Faro, Portugal)
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2018/06/12 | Different times of supplementation with methionine and threonine alter long-term antioxidant capability and energy allocation of rainbow trout under increased water temperature | 31st congress of the ESCPB
European Society for Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology (Porto, Portugal)
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2018/06/12 | Oxidative defenses and energy allocation of diploid and triploid O. mykiss exposed to different temperatures during annual cycle | VII Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
Iberian Society for Ichthyology (Faro, Portugal)
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2018/01 | Contribuição da Aquacultura Comunitária para a Conservação Marinha: cultivo experimental de ostra no norte de Moçambique. Primeiro congresso de Biologia Marinha dos países de língua portuguesa | Primeiro congresso de Biologia Marinha dos países de língua portuguesa
Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
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2018/01 | Community-based Aquaculture: a path to sustainable development. Sharing best practice in marine conservation and research. | Workshop - Zoological Society of London organization
ZSL/Ciimar (Matosinhos, Portugal)
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2015/12 | Optimization of the depuration of bivalve molluscs | Middle East and Central Asia Aquaculture
World Aquaculture Society (Tehran, Iran)
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2015/12 | Optimization of ex situ aquaculture of corals - the role of light and heterotrophic feeding. | Middle East and Central Asia Aquaculture
World Aquaculture Society (Tehran, Iran)
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2012/09 | The effect of light photosynthetically active radiation in the photosynthetic performance of cultured soft coral Sinularia flexibilis and Sarcophyton glaucum | AQUA 2012
European Aquaculture Society (Prague, Czech Republic)
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2012/07/09 | Coral imaging: distribution of zooxanthellae, photosynthetic activity, and fluorescent proteins | 12th International Coral Reef Symposium
ICRS 2012 (Cairns, Australia)
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2011/06 | The effects of light in the photobiology of cultured monoclonal fragments of the ahermatypic coral Sinularia flexibilis. World Aquaculture | World Aquaculture
World Aquaculture Society (Natal, Brazil)
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2010/10 | The effect of light in the photosynthetic pigments and zooxanthellae density of cultivated ahermatypic coral Sarcophyton sp. | Aquaculture Europe 2010
European Aquaculture Society (Porto, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2019 - 2024 | Squaring the circle of marine bivalves’ valorization through the depuration process: how to combine food safety, food loss
reduction and nutritional value?
Co-supervisor of Vitória Sofia Pereira
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PhD Program in Biology (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019 - 2023 | Development of handmade diets for tilapia nutrition in community based aquaculture in Mozambique¿
Co-supervisor of Henriques Oreste Bustani
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PhD Program in Biology and Ecology of Global Change (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019 - 2023 | Feasibility of integrated tilapia aquaculture in São Tomé e Príncipe in a climate change scenario¿
Supervisor of Aida Maria D'Almeida
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019 - 2023 | Monitoring systems for the sustainable production of mollusc bivalves in the Portuguese coast¿
Supervisor of Teresa Maria Coelho Baptista
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2020 - 2022/03 | Effects of different temperature exposure on Oreochromis niloticus juveniles fed with an handmand diet
Supervisor of Sílvia Fabíola Saraiva Pires
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Master in ecotoxicology and risk analysis (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018 - 2022 | “Caracterização do sector das pescas e da aquacultura em Angola, reflexões sobre o passado, contributos e estratégias para
o futuro”
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018 - 2022 | “Otimização dos processos de depuração, embalamento e transporte de moluscos bivalves, atendendo aos requisitos fisiológicos
de cada espécie”
Co-supervisor of Maria de Lourdes Sardinha
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019 - 2021/12 | Biochemical effects of the addition of diets on the purification process of bivalve molluscs and subsequent shelf-life
Supervisor of Adriana Isabel Rodrigues Ferreira
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Master in Applied Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019 - 2021/12 | Advantages of using microencapsulated diets in ex situ cultivation of Montipora digitata
Supervisor of Pedro Miguel da Silva Soares Pinto de Seabra
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Master in Applied Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019 - 2021/07 | Community-based aquaculture of bivalve molluscs in the North of Mozambique: optimization of production and preservation methods
Supervisor of Sara de Ornelas Nobre Carraça
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Master in Applied Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019/10 - 2021/02 | Influence of salinity in the depuration process of bivalve molluscs (Crassostrea gigas)
Supervisor of João André Carreira Menano Silvestre
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Master in Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (Master) |
2019 - 2021/02 | Effect of salinity on the success of the clearance of Solen marginatus
Co-supervisor of Miguel Bruno Félix Colaço
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Master in Applied Marine Biology (Master) |
2019 - 2021 | Advantages of microfragmentation in the cultivation of the coral Montipora capricornis
Supervisor of José Diogo dos Santos Gomes
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019 - 2021 | Ruditapes decussatus in climate change scenarios, relationship between food availability and temperature
Co-supervisor of João Maria de Sousa Araújo Zagalo Saraiva
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Master in Aquaculture (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
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2019 - 2020 | Estudo preliminar do cultivo de ostra Pinctada sp. na aldeia de Quiwia - Distrito de Palma¿
Supervisor
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Universidade Lurio, Mozambique
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2019 - 2020 | Potential of lost fishing gears for the release of microplastics¿
Supervisor of Sandra Silva
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019 - 2020 | Weanning performance and feed conversion of Oreochromis niloticus juveniles reared with handmade diets¿
Supervisor of Pedro Agostinho
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019 - 2020 | Growth performance and feed conversion of Oreochromis niloticus produced with handmade diets¿
Supervisor of Ercílio Chauque
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Universidade Lurio, Mozambique
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2019 - 2020 | Identification of raw ingredients with potential for fish feeds in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique¿
Supervisor of Sérgio José
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Universidade Lurio, Mozambique
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2019 - 2020 | Comparison of Oreochromis mossambicus fertility under different stock densities and sex ratios¿
Supervisor of Gonçalves Barnabé
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Universidade Lurio, Mozambique
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2019 - 2020 | Insects as a protein source for tilápia Aquaculture in Mozambique¿
Supervisor of Cosme Malikito
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Universidade Lurio, Mozambique
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2019 - 2020 | Olivine dissolution to remediate ocean acidification impact on coral reefs¿
Supervisor of Catarina Latães
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2016 - 2020 | “Corals as therapeutic alternatives for fish farms in a climate changing world”
Co-supervisor of Ana Pedroso de Lima Costa
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Phd program in biology and ecology of global change (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018/01 - 2019/07 | Optimization of coral aquaculture (Scleractinia) Montipora digitata/ Otimização da aquacultura de corais (Scleractinia) Montipora
digitata
Supervisor
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Master in Applied Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019 - 2019 | “Otimização dos processos de captura, transporte, depuração e embalamento do berbigão (Cerastoderma edule) produzido em aquacultura”
Supervisor of Diogo Martins
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019 - 2019 | Otimização do cultivo ex situ dos corais Palythoa sp. e Zoanthus sp. em sistemas fechados¿
Supervisor of Igor Bernardo
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019 - 2019 | “Efeito da exposição ao ar e ao sol da ostra Pinctada sp. cultivada em tabuleiros”
Supervisor
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Universidade Lurio, Mozambique
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2018 - 2019 | “Effect of emergent pollutants on photosynthetic corals, under a 100 year climate change scenario”
Supervisor of Davide Silva
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018 - 2019 | “Avaliação do potencial de cultivo de corais em Moçambique para fins de repovoamento”
Supervisor of Jamen Júlio Ali Mussa
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018 - 2019 | “Effects of microplastics to the coral Zoanthus sociatus might be driven by polymer type in short-term exposure scenarios”
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2017/09 - 2018/12 | Effect of temperature on the purification process of Ruditapes decussatus reared in C-grade areas
Supervisor
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Master in Applied Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | “Melhoramento dos processos de acondicionamento, transporte e embalamento de moluscos bivalves: da captura à comercialização”
Supervisor of Luísa Alves Inácio
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | “Efeito de solventes orgânicos no coral Sarcophyton glaucum: um contributo para avaliações ecotoxicológicas”.
Co-supervisor of José Luis Nunes
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | “Condições socioeconómicas para o desenvolvimento de aquacultura marinha na costa de Chuíba – cidade de Pemba, recorrendo
a espécies autóctones”
Supervisor of Galvano Matutino Neteque
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | “The worst El Ninõ ever: how the Coral reefs of Pemba resisted?”
Co-supervisor of Maida Lobo
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade Lurio, Mozambique |
2018 - 2018 | “Avaliação da presença da doença da mancha branca nos crustáceos no meio selvagem e de cultivo em Moçambique”
Supervisor of Saide Sefo Selemane
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Universidade Lurio, Mozambique
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2018 - 2018 | “Otimização do cultivo ex situ do zoantário Palythoa cf. variabilis em sistemas recirculados”
Supervisor of Ana Rita Figueiredo
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | "Effects of essential amino acids in the energy budget of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss cultured under warming waters."
Supervisor of Sílvia Pires
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Biologia e Geologia (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | “Efeito da temperature no cultivo de truta arco-iris em sistemas recirculados”
Supervisor of Miguel Guerreiro
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | Evaluation of cellular energy allocation in Oncorhynchus mykiss exposed to thermal stress”
Co-supervisor of Júlia Gomes
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2017 - 2017 | Effects of the organic UV filters, oxybenzone and 4-methylbenzylidene camphor, on the photobiology of the hexacoral Zoanthus
sp.
Supervisor of Jessica Mota
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2016 - 2016 | Otimização do processo de depuração de moluscos bivalves
Supervisor of Maria H. Correia
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2015 - 2015 | Optimization of heterotrophic feeding of the soft coral Sarcophyton cf. glaucum
Supervisor of Filipa F. Ribeiro
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2015 - 2015 | Otimização da fragmentação e dos processos de fixação na reprodução assexuada do coral mole Sarcophyton sp.
Supervisor
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2015 - 2015 | "The effect of light and heterotrophy in the ex situ culture of the soft coral Sarcophyton cf. glaucum"
Supervisor of Ana Pedroso de Lima Costa
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2020/01/09 | "Vulnerability of reef-building corals towards global change"
Thesis Member
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Maria Andreia Duarte Dias (PhD)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2019/12/13 | "Feeding strategies to improve gorwth in clownfish larvae (Amphiprion ocellaris)"
Thesis Member
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Maria Ana de Bragança Reis de Morais (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2019/10/15 | "Avaliação do efeito da acidificação dos oceanos nos pólipos da medusa Phyllorhiza punctata (Von Lendenfeld, 1885)"
(Thesis) Arguer
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Daniel Fernandes Marques (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
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2019/10/15 | "Aquacultura ornamental - da ciência ao comércio"
(Thesis) Arguer
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João Nuno Amaral dos Reis (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
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2019/05/24 | "Acondicionamento, reprodução e cultivo larvar de Holothuria tubulosa (Gmelin, 1790)"
(Thesis) Arguer
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Eliana Filipa dos Santos Venâncio (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
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2018/11/05 | "Relatório de estágio no Aquário Vasco da Gama"
(Thesis) Arguer
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Rui Patrício dos Santos Calado (Master)
Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar do Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
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2018/11/05 | "Manutenção de espécies ornamentais marinhas e otimização das suas formas de cultivo"
(Thesis) Arguer
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João André Cunha Lopes (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
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2016/12/07 | "Manutenção, reprodução e transporte de organismos ornamentais"
(Thesis) Arguer
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Tânia Patrícia Carvalho Araújo (Master)
Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar do Instituto Polite´cnico de Leiria, Portugal
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