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André Guimarães Lemos Antunes. Concluiu o(a) Doutoramento em Bioquímica em 2006/01 pelo(a) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia e Licenciatura em Biologia em 2000/06 pelo(a) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia. É Professor Associado no(a) Macau University of Science and Technology. Publicou 43 artigos em revistas especializadas. Possui 10 capítulo(s) de livros e 2 livro(s). Recebeu 8 prémio(s) e/ou homenagens. Participa e/ou participou como Bolseiro de Gestão de Ciência e Tecnologia em 1 projeto(s), Investigador em 1 projeto(s), Investigador responsável em 5 projeto(s) e Orientador em 4 projeto(s). Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Microbiologia, Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Microbiologia, Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias com ênfase em Biotecnologia Industrial, Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Microbiologia e Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente com ênfase em Geoquímica. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: Extremophiles; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
André Guimarães Lemos Antunes

Citation names

  • Antunes, André

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
131D-3ED3-0FE4
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7668-9842

Email addresses

  • aglantunes@must.edu.mo (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geochemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
German Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Creole and Pidgin, Portuguese-based (Other) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2001/01 - 2006/01
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Doutoramento)
Major in Microbiologia
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Microbiology of the Northern brine-filled pools of the Red Sea. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Summa cum laude
1995/09 - 2000/06
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Investigação
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
 17/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/01 - 2015/12 Researcher (Research) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Computational Bioscience Research Center, Saudi Arabia
2012/11 - 2014/11 Science and Technology Management Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2009/09 - 2012/08 Postdoc (Research) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Red Sea Research Center, Saudi Arabia

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/08 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau SAR China
Macau University of Science and Technology State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Macau SAR China
2016/01 - 2019/07 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Edge Hill University, United Kingdom
Edge Hill University Department of Biology, United Kingdom
2007/10 - 2009/08 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Jean Piaget de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
Universidade Jean Piaget de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017 - 2020 The development of subsurface properties and ecological characteristics in young natural and restored saltmarsh environments
EHU PhD/GTA Funding Scheme 2017
Supervisor
Ongoing
2017 - 2020 The development of subsurface properties and ecological characteristics in young natural and restored saltmarsh environments
EHU PhD/GTA Funding Scheme 2017
Supervisor
Edge Hill University, United Kingdom
Ongoing
2018 - 2019 Exploring taxonomic diversity and the genetic basis of microbial carbonate production
EHU PhD/DT Funding Scheme 2018
Supervisor
Edge Hill University, United Kingdom
2016 - 2019 Microbiology of Salt Marshes in the UK: Insights into Life in Gradient-rich Environments
EHU PhD/GTA Funding Scheme 2016
Supervisor
Edge Hill University, United Kingdom
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019 - 2019 E-MELT: Exploration of Microbial Extremophiles in Lake Tírez
E-MELT
Principal investigator
Edge Hill University, United Kingdom
Concluded
2019 - 2019 Microbial Diversity and Bioprospection of Unexplored and Threatened Coastal Environments
EMBRIC TNA Project 5667
Principal investigator
Edge Hill University, United Kingdom
Concluded
2018 - 2019 CHASE- Cabo Verde Hypersaline Environments: Analysis, Survey, and Exploration
1GCRAA17
Principal investigator
Edge Hill University, United Kingdom
Concluded
2018 - 2018 Bioprospection of Extremophilic Microbes from the Cheshire Salt District: Anti-microbial potential
PARSUK (Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the UK)- Xpand-PALOP 2018 Programme
Principal investigator
Edge Hill University, United Kingdom
Concluded
2017 - 2018 EDEN: Exploration of the Diversity of Extremophiles in the North of England
1ANTUN16 (EHU-RIF)
Principal investigator
Concluded
2012 - 2014 MIRRI – Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure
ESFRI-BMS INFRA-2012-2.2.5
Science and Technology Management Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, Belgium
2011 - 2013 The Deep Sea Brine Pools of the Red Sea: From Novel Extreme Organisms to Commercial Applications
SEDCO 2011 Research Excellence Award 201
Researcher
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Red Sea Research Center, Saudi Arabia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Antunes, André. Astrobiology: Current, Evolving, and Emerging Perspectives. 2020.
    10.21775/9781912530304
  2. Antunes, André. Planetary Protection Classification of Sample Return Missions from the Martian Moons. 2019.
    10.17226/25357
Book chapter
  1. Antunes, André. "Earth's Stratosphere and Microbial Life". 2020.
    10.21775/9781912530304.08
  2. Antunes, André. "Exploring Deep-Sea Brines as Potential Terrestrial Analogues of Oceans in the Icy Moons of the Outer Solar System". 2020.
    10.21775/9781912530304.06
  3. Antunes, André. "Haloplasma". 2019.
    10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01422
  4. Antunes, André. "Geochemistry and Life at the Interfaces of Brine-Filled Deeps in the Red Sea". 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-319-99417-8_11
  5. Antunes, André. "Haloplasmatales". 2018.
    10.1002/9781118960608.obm00131
  6. Antunes, André. "Haloplasmataceae". 2018.
    10.1002/9781118960608.fbm00285
  7. Antunes, André. "Bioprospecting Archaea: Focus on Extreme Halophiles". 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-47935-4_5
  8. Antunes, André. "Halorhabdus". 2016.
    10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01349
  9. Antunes, André. "The Family Haloplasmataceae". 2014.
    10.1007/978-3-642-30120-9_206
  10. Antunes, André. "The Family Salinisphaeraceae". 2014.
    10.1007/978-3-642-38922-1_296
Journal article
  1. Mohamed Jebbar; Keyron Hickman-Lewis; Barbara Cavalazzi; Ruth-Sophie Taubner; Simon K.-M. R. Rittmann; Andre Antunes. "Microbial Diversity and Biosignatures: An Icy Moons Perspective". Space Science Reviews (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-019-0620-z.
    10.1007/s11214-019-0620-z
  2. Antunes, André. "Exploring Deep-Sea Brines as Potential Terrestrial Analogues of Oceans in the Icy Moons of the Outer Solar System". Current Issues in Molecular Biology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.21775/cimb.038.123.
    10.21775/cimb.038.123
  3. Antunes, André. "Earth's Stratosphere and Microbial Life". Current Issues in Molecular Biology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.21775/cimb.038.197.
    10.21775/cimb.038.197
  4. Antunes, André. "Metabolic profiling and environmental characterisation of salterns in the islands of Cabo Verde". Access Microbiology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.ac2019.po0517.
    10.1099/acmi.ac2019.po0517
  5. Antunes, André. "Motilimonas cestriensis sp. nov., isolated from a Cheshire brine spring". Access Microbiology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.ac2019.po0227.
    10.1099/acmi.ac2019.po0227
  6. Antunes, André. "Biomineralization of microbes in natural and restored saltmarshes: a missing link in restoration efforts?". Access Microbiology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.ac2019.po0516.
    10.1099/acmi.ac2019.po0516
  7. Antunes, André. "Genomic trends on the biogenic CaCO3 production in the genus Bacillus". Access Microbiology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.ac2019.po0331.
    10.1099/acmi.ac2019.po0331
  8. Rettberg, P.; Antunes, A.; Brucato, J.; Cabezas, P.; Collins, G.; Haddaji, A.; Kminek, G.; et al. "Biological Contamination Prevention for Outer Solar System Moons of Astrobiological Interest: What Do We Need to Know?". Astrobiology 19 8 (2019): 951-974. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85070985769&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/ast.2018.1996
  9. Andy Devaynes; André Antunes; Alan Bedford; Paul Ashton. "Bacterial species richness at three stages of the breeding season in Cyanistes caeruleus (blue tit)". Acta Oecologica 92 (2018): 123-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2018.09.001.
    10.1016/j.actao.2018.09.001
  10. Othoum G; Bougouffa S; Razali R; Bokhari A; Alamoudi S; Antunes A; Gao X; et al. "In silico exploration of Red Sea Bacillus genomes for natural product biosynthetic gene clusters.". BMC genomics (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29788916.
    10.1186/s12864-018-4796-5
  11. Devaynes, A.; Antunes, A.; Bedford, A.; Ashton, P.. "Progression in the bacterial load during the breeding season in nest boxes occupied by the Blue Tit and its potential impact on hatching or fledging success,Wachsende Belastung durch Bakterien in Nistkästen von Blaumeisen während der Brutzeit und ihr möglicher Einfluss auf Schlüpfen und Flüggewerden". Journal of Ornithology 159 4 (2018): 1009-1017. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85053220763&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10336-018-1577-5
  12. Simões, M.F.; Antunes, A.. "Archaea in activated sludge systems". Microbiology Today 44 3 (2017): 110-113. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85027511311&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  13. Antunes, A.. "Halophiles: The salt of the Earth". Biochemist 39 6 (2017): 18-21. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85037653869&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  14. Antunes, André. "Zooplankton at deep Red Sea brine pools". Journal of Plankton Research (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbw013.
    10.1093/plankt/fbw013
  15. Alzubaidy, H.; Essack, M.; Malas, T.B.; Bokhari, A.; Motwalli, O.; Kamanu, F.K.; Jamhor, S.A.; et al. "Rhizosphere microbiome metagenomics of gray mangroves (Avicennia marina) in the Red Sea". Gene 576 2 (2016): 626-636. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84959495462&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.gene.2015.10.032
  16. Antunes, A.; Stackebrandt, E.; Lima, N.. "Fueling the Bio-economy: European Culture Collections and Microbiology Education and Training". Trends in Microbiology 24 2 (2016): 77-79. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84959195936&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.tim.2015.11.010
  17. Salhi, A.; Essack, M.; Radovanovic, A.; Marchand, B.; Bougouffa, S.; Antunes, A.; Simoes, M.F.; et al. "DESM: Portal for microbial knowledge exploration systems". Nucleic Acids Research 44 D1 (2016): D624-D633. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84976874966&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/nar/gkv1147
  18. Antunes, André. "First Insights into the Viral Communities of the Deep-sea Anoxic Brines of the Red Sea". Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics (2015):
    10.1016/j.gpb.2015.06.004
  19. Antunes, André. "Soil and Rhizosphere Associated Fungi in Gray Mangroves (Avicennia marina) from the Red Sea — A Metagenomic Approach". Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics (2015):
    10.1016/j.gpb.2015.07.002
  20. Kamanda Ngugi D; Blom J; Alam I; Rashid M; Ba-Alawi W; Zhang G; Hikmawan T; et al. "Comparative genomics reveals adaptations of a halotolerant thaumarchaeon in the interfaces of brine pools in the Red Sea.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25105904.
    10.1038/ismej.2014.137
  21. Guan, Y.; Hikmawan, T.; Antunes, A.; Ngugi, D.; Stingl, U.. "Diversity of methanogens and sulfate-reducing bacteria in the interfaces of five deep-sea anoxic brines of the Red Sea". Research in Microbiology 166 9 (2015): 688-699. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84946482052&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.resmic.2015.07.002
  22. Oliver, P.G.; Vestheim, H.; Antunes, A.; Kaartvedt, S.. "Systematics, functional morphology and distribution of a bivalve (Apachecorbula muriatica gen. et sp. nov.) from the rim of the 'Valdivia Deep' brine pool in the Red Sea". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 95 3 (2015): 523-535. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84928487402&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0025315414001234
  23. Werner J; Ferrer M; Michel G; Mann AJ; Huang S; Juarez S; Ciordia S; et al. "Halorhabdus tiamatea: proteogenomics and glycosidase activity measurements identify the first cultivated euryarchaeon from a deep-sea anoxic brine lake as potential polysaccharide degrader.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24428220.
    10.1111/1462-2920.12393
  24. Antunes, André. "Offer, demand, and needs in training and education: a study focusing on microbial culture collections within the MIRRI Consortium". New Biotechnology (2014): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2014.05.2005.
    10.1016/j.nbt.2014.05.2005
  25. Ferreira AJ; Siam R; Setubal JC; Moustafa A; Sayed A; Chambergo FS; Dawe AS; et al. "Core microbial functional activities in ocean environments revealed by global metagenomic profiling analyses.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24921648.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0097338
  26. Sagar, S.; Esau, L.; Hikmawan, T.; Antunes, A.; Holtermann, K.; Stingl, U.; Bajic, V.B.; Kaur, M.. "Cytotoxic and apoptotic evaluations of marine bacteria isolated from brine-seawater interface of the Red Sea". BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 13 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84873245925&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/1472-6882-13-29
  27. Holert, Johannes; Alam, Intikhab; Larsen, Michael; Antunes, Andre; Bajic, Vladimir B; Stingl, Ulrich; Philipp, Bodo. "Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas sp. Strain Chol1, a Model Organism for the Degradation of Bile Salts and Other Steroid Compounds.". Genome announcements 1 1 (2013):
    10.1128/genomeA.00014-12
  28. Alam I; Antunes A; Kamau AA; Ba Alawi W; Kalkatawi M; Stingl U; Bajic VB. "INDIGO - INtegrated data warehouse of microbial genomes with examples from the red sea extremophiles.". (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24324765.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0082210
  29. Ngugi, D.K.; Antunes, A.; Brune, A.; Stingl, U.. "Biogeography of pelagic bacterioplankton across an antagonistic temperature-salinity gradient in the Red Sea". Molecular Ecology 21 2 (2012): 388-405. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855462375&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05378.x
  30. Siam, R.; Mustafa, G.A.; Sharaf, H.; Moustafa, A.; Ramadan, A.R.; Antunes, A.; Bajic, V.B.; et al. "Unique prokaryotic consortia in geochemically distinct sediments from red sea Atlantis II and discovery deep brine pools". PLoS ONE 7 8 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84865180394&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0042872
  31. Stingl, U.; Ngugi, D.K.; Thompson, L.; Antunes, A.; Cahill, M.. "Marine microbiology: Microbial ecology of the Red Sea,Mikrobielle Ökologie des Roten Meeres". BioSpektrum 18 6 (2012): 582-586. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84867559770&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12268-012-0231-7
  32. Antunes, A.; Ngugi, D.K.; Stingl, U.. "Microbiology of the Red Sea (and other) deep-sea anoxic brine lakes". Environmental Microbiology Reports 3 4 (2011): 416-433. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80054837085&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00264.x
  33. Antunes, A.; Alam, I.; El Dorry, H.E.; Siam, R.; Robertson, A.; Bajic, V.B.; Stingl, U.. "Genome sequence of Haloplasma contractile, an unusual contractile bacterium from a deep-sea anoxic brine lake". Journal of Bacteriology 193 17 (2011): 4551-4552. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052316367&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JB.05461-11
  34. Antunes, A.; Alam, I.; Bajic, V.B.; Stingl, U.. "Genome sequence of salinisphaera shabanensis, a gammaproteobacterium from the harsh, variable environment of the brine-seawater interface of the shaban deep in the red sea". Journal of Bacteriology 193 17 (2011): 4555-4556. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052330532&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JB.05459-11
  35. Antunes, A.; Alam, I.; Bajic, V.B.; Stingl, U.. "Genome sequence of Halorhabdus tiamatea, the first archaeon isolated from a deep-sea anoxic brine lake". Journal of Bacteriology 193 17 (2011): 4553-4554. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052307978&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JB.05462-11
  36. Antunes, C.L.; Almeida, T.R.; Raposeiro, N.; Gonçalves, B.; Almeida, P.; Antunes, A.. "A tubular electrode for radiofrequency ablation therapy". World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology 46 (2010): 516-522. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871424316&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  37. Taborda, Marco; Antunes, André; Tiago, Igor; Veríssimo, António; Nobre, M. Fernanda; da Costa, Milton S.. "Description of Idiomarina insulisalsae sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a sea salt evaporation pond, proposal to transfer the species of the genus Pseudidiomarina to the genus Idiomarina and emended description of the genus Idiomarina". Systematic and applied microbiology 32 6 (2009): 371-378.
    10.1016/j.syapm.2009.06.005
  38. Antunes, A.; Taborda, M.; Huber, R.; Moissl, C.; Nobre, M.F.; da Costa, M.S.. "Halorhabdus tiamatea sp. nov., a non-pigmented extremely halophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hypersaline anoxic basin of the Red Sea, and emended description of the genus Halorhabdus". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58 1 (2008): 215-220. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-40449109197&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1099/ijs.0.65316-0
  39. Antunes, A.; Rainey, F.A.; Wanner, G.; Taborda, M.; Pätzold, J.; Nobre, M.F.; Da Costa, M.S.; Huber, R.. "A new lineage of halophilic, wall-less, contractile bacteria from a brine-filled deep of the Red Sea". Journal of Bacteriology 190 10 (2008): 3580-3587. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-47049090684&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JB.01860-07
  40. Antunes, A.; Francça, L.; Rainey, F.A.; Huber, R.; Fernanda Nobre, M.; Edwards, K.J.; da Costa, M.S.. "Marinobacter salsuginis sp. nov., isolated from the brine-seawater interface of the Shaban Deep, Red Sea". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57 5 (2007): 1035-1040. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34249052785&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1099/ijs.0.64862-0
  41. Antunes A; Eder W; Fareleira P; Santos H; Huber R. "Salinisphaera shabanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel, moderately halophilic bacterium from the brine-seawater interface of the Shaban Deep, Red Sea.". (2003): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/12579377.
  42. Antunes, A.; Eder, W.; Fareleira, P.; Santos, H.; Huber, R.. "Salinisphaera shabanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel, moderately halophilic bacterium from the brine-seawater interface of the Shaban Deep, Red Sea". Extremophiles 7 1 (2003): 29-34. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037711316&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00792-002-0292-5
  43. Antunes, A.; Rainey, F.A.; Nobre, M.F.; Schumann, P.; Ferreira, A.M.; Ramos, A.; Santos, H.; da Costa, M.S.. "Leuconostoc ficulneum sp. nov., a novel lactic acid bacterium isolated from a ripe fig, and reclassification of Lactobacillus fructosus as Leuconostoc fructosum comb. nov.". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 52 2 (2002): 647-655. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036206183&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Distinctions

Other distinction

2011 Best Poster Award (W.E.P. Research Poster Session 2011)
2011 SEDCO Research Excellence Award (awarded to research project)
2010 External Laboratory Access- Global Collaborative Research KAUST scholarship award
2009 Agouron Research Fellowship- “Microbial Oceanography: Genomes to Biomes”
Agouron Institute, United States
2006 IOM Travel Fellowship Award
2006 Post-doc scholarship (SFRH/BPD/22576/2005): 2006-2007
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2001 PhD scholarship (SFRH/BD/3170/2000): 2001-2004
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
1993 Euroscola Project- Regional Representative Award
European Parliament, France