Curriculum Vitae
Neusa Elisabete José do Nascimento Martins
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Neusa Elisabete José do Nascimento Martins
Citation names
- Martins, Neusa
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 1D1A-4459-86D8
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-4333-2905
Email addresses
- nemartins@ualg.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Universidade do Algarve, CCMAR, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.ccmar.ualg.pt/users/nemartins (Professional)
- https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4333-2905 (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| French | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2013/06/21
Concluded
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Ciências Biotecnológicas (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Aluminum bioaccumulation and tolerance in Plantago algarbiensis Samp. and Plantago almogravensis Franco, assessed by using
in vitro cultures and micropropagated plants" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Muito Bom |
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2008/11/07
Concluded
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Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Bioacumulação de alumínio em plantas micropropagadas de espécies do genero Plantago" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/02/01 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
| 2017/04/01 - 2019/01/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2013/12/01 - 2017/03/31 | Researcher (Research) | Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
| Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016/07/01 - 2017/03/31 | GENEKELP - Thermal adaptation of marine forests (PTDC/MAR-EST/6053/2014)
PTDC/MAR-EST/6053/2014
Research Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Concluded
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| 2015/09/01 - 2016/06/30 | EXTANT - Extinct tipping points - climate changes drive genetic diversity and dynamics of range edge populations as evolutionary
hotspots’ (EXCL/AAG-GLO/0661/2012)
EXCL/AAG-GLO/0661/2012
Research Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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| 2014/03/01 - 2015/08/31 | EVOSEXUAL – Evolução sexual das algas castanhas multicelulares’ (EXPL/BIA-EVF/2263/2013)
EXPL/BIA-EVF/2263/2013
Research Fellow
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| 2013/12/01 - 2014/02/28 | EXTANT - Extinct tipping points - climate changes drive genetic diversity and dynamics of range edge populations as evolutionary
hotspots’ (EXCL/AAG-GLO/0661/2012)
EXCL/AAG-GLO/0661/2012
Research Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/02/01 - Current | Investigador
Researcher
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Ongoing
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 - 2027 | ICULTURE: a digital bio-platform and co-culture bioprocess to prospect and utilize macroalgae responsibly and sustainably.
Ref. HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-two-stage-101082010 (2023-2027)
HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-two-stage-101082010
Researcher
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Ongoing
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| 2023 - 2026 | FORESCUE (DivProtect/0006/2021) Abordagens inovadoras de recuperação e gestão das florestas de algas no Mar Mediterrâneo.
(2023-2026)
DivProtect/0006/2021
Researcher
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Ongoing
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| 2023 - 2025/12/31 | PRR Pacto Bioeconomia Azul - Transversal Biobancos (WP 9), Ref.: C644915664-00000026, funded by PRR Plano de Recuperação e
Resiliência. (2022-2025)
Ref.: C644915664-00000026
Researcher
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Ongoing
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| 2023 - 2025/12/31 | PRR Pacto Bioeconomia Azul - Vertical Algas (WP 5), Ref.: C644915664-00000026, funded by PRR Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência.
(2022-2025)
Ref.: C644915664-00000026
Researcher
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Ongoing
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| 2024/04/01 - 2025/03/30 | MicroC: EMBRC Seaweed microbiome resources for a growing blue economy. Joint Development Activity - JDA ID 3003
Joint Development Activity - JDA ID 3003
Researcher
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Ongoing
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| 2022 - 2025 | RESTORESEAS: Marine Forests of animals, plants and algae: nature-based tools to protect and restore biodiversity
BiodivERsA3-2021: BiodivRestore-253
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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| 2021 - 2024 | BlueForests (EEA.BG.CALL4.012.2020/ PT-INNOVATION-0081). Seaforests for blue carbon natural capital from nature-based solutions.
(2021-2024)
EEA.BG.CALL4.012.2020/ PT-INNOVATION-0081
Researcher
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Ongoing
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| 2015/12/01 - 2021 | MARFOR - Functional Variability and Dynamics of Responses of Marine Forests to Global Change (Biodiversa/0004/2015).
Biodiversa/0004/2015
Researcher
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2023/08/20 | Marine heatwave susceptibility at the trailing edge of the foundational kelp, Laminaria hyperborea. | 8th European Phycological Congress
(Brest, France)
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| 2023/08/20 | Genus-wide transcriptional responses to short-term warming in eastern Atlantic Laminarias (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales): the triumph of phylogeny over phenotype? | 8th European Phycological Congress
(Brest, France)
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| 2023/08/20 | Kelp microbiomes benefits to the test: bacteria isolation, characterization, and tested for influence on kelp resilience to global change stress conditions. | 8th European Phycological Congress
(Brest, France)
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| 2023/04/28 | Impacto das alterações climáticas nas florestas marinhas de kelps. | 1993-2023: XXX Aniversário do curso de Bioquímica,
(Faro, Portugal)
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| 2022/09 | Microscopic life stages of Arctic kelp differ in their resilience and reproductive output in response to Arctic seasonality | International Conference for Young Marine Researchers (ICYMARE)
(Bremerhaven, Germany)
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| 2021/03 | Heritable phenotypic divergence along a latitudinal gradient in the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera: Oceanography, physiology and transcriptional profiles. | 12th International Phycological Congress
(Chile)
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| 2021/03 | Kelps in the Arctic: their ability to cope with warming. | 12th International Phycological Congress
(Chile)
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| 2019/11/25 | Ecophysiological responses of kelp to climate change. |
Istituto per le Risorse Biologiche e le Biotecnologie Marine (CNR - IRBIM) (Messina, Italy)
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| 2019/05/16 | Florestas marinhas | International day of the Scientist
Centro de Ciência Viva de Tavira (Portugal)
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| 2019/05/03 | Heterosis breeding for upper temperature tolerance in Laminaria. | 23rd International Seaweed Symposium
(Jeju, South Korea)
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| 2019/01/16 | Ecophysiological responses of kelp forests to climate change. | CCMAR seminars
(Faro, Portugal)
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| 2018/03/26 | Inheritance of thermal traits in hybrids between two Atlantic kelp species with contrasting tolerances. | E-seminar in Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)
(Bremerhaven, Germany)
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| 2018/01/09 | Inheritance of thermal tolerance traits in hybrids between Laminaria digitata and Laminaria pallida. | British Phycological Society 66th Annual Meeting
(Essex, United Kingdom)
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| 2016/09/30 | Optimization of gametophyte culture to study transcriptional network involved in gametogenesis. | Phycomorph WG meeting, European Cost Action FA1406.
(Limassol, Cyprus)
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| 2010/08/22 | Effect of medium pH on biochemical parameters of P. algarbiensis and P. almogravensis micropropagated plants. 28th International Horticultural Congress. | 28th International Horticultural Congress.
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2008/02/21 | Bioacumulação de metais pesados em plantas micropropagadas de espécies do género Plantago. | X Encontro dos Seminários intercalares de Bioquímica.
(Faro, Portugal)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2023/01 - 2023/09 | The potential of kelp holobionts and their microbiomes to provide resilience to their hosts under temperature stress. Master
thesis
Supervisor
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Master in Molecular and Microbial Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
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| 2023/04 - 2023/06 | Ecophysiological responses of brown algae to climate change. Professional Practice (12 ECTS).
Supervisor
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MSc Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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| 2022/10 - 2022/12 | Ecophysiological responses of Alaria esculenta to climate change and restoration of Laminaria ochroleuca. Laboratory methods
(3 ECTS)
Supervisor
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International MSc in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea) |
| 2022/01 - 2022/08/31 | Thermal plasticity across life stages of kelps. Master thesis
Supervisor
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Marine Biological Resources (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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| 2022/01 - 2022/08/01 | Kelp microbiomes benefits to test: microbes isolation, characterization, and potential application to increase kelp stress
resilience under global change conditions. Master thesis
Co-supervisor
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Marine Biological Resources (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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| 2022/01 - 2022/08 | Kelp Development in an Aquaculture Facility: Quantifying diel periodicity of spore release and comparing growth methods of
Laminaria ochroleuca. Master thesis
Supervisor
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Marine Environment and Resources (MER) Master (Master)
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
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| 2021/01 - 2021/08 | Laminaria ochroleuca: Intraspecific variation in adaptive traits to temperature and light stress. Master thesis
Supervisor
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Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea) (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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| 2021/01 - 2021/08 | Effects of thermal history on intra- and transgenerational plasticity in Laminaria pallida. Master thesis
Supervisor
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Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea) (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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| 2021/04 - 2021/06 | Physiological responses of a deep-water kelp population to different temperatures and irradiances. Field Methods (3 ECTS internship).
Supervisor
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Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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| 2020/07/27 - 2020/09/28 | Maintenance of microscopic kelp stages and their response to climate change.
Supervisor
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| 2020/03 - 2020/09 | Effects of warming on the ecophysiology of Laminaria ochroleuca. [12 ECTS internship]
Supervisor
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Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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| 2020/01 - 2020/08 | Studies of thermotolerance in North and South Atlantic Laminaria, their gametogenesis and hybrid reproductive success. Master
thesis
Supervisor
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Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea) (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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| 2020/01 - 2020/08 | Impact of Arctic environmental conditions on the reproduction and recruitment of Alaria esculenta and Laminaria digitata.
Master thesis
Supervisor
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Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea) (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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| 2019/12 - 2020/01 | Recruitment success in kelp hybrids. [6 ECTS Internship]
Supervisor
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Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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| 2019/12 - 2020/01 | Ecophysiological responses of Laminaria ochroleuca to a marine heat wave. [12 ECTS internship]
Supervisor
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Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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| 2019/06 - 2019/09 | Ecophysiological responses of kelps to climate change.
Supervisor
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ERASMUS+ (Other)
Università della Calabria, Italy
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| 2019/04 - 2019/05 | Synchronization of sexual events in kelps species: influence of male gametophytes on the female reproductive success. [12
ECTS Internship]
Supervisor
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Marine Biological Resources (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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| 2019/03 - 2019/04 | Temperature effect on growth rates and eco-physiological parameters in sympatric brown seaweeds: Cystoseira foeniculacea and
Cystoseira gilbraltarica. [3 ECTS Internship]
Co-supervisor
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Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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| 2018/12 - 2019/01 | Thermal resilience of Alaria esculenta sporophytes after exposure to different daylengths during early life stages. [12 ECTS
Internship]
Supervisor
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Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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| 2018/04 - 2018/07 | Heatwave and constant high temperature impact on the growth of Laminaria digitata gametophytes
Supervisor
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Marine Biology (Degree)
Université de La Rochelle, France
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2021/05/05 - Current | Virtual Workshop REDES 180023 Underwater kelp forests in a changing ocean. | |
| 2017 - Current | Advanced Technologies and Training EMBL-EBI Bioinformatics
Workshop
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Advanced Technologies and Training EMBL-EBI Bioinformatics
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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| 2016 - Current | Summer School in Functional Genomics and Transcriptomics
Workshop
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| 2016 - Current | Ilumina Library Preparation
Workshop
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Ilumina Library Preparation
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany
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| 2013 - Current | Scientific writing
Workshop
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Scientific writing
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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| 2023/09/25 - 2023/09/29 | Course: Introduction to R (36 hours of duration). Faro, Portugal.
Workshop
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| 2022/04/26 - 2022/04/26 | Seaweed Academy Official Launch Event. Scottish Association for Marine Sciences (SAMS). Oban, Scotland.
Seminar
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| 2021/04/07 - 2021/04/09 | Workshop on Reproductive Biotechnology and Cryobanking in Aquatic Species
Workshop
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2021/12 | Effects of temperature and nutrient regimes on the recruitment of Laminaria digitata.
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Hjalmar Ruud (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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| 2021/01/21 | Seagrasses response to climate change.
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Guy Medina (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/10 - Current | Journal of Marine Science and Engineering | |
| 2021/10 - Current | European Journal of Phycology | |
| 2020/09 - Current | Aquaculture | |
| 2018/05 - Current | Journal of Applied Phycology | |
| 2023 - 2023 | Restoration Ecology | |
| 2023 - 2023 | Annals of Botany | |
| 2022 - 2022 | Algal Research | |
| 2022 - 2022 | Bioengineering | |
| 2022 - 2022 | ELEMENTA | |
| 2021 - 2021 | Botany | |
| 2017 - 2017 | South African Journal of Biology |
Distinctions
Other distinction
| 2019 | Assemble Plus transnational access funding: Physiological responses of Mediterranean kelp species to climate change. Host institution: IRBIM |
| 2018 | EU COST action ‘Phycomorph’ travel grant to attend to the British Phycological Society 66th Annual Meeting (Southend, UK). |
| 2017 | Postdoc Grant: Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2017 | Manuscript selected for Open Access in Botanica Marina |
| 2016 | EU COST action ‘Phycomorph’ funding to attend to the Summer School in Functional Genomics and Transcriptomics in 2016 (Black Forest, Germany). |
| 2016 | Funding for Short term Scientific Mission of PHYCOMORPH: Optimization of kelp gametophyte culture to study transcriptional networks involved in gametogenesis. Host institution: Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marin |
| 2009 | PhD Grant: Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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