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Ana Carvalhais Santos. PhD student. Completed the MSc in Toxicology and Ecotoxicology in 2018 by University of Aveiro and Graduation in Biology in 2016 by University of Aveiro, which included an internship in a bivalve aquaculture company named C-FOOD S.A. Was a Researche Fellow in NanoReproTox project, in University of Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar. Works in the areas of Natural sciences with emphasis on Earth and Environmental Sciences (Ecotoxicology) and Biological Sciences, namely on Reproductive Biology.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Carvalhais Santos

Citation names

  • Santos, Ana
  • Carvalhais, Ana
  • Carvalhais A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
271D-D331-A577
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1258-546X

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Chinese Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/05/01 - 2025/08/05
Ongoing
 Biology (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Personal care products as emerging aquatic pollutants: Effects in key steps of the reproduction cycle of Crassostrea gigas " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016/09/13 - 2018/07/27
Concluded
 Master in Toxicology e Ecotoxicology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Mortalidade de juvenis de Venerupis corrugata (Gmelin, 1791) por stresse salino e térmico" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2015/09/23 - 2016/06/15
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Major in Curricular Internship in the area of ¿¿bivalve aquaculture, namely the clams R. decussatus and V. corrugata
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

C-FOOD, S.A., Portugal
19
2012/09/17 - 2016/06/15
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/05/01 - 2021/03/31 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/05/01 - 2021/03/31 NanoReproTox-Unraveling the ecological impacts of nanoparticles toxicity in the reproduction of marine organisms
PTDC/CTA-AMB/30908/2017
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2022/09/01 - 2025/09/01 EPIBOOST - BOOSting excellence in environmental EPIgenetics (Grant no. 101078991)
101078991
Other
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2024/08/31 Providing solutions for water treatment and recovering of technological critical elements: from the wonder material to new chemobrionics systems (ongoing)
2022.04409.PTDC
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Carvalhais, Ana; Vanessa Marras; Marques, Ana; Pereira, Patrícia; C.L. Mieiro. "Haemocytological alterations in fish following exposure to inorganic (titanium dioxide nanoparticles) and organic (oxybenzone) UV filters as sunscreen ingredients". Paper presented in CIESM, Cascais, 2019.
Conference poster
  1. Ana Carvalhais; Romina Lippa; Oliveira, Isabel Benta; Gaetano Di Lorenzo; Pacheco, Mário; Mieiro, Cláudia. "Environmental realistic concentrations of octocrylene and benzophenone affect fertilization and embryo development of pacific oyster Magallana gigas". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 34 th Annual Meeting in Seville, Spain from 5 - 9 May 2024., 2024.
  2. Oliveira, Isabel Benta; Carvalhais, Ana; J. R. Almeida; I. Cunha; Vasconcelos, Vítor V.; Pacheco, Mário; Mieiro, Cláudia. "Risk Characterization of the Antifouling Biocide Tralopyril and Two Natural Compounds Produced by Cyanobacteria: Fertilization and Embryotoxicity Tests using Magallana gigas". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 34 th Annual Meeting in Seville, Spain from 5 - 9 May 2024., 2024.
  3. Carvalhais, Ana. "Are marine macroalgae affected by the environmental levels of the octocrylene? The case of the food supplement Ulva rigida.". Paper presented in nternational Conference on Food Contaminants, 2023.
  4. Fernandéz F.; Jerónimo S.; Carvalhais A.; Marques A.; Oliveira, IB; Pereira, Vitória; Asturiano J; Pacheco M.; C.L. Mieiro. "THE IMPACTS OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES IN THE GONADS OF PACIFIC OYSTER: OXIDATIVE STRESS PROFILE AND ENERGY RELATED-PARAMETERS". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2022, Rimini, Italy, 2022.
  5. Marques, Ana; Carvalhais A.; Oliveira, IB; Dolbeth, M.; Tomás, L.; Pereira, Vitória; Marçal, Ana; et al. Corresponding author: Marques, Ana. "Erythrocytic dynamics and kidney oxidative condition show an adaptive response of Scophthalmus maximus to personal care products.". Paper presented in 32nd Congress of ESCPB, Naples, Italy, 2022.
  6. Carvalhais, Ana. "Titanium dioxide nanoparticles and oyster sperm: friend or foe?". Paper presented in EuroNanoForum, 2021.
  7. Ana Carvalhais; Vanessa Marras; Marques, Ana; Pereira, Patrícia; C.L. Mieiro. "Haemocytological alterations in fish following exposure to inorganic (titanium dioxide nanoparticles) and organic (oxybenzone) UV filters as sunscreen ingredients". Paper presented in CIESM- The Mediterranean Science Commission, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Fernández-García, Fátima; Carvalhais, Ana; Marques, Ana; Oliveira, Isabel B.; Guilherme, Sofia; Oliveira, Helena; Oliveira, Catarina C.V.; et al. "Silver nanoparticles and silver ions indistinguishably decrease sperm motility in Pacific oysters (Magallana gigas) after short-term direct exposure". Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 101 (2023): 104202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2023.104202.
    10.1016/j.etap.2023.104202
  2. Oliveira, Catarina C.V.; Ferrão, Leonor; Gallego, Victor; Mieiro, Cláudia; Oliveira, Isabel B.; Carvalhais, Ana; Pachedo, Mário; Cabrita, Elsa. "Exposure to silver and titanium dioxide nanoparticles at supra-environmental concentrations decreased sperm motility and affected spermatozoa subpopulations in gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata". Fish Physiology and Biochemistry (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10695-023-01218-0.
    10.1007/s10695-023-01218-0
  3. Oliveira, Isabel B.; Carvalhais, Ana; Guilherme, Sofia; Oliveira, Helena; Oliveira, Catarina C.V.; Ferrão, Leonor; Cabrita, Elsa; Pacheco, Mário; Mieiro, Cláudia. "Shipping can be achieved but cargo arrives with damage - titanium dioxide nanoparticles affect the DNA of Pacific oyster sperm". Aquatic Toxicology 258 (2023): 106446. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106446.
    10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106446
  4. Carvalhais, A.; Oliveira, I.B.; Oliveira, H.; Oliveira, C.C.V.; Ferrão, L.; Cabrita, E.; Asturiano, J.F.; et al. "Ex vivo exposure to titanium dioxide and silver nanoparticles mildly affect sperm of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) - A multiparameter spermiotoxicity approach". Marine Pollution Bulletin 177 (2022): 113487. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113487.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113487
  5. Carvalhais, Ana; Pereira, Bárbara; Sabato, Mariangela; Seixas, Rafaela; Dolbeth, Marina; Marques, Ana; Guilherme, Sofia; et al. "Mild Effects of Sunscreen Agents on a Marine Flatfish: Oxidative Stress, Energetic Profiles, Neurotoxicity and Behaviour in Response to Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles and Oxybenzone". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 4 (2021): 1567. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22041567.
    10.3390/ijms22041567
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Carvalhais, Ana. "Mortalidade de juvenis de Venerupis corrugata (Gmelin, 1791) por stresse salino e térmico". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2018.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/11/07 Assessing the safety of technical kraft lignin and its nanoparticles to Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas) gametes and early life stages TOTAL-NANOSAFE II International Conference
INL (Braga, Portugal)
2022/12/19 Guest speaker in Semana da Ciência II- Biodiversidade (UTAD): Produtos de higiene pessoal como poluentes aquáticos emergentes - Efeitos em etapas chave do ciclo reprodutivo da ostra-do-pacífico (Magallana gigas) Semana da Ciência II- Biodiversidade
NEBUTAD (Vila Real, Portugal)
2021/09/08 Ex vivo effects of nanoparticles on seabream spermatozoa ECSA 58 – EMECS 13 - Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene. Structure, functions, services and management.
2020/10/14 Unravelling the ecological impacts of nanoparticles toxicity in the reproduction of marine organisms. A quick visit to NanoReproTox project. Webinar - Tools for assessing the impacts of contamination in the reproduction of marine organisms
(Portugal)
2019/10/08 Haemocytological alterations in fish following exposure to inorganic (titanium dioxide nanoparticles) and organic (oxybenzone) UV filters as sunscreen ingredients CIESM- The Mediterranean Science Commission
(Cascais, Portugal)
2019/09/12 Adverse effects of sunscreen agents on a marine flatfish: oxidative stress and energetic profiles in response to titanium dioxide nanoparticles and oxybenzone. FEPS -Federation of European Physiological Societies
(Bolonha, Italy)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/02/24 - 2023/02/24 Activity with Colégio Vasco da Gama, Sintra Talk about how sunscreens may affect marine organisms reproduction and practical activity with oysters (2023/02/24 - 2033/02/24) (2023/02/24 - 2023/02/24)
Other (Co-organisor)
2020/09/14 - 2020/10/20 Webinar on tools for assessing the impacts of contamination in the reproduction of marine organisms (2020/10/14 - 2020/10/14)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/12/16 - 2022/12/16 Webinar: "Sexagem de sémen: Aplicações na produção animal"
Seminar
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2021/10/28 - 2021/10/28 Webinar Fate and Effects of Organic Contaminants in Marine Environments
2021/05/05 - 2021/05/06 EuroNanoForum
Conference
2021/04/07 - 2021/04/08 Workshop on Reproductive Biotechnology and Cryobanking in Aquatic Species
Workshop
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2021/02/19 - 2021/02/19 Webinar on nanosafety/econanotoxicity and regulatory aspects of nanoproducts
Seminar
 Webinar on nanosafety/econanotoxicity and regulatory aspects of nanoproducts
The Energy and Resources Institute, India
2021/02/18 - 2021/02/18 Webinar NANOCULTURE: As nanopartículas em aquacultura: devemos preocupar-nos?
Seminar
 Webinar NANOCULTURE: As nanopartículas em aquacultura: devemos preocupar-nos?
2020/11/11 - 2020/11/11 One Health Day – Emerging Diseases
Workshop
 One Health Day – Emerging Diseases
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2019/10/08 - 2019/10/11 42nd CIESM- The Mediterranean Science Commission
Conference
2019/05/02 - 2019/05/02 Projeto GNESIS - Grafeno em revestimentos funcionais
Workshop
2017/05/31 - 2017/05/31 5o Ciclo de palestras TOXECO
Workshop
 5o Ciclo de palestras TOXECO

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2018 - Current Charcos e Companhia Association member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023/01/12 - 2023/02/20 Surrogate Member of the Electoral Commission of the Board of the Department of Biology
Other
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/05/02 - 2024/07/25 Massimiliano Pelegrini
2023/10/02 - 2023/12/31 Ons Bacha
2023/05/01 - 2023/07/31 Romina Lippa
2022/09/19 - 2023/07/31 Gaetano Di Lorenzo
2022/06/01 - 2022/07/31 Fátima Fernandéz
2022/05/02 - 2022/07/15 Soraia Jerónimo
2021/03/01 - 2021/07/15 Luana Tomás
2019/09/25 - 2020/06/16 "Funcionalidade de espermatozóides de organismos marinhos após exposição a filtros solares inorgânicos e orgânicos." Carlos Pereira