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Miguel Fernandes, completed the Master in Toxicologia e Contaminação Ambientais in 2014 at the Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar. Published 6 articles in international journals. He participated as a research fellow in project HEALS - Health and Environment-wide Associations based on Large population Surveys in particular, in the pilot study EXHES-Pilot European Exposure and Health Examination Survey. This study pilot, with a 'cohort' design, involves hundreds of twins in different EU countries in a general approach to the “exposome” concept. The goal is the assessment of indoor air quality in the homes of new-borns recruited in Portugal. Before he participated in several works on the ecotoxicology field. Currently he is doing a Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Minho, under the theme of biodegradation of plastics (PHA) in soil. He participated in several training courses, workshops and seminars, in the ecotoxicology, bioinvasions, aquaculture and analytical techniques fields. His current research interests are in the biodegradation, microbiology and polymers fields. In the context of the master's degree he worked with detection of chemicals, zebrafish, behaviour analysis and artificial neural networks. Currently in the PhD he is using several techniques for the characterization of PHA films, including FTIR, SEM, XRD, TGA and DSC. He is also studying the biodegradation in soil using respirometric methods.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Miguel Fernandes
Date of birth
1991/09/12
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Fernandes, Miguel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4B1E-2F27-E4C6
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1634-4655

Email addresses

  • macfernandes23@gmail.com (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 918923354 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Centro de Engenharia Biológica - Universidade do Minho. Departamento de Engenharia Biológica,Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Behavioural Sciences Biology
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Environmental Biotechnology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/04/01 - 2023/12/19
Concluded
 Programa doutoral em Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Biodegradation of PHA/PBAT packaging materials by soil microorganisms" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito bom
2014
Concluded
 Environmental Toxicology and Contamination (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Evaluation over time of the detection capability of a video-tracking system through daily exposure of Danio rerio to sodium hypochlorite, ethanol or bisphenol A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19 valores
2009/09/10 - 2012/07/15
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Major in Biologia
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 14
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/02/10 - Current Agenda para a Inovação Empresarial – VIIAFOOOD –Plataforma de Valorização, Industrialização e Inovação comercial para o Agro-alimentar
644929456-00000040
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2018/02 - 2019/03 HEALS - Health and environment-wide associations based on large population surveys
Norte-01-0145-FEDER-00001
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Fernandes, Miguel; Salvador, Andreia; Alves, Madalena M.; Vicente, António A.. Corresponding author: Fernandes, Miguel. "Factors affecting polyhydroxyalkanoates biodegradation in soil". Polymer Degradation and Stability 182 (2020): 109408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2020.109408.
    Published • 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2020.109408
  2. Gabriel, Marta F.; Felgueiras, Fátima; Fernandes, Miguel; Ribeiro, Cláudia; Ramos, Elisabete; Mourão, Zenaida; de Oliveira Fernandes, Eduardo. "Assessment of indoor air conditions in households of Portuguese families with newborn children. Implementation of the HEALS IAQ checklist". Environmental Research 182 (2020): 108966. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.108966.
    10.1016/j.envres.2019.108966
  3. Amorim, João; Fernandes, Miguel; Abreu, Isabel; Tavares, Fernando; Oliva-Teles, Luis. "Escherichia coli's water load affects zebrafish (Danio rerio) behavior". Science of The Total Environment 636 (2018): 767-774. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.316.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.316
  4. Amorim, João; Fernandes, Miguel; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Oliva-Teles, Luis. "Stress test of a biological early warning system with zebrafish (Danio rerio)". Ecotoxicology (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10646-016-1736-5.
    10.1007/s10646-016-1736-5
  5. Amorim, João; Fernandes, Miguel; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Oliva-Teles, Luis. "Evaluation of the sensitivity spectrum of a video tracking system with zebrafish (Danio rerio) exposed to five different toxicants". (2017): https://hdl.handle.net/10216/120270.
    10.1007/s11356-017-9262-4
  6. Fernandes, Miguel; Amorim, João; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Oliva-Teles, Luis. "Resilience assessment of a biological early warning system based on the locomotor behavior of zebrafish (Danio rerio)". Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23 18 (2016): 18858-18868. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7085-3.
    10.1007/s11356-016-7085-3
  7. Oliva-Teles, Luis; Fernandes, Miguel; Amorim, João; Vasconcelos, Vitor. "Video-tracking of zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a biological early warning system using two distinct artificial neural networks: Probabilistic neural network (PNN) and self-organizing map (SOM)". Aquatic Toxicology 165 (2015): 241-248. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166445X15001800.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.06.008
Activities

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2017/11/04 - 2017/12/04 Curso de Formação de Formadores – CCP
Workshop
2015/09/21 - 2015/09/25 Curso de Técnicas Analíticas em LC - MS/MS
Workshop
 CURSO DE TÉCNICAS ANALÍTICAS EM LC - MS/MS
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2013/11/27 - 2013/11/27 Bioinvasões num contexto de alterações climáticas: implicações para a saúde ambiental, animal e humana
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2013/11/21 - 2013/11/21 Seminário Probiosolea seleção e avaliação de estirpes de probióticos para uso na aquacultura do linguado
Seminar
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde Porto, Portugal
2013/06/24 - 2013/06/28 International Advanced course on Marine Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment of Oil and Chemical Spills
Workshop
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal