Personal identification

Full name

Ana Rita Boura Varela

Citation names

• Varela, Ana Rita

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

691F-F3B9-590B

ORCID iD

0000-0001-9691-0217

Knowledge fields

• Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Agriculture

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)

	Degree	Classification
2016/04/14 Concluded	PhD in Biotechnology, with specialization in Microbiology (Doutoramento) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal "Tracking antibiotic resistance from hospital effluents to the surrounding environment" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Summa cum laude
2011 Concluded	Biotecnologia (Doutoramento) Major in Especialidade: Microbiologia Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal "Tracking Antibiotic Resistance from Hospital Effluents to the Surrounding Environment" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Aprovado
2006/09/25 Concluded	Licenciatura em Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal "Potential use of biocontrol agents for control of Pyrenochaeta lycopersici in tomato crops" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
1998/09 - 1999/07 Attended	Ciências do Mar (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/05/01 - 2019/12/31	Research Fellow - PTDC/AGR-PRO/0856/2014: XF-FREEOLIVE - Multifunctional study of xylem-sap of Portuguese olive cultivars and its relation with susceptibility to infection by Xylella fastidiosa	Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
	Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
2011/03/01 - 2015/02/28	PhD student PhD FCT grant SFRH/BD/70986/2010 - “Tracking antibiotic resistance from hospital effluents to the surrounding environment”	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2010/08/01 - 2011/01/31	Research Fellow - FCT project PTDC/AMB/71236/2006 (Municipal wastewater treatment and antibiotic resistance dissemination)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2009/01/01 - 2010/07/31	Research Fellow - FCT PTDC/AMB/70801/2006 - Compreender a Biodiversidade Subterrânea: Estudo dos Tubos de Lava dos Açores	Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação e Tecnologia da Agronomia e Meio Ambiente, Portugal
2007/07/01 - 2008/03/31	Research technician - implementation of local/sustainable agriculture projects.	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2010/08 - 2011/02	¿ FCT PTDC/AMB/71236/2006 - Tratamento de águas residuais domésticas e disseminação de resistência a antibióticos PTDC/AMB/71236/2006	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia