Cheila Pereira Almeida (6E14-7967-9FAE)

Curriculum Vitae

Cheila Pereira Almeida

Cheila Almeida is a researcher at IPMA dedicated to seafood sustainability, from a supply chain perspective, aiming to make both production and consumption of seafood more sustainable. Under her participation in the Neptunus European project she is responsible to introduce green economy strategies in the seafood sector based on life cycle assessment (LCA) to minimize environmental impacts and develop strategies based on circular economy that deliver new products. Cheila Almeida is a marine biologist with experience in science communication and research management. Before she worked for more than 2 years in science communication and outreach at Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) and 3 years as a project manager of European projects in NMS-NOVA and iMM. After this, she moved to Nova SBE to work as communication officer for research where she coordinated science communication activities and gave support to institutional and internal communication. She moved from academia to work as a consultant at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), a non-governmental organization, in a project that aimed to implement co-management in small-scale fisheries in Portugal. Recently, she worked for 1 year as science management and communication officer in the Biomolecular Engineering Lab, a multidisciplinary team with 20 members based at UCIBIO/FCT-NOVA, being responsible for the management of an EU project (ERC Starting Grant) and taking care of all the administrative, financial and communication tasks of the Lab, including those related to different research and innovation programs. She holds a PhD in Sea Sciences from Universidade de Lisboa related to ¿Seafood consumption in Portugal: Patterns, drivers and sustainability¿ which was based in two faculties (FCUL and FCT-NOVA/CENSE) and one research center in Sweden (RISE Research Institutes of Sweden). Before starting the PhD, she did a BSc in Marine Biology and a MSc in Marine Ecology, both from the University of Algarve. As a researcher she participated in several projects related to coastal fisheries and aquaculture, sustainable consumption, and marine biodiversity.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Cheila Pereira Almeida

Citation names

Almeida, Cheila

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 6E14-7967-9FAE
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3223-5878

Email addresses

cheila.almeida@ipma.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Fishery
Natural sciences

Education

	Degree	Classification
2010/06 - 2014/12 Concluded	Ciências do Mar / Sea Sciences (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Seafood consumption in Portugal: Patterns, drivers and sustainability" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2006 - 2008 Concluded	Biologia Marinha - Especialização em Ecologia e Conservação Marinha / Marine Biology – Ecology and Nature Conservation (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal "Distribution and shell pattern of hermit crabs in Algarve Coast" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1998 - 2004 Concluded	Biologia Marinha e Pescas / Marine Biology and Fisheries (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal "Characterization of macrobenthic fauna associated with soft bottoms in Central Algarve" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/12/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
	Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2018/10/11 - 2019/11/30	Science and Technology Management	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
	REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
2016/12 - 2018/01	Science and Technology Management	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2016/06/01 - 2016/11/01	Science and Technology Management	Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
	Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2014/12/01 - 2016/01/01	Science and Technology Management	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal (...)
2010/07 - 2014/06	Researcher (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal (...)
2008 - 2010	Science and Technology Management	Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
	Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2004 - 2008	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
	Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/02 - 2018/07	Project Coordinator/Consultant	Environmental Defense Fund, United States
	Environmental Defense Fund, United States

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28	CleanFish - New strategies for sustainable production of cell-based fish 2022.07677.PTDC Researcher Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/12/01 - 2023/07/31	NEPTUNUS - Water-Energy-Seafood Nexus: Eco-innovation and Circular Economy Strategies in the Atlantic Area EAPA_576/2018 Researcher Universidad de Cantabria, Spain	European Regional Development Fund Ongoing
2018/10 - 2019/11	SCENT: Hybrid Gels for Rapid Microbial Detection 639123 Science and Technology Management Fellow NOVA.ID.FCT, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal	European Research Council
2016/06 - 2016/10	Towards Outstanding Research and Training in Tumour Biology (ReTuBi) 692322 Science and Technology Management Fellow Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal	European Union Concluded
2014/12 - 2016/05	Joint Action for Mental Health and Well-being (JAMHWB) GA Nr. 20122202 Science and Technology Management Fellow Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal	European Union - Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency (CHAFEA) / DG Sante Concluded
2010/07 - 2014/06	Seafood consumption in Portugal: patterns, drivers and sustainability SFRH / BD / 60187 / 2009 PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal Institutet for Livsmedel och Bioteknik AB, Sweden	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2010/01 - 2010/12	Que peixe comer? para um consumo sustentável - What fish to eat? for a sustainable consumption AGIR - Environment (Gulbenkian Environmental Information and Realisation Activities) Principal investigator	Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Concluded
2009 - 2009	Researchers Night - Setting The Stage FP7-PEOPLE-2009-NIGHT-245061 Science and Technology Management Fellow Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal	European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Concluded
2006 - 2008	Cartografia e caracterização das biocenoses marinhas da Reserva Ecológica Nacional Submarina entre a Galé e a foz do Rio Arade (RENSUB III) - Research Fellow Universidade do Algarve, Portugal	CCDRALG-DRAOTA Concluded
2006 - 2008	Estudo da pesca recreativa no Algarve e Sudoeste Alentejano POCI/MAR/58157/2004 Researcher Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal Universidade do Algarve, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2004 - 2008	Recrutamento de espécies piscícolas de interesse comercial no Estuário do Rio Arade Cód. 22-05-01-FDR-00017 Researcher Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal Universidade do Algarve, Portugal	European Comission - European Fisheries Fund (EFF) (2007-2013) Concluded
2005 - 2006	Cartografia e caracterização das biocenoses marinhas da Reserva Ecológica Nacional Submarina entre a Galé e a barra nova do Ancão (RENSUB II) - Research Fellow Universidade do Algarve, Portugal	CCDRALG-DRAOTA Concluded
2003 - 2004	Avaliação experimental do impacte nas biocenoses marinhas associado à exploração de manchas de empréstimo ao largo do Algarve Central - (RENSUB I) - Research Fellow Universidade do Algarve, Portugal	CCDRALG-DRAOTA Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Gonçalves, J.M.S.; Machado, D.; Bentes, L.; Monteiro, P.; Afonso, C.; Almeida, C.; Oliveira, F.; Erzini, K.. Biodiversidade do Estuário do Rio Arade - Peixes e Invertebrados. Portugal: Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR). 2014. Marçal, D; Pinto, B; Almeida, C; Silva, D; Pacheco, I; Cruz, J; Damas, J; et al. Corresponding author: Marçal, D. Toda a Ciência (Menos as Partes Chatas). Portugal. 2013.
Conference abstract	Rangel M.; Almeida, C.; Oliveira F.; Monteiro P.; Ribeiro J.; Veiga P.. "Underwater eco-tourism routes–a case study in Central Algarve, Portugal". Paper presented in International Association For The Scientific Knowledge International Conference, Aveiro, 2007.
Conference paper	Almeida, C.; Loubet, P.; Laso, J.; Nunes , M.L.; Marques, A.. Corresponding author: Almeida, C.. "Environmental assessment of common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) from pots and traps fishery in Portugal". Paper presented in 13th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2022, Lima, 2022. Published
Conference poster	Almeida, C.; Vaz, S.; Ziegler, F.. "Seafood consumption in Portugal - Why do Portuguese eat so much fish?". Paper presented in WEFTA Conference 2011 – Gothenburg, 2012. Almeida, C.; Karadzic, V.; Ziegler, F.. "Why do Portuguese eat so much fish? Patterns, drivers and considerations for the future". Paper presented in 6th World Fisheries Congress – Edinburgh, 2012. Almeida, C.; Oliveira F.; Veiga P.; Monteiro P.; Bentes L.; Coelho R.; Gonçalves J.M.S.. "Diversity and distribution of hermit crabs on soft bottom sediment from South Portugal". Paper presented in XIV Simposio Ibérico de Estudios de Biología Marina - Barcelona, 2006. Almeida, C.; Oliveira, F.; Coelho, R.; Abecasis, D.; Ribeiro, J.; Machado, D.; Gonçalves, J.M.S.. "Gastropod biodiversity found in submerged soft and rocky bottoms in the Algarve, South Portugal". Paper presented in XIV Simposio Ibérico de Estudios de Biología Marina - Barcelona, 2006. Almeida, C.; Veiga, P.; Machado, D.; Monteiro, P.; Bentes, L.; Coelho, R.; Gonçalves, J.M.S.. "Diversity and community structure of epibenthic invertebrates and fish on soft bottom sediment". Paper presented in International Conference on Coastal Conservation and Management in the Atlantic and Mediterranean - Tavira, 2005.
Journal article	Sandra Ceballos-Santos; Eduardo Entrena-Barbero; Jara Laso; María Margallo; Sara González-García; María Teresa Moreira; Cheila Almeida; et al. "Applying a water-energy-food nexus approach to seafood products from the European Atlantic area". Journal of Cleaner Production (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.140804. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.140804 Cheila Almeida; Sandra Ceballos-Santos; Jara Laso; María Margallo; Rubén Aldaco; António Marques. "Contribution of glass jar packaging to the environmental assessment of canned seafood products: Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) and Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias) as case studies". Journal of Cleaner Production (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.138366. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.138366 Eduardo Entrena-Barbero; Sandra Ceballos; Antonio Cortés; Xavier Esteve-Llorens; María Teresa Moreira; Pedro Villanueva-Rey; Diego Quiñoy; et al. "Methodological guidelines for the calculation of a Water-Energy-Food nexus index for seafood products". Science of The Total Environment 877 (2023): 162845-162845. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162845. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162845 Cheila Almeida; Jara Laso; David Baptista de Sousa; Ronan Cooney; Paula Quinteiro; Neil Rowan; Ana Cláudia Dias; et al. "Seafood consumers engagement in reducing environmental impacts from packaging". Science of The Total Environment 863 (2023): 160846-160846. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160846. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160846 Cheila Almeida; Philippe Loubet; Jara Laso; Maria L. Nunes; António Marques. "Environmental assessment of common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) from a small-scale fishery in Algarve (Portugal)". The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-022-02072-7. 10.1007/s11367-022-02072-7 "Achieving Sustainability of the Seafood Sector in the European Atlantic Area by Addressing Eco-Social Challenges: The NEPTUNUS Project". Sustainability 14 5 (2022): 3054-3054. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14053054. 10.3390/su14053054 Cheila Almeida; Philippe Loubet; Tamíris Pacheco da Costa; Paula Quinteiro; Jara Laso; David Baptista de Sousa; Ronan Cooney; et al. "Packaging environmental impact on seafood supply chains: A review of life cycle assessment studies". Journal of Industrial Ecology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13189. 10.1111/jiec.13189 Ruiz-Salmón, Israel; Laso, Jara; Margallo, María; Villanueva-Rey, Pedro; Rodríguez, Eduardo; Quinteiro, Paula; Dias, Ana Cláudia; et al. "Life cycle assessment of fish and seafood processed products – A review of methodologies and new challenges". Science of The Total Environment 761 (2021): 144094. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144094. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144094 Almeida, Cheila; Karadzic, Vanja; Vaz, Sofia. "The seafood market in Portugal: Driving forces and consequences". Marine Policy 61 (2015): 87-94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.07.012. 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.07.012 Almeida, Cheila; Altintzoglou, Themistoklis; Cabral, Henrique; Vaz, Sofia. "Does seafood knowledge relate to more sustainable consumption?". British Food Journal 117 2 (2015): 894-914. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-04-2014-0156 Almeida, Cheila; Vaz, Sofia; Ziegler, Friederike. "Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of a Canned Sardine Product from Portugal". Journal of Industrial Ecology 19 4 (2015): 607-617. 10.1111/jiec.12219 Almeida, Cheila; Vaz, Sofia; Cabral, Henrique; Ziegler, Friederike. "Environmental assessment of sardine (Sardina pilchardus) purse seine fishery in Portugal with LCA methodology including biological impact categories". The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 19 2 (2014): 297-306. 10.1007/s11367-013-0646-5 Veiga, Pedro; Machado, Daniel; Almeida, Cheila; Bentes, Luis; Monteiro, Pedro; Oliveira, Frederico; Ruano, Miguel; Erzini, Karim; Gonçalves, Jorge M. S.. "Weight–length relationships for 54 species of the Arade estuary, southern Portugal". Journal of Applied Ichthyology 25 (2009): 493-496. 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2009.01230.x Gonçalves, Jorge; Almeida, Cheila; Oliveira, Frederico. "Ascidonia Flavomaculata (Heller, 1864), a New Record for the Portuguese Marine Invertebrate Fauna (Decapoda, Pontoniidae)". Crustaceana 82 1 (2009): 63-67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854008x363740. 10.1163/156854008x363740 Almeida, Cheila; Coelho, Rui; Silva, Marco; Bentes, Luís; Monteiro, Pedro; Ribeiro, Joaquim; Erzini, Karim; Gonçalves, Jorge M. S.. "Use of different intertidal habitats by faunal communities in a temperate coastal lagoon". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 80 3 (2008): 357-364. 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.08.017
Manual	Santos, M. N.; Erzini, K.; Abecasis, D.; Almeida, C.; Bentes, L.; Canas, A.; Coelho, R.; et al. Catálogo de espécies de peixes de interesse comercial da costa sul atlântica da Península Ibérica. 2007.
Newspaper article	Almeida, Cheila; Maria Leonor Nunes; Antonio Marques. "Comer pescado pode ajudar a equilibrar a dieta alimentar e o ambiente", Público, 2021, https://www.publico.pt/2021/04/11/ciencia/noticia/comer-pescado-ajudar-equilibrar-dieta-alimentar-ambiente-1957817.
Thesis / Dissertation	Almeida, Cheila Pereira, 1980-. "Seafood consumption in Portugal : patterns, drivers and sustainability". PhD, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/16023. Almeida, Cheila Pereira. "Distribuição e padrões de utilização das conchas de caranguejos eremitas (Anomura) da Costa do Algarve". Master, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/352. Almeida, Cheila. "Caracterização da macrofauna associada a substratos móveis no Algarve Central". Degree, Universidade do Algarve, 2004.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022/10/13	Environmental assessment of common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) from pots and traps fishery in Portugal	13th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2022 (LCA Foods 2022) PUCP (Lima, Peru)
2022/09/21	The role of consumers in reducing environmental impact of seafood from packaging	50th Western European Fish Technologists Association (WEFTA) HZ University of Applied Sciences and ILVO (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
2021/09/29	Assessing the environmental sustainability of packaging on seafood supply chains: A critical review	First CIRCUL-A-BILITY Conference – Re-Thinking Packaging for Circular and Sustainable Food Supply Chains of the Future COST Action CIRCUL-A-BILITY
2021/06/18	Packaging environmental impact on seafood supply chains – A life cycle assessment review	Environ 2021 - 31st Annual Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium ESAI - Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland (Ireland)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/02/01 - 2022/12/15	Relatório de sustentabilidade da Lugrade-Bacalhau de Coimbra SA segundo o GRI e análise comparativa de melhores práticas de sustentabilidade no setor Co-supervisor of Gwinevere Ogando	Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia do Ambiente (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2022/09/02 - Current	Desafios da indústria do pescado: Como podemos alcançar maior sustentabilidade considerando o desafio das alterações climáticas? - Embalagens e processamento - NEPTUNUS project event (2022/09/02) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2022/07/26 - Current	“Seafood supply chains in Japan & implications for the sustainable seafood market” by Abigayil Blandon (Stockholm Resilience Centre – Stockholm University) - NEPTUNUS project seminar (2022/07/26) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2022/07/06 - Current	Desafios para a pesca e aquacultura: Como podemos assegurar maior sustentabilidade considerando o desafio das alterações climáticas? - NEPTUNUS project event (2022/07/06) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2022/05/25 - Current	Seafood Industry Challenges: How can we achieve greater sustainability considering the climate emergency? - NEPTUNUS project event (2022/05/25) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2019/05/10 - 2019/05/10	3rd Meeting - Professionals at the Interface of Science: Envisioning Horizon Europe (2019/05/10 - 2019/05/10) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Plataforma de Interface à Ciência (PIC), Portugal
2016 - 2016	National Conference on Mental Health in Lisbon (March 22-23) from European project Joint Action on Mental Health and Wellbeing (JA MH-WB) and in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) (2016/03/22 - 2016/03/23) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2016 - 2016	Final Conference of the “Joint Action on Mental Health and Wellbeing” (JA MH-WB), held in (January 21-22) (2016/01/21 - 2016/01/22) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2010 - 2010	Workshop "Ciência, Política e os Media" (2010/04/15 - 2010/04/15) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2009 - 2009	European Researchers' Night in Portugal - Setting The Stage / Cientistas ao Palco (2009/09/25 - 2009/09/25) Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2015/11/05	Análise dos Hábitos Alimentares e de Consumo de Pescado das Populações de Leiria e Peniche (Thesis) Main arguer	Mariana Sousa (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2022/09/23 - 2032/09/23	Seminar - Contribution of seafood production to climate change: Is there such a thing as sustainable seafood?	Postgraduate Programme in Marine Sciences, Technology, and Society (MSTS) (Pós-Graduação)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/01/12 - 2023/01/12	Seminar - Impactos ambientais do ciclo de vida do pescado: Qual a contribuição do processamento e embalagens?	Working group of Alternative Materials & LCA	Pacto Português para os Plásticos, Portugal
2021/06/29 - 2021/06/29	Lecture - Sustainability on seafood & LCA in Sustainability in the seafood production: labelling & frauds course	BAPSI - Blue Academy for Professionals of the Seafood Industry project (GA 863545)	Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2022/09/19	Conversas Mercedes-EQ - Por um Oceano limpo e saudável	Dinheiro Vivo and TSF

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2021/01/11 - 2021/01/11	“Som Ambiente” sobre “Consumir peixe é sustentável?”	Radio Observador