Clarisse Brígido (731D-B9C6-1780)

Curriculum Vitae

Clarisse Brígido

Clarisse Brígido (CB) is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Agriculture of the Santarém Polytechnic University. She is an integrated researcher at the Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED) and a collaborator at the Research Center in Natural Resources, Environment and Society (CERNAS). She holds a degree in Biotechnological Engineering and a PhD in Biology, and has built her career around the study of plant–microbe interactions, with a particular focus on the symbiosis between legume plants and beneficial soil microorganisms. Over time, her research has expanded to the broader plant microbiome and its central role in shaping plant growth, development, and resilience, which knowledge is crucial to develop more sustainable and robust agricultural systems. Since the beginning of her R&D career, CB has participated in more than 20 competitively funded projects at institutional, national, and international levels, including four as Principal Investigator. These collaborations have resulted in 35 international publications (peer-reviewed papers and book chapters) across agrarian sciences, microbial ecology, applied microbiology, and biotechnology, as well as more than 100 oral and poster communications, including invited and keynote presentations. She has contributed to advanced training through the supervision of multiple theses (1 PhD, 4 MSc, and 20 BSc) and by mentoring 2 postdoctoral and 4 master’s fellowships as well as short-term training students. CB is also strongly committed to knowledge transfer and science outreach, engaging with the general public, children, and a wide range of stakeholders. She has been involved in scientific mentoring and innovation activities supporting the development of national and European patents, with two patents currently under evaluation. Her expertise is internationally recognized through invitations to serve on academic juries (7 PhD, 5 MSc) and to evaluate R&D grant proposals (e.g., South Africa, Israel, and Poland) as well as PhD projects (Brazil). In addition, she contributes to the scientific community as a peer reviewer and as an editor of Special Issues/Research Topics for several international peer-reviewed journals. Through her research, she has developed a multidisciplinary profile with strong expertise in biotechnology, microbiology, and molecular biology, including next-generation sequencing, confocal microscopy, and plant growth trials, enabling an in-depth and integrative understanding of plant–microbe interactions.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Clarisse Brígido

Citation names

Brígido C

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 731D-B9C6-1780
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4167-5253
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=EbvkhFIAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Scopus Author Id: 15828978400

Email addresses

clarisse.brigido@esa.ipsantarem.pt (Professional)

Websites

https://www.med.uevora.pt/pt/perfil/40/ (Professional)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Clarisse-Brigido (Scholar)
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=EbvkhFIAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Plant Breeding and Plant Protection
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology - Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Biotechnology
Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Environmental Biotechnology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Bioremediation
Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Education

	Degree	Classification
2012/09/19 Concluded	Biologia (Doutoramento) Universidade de Évora, Portugal "Tolerance of chickpea mesorhizobia to acid and salt stress" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	19 "cum laude"
2003/10 Concluded	Engenharia Biotecnológica (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal ""Molecular epidemiology of bovine hemoparasite transmitted by ticks" (19/20)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15/20

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/08 - Current	Research Assistant (Research)	Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
	Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal (...)
2014/04/01 - 2020/07	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
	Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2013/01/15 - 2014/01/15	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal

2012/11/04 - 2012/12/30	Visiting Researcher (Research)	University of Waterloo, Canada

2012/01/01 - 2012/05/31	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal

2006/05/01 - 2007/09/30	Researcher (Research)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal

2005/02/01 - 2006/01/31	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025/09/01 - Current	Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2017 - 2018	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Évora, Portugal
	Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2004/12/15 - 2005/01/31	Laboratory technician	Renoldy- Produção e Comercialização de Leite e produtos Lácteos, Lda, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020/08/03 - 2025/08/31	Rhizosphere engineering: exploiting bacterial signaling molecules as tools for enhancing crop sustainable productivity CEECIND/00093/2018 Principal investigator Universidade de Évora, Portugal Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2014/04/01 - 2020/07/31	Interactions between different beneficial endophytic (rhizobial and non-rhizobial) bacteria in chickpea: mecanisms and applications SFRH/BPD/94751/2013 Post-doc Fellow Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2007/10/01 - 2011/09/30	Tolerance of chickpea mesorhizobia to acid and salt stress SFRH/BD/30680/2006 PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Évora, Portugal Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2025/11 - Current	Truffle aroma: A Genomic and Chemical Approach 2024.15647.PEX Researcher Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2025/01/30 - Current	COST CA22142 - Beneficial root-associated microorganisms for sustainable agriculture (ROOT-BENEFIT) CA22142 Researcher	European Cooperation in Science and Technology Ongoing
2025/01/01 - Current	Understanding the dynamic patterns of quorum sensing signals in root colonization and biofilm formation 2023.11316.PEX Principal investigator MED – Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023/12/01 - Current	Inside the slime: Biodiversity and genetic engineering of diazotrophic communities in sorghum and maize aerial root mucilages 409168/2023-8 Researcher EMBRAPA Centro de Pesquisa Agropecuária do Trópico Semiárido, Brazil	Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico Ongoing
2023/11 - Current	RhizoBioS - Rhizo-attachment and biofilm formation of complex soil bacterial communities: common and unique roles in their interactions with crops PID2022-138373NA-I00 Researcher Universidad de Salamanca, Spain	España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación Ongoing
2023/03 - Current	SOLVO- Solutions to restore degraded Soils in mediterranean OLive orchards Via Organic mulch and biochar from olive industry waste 2022.06004.PTDC Researcher Universidade de Évora, Portugal Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	CHANGE - Institute for Global Change and Sustainability LA/P/0121/2020 Researcher Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/11 - 2023/12	Sustainolive- Novel approaches to promote the SUSTAInability of OLIVE groves in the Mediterranean 9-SUSTAINOLIVE Researcher Universidade de Évora, Portugal	Europe Horizons Concluded
2020/01 - 2023/12	Strategic Project - UIDB/05183/2020 - MED UIDB/05183/2020 Researcher Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2016/11/01 - 2020/10/31	Exploiting beneficial associations with chickpea: the role of non-rhizobial endophytic bacteria in the rhizobia-legume symbiosis PTDC/AGR-PRO/2978/2014 Principal investigator Universidade de Évora, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Strategic Project - UID/AGR/00115/2019- Instituo de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas UID/AGR/00115/2019 Researcher Universidade de Évora, Portugal Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2016/09/01 - 2019/12/31	Improvement of pastures production in acid soils in the Montado: chemical and biological approach ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-000039 Researcher Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal	Agência de Desenvolvimento Regional do Alentejo Concluded
2015 - 2018	Strategic Project - UID/AGR/00115/2013 UID/AGR/00115/2013 Researcher Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2013/07 - 2015/10	Evolution of symbiosis genes in rhizobia: chickpea mesorhizobia as case study Provided by PTCRIS: 130872 PTDC/BIA-EVF/4158/2012 Researcher Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2013/01/15 - 2014/01/14	The role of weed mycorrhiza on the growth of winter crops and interactions with native rhizobia under Mediterranean conditions FCT-PTDC/AGR-PRO/111896/2009 Post-doc Fellow Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31	Strategic Project - UI 115 - 2011-2012 PEst-C/AGR/UI0115/2011 Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2012/11/01 - 2012/12/30	Biocontrol and Bioremediation agents and their role in Agriculture and Forest health info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/247669/EU Invited Scientist Fellow University of Waterloo, Canada Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro, Italy Neiker Tecnalia, Spain Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal	European Commission Concluded
2009/01/01 - 2012/06/30	Improvement of rhizobia by genetic modification with stress response genes PTDC/BIO/80932/2006 Provided by PTCRIS: 80932 PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2006/05 - 2007/09	URMAL- Malaria diagnosis in urine samples C12/2004/0259 Research Fellow Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA Concluded
2005/02/01 - 2006/01/31	Diversity of rhizobia natural population in Portugal: strains tolerant to environmental stress conditions POCTI/BME/44140/2002 Research Fellow Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2023/07 - 2024/07	Aroma das trufas - quem o produz? UIDB/05183/2020-EXP Researcher Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal	Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas Ongoing
2018/04 - 2019/12	Exploring the use of endophytic bacteria (BE) in the induction of adventitious rooting of the olive tree call-ICAAM-2018-3 Researcher Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal	Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas Concluded
2018/04 - 2019/12	Identification of bacteria producing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with antifungal activity Call-ICAAM-4 Principal investigator Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal	Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas Concluded
2010 - 2011	Evaluation of diversity and stress tolerance of rhizobia in Portugal Call-ICAAM2010 PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal	Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas Concluded
2009 - 2010	Genetic improvement of inoculants for legumes call-ICAAM-2009 PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal	Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas Concluded
2008 - 2009	Genomics applied to the development of biofertilizers Call-ICAAM-2008 PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal	Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Sbissi, Imed; Gaied, Roukaya Ben; Brígido, Clarisse. "Determine the Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation Bacterial Community Structure in Legume Crops". In Plant Microbiome Engineering. Methods and Protocols in Food Science., edited by Dharumadurai, D.; Narayanan, A.S., 99-109. New York, United States: Springer US, 2025. Published • 10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4_12 Brígido C; Paço, A.. Corresponding author: Brígido C. "Microscopy-Based Studies". In Endophytic Microbes: Isolation, Identification, and Bioactive Potentials, edited by Sankaranarayanan, A.; Amaresan, N.; Dwivedi, M.K., 153-167. New York, United States: Springer US, 2023. Published • 10.1007/978-1-0716-2827-0_16 Leal, Verônica de Castro; Oliveira, Naiara Ferreira; Ramos, Ricardo Argenton; Souza, Igor Juliano da Silva; Carvalho, Mário; Fernandes Júnior, Paulo Ivan; Brígido, Clarisse; Martins, Lindete Miria Vieira. "A INFLUÊNCIA DA SALINIDADE NA SIMBIOSE DE MICRORGANISMOS BENÉFICOS: O CASO DO FEIJÃO CAUPI". In Agroecologia: Métodos e Técnicas para uma Agricultura Sustentável - Volume 3, 181-192. Editora Científica Digital, 2021. Published • 10.37885/210203260 a-Silva, J.R; Paço, A.; Alexandre, A.; Brígido, Clarisse; Menéndez, E.. "Genetic engineering as a strategy to improve rhizobial symbiotic performance (Chapter 2)". In Agricultural Research Updates, edited by Prathamesh Gorawala; Srushti Mandhatri, 45-84. Nova Science Publishers, 2018. Published Brígido, C.; Goss, Michael J.; Carvalho, Mário; Brito, Isabel. "Diversity in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (Chapter 4)". In Functional Diversity of Mycorrhiza and Sustainable Agriculture, 59-79. New York, United States: Elsevier, 2017. Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-804244-1.00004-6 Brígido, Clarisse; Duan, Jin; Glick, Bernard R.. "Methods to Study 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) Deaminase in Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria". In Handbook for Azospirillum, edited by Cassán F; Okon Y; Creus C, 287-305. Springer International Publishing, 2015. Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-06542-7_16 Brígido, Clarisse; Glick, Bernard R.. "Phytoremediation Using Rhizobia". In Phytoremediation, edited by Springer, Cham; Gill S; Gill R; Lanza G; Newman L, 95-114. Springer International Publishing, 2015. Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-10969-5_9
Conference poster	Dordio, Ana; Alexandre, Ana; Alho, Luís; D. Martins Teixeira; Brígido C. "Dissecting Root Exudate Chemistry and Quorum Sensing in Biofilm Formation". Paper presented in II Simpósio de Biotecnologia, 2025. Brígido C. "Designing SynCom Reveals Soil and Compartment as Key Drivers". Paper presented in MicroBiotech25, 2025. Brígido C; Alexandre, Ana; D. Martins Teixeira; Alho, Luís; Brito, Isabel; Ben Gaied, Roukaya ; Menéndez, Esther; Pedro Mateos; diCenzo, George C. "INVESTIGATING QUORUM SENSING-DRIVEN BACTERIAL ASSEMBLY IN CLOVER ROOTS". Paper presented in European Nitrogen Fixation Conference 2025, 2025. Ben Gaied, R.; Imed Sbissi; S. Kaur; diCenzo, George C; Mohamed Tarhouni; Brígido C. Corresponding author: Brígido C. "Genomic Insights into a Desert-Adapted Sinorhizobium Strain from the Tunisian Sahara". Paper presented in IX PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2024. Ben Gaied, R.; Sbissi, Imed; Mohamed Tarhouni; Brígido C. Corresponding author: Ben Gaied, R.. "Deciphering the hidden potentials of bacterial communities isolated from root nodules of native legumes growing in Tunisian arid regions". Paper presented in XIX National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation (XIX SEFIN) and II Spanish-Portuguese Congress on Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interactions (BeMiPlant), 2024. Santos-Silva, Celeste; Brígido C. Corresponding author: Santos-Silva, Celeste. "DESCOBERTA DE TRUFAS DE VERÃO EM PORTUGAL". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2024, 2024. Ben Gaied, Roukaya ; Imed Sbissi; Sabhjeet Kaur; George C. diCenzo; Mohamed Tarhouni; Brígido, Clarisse. "Genomic analysis of a Sinorhizobium strain isolated from the Tunisian desert.". Paper presented in 15th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference (ENFC), 2023. Rodríguez Sousa A.A.; Muñoz-Rojas J.; Brígido C; Garcia-Ruiz, R; Liétor J; Prats S. "Carbon balance in olive groves of Alentejo under different land management practices". Paper presented in Science CHANGing Policy, 2023. Rodríguez Sousa, A; Prats, S; Brígido C; Muñoz-Rojas, J.. "Relevancia del manejo agrícola de olivares mediterráneos intensivos en el control de la pérdida de suelo y el mantenimiento de la productividad". Paper presented in IX Congreso Internacional de Agroecología, 2023. Leal VC; Brígido C; Souza I.J.S; Júnior G.V.L; Carvalho M; Fernandes-Júnior P.I; Martins L.M.V.. "Introduction of exogenous AMF species alters the biological diversity and functionality of AMF communities associated with cowpea". Paper presented in VII Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura, 2022. Ben Gaied, Roukaya ; Brígido C; Imed Sbissi; Mohamed Tarhouni. "Evaluating the effect of various bacterial consortia isolated from arid wild legumes on heat stress tolerance of Pisum sativum". Paper presented in XVIII National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation (XVIII SEFIN) e I Spanish-Portuguese Congress on Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interactions (BeMiPlant), 2022. Ben Gaied, Roukaya ; Imed Sbissi; Brígido C; Mohamed Tarhouni. "Genomic analysis of Sinorhizobium meliloti IRAMC:0087 an halotolerant rhizobium isolated from the Tunisian desert". Paper presented in III International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, 2022. Torres DP; Ana Paço; Menéndez, E.; Mateos PF; Brígido C. "Role of QseG membrane protein in beneficial enterobacterial interactions with plants and Mesorhizobia". Paper presented in XXX Reunión Latinoamericana de Rizobiología y la V Conferencia Latinoamericana de Microorganismos Promotores del Crecimiento Vegetal, 2021. Ana Paço; Torres, Denise Pereira; Gérard Steinmetz; Jean, Armengaud; Brígido C. "Insights from next-generation proteomics of bacterial endophytes response to chickpea root exudates and GacS role on plant growth-promoting traits regulation". Paper presented in RELAR_PGPR 2021, 2021. Torres, Denise Pereira; Ana Paço; Brígido C. "Non-rhizobial Endophytic bacteria to improve the performance of legume-rhizobial symbioses". Paper presented in 14th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2021. da-Silva, J.R; Menéndez, E.; Alho, L.; Brígido C; Alexandre, A; Brito, I. "Intact extraradical mycelium of native arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi affects the sub clover rhizobia population and its efficiency under manganese toxicity conditions?". Paper presented in XVII National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation VI Portuguese-Spanish Congress on Nitrogen Fixation, 2019. Brígido C; Paço, A.; Torres DP; Menéndez, E.; Alexandre, A; da-Silva, J.R.; Alho, L.; et al. "The enigma of non-rhizobial endophytic bacteria in the rhizobia-legume symbiosis: clues from fundamental and applied research". Paper presented in Jornadas MED, 2019. Alexandre, A; Brígido C; Laranjo, M.; Paço, A.; da-Silva JR; Menéndez, E.; Oliveira,S.. "Rhizobia as Key Partners in Sustainable Agriculture: Understanding the Molecular Basis of Stress Tolerance". Paper presented in Jornadas MED, 2019. da-Silva JR; Menéndez, E.; Alho, L.; Brígido C; Alexandre, A; Brito I.; Carvalho, M.. "Improvement of Pasture Production in the Montado System: Chemical and Biological Approach to Overcome the Problems of Acid Soils". Paper presented in Jornadas MED, 2019. Brígido C; Menéndez, E.; da Silva JR; Mateos, P.F.; Oliveira S. "Revealing the still hidden side of the symbiotic rhizobia-legume relationship: role of three hypothetical rhizobial proteins". Paper presented in 13th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2018. Menéndez, E.; Alho, L.; Brígido C; Alexandre, A; Brito I.; Carvalho, M.. "Influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on rhizobial communities associated to subterranean clover under manganese toxicity". Paper presented in 13th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2018. Paço, A.; Steinmetz G; Armengaud J; Brígido C. "Comparative analyses of exoproteomes from nitrogen-fixing and non-fixing non-rhizobial bacterial endophytes by next-generation proteomics". Paper presented in 13th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2018. Brígido C; Menéndez, E.; da-Silva JR; Tavares MJ; Mateos PF; Oliveira,S.. "Two hypothetical proteins are involved in the chickpea-mesorhizobia symbiosis". Paper presented in 20th International Congress on nitrogen fixation, 2017. Menéndez, E.; Tavares MJ; Glick BR; Carvalho, M.; Belo A.; Félix MR; Oliveira, S.; Brígido C. Corresponding author: Brígido C. "Diversity and characterization of culturable endophytic bacteria from native leguminous plants grown in Mediterranean soils". Paper presented in 20th International Congress on nitrogen fixation, 2017. Goss MJ; Carvalho, M.; Brito I.; Brígido C; van Tuinen, Diederik; Alho, L.. "Can We Manage Indigenous Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi to Benefit Field Crops in Sustainable Production Systems?". Paper presented in International ASA, CSSA and SSSA Annual Meeting, 2017. Brígido C; van Tuinen, D.; Brito I.; Alho, L.; Goss MJ; Campos C; Nobre T; Carvalho, M.. "Management of the biological diversity of AM fungi by combination of host plant succession and integrity of extra-radical mycelium (ERM)". Paper presented in 3rd international Molecular Mycorrhiza Meeting, 2017. van Tuinen, D.; Brígido C; Brito I.; Alho, L.; Goss MJ; Carvalho, M.. "Cover plants, a tool to manage arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi diversity?". Paper presented in 9th International Conference on Mycorrhiza, 2017. Paço, A.; Brígido C; Alexandre, A.; Mateos PF; Oliveira, S.. "Improvement of the Symbiotic Performance of a Chickpea Rhizobium by Additional Copies of the clpB Chaperone Gene". Paper presented in 12th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2016. Paço, A.; Alexandre, A.; Brígido C; Oliveira,S.. "Genetic transformation of chickpea rhizobia with an extra-copy of the clpB chaperone gene can increase chickpea growth". Paper presented in Microbiotec15, 2015. Brígido C; Glick BR; Oliveira, S.. "Survey of Plant Growth-Promoting Mechanisms in Native Portuguese Chickpea Mesorhizobia". Paper presented in Microbiotec15, 2015. Brígido C; van Tuinen, D.; Brito, I.; Alho, L.; Goss MJ; Carvalho, M.. "Strategy to manage AMF biological diversity within the cropping system". Paper presented in Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative Conference, 2014. Brígido C; van Tuinen, D.; Brito, I.; Alho L.; Goss MJ; Carvalho, M.. "Functional diversity within indigenous AMF population in the bioprotection of wheat and subterranean clover against Mn toxicity". Paper presented in Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative Conference, 2014. Brígido C; Alexandre, A.; Laranjo, M.; Oliveira S.. "Response of mesorhizobia to environmental stresses". Paper presented in 10th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2012. Brígido C; Robledo M.; Menéndez, E.; Mateos PF; Oliveira, S.. "A ClpB chaperone knockout mutant of Mesorhizobium ciceri shows a delay in the root nodulation of chickpea plants". Paper presented in 10th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2012. Brígido C; Oliveira, S.. "Tolerance of chickpea rhizobia to salinity: role of GroEL, DnaK chaperones". Paper presented in 9th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2010. Alexandre, A; Brígido C; Laranjo, M.; Rodrigues, S; Oliveira, Solange. "A survey of chickpea rhizobia in Portugal shows high diversity of species". Paper presented in 8th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2008. Brígido C; Oliveira, S.. "Effect of salt stress in the growth of chickpea mesorhizobia". Paper presented in 8th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2008. Alexandre, A.; Brígido C; Laranjo, M.; Rodrigues, S.; Oliveira, S.. "A survey of chickpea rhizobia in Portugal shows high diversity of species". Paper presented in I Congresso Luso-espanhol de Fixação de Azoto and VII Reunião Nacional da Sociedade Espanhola de Fixação de Azoto (SEFIN, 2008. Alexandre, A.; Brígido C; Laranjo M.; Oliveira, S.. "Evaluation of rhizobia species diversity in Portugal changes the current view on chickpea specific microsymbionts". Paper presented in 7th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2006. Alexandre, A.; Laranjo, M.; Brígido C; Oliveira, S.. "Natural populations of chickpea rhizobia in Portugal: symbiotic efficiency and tolerance at environmental stress conditions". Paper presented in Jornadas ICAAM, 2005.
Edited book	..., ed. II PhD Students Meeting in Environmental and Agriculture. Evora, Portugal. 2017. Published • Editor
Journal article	Carina Sá; Brígido, C; Cátia Fidalgo; Adília Pires; Artur Alves; Etelvina Figueira; Paulo Cardoso. "Influence of Plant Developmental Phase and Irrigation Level on Cultivable Microbiome of Maize Root". Biology (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology14121694. 10.3390/biology14121694 Esther Menéndez; Clarisse Brígido. "Editorial: Deciphering the root nodule microbiome: implications for legume fitness and stress resilience". Frontiers in Microbiology (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1634838. 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1634838 Celeste Santos-Silva; Clarisse Brígido. "First Record of Summer Truffle (Tuber aestivum) in Portugal". Microbiology Research (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/microbiolres15030101. 10.3390/microbiolres15030101 Roukaya Ben Gaied; Clarisse Brígido; Imed Sbissi; Mohamed Tarhouni. "Sustainable Strategy to Boost Legumes Growth under Salinity and Drought Stress in Semi-Arid and Arid Regions". Soil Systems (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems8030084. 10.3390/soilsystems8030084 Ben Gaied, Roukaya; Sbissi, Imed; Tarhouni, Mohamed; Brígido C. Corresponding author: Brígido C. "Enhancing Pisum sativum growth and symbiosis under heat stress: the synergistic impact of co-inoculated bacterial consortia and ACC deaminase-lacking Rhizobium". Archives of Microbiology 206 5 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00203-024-03943-3. Open access • Published • 10.1007/s00203-024-03943-3 Ben Gaied, Roukaya ; Sbissi, Imed; Tarhouni, Mohamed; Brígido C. Corresponding author: Brígido C. "Bacterial Endophytes from Legumes Native to Arid Environments Are Promising Tools to Improve Mesorhizobium–Chickpea Symbiosis under Salinity". Biology 13 2 (2024): 96. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology13020096. Open access • Published • 10.3390/biology13020096 Rodríguez Sousa, A. A.; Muñoz-Rojas, J.; Brígido C; Prats, S. A.. "Impacts of agricultural intensification on soil erosion and sustainability of olive groves in Alentejo (Portugal)". Landscape Ecology 38 12 (2023): 3479-3498. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01682-2. Open access • Published • 10.1007/s10980-023-01682-2 Rodríguez Sousa, Antonio; Tribaldos-Anda, Claudia; Prats, Sergio; Brígido C; Muñoz-Rojas, José; Rescia, Alejandro. "Impacts of Fertilization on Environmental Quality across a Gradient of Olive Grove Management Systems in Alentejo (Portugal)". Land 11 12 (2022): 2194. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11122194. Published • 10.3390/land11122194 Denise Pereira Torres; Ana Paço; Esther Menéndez; Pedro F. Mateos; Brígido C. Corresponding author: Brígido C. "Role of QseG membrane protein in beneficial enterobacterial interactions with plants and Mesorhizobia". Journal of Plant Interactions (2021): https://doi.org/10.1080/17429145.2021.2000050. 10.1080/17429145.2021.2000050 Paço, Ana; da-Silva, José Rodrigo; Torres, Denise Pereira; Glick, Bernard R.; Brígido, Clarisse. Corresponding author: Brígido, Clarisse. "Exogenous ACC Deaminase Is Key to Improving the Performance of Pasture Legume-Rhizobial Symbioses in the Presence of a High Manganese Concentration". Plants 9 12 (2020): 1630. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants9121630. Open access • Published • 10.3390/plants9121630 Brígido, Clarisse; Menéndez, Esther; Paço, Ana; Glick, Bernard R.; Belo, Anabela; Félix, Maria R.; Oliveira, Solange; Carvalho, Mário. Corresponding author: Brígido, Clarisse. "Mediterranean Native Leguminous Plants: A Reservoir of Endophytic Bacteria with Potential to Enhance Chickpea Growth under Stress Conditions". Microorganisms 7 10 (2019): 392. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7100392. Open access • 10.3390/microorganisms7100392 Brito, I.; Goss, M.J.; Alho, L.; Brígido, C.; van Tuinen, D.; Félix, M.R.; Carvalho, M.. "Agronomic management of AMF functional diversity to overcome biotic and abiotic stresses - The role of plant sequence and intact extraradical mycelium". Fungal Ecology 40 (2019): 72-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2018.06.001. Published • 10.1016/j.funeco.2018.06.001 Paço, A.; da-Silva, J. R.; Eliziário, F.; Brígido, C.; Oliveira, S.; Alexandre, A.. "traG Gene Is Conserved across Mesorhizobium spp. Able to Nodulate the Same Host Plant and Expressed in Response to Root Exudates". BioMed Research International 2019 (2019): 1-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3715271. Open access • Published • 10.1155/2019/3715271 Brígido, C.; Singh, S.; Menéndez, E.; Tavares, M.J.; Glick, B.R.; Do Rosário Félix, M.; Oliveira, S.; Carvalho, M.. "Diversity and functionality of culturable endophytic bacterial communities in chickpea plants". Plants 8 2 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85064124357&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Open access • 10.3390/plants8020042 Campos, Catarina; Carvalho, Mário; Brígido, Clarisse; Goss, Michael J.; Nobre, Tânia. "Symbiosis Specificity of the Preceding Host Plant Can Dominate but Not Obliterate the Association Between Wheat and Its Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Partners". Frontiers in Microbiology 9 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02920. Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02920 Brígido, Clarisse; van Tuinen, Diederik; Brito, Isabel; Alho, Luís; Goss, Michael J.; Carvalho, Mário. "Management of the biological diversity of AM fungi by combination of host plant succession and integrity of extraradical mycelium". Soil Biology and Biochemistry 112 (2017): 237-247. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.05.018. Published • 10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.05.018 Rodrigo da-Silva, José; Alexandre, Ana; Brígido, Clarisse; Oliveira, Solange. "Can stress response genes be used to improve the symbiotic performance of rhizobia?". AIMS Microbiology 3 3 (2017): 365-382. http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/microbiol.2017.3.365. Open access • 10.3934/microbiol.2017.3.365 Brígido, C.; Glick, B.R.; Oliveira, S.. "Survey of Plant Growth-Promoting Mechanisms in Native Portuguese Chickpea Mesorhizobium Isolates". Microbial Ecology 73 4 (2017): 900-915. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85000799341&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s00248-016-0891-9 Paço, Ana; Brígido, Clarisse; Alexandre, Ana; Mateos, Pedro F.; Oliveira, Solange. "The Symbiotic Performance of Chickpea Rhizobia Can Be Improved by Additional Copies of the clpB Chaperone Gene". PLOS ONE 11 2 (2016): e0148221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148221. Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0148221 Nascimento, Francisco X.; Brígido, Clarisse; Glick, Bernard R.; Rossi, Márcio J.. "The Role of Rhizobial ACC Deaminase in the Nodulation Process of Leguminous Plants". International Journal of Agronomy 2016 (2016): 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1369472. Open access • 10.1155/2016/1369472 Brígido, C.; Oliveira, S.. "Most Acid-Tolerant Chickpea Mesorhizobia Show Induction of Major Chaperone Genes upon Acid Shock". Microbial Ecology 65 1 (2013): 145-153. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872284653&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s00248-012-0098-7 Brígido, C.; Nascimento, F.X.; Duan, J.; Glick, B.R.; Oliveira, S.. "Expression of an exogenous 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase gene in Mesorhizobium spp. reduces the negative effects of salt stress in chickpea". FEMS Microbiology Letters 349 1 (2013): 46-53. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84887405015&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/1574-6968.12294 Brígido, Clarisse; Robledo, Marta; Menéndez, Esther; Mateos, Pedro F.; Oliveira, Solange. "A ClpB Chaperone Knockout Mutant ofMesorhizobium ciceriShows a Delay in the Root Nodulation of Chickpea Plants". Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 25 12 (2012): 1594-1604. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/mpmi-05-12-0140-r. Open access • Published • 10.1094/mpmi-05-12-0140-r Brígido, Clarisse; Alexandre, Ana; Oliveira, Solange. "Transcriptional analysis of major chaperone genes in salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive mesorhizobia". Microbiological Research 167 10 (2012): 623-629. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2012.01.006. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.micres.2012.01.006 Nascimento, F.X.; Brígido, C.; Glick, B.R.; Oliveira, S.; Alho, L.. "Mesorhizobium ciceri LMS-1 expressing an exogenous 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase increases its nodulation abilities and chickpea plant resistance to soil constraints". Letters in Applied Microbiology 55 1 (2012): 15-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-765x.2012.03251.x. Open access • Published • 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2012.03251.x Nascimento, F.X.; Brígido, C.; Glick, B.R.; Oliveira, S.. "ACC deaminase genes are conserved among Mesorhizobium species able to nodulate the same host plant". FEMS Microbiology Letters 336 1 (2012): 26-37. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84867333349&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02648.x Nascimento, F.; Brígido, C.; Alho, L.; Glick, B.R.; Oliveira, S.. "Enhanced chickpea growth-promotion ability of a Mesorhizobium strain expressing an exogenous ACC deaminase gene". Plant and Soil 353 1-2 (2012): 221-230. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84858332263&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s11104-011-1025-2 Alexandre, A.; Brígido, C.; Laranjo, M.; Rodrigues, S.; Oliveira, S.. "Survey of chickpea rhizobia diversity in Portugal reveals the predominance of species distinct from Mesorhizobium ciceri and Mesorhizobium mediterraneum". Microbial Ecology 58 4 (2009): 930-941. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-73349143344&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s00248-009-9536-6 Brígido, C.; Alexandre, A.; Laranjo, M.; Oliveira, S.. "Moderately acidophilic mesorhizobia isolated from chickpea". Letters in Applied Microbiology 44 2 (2007): 168-174. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-765x.2006.02061.x. Open access • Published • 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2006.02061.x Brígido, Clarisse; da Fonseca, Isabel Pereira; Parreira, Ricardo; Fazendeiro, Isabel; do Rosário, Virgílio E; Centeno-Lima, Sónia. "Molecular and phylogenetic characterization of Theileria spp. parasites in autochthonous bovines (Mirandesa breed) in Portugal". Veterinary Parasitology 123 1-2 (2004): 17-23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.05.024. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.05.024
Thesis / Dissertation	Brígido C. "Tolerance of chickpea mesorhizobia to acid and salt stress". PhD, Universidade de Évora, 2012. Brígido C. "Molecular epidemiology of bovine hemoparasite transmitted by ticks". Degree, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, 2003.

Intellectual property

Patent

Menéndez, E.; Alho, L.; Brígido C; Alexandre, A.; Carvalho, M.. 2022. "Ensifer - Microbial compositions based on native rhizobia strains and method of improving legume pastures in acid soils with manganese toxicity (application number EP21218171A)". Portugal.
Pending
Mário Carvalho; Alexandre, Ana; Esther Menéndez; Luis Alho; Brígido, Clarisse. 2021. "Rizóbio - Microbial compositions based on native rhizobium strains and method of improving pastures and forages in acidic soils with manganese toxicity (application number EP19215059A)". Portugal.
Pending

Other

Dataset

Brígido C; Ana Paço; Gérard Steinmetz; Armengaud J.. Kasakonia oryzae MH5 proteomics. ProteomeXchange Consortium.
Brígido C; Ana Paço; Gérard Steinmetz; Jean, Armengaud. Pseudomonas sp Q1 proteomics. ProteomeXchange Consortium via the PRIDE.
Brígido C. Draft genomes of three endophytic bacteria. NCBI GenBank database.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/12/16	Comparative Genomic Analysis of Three Pseudomonas Strains Reveals Biosynthetic Potential Underlying Antifungal Activity Against Phytopathogens	The 5th International Electronic Conference on Agronomy MDPI
2025/12/06	Genomic Insights into Antifungal Potential of Three Pseudomonas Strains	Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology: Microbiotec25 University of the Azores (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2025/06/17	Understanding the dynamic patterns of quorum SENSIng signals in ROOT colonization and biofilm formation	3rd MED Meeting Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2025/04/02	Proteomic Insights into Bacterial Endophyte Responses to Chickpea Root Exudates Highlight the Role of GacS	The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Microbiology MDPI
2025/04/02	Treasures of Tunisian Wild Legumes: Diversity of Root Nodule Endophytes	The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Microbiology MDPI
2024/09/10	How to publish a research paper	Workshop “Projects Design and Networking” Organization for Women In Science for the Developing World- Delegação de Moçambique (Mozambique)
2024/07/10	Impact of Soil Microbes on Plant Health: The Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis Example	AGRIFOOD OPEN DAY: Soil Microbiology Mini Conference EIT Food (Arruda dos Vinhos, Portugal)
2024/07	Introduction of Exogenous AMF Species Alters the Diversity and Functionality of AMF Communities in Cowpea	XIX National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation (XIX SEFIN) and II Spanish-Portuguese Congress on Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interactions (BeMiPlant) University of Salamanca (Salamanca, Spain)
2024/02/17	Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interaction	International Webinar program Department of Life Science, Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence [SSSUHE] (Sri Lanka)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/10 - Current	Effect of quorum sensing and root exudates in biofilm formation by synthetic bacterial community Supervisor	Bioquímica (Master) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2025/03 - 2025/07	Construction of a suicide vector for the knockout of the anoI gene, which encodes a quorum-sensing protein in Rhizobium Co-supervisor of Rita Carvalho	Biologia (Degree) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2025/02 - 2025/07	Caracterização do Bacterioma Associado ao Rizoplano de Raízes de Trevo Supervisor of Catarina Carreiro Anes	Bioquímica (Degree) Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27	Online Activity Quiz "Did you know that plants are capable of recruiting specific microbial groups from which they benefit?” within the scope of the European Researchers' Night (ERN) 2024 in Évora (2024 - 2024) Exhibition (Co-organisor)	Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2025/09/26 - 2025/09/26	Participação na Noite Europeia dos Investigadores com as atividades: "O solo não é só terra "marrom", mas um ecossistema cheio de vida" e "Os amigos invisiveis das plantas" Exhibition	Noite Europeia dos Investigadores Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Escola Superior Agrária de Santarém, Portugal
2024/07/04 - 2024/07/04	chairperson of the session Agronomic impact of FBN and phytoremediation Congress	XIX National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation (XIX SEFIN) and II Spanish-Portuguese Congress on Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interactions (BeMiPlant) Universidad de Salamanca, Spain

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2025/07/28	Análise genómica de Bacillus sp. com ação nematodicida no nemátode das lesões radiculares Pratylenchus penetrans (Thesis) Main arguer	João Sequeira (Other) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2025/07/15	Analysis of the interaction between the plant growthpromoting bacterium Pseudomonas sp. CDVBN10-B andagricultural crops (Thesis) Arguer	Lihuén Iraí González Dominici (PhD) Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
2025/07/10	Efeito de consórcios bacterianos com rizóbios na formação de biofilmes em resposta a stresses abióticos Supervisor	Laura Janeiro (Other) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2025/07/10	Isolamento e caracterização de bactérias associadas a trufas Supervisor	Eva Caridade Batista (Other) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2025/06/27	Caracterização do Bacterioma Associado ao Rizoplano de Raízes de Trevo Supervisor	Catarina Carreiro Anes (Other) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2024/09/23	Selección de bacterias bioestimulantes para trigo duro y maíz común, y búsqueda de nuevos agentes de biocontrol frente a fitopatógenos mediante el análisis del bacterioma del escarabajo de la corteza del abeto europeo (Ips typographus) (Thesis) Arguer	Ezequiel Peral Aranega (PhD) Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
2024/07/31	Avaliação da capacidade das bactérias endofíticas em expandir a gama de hospedeiros dos rizóbios Supervisor	Margarida Batista (Other) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2024/07/16	Identificação de genes em Mesorhizobium envolvidos na resistência a metais pesados. Supervisor	Mariana Lavrado (Other) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2024/07/16	Avaliação da capacidade de degradação de xenobióticos do nemátode fitoparasita Pratylenchus penetrans (Thesis) Main arguer	Joana Filipa Cristo Ratado (Other) Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2025/01/31 - Current	International Symbiosis Society	Member

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2025 - Current	Fisiologia Vegetal (Plant Physiology)	Agronomia (regime pós-laboral); Agronomia (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Escola Superior Agrária de Santarém, Portugal
2025 - Current	Biologia Molecular (Molecular Biology)	Biologia e Biotecnologia Alimentar (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Escola Superior Agrária de Santarém, Portugal
2025 - Current	Genética (Genetics)	Agronomia (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Escola Superior Agrária de Santarém, Portugal
2025 - Current	Genética (Genetics)	Qualidade Alimentar e Nutrição Humana (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Escola Superior Agrária de Santarém, Portugal
2025 - Current	Microbiologia (Microbiology)	Agronomia (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Escola Superior Agrária de Santarém, Portugal
2025 - Current	Biotecnologia Vegetal (Plant Biotechnology)	(Licenciatura)
2025 - Current	Biologia Vegetal (Plant Biology)	Biologia e Biotecnologia Alimentar (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Escola Superior Agrária de Santarém, Portugal
2025 - Current	Recursos genéticos e biotecnologia agrária (Genetic resources and agricultural biotechnology)	Engenharia Agronómica (Mestrado integrado)	Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Escola Superior Agrária de Santarém, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2025 - Current	Editor of the Research Topic “Enhancing Legume Resilience: Microbial and Viral Interactions in Stress Adaptation” Frontiers in Microbiology (ISSN 1664-302X). (1664-302X)	Frontiers
2024 - Current	Topical Advisory Panel Member - International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1422-0067)	MDPI

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2025/07 - 2025/08	Técnicas em Microbiologia e Biotecnologia Vegetal	Ana Rita Dordio
2025/07 - 2025/08	Caracterização Molecular do Bacterioma Associado ao Rizoplano de Raízes de Trevo	Catarina Carreiro Anes
2024 - 2024	Os Aliados Invisíveis das Plantas: Quem São, O Que Fazem e Como São Recrutados?	Maria Leonor Alvares Soares Martins Simas
2024 - 2024	Os Aliados invisíveis das plantas: quem são, o que fazem e como são recrutados?	Carolina Manha Pereira

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2025 - 2025	Member of the evaluation panel for a project submitted under the SONATA-20 program for funding by the National Science Centre Poland.	National Science Centre Poland, Poland

Distinctions

Award

2025	Best poster at 16th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference 16th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, United Kingdom