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Matilde Moreira-Santos has expertise in the scientific area Biological Sciences, sub-areas Ecology and Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, and specialization in Ecotoxicology, with emphasis on the reduction of uncertainties in extrapolations (e.g. from lab to field) inherent in prospective and retrospective Ecological Risk Assessment, specifically on exposure pathways and the effects of anthropogenic stressors (e.g. pesticides) and natural abiotic factors (due to global climate change, e.g. salinization), across levels of biological organization, freshwater and coastal areas and geographical regions. This path, strongly aligned with the global commitment to sustainability (particularly with UN SDGs 6, 14, 15) and at national/regional level with the Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization (particularly axis 4: Natural Resources and Environment, in the topic Water and Environment), led her to acquire expertise in: (1) development and validation of standardized, ecologically relevant tests with organisms representing the main taxonomic (bacteria, microalgae, macrophytes, crustaceans, insects, amphibians, small fish) and functional groups and environmental compartments (pelagic, benthic); (2) contaminants as habitat disruptors with effects on the spatial distribution of aquatic organisms thus on ecosystems structure/function; (3) impacts of contaminants through the use of outdoor model ecosystems (mesocosms) and the integration of the consequences of soil contamination (through leaching, runoff); (4) tropical ecotoxicology; (5) provision of sound scientific knowledge to support the decision-making processes in the policy and management of aquatic systems; (6) network of national/international collaborations reflected in the co-supervision of students and funding of scientific projects; (7) teaching/supervision of national/international undergraduate/MSc/PhD/pos-graduate courses. --------- Matilde Moreira-Santos é especialista em Ciências Biológicas, subáreas da Ecologia e Biodiversidade e das Ciências do Ambiente, e especialização em Ecotoxicologia, com enfase no domínio da Ecotoxicologia Aquática, nomeadamente na redução das incertezas nas extrapolações (e.g. do lab para o campo) inerentes aos processos prospetivos e retrospetivos de Avaliação do Risco Ecológico, especificamente sobre as vias de exposição e os efeitos de stressors antropogénicos (e.g. pesticidas) e abióticos naturais (devido às alterações climáticas globais, e.g. salinização), ao longo de níveis de organização biológica, zonas de água doce e costeiras e regiões geográficas. Este percurso, fortemente alinhado com o compromisso global para a sustentabilidade (em particular com os ODS 6,14, 15 da ONU) e a nível nacional/regional com a Estratégia de lnvestigação e lnovação para uma Especialização lnteligente (em particular o eixo 4: Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, no tópico Agua e Ambiente), levou-a a adquirir asequinte especialização: (1) desenvolvimento e validação de ensaios padronizados ecologicamente relevantes com organismos dos principais grupos taxonómicos, funcionais e compartimentos ambientais; (2) contaminantes como perturbadores do habitat com efeitos na distribuição espacial dos organismos aquáticos; (3) impactos dos contaminantes utilizando ecossistemas modelo ao ar livre (mesocosmos) e integrando as consequências da contaminação dos solos (por lixiviação e escoamento); (4) ecotoxicologia tropical; (5) disponibilização de conhecimentos científicos para apoiar nos processos de tomada de decisões na política e gestão dos sistemas aquáticos; (6) rede de colaborações nacionais/internacionais refletida na co-orientação de estudantes e financiamento de projetos científicos; (7) ensino/supervisão de cursos nacionais/ internacionais de licenciatura/MSc/PhD/p6s-graduacão.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Matilde Maria Moreira dos Santos

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7913-7FCE-0AEA
Scopus Author Id
9838880400

Email addresses

  • matilde.santos@zoo.uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • University of Coimbra, CFE-Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas , 3000-456 , Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Italian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2012/11/19 - 2012/11/23
Concluded
 CAL-AQUA Laboratory Animal Science - Aquatic Organisms (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
1992/05/01 - 1998/03/17
Concluded
 PhD in Applied Biological Sciences-Environmental Technology (Doutoramento)
Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, University of Ghent, Belgium, Belgium
"The controlled production and hatching of ephippia of Daphnia magna (Crustacea: Cladocera) for toxicity testing" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Great Distinction
1984/10/01 - 1990/04/06
Concluded
 Engenharia Agronómica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
 14.4/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/02 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
CFE-Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - Current RioPlast: Quantification and impacts of nanoplastics on freshwater ecosystem processes along a metal pollution gradient
NATIONAL
2022.03644.PTDC
Researcher
CFE-Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal, Portugal

MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022 - Current PARC - European Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (Task 6.4.4 - Risk assessment to support and promote efficient overall protection of biodiversity)
INTERNATIONAL
Grant Agreement No 101057014
Researcher
CFE-Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal, Portugal

ANSES (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), France
Horizon Europe

ANSES (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety)
Ongoing
2021 - 2023 BIOSTARV: Desenvolvimento de biopesticida para controlo de praga(s) de culturas mediterrânicas
NATIONAL
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-047058
Researcher
CFE-Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal

ENTOGENEX EUROPE (Portugal), Portugal
Centro 2020
Concluded
2018 - 2022 SALTFREE II: Salinisation of coastal ecosystems due to climate change: validating safety levels to protect biodiversity and ecosystem services
NATIONAL
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031022
PTDC/CTA-AMB/31022/2017
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal) Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet (CFE), Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020 - 2021 BioBlock COVID: Biocidal cannabis and wild plant terpenes in blocking the spread of SARS-CoV-2
NATIONAL
LISBOA-01-02B7-FEDER-053456
Researcher
CFE-Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal

EXMCEUTICALS, Portugal
Centro 2020
Concluded
2017 - 2020 ReNATURE - Valorization of the natural endogenous resources of the Centro Region
NATIONAL
Centro-01-0145-FEDER-000007
Researcher
CFE-Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Centro 2020
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2023 - Current Support EFSA in the “Science4SafeFood” Consortium: Risk Assessment of Food Enzymes, Food Additives, Food Flavourings and Feed Additives – Lot 7: Environmental risk assessment
INTERNATIONAL-SERVICE RENDERED
GP/EFSA/FIP/2022/01
Technical development
CFE-Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal, Portugal

European Food Safety Authority, Italy
European Food Safety Authority
Ongoing
2022 - 2022 Ecotoxicological assessment of prototype formulations of the active substance acetamiprid: estimation of the lethal ecotoxicity for the standard insect species Chironomus riparius Meigen
NATIONAL-SERVICE RENDERED
Technical development
CloverStrategy, Lda, Portugal , Portugal
Concluded
2021 - 2021 Ecotoxicological assessment of prototype formulations of the active substance acetamiprid: estimation of the lethal ecotoxicity for the standard insect species Chironomus riparius Meigen
NATIONAL-SERVICE RENDERED
Technical development
CloverStrategy, Lda, Portugal , Portugal
Concluded
2016 - 2019 Ecotoxicological characterisation of shoreline waters and industrial effluents
NATIONAL-SERVICE RENDERED
Technical development
Navigator Paper Figueira SA, Figueira da Foz, Portugal, Portugal
 Navigator Paper Figueira SA, Figueira da Foz, Portugal
Concluded
2015 - 2015 Ecotoxicological assessment of the antibiotics amoxicilin and colistin: estimation of the sub-lethal ecotoxicity for Daphnia magna Straus
NATIONAL-SERVICE RENDERED
Technical development
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia
Concluded
2014 - 2015 Ecotoxicological assessment of s-enhanced fertilizers
INTERNATIONAL-SERVICE RENDERED
Technical development
Shell-Thiogro, Netherlands
 Shell
Concluded
2000 - 2015 Ecotoxicological characterisation of shoreline waters and industrial effluents
NATIONAL-SERVICE RENDERED
Technical development
Company SOPORCEL, Figueira da Foz, Portugal, Portugal
 Company SOPORCEL, Figueira da Foz, Portugal
Concluded
2011 - 2014 Ecotoxicological characterisation of soils and waters contaminated with the pesticides Calypso® and Epik® within Eucalyptus plantations
NATIONAL-SERVICE RENDERED
Technical development
Instituto de Investigação da Floresta e Papel & ALTRI FLORESTAL, Portugal
 Instituto de Investigação da Floresta e Papel & ALTRI FLORESTAL
Concluded
2010 - 2013 Pyrogenic organic mater as a stable carbon source for soils and their relation with ecotoxicity
INTERNATIONAL-SERVICE RENDERED
Researcher
Universidade Autónoma de Barcelona - Centro de Investigación Ecológica y Aplicaciones Forestales (Spain), Spain
 Universidade Autónoma de Barcelona - Centro de Investigación Ecológica y Aplicaciones Forestales (Spain)
Concluded
1999 - 2011 Ecotoxicological characterisation of shoreline waters and industrial effluents
NATIONAL-SERVICE RENDERED
Technical development
Company STORAENSO – CELBI, Figueira da Foz, Portugal, Portugal
 Company STORAENSO – CELBI, Figueira da Foz, Portugal
Concluded
2009 - 2010 Ecotoxicity, mycotoxins and degradation of nonylphenols in sewage sludge and treated soils
INTERNATIONAL-SERVICE RENDERED
Researcher
Universidade Autónoma de Barcelona - Centro de Investigación Ecológica y Aplicaciones Forestales (Spain), Spain
 Universidade Autónoma de Barcelona - Centro de Investigación Ecológica y Aplicaciones Forestales (Spain)
Concluded
2009 - 2010 Ecotoxicological characterisation of water and sediments of Segre river (Spain)
INTERNATIONAL-SERVICE RENDERED
Researcher
Universidade de Lérida, Lleida, Spain, Spain
 Universidade de Lérida, Lleida, Spain
Concluded
2006 - 2006 Ecotoxicological characterisation of soil amendments for agriculture
INTERNATIONAL-SERVICE RENDERED
Technical development
Universidade de Lérida, Lleida, Spain, Spain
 Universidade de Lérida, Lleida, Spain
Concluded
2004 - 2004 Ecotoxicological characterisation of soils contaminated with pesticides
NATIONAL-SERVICE RENDERED
Technical development
Universidade de Lérida, Lleida, Spain, Spain
 Universidade de Lérida, Lleida, Spain
Concluded
2002 - 2002 Ecotoxicological characterisation of sludge contaminated with chromium
NATIONAL-SERVICE RENDERED
Technical development
Company FABRICIOS – Curtumes Fabrício, Lda, Seia, Portugal, Portugal
 Company FABRICIOS – Curtumes Fabrício, Lda, Seia, Portugal
Concluded
2000 - 2000 Ecotoxicological characterisation of sludges
NATIONAL-SERVICE RENDERED
Technical development
Company SST – Laboratory for Water Analyses, Porto, Portugal, Portugal
 Company SST – Laboratory for Water Analyses, Porto, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Afonso, Sandra; Ferreira, Verónica; Moreira-Santos, Matilde. "Comparing the sensitivity of aquatic organisms relative to Daphnia sp. toward essential oils and crude extracts: A meta-analysis". Science of The Total Environment 908 (2024): 168467. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168467.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168467
  2. Afonso, Sandra; Nogueira, Juliana; Cavaleiro, Carlos; Ferreira, Fernanda M. L.; Moreira-Santos, Matilde. "Lethal Toxicity of Thymus mastichina and Helichrysum italicum Essential Oils to Non-Target Aquatic Organisms: Tools to Screen Environmental Effects?". Water 16 1 (2024): 137. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w16010137.
    Published • 10.3390/w16010137
  3. Ojeda, Gerardo; Moreira-Santos, Matilde; Sousa, José P.; Pratas, João; Ribeiro, Rui; Costa, Manuela; Natal-da-Luz, Tiago. "Amendment of soils with metal-rich sludge: Potential water toxicity due to metal release via over-time slaking". Chemosphere 338 (2023): 139482. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139482.
    Published • 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139482
  4. Cortez, Creuza S.; Ribeiro, Rui; Moreira-Santos, Matilde. "Ecological risk assessment of the Paraíba River estuary (Brazil): Plan for a tier 1 screening phase for the ecotoxicological line of evidence". Chemosphere 335 (2023): 139039. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139039.
    Published • 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139039
  5. Macías, Mariana; Jiménez, Jesús A.; Rodríguez de San Miguel, Eduardo; Moreira-Santos, Matilde. "Appraisal on the role of passive sampling for more integrative frameworks on the environmental risk assessment of contaminants". Chemosphere 324 (2023): 138352. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138352.
    Published • 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138352
  6. Nunes, Ramom R.; Ribeiro, Rui; Morão, Gabriel M.; Rezende, Maria O.O.; Moreira-Santos, Matilde. "Treatment of Wastewaters Containing Sulfonylurea Herbicides by Electroflotation: Chemical and Ecotoxicological Efficacy". Water 14 17 (2022): 2723. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w14172723.
    Published • 10.3390/w14172723
  7. Piccirillo, Giusi; Moreira-Santos, Matilde; Válega, Mónica; Eusébio, M. Ermelinda S.; Silva, Artur M.S.; Ribeiro, Rui; Freitas, Helena; Pereira, Mariette M.; Calvete, Mário J.F.. "Supported metalloporphyrins as reusable catalysts for the degradation of antibiotics: Synthesis, characterization, activity and ecotoxicity studies". Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 282 (2021): 119556. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119556.
    Published • 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119556
  8. Abelho, Manuela; Ribeiro, Rui; Moreira-Santos, Matilde. "Salinity Affects Freshwater Invertebrate Traits and Litter Decomposition". Diversity 13 11 (2021): 599. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d13110599.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/d13110599
  9. Blasco, Julián; Araújo, Cristiano V.M.; Ribeiro, Rui; Moreira-Santos, Matilde. "Do Contaminants Influence the Spatial Distribution of Aquatic Species? How New Perspectives on Ecotoxicological Assays Might Answer This Question". Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 39 1 (2020): 7-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.4594.
    Published • 10.1002/etc.4594
  10. van der Linden, P.; Shinn, C.; Moreira-Santos, M.; Oehlmann, J.; Ribeiro, R.; Müller, R.. "Aquatic mesocosms exposed to a fungicide in warm and cold temperate European climate zones: Long-term macroinvertebrate response". Science of The Total Environment 681 (2019): 133-142. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.112.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.112
  11. Viegas, Cristina A.; Silva, Vera P.; Varela, Viviane M.; Correia, Vânia; Ribeiro, Rui; Moreira-Santos, Matilde. "Evaluating formulation and storage of Arthrobacter aurescens strain TC1 as a bioremediation tool for terbuthylazine contaminated soils: Efficacy on abatement of aquatic ecotoxicity". Science of The Total Environment 668 (2019): 714-722. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.355.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.355
  12. Müller, Ruth; Shinn, Cândida; Waldvogel, Ann-Marie; Oehlmann, J¿rg; Ribeiro, Rui; Moreira-Santos, Matilde. "Long-term effects of the fungicide pyrimethanil on aquatic primary producers in macrophyte-dominated outdoor mesocosms in two European ecoregions". Science of The Total Environment 665 (2019): 982-994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.050.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.050
  13. Moreira-Santos, Matilde; Ribeiro, Rui; Araújo, Cristiano V. M.. "What if aquatic animals move away from pesticide-contaminated habitats before suffering adverse physiological effects? A critical review". Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 49 11 (2019): 989-1025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2018.1564507.
    Published • 10.1080/10643389.2018.1564507
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/04/12 (INVITED) Measuring pollution: the role of ecotoxicity evaluations Webinar "Freshwater Ecosystems Challenges"
i2A – Instituto de Investigação Aplicada, Politécnico de Coimbra (Portugal)
2023 Abelho M, A Oliveira & M MOREIRA-SANTOS. Ecotoxicity of a cupric fungicide on non-target aquatic fungi under different salinization scenarios. 13th SEFS (Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences).
(Newcastle, United Kingdom)
2022 MOREIRA-SANTOS M, CVM Araújo (Spain), I Lopes & R Ribeiro. Avoidance tests as an ethical ecologically relevant alternative to fish and amphibian lethality tests for chemicals registration. XXXIII Annual Meeting of SETAC-Europe (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry).
(Copenhagen, Denmark)
2021/07/01 (INVITED) Risks of pesticide use for aquatic organisms: reducing uncertainties in ecotoxicity evaluations LEAF (Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food ) webinar
Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
2021 Cordero-de-Castro A (Spain), JRS Pontes, R Ribeiro, I Lopes, M MOREIRA-SANTOS, E Ramos-Rodríguez (Spain), G Parra (Spain) & CVM Araújo (Spain). Getting over lethal tests: habitat (re)colonisation, a new perspective for ecotoxicological studies. XIV SETAC-Latin America (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry), Virtual Meeting.
(Valdivia , Chile)
2021 Abelho M, R Ribeiro & M MOREIRA-SANTOS. Sea water intrusion in freshwaters: effects on litter decomposition. 12th SEFS (Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences), Virtual Meeting.
(Dublin, Ireland)
2021 Piccirillo G, M MOREIRA-SANTOS, M Válega, MES Eusébio, MAS Silva, R Ribeiro, H Freitas, MJF Calvete & MM Pereira. A sustainable approach to antibiotic decontamination using a manganese(III) porphyrin based heterogeneous catalyst. ISySyCat (International Symposium on Synthesis and Catalysis).
(Évora, Portugal)
2020 Araújo CVM (Spain), M MOREIRA-SANTOS & R Ribeiro. When the environmental stress due to contamination is beyond the traditional toxic effects: Changing the paradigm of confined exposure to a habitat selection approach. (presented by M MOREIRA-SANTOS) XXX Annual Meeting of SETAC-Europe (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) (Online meeting)
(Dublin, Ireland)
2019 Chelinho S, C-A Laureyssens (Belgium), R Ribeiro, JP Sousa & M MOREIRA-SANTOS. Climate change-driven effects on coastal soils and adjacent aquatic systems: assessment of salinization, temperature and moisture. 15th European Ecological Federation (EEF) Congress
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2018 Fasola E (Italy), M MOREIRA-SANTOS & Ribeiro R. Citizens` science for amphibians conservation. XV Congresso de Herpetologia Português-Espanhol - XIX Congresso Espanhol de Herpetologia
(Salamanca, Spain)
2017 Venâncio C, R Pereira, M Abelho, N Abrantes, S Antunes, B Castro, J Costa, A Duarte, AC Freitas, M MOREIRA-SANTOS, T Rocha-Santos, C Shinn (United Kingdom), A Soares & I Lopes. Impacts of salinisation on coastal ecosystems: from individual to the community level. II World Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2017 Araújo C (Spain), M MOREIRA-SANTOS, J Blasco (Spain) & R Ribeiro. Incorporating avoidance and recolonization concepts in ecotoxicological risk assessment by using a non-forced exposure system. XXVII Annual Meeting of SETAC-Europe (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry)
(Brussels, Belgium)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019 - Current In situ ecotoxicty assays using caged organisms: assisting the ecological status assessment and monitoring of freshwaters and estuaries
Co-supervisor of Creuza Soares Cortez
Biosciences (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Age-related differences in the lethal sensitivity of Daphnia sp. neonates to contaminants
Co-supervisor of Hanane Tijari
Erasmus+ Internship: Degree in Bio-Medical Laboratory Technology (Degree)
Hogeschool Gent Faculty of Education, Health and Social Work, Belgium
2022 - 2023 Desenvolvimento de biopesticida para controlo de praga(s) de culturas mediterrânicas: toxicity assessment for the aquatic compartment
Co-supervisor of Sandra Cristina Pereira Afonso
 Post-doctoral Researcher - project BIOSTARV: toxicity assessment for the aquatic compartment (Other)
CFE-Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Development of a colonization test to evaluate fish spatial distribution in a habitat under recovery
Co-supervisor of Mohammed Ariful Islam
Post-doctoral Researcher - project ConBio: colonisation tests with small fish (Other)
CFE-Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Estandarización del tiempo mínimo y del tiempo máximo requerido para ensayos de fuga y recolonización utilizando el pez cebra como bioindicador
Co-supervisor of Dayanara Macías Mayorga
Post-doctoral Researcher - project ConBio: ensayos de fuga y recolonización utilizando el pez cebra (Other)
CFE-Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Efeito de fungicidas em organismos aquáticos não-alvo
Co-supervisor of Andreia Sofia da Costa Oliveira
 Environmental Management (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Theoretical-practical internship in Aquatic Ecotoxicology
Supervisor of Arthur Ververs
Erasmus+ Internship: Degree in Bio-Medical Laboratory Technology (Degree)
Hogeschool Gent Faculty of Education, Health and Social Work, Belgium
2021 - 2021 Theoretical-practical internship in Aquatic Ecotoxicology
Supervisor of Jef Evenepoel
Erasmus+ Internship: Degree in Bio-Medical Laboratory Technology (Degree)
Hogeschool Gent Faculty of Education, Health and Social Work, Belgium
2021 - 2021 Estudo da ecotoxicidade de óleos essenciais de Perpétua da Areias (Helichrysum italicum) e Tomilho Bela-Luz (Thymus mastichina)
Co-supervisor of Juliana Vidal Nogueira
Biotechnology (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Terpenos biocidas de canábis e plantas silvestres no bloqueio à propagação de SARS-CoV-2: Componente aquática dos ensais de ecotoxicidade
Co-supervisor of Alexandre Miguel Figueiras Estevam
MSc Researcher - Terpenos biocidas no bloqueio à propagação de SARS-CoV-2 (Other)
CFE-Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Risks of pesticide tank mixtures to aquatic systems: leaching and surface runoff as routes of exposure
Supervisor of Myrthe Ververs
 Erasmus+ Internship: Degree in Bio-Medical Laboratory Technology (Degree)
Hogeschool Gent Faculty of Education, Health and Social Work, Belgium
2020 - 2020 Evaluating the effect of a relevant tank mixture in the habitat function of a soil
Co-supervisor of Ine Claeys
Erasmus+ Internship: Degree in Bio-Medical Laboratory Technology (Degree)
Hogeschool Gent Faculty of Education, Health and Social Work, Belgium
2020 - 2020 Experimentación Animal
Co-supervisor of Isabel Nevado Solís
 Project in Applied Biology II (Course, Degree in Biology) (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Valorization of the natural endogenous resources of the Centro Region
Co-supervisor of Pieter van der Linden
 Post-doctoral Researcher - Sustainable Valorization of Natural Aquatic Resources (Other)
CFE-Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Climate change driven effects of salinization and temperature rise: are coastal soil systems and adjacent aquatic systems at risk?
Co-supervisor of Ceri-Anne Laureyssens
 Erasmus+ Internship: Degree in Bio-Medical Laboratory Technology (Degree)
Hogeschool Gent Faculty of Education, Health and Social Work, Belgium
2017 - 2018 Valorization of the natural endogenous resources of the Centro Region
Co-supervisor of Emanuele Fasola
 Post-doctoral Researcher - Amphibians Conservation: Public Awareness (Other)
CFE-Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/05/14 - 2024/05/17 4th International Scientific Conference on Ecological and Environmental Engineering (2024/05/14 - 2024/05/17)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal
2024/01/26 - 2024/03/22 1st edition of the non-Degree course "Tools in environmental toxicology: assessing the impact of contaminants" (81 hours | 3 ECTS) (2024/01/26 - 2024/03/22)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2023/03/20 - 2023/03/31 Co-organizer of the course Ecotoxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment, of the study programme of the IMAE – International/European Master in Applied Ecology (Erasmus Mundus Masters Course) and of the Master in Ecology (2023/03/20 - 2023/03/31)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2020/05/03 - 2020/05/07 Co-chair of the Session “From lab to field: relevance of effects observed in lab studies for non-target local populations and communities and their habitat selection” of the XXX Annual Meeting of SETAC-Europe (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry), Online Meeting. (2020/05/03 - 2020/05/07)
Conference (Other)
 Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - Europe, Belgium
2013/07/01 - 2013/07/04 IX Congresso Ibérico, VI Iberoamericano de Contaminación y Toxicologia Ambiental, Valencia, Spain. (2013/07/01 - 2013/07/04)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universitat de València, Spain

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/03/01 - 2024/03/01 The ecotoxicity of contaminants to aquatic microalgae in risk assessment (3,0 h)
Other
 1st edition of the non-Degree course "Tools in environmental toxicology: assessing the impact of contaminants"
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2022/11/02 - 2024/02/28 Participação no Clube Ciência Viva do AECO; ACTIVITY: Cuidar dos cursos de água urbanos - Avaliação da qualidade da água de uma ribeira urbana (scientific project for 12th grade students, once a week during 4 months)
Other
 Clube Ciência Viva do Agrupamento de Escolas Coimbra Oeste (AECO) (promover experienciar a Ciência na Escola por parte da comunidade educativa)
Universidade de Coimbra, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, CFE - Centre for Functional Ecology-Science for the People and the Planet, Portugal
2024/01/26 - 2024/01/26 The ecotoxicity of contaminants to aquatic invertebrates in risk assessment (3,5 h)
Other
 1st edition of the non-Degree course "Tools in environmental toxicology: assessing the impact of contaminants"
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2023/10/04 - 2023/10/04 What exists in an Aquatic Ecotoxicology Laboratory to evaluate the effects of contaminants?” (90 min visit from 12th grade students (Colégio do Amor de Deus, Cascais) at the Laboratory of Aquatic Ecotoxicology)
Other
 labFCTUC program (Laboratórios Abertos da FCTUC)
Universidade de Coimbra, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, CFE - Centre for Functional Ecology-Science for the People and the Planet, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/06/06 - 2023/06/06 What exists in an Aquatic Ecotoxicology Laboratory to evaluate the effects of contaminants?” (90 min visit from 11th to 12th grade students (Colégio João de Barros, Pombal) at the Laboratory of Aquatic Ecotoxicology)
Other
 labFCTUC program (Laboratórios Abertos da FCTUC)
Universidade de Coimbra, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, CFE - Centre for Functional Ecology-Science for the People and the Planet, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/05/26 - 2023/05/26 Como medir a poluição? (2 hours hands-on activity for 10th to 11th grade students (Escola Secundária D. Maria II, Vila Nova da Barquinha))
Other
 programa Cientificamente Provável (joint initiative of the Secretary of State for Education, through the School Libraries Network, and the Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education)
Universidade de Coimbra, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, CFE - Centre for Functional Ecology-Science for the People and the Planet, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/05/11 - 2023/05/11 Como medir a poluição? (50 min activity with theoretico-practical component for 12th grade students (Escola Secundária D. Duarte, Coimbra))
Other
 programa Cientificamente Provável (joint initiative of the Secretary of State for Education, through the School Libraries Network, and the Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education)
Universidade de Coimbra, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, CFE - Centre for Functional Ecology-Science for the People and the Planet, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/04/21 - 2023/04/21 As hidras como indicadores de poluição em ecossistemas aquáticos (hands-on activity of 3 hours for 11th to 12th grade students)
Other
 4th Edition of the UC Non-Degree Course "UC SCIENCE WEEK" at Dr. Joaquim de Carvalho High School (Figueira da Foz)
Universidade de Coimbra, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, CFE - Centre for Functional Ecology-Science for the People and the Planet, Portugal
2023/02/15 - 2023/02/15 Como medir a poluição? (4 hours hands-on activity for 10th to 11th grade students (Escola Secundária José Estevão, Aveiro))
Other
 programa Cientificamente Provável (joint initiative of the Secretary of State for Education, through the School Libraries Network, and the Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education)
Universidade de Coimbra, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, CFE - Centre for Functional Ecology-Science for the People and the Planet, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/11/26 - 2019/11/26 Participation with a platform presentation entitled: Contaminación en Ecosistemas Acuáticos: El riesgo es el mismo en los Trópicos y Climas Temblados?.
Symposium
 Ecosistemas Acuáticos: un Enfoque Analítico
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Química, Mexico

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023 Transformation products of pharmaceuticals occurring in wastewater effluents: molecular to population level toxicity for zebrafish embryos and larvae
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Pedro Miguel Carneiro Rodrigues (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022 Understanding the influence of soil pH on dazomet behaviour and toxicity to promote its sustainable agriculture
(Thesis) Arguer
 Antonieta de Castro Gabriel (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022 Synergies between industry and scientific research for a sustainable development on nanotechnology
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Anabela Marques Simões Casaleiro (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021 Efeitos ecológicos da contaminação com rejeitos de minério no estuário do Rio Doce: uma abordagem utilizando múltiplas linhas de evidência
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Fabrício Ângelo Gabriel (PhD)
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil
2021 Development of analytical methodologies and toxicity testing of microplastics (METOXPLAS)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Correia Prata (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020 Ecotoxicological assessment of PAHs using the freshwater planarian Girardia tigrina
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Fátima Cristina Paulino Simão (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017 Linking exposure of Mediterranean freshwater ecosystems to pesticides mixtures with their environmental side-effects
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Carina Santos Pereira (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2017 Salinization effects on coastal terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems
Thesis Member
 Cátia Alexandra Ribeiro Venâncio (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022 - Current Water (Guest Editor of Special Issue "Chemical analysis and ecotoxicological effects in aquatic ecosystems”) (2073-4441) MDPI
2021 - 2022 Toxins (Guest Editor of Special Issue "Habitat Fragmentation Caused by Contaminants: Assessment of Direct and Indirect Ecological Impacts across Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems") (2305-6304) MDPI