Teresa Cerqueira (901E-A28E-A954)

Curriculum Vitae

I am an early career researcher at the Institute of Marine Sciences - Okeanos, University of the Azores, part of Azores Deep-Sea Research group (ADSR), and a research associate of the Smithsonian Institute - National Museum of Natural History. I started my scientific studies at the University of Porto, with a degree in Biochemistry (2006). Following this, I did three internships in different international settings - Brazil, Lisbon, and Madrid - where I developed skills in molecular biology, teamwork, and communication. In 2010, I moved to the Azores and initiated my career in Marine Sciences, focusing on the biology and ecology of hydrothermal mussels and cold-water corals. Later, I pursued a PhD at the University of the Azores, exploring the microbial ecology and chemosynthetic processes associated with deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields in the Azores region. This research provided me with a good background in DNA sequencing, NGS data analysis, and marine (meta)genomics. In 2018, I completed my PhD in Marine Biology. Throughout my career, I've worked as a visiting researcher in different national institutions such as the NGS unit of UC-Biotech (Cantanhede), the Geosciences Department of Aveiro University, and CeteMares at MARE-IP Leiria (Peniche). Internationally, I collaborated with the Norstruct at the Arctic University of Norway (Tromsø) and, more recently, with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (Washington DC). Since January 2022, I have been leading a FCT research project as principal investigator, exploring the impact of ocean acidification on the microbiome of cold-water corals, with experiments conducted in aquaria. One of my current research interests is advancing the knowledge of biodiversity, especially related to deep-sea ecosystems, using new molecular-based tools to generate genetic data and improve species discovery methods.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Teresa Cerqueira

Citation names

Cerqueira, Teresa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 901E-A28E-A954
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3397-574X
Google Scholar ID: kCI_W6gAAAAJ&hl
Scopus Author Id: 56040912100

Email addresses

maria.ts.cerqueira@uac.pt (Professional)
cerqueira.mt@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone

(351) 914165322 (Personal)

Telephone

(+351) 292200400 Ext.: 180 (Professional)

Addresses

Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar - Okeanos. R. Prof. Frederico Machado, nº4, 9901-862, Horta, Horta, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/T_Cerqueira (Scholar)
https://deepsea.uac.pt/users (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
French	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2012/12/01 - 2018/04/20 Concluded	Marine Sciences (Doutoramento) Major in Marine Biology Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal "Microbial ecology in Azores deep-seafloor hydrothermal environments" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	distinção e louvor
2006/01 - 2006/10 Concluded	Internship (Postgraduate Certificate) Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz, Brazil	18
2001/09/01 - 2006/09/28 Concluded	Biochemistry (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Early initial changes in septal hepatic fibrosis induced in rats by Capillaria hepatica" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/11 - 2026/11	Researcher (Research)	Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, United States
	Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, United States
2023/01 - 2024/12	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal
	Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
2023/06/01 - 2023/07/03	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
	Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, United States
2019/07/15 - 2022/07/14	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
	Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/02	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/04	Postdoc (Research)	IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
	Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/08 - 2018/12	Research fellow	IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
	Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2012/12 - 2018/04	PhD student	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
	Universidade dos Açores Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013/04 - 2013/06	Visiting Scholar	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
	UiT Norges arktiske universitet Nasjonalt senter for strukturbiologi, Norway
2011/01/01 - 2012/11/30	Research fellow	IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
	Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2008/01 - 2010/03	Consulting	Accenture Technology Solutions, Portugal

2007/01 - 2007/12	Research fellow	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

2007/05 - 2007/06	Research trainee	Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Spain

2006/01 - 2006/09	Research trainee	Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz, Brazil

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2019/07 - 2022/07	Biotechnological valorization of Azorean macroalgae with commercial interest M3.1.a/F/016/2018 Post-doc Fellow Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal	Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia Concluded
2012/12 - 2016/12	Microbial ecology in Azores deep-seafloor hydrothermal environments M3.1.2/F/052/2011 PhD Student Fellow Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal	Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia Concluded
2011/09/01 - 2012/11/30	CoralChange - Factors controlling carbonate production and destruction of cold-water corals of the NE Atlantic info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH2%FBPD2%F346342%F2007/PT Research Fellow Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2011/08/31	IMUNOVENT - A study of immune reactions in the deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus: insights into survival strategies and discovery of immune molecules in animals living under extreme environments PTDC/MAR/65991/2006 Research Fellow Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2007/01 - 2007/06	Transgenic plants as models to study regulation of transgene expression and recombinant protein deposition POCI/BIA-BCM/55762/2004 Research Fellow Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/01 - Current	Caracterização dos Habitas de Profundidade, com vista ao seu mapeamento até ao limite exterior da subárea dos Açores da Zona Económica Exclusiva Portuguesa MapGES_2 Post-doc Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal	Governo dos Açores Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2022/01 - 2023/12	The role of the microbiome in sustaining deep-sea coral holobiont's health and resilience in a changing ocean EXPL/CTA-AMB/1294/2021 Principal investigator Okeanos-UAc, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2012/12 - 2014/12	Project SEAZYME- Marine Enzymes from the Azores: Using metagenomics and Metatranscriptomics to identify biotechnologically relevant enzymes of marine bacteria origin M2.1.2/I/024/2011 Research Fellow Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal	Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia Concluded
2011/12 - 2012/09	Hermione - Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Mans Impact on European Seas EC/FP7-226354 Research Fellow Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal	European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Bettencourt, Raul; Barros, Inês; Martins, Eva; Martins, Inês; Cerqueira, Teresa; Colaço, Ana; Costa, Valentina; et al. "An Insightful Model to Study Innate Immunity and Stress Response in Deep-Sea Vent Animals: Profiling the Mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus". In Organismal and Molecular Malacology. Croatia: InTech, 2017. 10.5772/68034
Conference abstract	Cerqueira, Teresa. "Deep-sea coral microbiome responses to environmental changes". Paper presented in International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals, Edinburgh, 2024. Accepted
Conference poster	Cerqueira, Teresa; Conceição Egas; Bjørn Altermark; Pinho, Diogo; Menezes, Gui; Santos, Ricardo Serrão; Bettencourt, Raul. "Bacterial diversity found in Deep Sea Sediments from the Menez Gwen hydrothermal field". Paper presented in Micro B3, Marine Metagenomics Bioinformatics, 2014. Cerqueira, Teresa; Bettencourt, Raul; Godinho, António ; Carreiro-Silva, Marina. "Gene expression study as a tool to uncover the effects of ocean acidification on cold water corals". Paper presented in qPCR Experience - Boot Camp, 2012.
Journal article	Carreiro-Silva, Marina; Martins, Inês; Riou, Virginie; Raimundo, Joana; Caetano, Miguel; Bettencourt, Raul; Rakka, Maria; et al. Corresponding author: Carreiro-Silva, Marina. "Mechanical and toxicological effects of deep-sea mining sediment plumes on a habitat-forming cold-water octocoral". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.915650. Published • 10.3389/fmars.2022.915650 Beier, Christoph; Genske, Felix; Hübscher, Christian; Haase, Karsten M.; Bach, Wolfgang; Nomikou, Paraskevi; Shipboard Scientific Party R/V Meteor M128. "The submarine Azores Plateau: Evidence for a waning mantle plume?". Marine Geology 451 (2022): 106858. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2022.106858. 10.1016/j.margeo.2022.106858 Félix, Rafael; Dias, Pedro; Félix, Carina; Cerqueira, Teresa; Andrade, Paula B.; Valentão, Patrícia; Lemos, Marco F.L.. "The biotechnological potential of Asparagopsis armata: What is known of its chemical composition, bioactivities and current market?". Algal Research 60 (2021): 102534. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2021.102534. 10.1016/j.algal.2021.102534 Teresa Cerqueira; Cristina Barroso; Hugo Froufe; Conceição Egas; Raul Bettencourt. "Metagenomic Signatures of Microbial Communities in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Sediments of Azores Vent Fields". Microbial Ecology 76 2 (2018): 387-403. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-018-1144-x. 10.1007/s00248-018-1144-x Teresa Cerqueira; Diogo Pinho; Hugo Froufe; Ricardo S. Santos; Raul Bettencourt; Conceição Egas. "Sediment Microbial Diversity of Three Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents Southwest of the Azores". Microbial Ecology (2017): https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00248-017-0943-9. 10.1007/s00248-017-0943-9 Beier, Christoph; Bach, Wolfgang; Blum, Marie; Cerqueira, Teresa; Ferreira, Pedro; Genske, Felix; Haase, Karsten; et al. "Azores Plateau - Cruise No. M128 - July 2 - July 27, 2016 - Ponta Delgada (Azores, Portugal) - Ponta Delgada (Azores, Portugal)". METEOR-Berichte (2017): https://www.tib.eu/suchen/id/awi:doi~10.2312%252Fcr_m128/. Published Inês Martins; Célia V. Romão; Joana Goulart; Teresa Cerqueira; Ricardo S. Santos; Raul Bettencourt. "Activity of antioxidant enzymes in response to atmospheric pressure induced physiological stress in deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus". Marine Environmental Research 114 (2016): 65-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.01.003. 10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.01.003 Teresa Cerqueira; Diogo Pinho; Conceição Egas; Hugo Froufe; Bjørn Altermark; Carla Candeias; Ricardo S. Santos; Raul Bettencourt. "Microbial diversity in deep-sea sediments from the Menez Gwen hydrothermal vent system of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge". Marine Genomics 24 (2015): 343-355. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2015.09.001. 10.1016/j.margen.2015.09.001 Bettencourt, Raul; Rodrigues, Mónica; Barros, Inês; Cerqueira, Teresa; Freitas, Cátia; Costa, Valentina; Pinheiro, Miguel; Egas, Conceição; Santos, Ricardo Serrão. "Site-related differences in gene expression and bacterial densities in the mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus from the Menez Gwen and Lucky Strike deep-sea hydrothermal vent sites". Fish & Shellfish Immunology 39 2 (2014): 343-353. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2014.05.024. 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.05.024 Carreiro-Silva, M.; Cerqueira, T.; Godinho, A.; Caetano, M.; Santos, R. S.; Bettencourt, R.. "Molecular mechanisms underlying the physiological responses of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus to ocean acidification". Coral Reefs 33 2 (2014): 465-476. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-014-1129-2. 10.1007/s00338-014-1129-2 Barros, I.; Daniel, D.; Cerqueira, T.; Martins, I.; Martins, E.; Serrão Santos, R.; Bettencourt, R.. "Post capture immune gene expression studies in the deep sea hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiouls azoricus". Fish & Shellfish Immunology 34 6 (2013): 1696. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2013.03.181. 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.03.181 Martins, I.; Company, R.; Cerqueira, T.; Bebianno, M.J.; Santos, R.S.; Bettencourt, R.. "Metalloproteinase activity in the hemolymph of hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus". Fish & Shellfish Immunology 34 6 (2013): 1666. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2013.03.099. 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.03.099 Cerqueira, T.; Martins, I.; Bettencourt, R.. "A tour through high pressure and atmospheric ecosystems: Immune responses in hydrothermal vent Bathymodiouls azoricus and Mediterranean Mytilus galloprovincialis mussels". Fish & Shellfish Immunology 34 6 (2013): 1644. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2013.03.031. 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.03.031 Bettencourt, R.; Barros, I.; Martins, E.; Cerqueira, Teresa; Martins, I.; Santos, R.. "The emergence of the mussel Bathymodiouls azoricus as a bona fide model to study innate immunity in deep-sea vent animals". Fish & Shellfish Immunology 34 6 (2013): 1639. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2013.03.017. Published • 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.03.017 Pires, A. S.; Geraldo, N.; Cerqueira, T.; Abranches, R.. "Integrated approaches to studying Medicago truncatula genome structure and function and their applications in biotechnology". Molecular Breeding 30 3 (2012): 1431-1442. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11032-012-9729-4. 10.1007/s11032-012-9729-4
Report	Morato, Telmo; Carreiro-Silva, Marina; Marques, Filipa; Cerqueira, Teresa; et. al.. 2019. Multidisciplinary characterization of the new Luso hydrothermal vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Azores). https://www.oceanoazulfoundation.org/uncategorized/luso-hydrothermal-field-declared-a-fully-protected-no-take-marine-protected-area/.
Thesis / Dissertation	Cerqueira, Teresa. "Microbial ecology in Azores deep-seafloor hydrothermal environments". PhD, Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/5007.

Other

Dataset

Cerqueira, Teresa. Bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic diversity associated with sediments retrieved from a vent chimney in Menez Gwen hydrothermal field (16S rRNA and 18S rRNA), 2015. http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/data/view/PRJEB10564.
Cerqueira, Teresa. Bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic diversity associated with hydrothermal sediments retrieved from the Menez Gwen, Lucky Strike, and Rainbow vent fields (16S rRNA and 18S rRNA), 2016. http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/data/view/PRJEB16742.
Cerqueira, Teresa. Metagenomes of hydrothermal sediments retrieved from Menez Gwen deep-sea vent field (IMG Dataset ID: 3300017525), 2017. https://gold.jgi.doe.gov/analysis_projects?id=Ga0186822.
Cerqueira, Teresa. Bacterial and archaeal diversity from bulk wall chimney retrieved from Luso hydrothermal vent field (16S rRNA), 2019. http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/data/view/PRJEB31776.
Cerqueira, Teresa. Metagenomes of hydrothermal sediments retrieved from Rainbow deep-sea vent field (IMG Dataset ID: 3300017530), 2017. https://gold.jgi.doe.gov/analysis_projects?id=Ga0186823.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/06/02	Full-talk: "Deep-sea coral microbiome responses to environmental changes"	8th International Symposium on DeepSea Corals (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2019/07/12	Biotechnological valorization of Azorean macroalgae with commercial interest	Transfer+ Apresentação de projectos de pós-doutoramento em contexto-empresarial Fundo Regional de Ciência e Tecnologia (ilha Terceira, Portugal)
2019/03/08	"Damas do mar"	International Women's Day 2019 Escola Secundária Manuel de Arriaga (Horta, Portugal)
2019/02/04	Microbiology of LUSO hydrothermal vent field	The LUSO hydrothermal vent field near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge - Workshop Oceanario de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013/06/26	A tour from high to atmospheric pressures: immune responses in hydrothermal vs coastal mussels	First international conference of fish and shellfish immunology Institute of Marine Research - CSIC (Vigo, Spain)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/10/01 - 2022/08/31	Avaliação do potencial biotecnológico dos subprodutos da alga Asparagopsis taxiformis Supervisor of Joana Raquel Fernandes Bernardino	Marine Resources Biotechnology (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2022/12/05 - 2022/12/06	1st Marine Biotech Meeting in the Azores (Horta, Faial island) (2022/12/05 - 2022/12/06) Conference (Co-organisor)	Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
2018/02/02 - 2018/02/24	Science communication workshop - infographics and design of presentations, poster and other scientific outputs. (2018/02 - 2018/02) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/07/23 - 2023/07/26	Hands-on training on octocoral taxonomy and phylogeny Workshop	Octocoral taxonomy and phylogeny training The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat Library, Israel
2022/10/10 - 2022/10/14	Participation in the "Applied Metagenomics" course organized by the Gulbenkian Training Program in Bioinformatics Workshop	AM22 course - Applied Metagenomics Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2022/06/28 - 2022/06/30	Safety at sea course - firefighting, self-rescue, sea survival techniques and pyrotechnic signage Workshop	Safety at sea Escola do Mar dos Açores, Portugal
2020/05/01 - 2020/05/30	Scientific writing Workshop	Scientific writing course Lingua Franca, Germany
2020/03/24 - 2020/03/28	Discovery of new molecules and bioactivities - from gene mining to high-throughput screening. Workshop	E-learning course "Blue Biotechnology Advanced Tools" Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2019/10/07 - 2019/10/10	Working group: Marine Protected Areas in the deep-sea. Impacts and threats at regional level: deep-sea conservation measures, vulnerable marine ecosystems and species protection. Conference	Ocean Governance in Archipelagic Regions Governo dos Açores, Portugal
2016/09/02 - 2016/09/30	Shotgun metagenomic DNA sequencing using MiSeq system (Illumina). Workshop	DNA sequencing course Biocant Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/05/09 - 2016/05/10	Fire fighting, self rescue, sea survival techniques, and pyrotechnic signage training program Workshop	Open water survival course Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2015/06/15 - 2015/06/19	Statistical data analysis using Primer-e and R softwares. Workshop	IBSTATB15 - Introductory Biostatistics for Biologists. The Gulbenkian Training Programme in Bioinformatics. Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2014/03/24 - 2014/03/28	EMBL-EBI training in metagenomic data analysis. QIIME, SILVAngs, MG-RAST, JGI/MER softwares. Workshop	Micro B3 - Marine Metagenomics Bioinformatics European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom
2013/09/01 - 2013/09/30	SSU amplicon sequencing using the 454 GS FLX Titanium platform (Roche) Workshop	Training on DNA sequencing Biocant Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia, Portugal
2013/05/10 - 2013/06	DNA isolation and DNA purification techniques with Aurora instrument (Boreal Genomics). Workshop	Internship - NorStruct UiT Norges arktiske universitet, Norway
2012/09/11 - 2012/09/14	Real-Time PCR gene expression practical course, Prof. Stephen Bustin. Workshop	qPCR Experience Boot camp Morska Biološka Postaja Piran, Slovenia
2012/03/12 - 2012/03/16	Analysis of DNA sequence data and NGS data for beginners Workshop	IB12 - Introductory Bioinformatics. The Gulbenkian Training Programme in Bioinformatics. Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2007/05/01 - 2007/06/15	Training on recombinant protein immunolocalization in transformed leaves of Medicago trunculata. Transgene localization by FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridization) technique. Workshop	Internship - Recombinant protein immunolocalization Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Spain

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2020/10 - Current	Associação Cultural Fazendo	Organizing committee of Maravilha Festival
2018/03/30 - Current	Associação Cultural Cineclube do Faial	Directory Board
2017/06 - Current	No More Plastic Bags in the Azores	Volunteer in beach, coastal and underwater cleaning events
2007/01 - Current	Associação dos Bolseiros de Investigação Científica	Member

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2021/04 - 2023/01	Member of the scientific coordination committee of the Institute of Marine Sciences - Okeanos Member	Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2019/07/01 - Current	What is Deep Sea Mining?	What is Deep Sea Mining? Ep. 3: The Azores case
2020/05/16 - 2020/05/16	"What do scientists do?"	National Scientist Day

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2023/02/01 - 2023/12/31	Guidance in molecular biology practices and DNA barcoding of cold-water corals	Maria Inês Mascarenhas Dinis Pinheiro da Silva
2016/09 - 2019/05	Guidance in molecular biology practices with cold-water corals	Meri Bilan
2017 - 2019	Molecular biology and gene expression studies	Joana Filipa Furtado Goulart

Scientific expedition

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2023/08/24 - 2023/09/08	Scientific crew in the cruise "OceanX 2023" - Exploration and mapping of deep-sea biodiversity in the Azores on board the RV OceanXplorer	Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
2016/07/02 - 2016/07/27	Scientific crew "M128 Azores Plateau" cruise, RV Meteor, sampling volcanic edifices of D. João de Castro seamount, Serreta, Capelinhos, W of Graciosa, W of S. Miguel, along the East Azores Fracture Zone and Princesa Alice bank to better understand local tectonic processes.	GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Germany Zentrum fur Marine Umweltwissenschaften, Germany
2013/07/08 - 2013/07/10	Chief Scientist "Dom João de Castro Bank" cruise, RV Arquipélago. Collection of microbial mats from the white and yellow zones of the hydrothermal vent field in Dom João de Castro Bank.	Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2011/02/03 - 2011/02/05	Scientific crew, "Menez Gwen 2011" cruise, RV Arquipélago. Sampling hydrothermal mussels from Menez Gwen deep-sea hydrothermal vent field (850 m).	Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2014	Travel grant to Micro B3 - Marine Metagenomics Bioinformatics course - at the European Bioinformatics Institute (500 euros) European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom

Other distinction

2019	Postdoctoral fellowship Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
2012	PhD fellowship Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal