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Experienced researcher and Ph.D. Candidate in Biosciences, specialising in Microbiology. With over a decade of experience in laboratory work and research, I have cultivated expertise in mycology and fungal-related studies, combining a deep passion for the field with a focus on translating scientific knowledge into practical applications. I have conducted extensive multidisciplinary research, managing all aspects of experimental design, data collection, statistical analysis, bioinformatics, and report preparation, alongside overseeing laboratory supply stock management. My contributions include authoring and collaborating on high-impact publications, accruing over 150 citations, and serving as a peer reviewer for 45 submissions across 16 reputable journals, within the field. Beyond research, I have supervised and mentored graduate and undergraduate student interns, fostering their development and professional growth, while coordinating research activities. I excel in problem-solving, meticulous data documentation, and the preparation of comprehensive reports and publications. My collaborative mindset, strong analytical skills, and meticulous attention to detail drive successful outcomes in both independent and team-driven projects. As a motivated and creative lifelong learner, I am eager to advance mycology through innovative solutions and apply my expertise across diverse academic and industrial contexts.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Diana Sofia Coutinho Silva de Paiva

Citation names

  • Paiva, Diana S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9D1C-ACF8-FF27
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1022-0213

Email addresses

  • dpaivaphd@gmail.com (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Mycology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/10 - 2024
Ongoing
 Biociências (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2009/09 - 2011/09
Concluded
 Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia Vegetal (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Detecção de Fusarium circinatum Nirenberg & O’Donnell em coníferas da região central de Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18.38
2005/09 - 2009/07
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2012/01/02 - 2024/12/16 Researcher/Laboratory Technician Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento em Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
Laboratório de Fitossanidade - FitoLab, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/12/01 - 2024/11/30 Caraterização de fenómenos de biodeterioração em monumentos esquecidos em calcário da região Centro de Portugal - culpados com soluções
10.54499/UI/BD/150843/2021
UI/BD/150843/2021
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Paiva, Diana. "First Report of pitch canker caused by Fusarium circinatum in Portuguese pine forest, detection, eradication and management". Paper presented in XXV IUFRO World Congress 2019, 2019.
  2. Paiva, Diana. "Bringing light into the darkness, uncovering new fungal taxa from a deteriorated limestone monument in the UNESCO World Heritage site of University of Coimbra-Alta and Sofia". Paper presented in 18th International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Congress, 2018.
  3. Paiva, Diana. "Detection of Fusarium circinatum by using specific molecular markers in coniferous of the central region of Portugal". Paper presented in XXXVI Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética, 2011.
  4. Paiva, Diana. "Insects as fungal dispersion vectors, a case study on the Archive of the University of Coimbra". Paper presented in XXXVI Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética, 2011.
Journal article
  1. João Trovão; Fabiana Soares; Diana Sofia Paiva; António Portugal. "Morpho-Molecular and Genomic Characterization of Penicillium mexicanum Isolates Retrieved from a Forsaken Gold Mine". Applied Sciences (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/app142210600.
    10.3390/app142210600
  2. Luís Fernandes; Diana S. Paiva; Ana C. Silva; Cláudia Fernandes; Ana Rita Fernandes; Dina Ribeiro; Luís Martins; Helena Bragança; António Portugal. "From Lab to Nursery: Novel Approaches of Seed Disinfection for Managing Pine Pitch Canker Propagation". Forests (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/f15071154.
    10.3390/f15071154
  3. Diana S. Paiva; Luís Fernandes; António Portugal; João Trovão. "First Genome Sequence of the Microcolonial Black Fungus Saxispiralis lemnorum MUM 23.14: Insights into the Unique Genomic Traits of the Aeminiaceae Family". Microorganisms (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12010104.
    10.3390/microorganisms12010104
  4. Fernandes, Luís; Paiva, Diana S.; Silva, Ana C.; Fernandes, Cláudia; Fernandes, Ana Rita; Ribeiro, Dina; Martins, Luís; Bragança, Helena; Portugal, António. "From Lab to Nursery". (2024): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/173117.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/f15071154
  5. João Trovão; Fabiana Soares; Diana Sofia Paiva; João Pratas; António Portugal. "A Snapshot of the Microbiome of a Portuguese Abandoned Gold Mining Area". Applied Sciences (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/app14010226.
    10.3390/app14010226
  6. Diana S. Paiva; João Trovão; Luís Fernandes; Nuno Mesquita; Igor Tiago; António Portugal. "Expanding the Microcolonial Black Fungi Aeminiaceae Family: Saxispiralis lemnorum gen. et sp. nov. (Mycosphaerellales), Isolated from Deteriorated Limestone in the Lemos Pantheon, Portugal". Journal of Fungi (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9090916.
    10.3390/jof9090916
  7. Diana S. Paiva; Luís Fernandes; Emília Pereira; João Trovão; Nuno Mesquita; Igor Tiago; António Portugal. "Exploring Differences in Culturable Fungal Diversity Using Standard Freezing Incubation—A Case Study in the Limestones of Lemos Pantheon (Portugal)". Journal of Fungi (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9040501.
    10.3390/jof9040501
  8. Fernandes, Luís; Paiva, Diana; Roxo, Ivo; Fernandes, Ana Rita; Ribeiro, Dina; Ribeiro, Henrique; Portugal, António; et al. "Development of new preventive strategies for pine pitch canker caused by Fusarium circinatum in irrigation water and evaluation in a real nursery context". Forests (2023): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/30296.
    10.3390/f14030443
  9. J. Trovão; Fabiana Soares; Diana S. Paiva; Igor Tiago; António Portugal. "Circumfusicillium cavernae gen. et sp. nov. (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) Isolated from a Hypogean Roman Cryptoporticus". Journal of Fungi (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/8/8/837.
    10.3390/jof8080837
  10. Paiva, D.S.; Fernandes, L.; Trovão, J.; Mesquita, N.; Tiago, I.; Portugal, A.. "Uncovering the Fungal Diversity Colonizing Limestone Walls of a Forgotten Monument in the Central Region of Portugal by High-Throughput Sequencing and Culture-Based Methods". Applied Sciences (Switzerland) 12 20 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85140464790&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/app122010650
  11. Garcia, E.; Paiva, D.; Costa, J.; Portugal, A.; Ares, A.. "First Report of Fusarium Wilt Caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. passiflorae on Passion Fruit in Portugal". Plant Disease 103 10 (2019): 2680. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-01-19-0134-pdn.
    10.1094/pdis-01-19-0134-pdn
  12. Trovão, João; Tiago, Igor; Soares, Fabiana; Paiva, Diana Sofia; Mesquita, Nuno; Coelho, Catarina; Catarino, Lídia; Gil, Francisco; Portugal, António. "High-Quality Draft Genome Sequence of the Microcolonial Black Fungus Aeminium ludgeri DSM 106916". Microbiology Resource Announcements 8 14 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00202-19.
    10.1128/mra.00202-19
  13. Trovão, João; Tiago, Igor; Soares, Fabiana; Paiva, Diana Sofia; Mesquita, Nuno; Coelho, Catarina; Catarino, Lídia G.; et al. "Description of Aeminiaceae fam. nov., Aeminium gen. nov. and Aeminiumludgeri sp. nov. (Capnodiales), isolated from a biodeteriorated art-piece in the Old Cathedral of Coimbra, Portugal". MycoKeys 45 (2019): 57-73. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/107180.
    https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.45.31799
  14. Trovão, J.; Mesquita, N.; Paiva, D.S.; Paiva de Carvalho, H.; Avelar, L.; Portugal, A.; Trovão, João; et al. "Can arthropods act as vectors of fungal dispersion in heritage collections? A case study on the archive of the University of Coimbra, Portugal". International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 79 (2013): 49-55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2012.10.015.
    10.1016/j.ibiod.2012.10.015
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Paiva, Diana Sofia Coutinho Silva de. "Detecção de Fusarium circinatum Nirenberg & O’Donnell em coníferas da região central de Portugal". Master, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/28053.

Other

Dataset
  1. Diana S. Paiva. Unearthing Limestone Fungal Diversity: Description of Seven Novel Species from Portugal. 2024.
    10.6084/m9.figshare.25057526
  2. Diana S. Paiva. First Genome Sequence of the Microcolonial Black Fungus Saxispiralis lemnorum MUM 23.14: Insights into the Unique Genomic Traits of the Aeminiaceae Family. 2023.
    10.6084/m9.figshare.24787311
Activities

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2025/01/31 "Uma viagem pelas mais de 80 novas espécies descritas pela ciência portuguesa em 2024" featuring the seven new fungal species presented in the article "Unearthing limestone fungal diversity: Description of seven novel species from Portugal" in the online edition of Público Azul.
2023/12/13 "Cientista de Coimbra descobre novo fungo capaz de deteriorar monumentos de pedra", work featured in both online and print editions of various journals and magazines, including, among others, Agroportal, Antena Livre, Campeão das Províncias, Diário As Beiras, Diário de Coimbra, Green Savers, Jornal de Notícias, Jornal Económico, Mundial FM, Notícias de Coimbra, Rua Direita, Público, TVC, Magazine Serrano, Ambiente Magazine and SIC Notícias.