Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Bruno Castro
Citation names
- Castro, Bruno B.
- Castro, B.B.
- Castro, Bruno Branco
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- AD1D-C700-6B40
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7130-6061
- Researcher Id
- B-7552-2008
- Scopus Author Id
- 11139453800
Addresses
- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA) & Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://cbma.uminho.pt/people-detail/?userid=23 (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Freshwater Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Limnology
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Water Resources
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
French | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2002 - 2007/04/17
Concluded
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PhD in Biology (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Ecology and habitat selection in zooplanktonic crustaceans from shallow lakes [in Portuguese]" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado por unanimidade [Approved by unanimity] |
1999 - 2002/02/26
Concluded
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MSc in Ecology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Sensitivity and ecological relevance of ecotoxicological assays for the risk assessment of contaminated sites [in Portuguese]" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Very good |
1994 - 1998
Concluded
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BSc in Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"-" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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16 [0-20] |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2016/04/01 - 2017/08/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal |
2014/07/01 - 2014/09/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
2009/07/01 - 2014/06/01 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
2007/09/01 - 2009/06/01 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2017/09/01 - Current | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
2016/04/01 - 2017/03/31 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
2014/10/01 - 2016/03/31 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
1999/02/01 - 1999/09/01 | Tutor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2021 - 2024 | Member of the Board of Directors of the Centre of Environmental and Molecular Biology (CBMA) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal | ||
2018 - 2024 | Elected member of the Steering Comittee of the Department of Biology | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal | ||
2009 - 2014 | Elected member of the Scientific Council of the University | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/12 - 2027/12 | Effects of microplastic and nanoplastic pollution on host-parasite interactions: a case study with Daphnia magna and its microparasites
2023.03798.BD
SFRH/BD/03798/2023
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Ongoing
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2020/12/01 - 2024/11/30 | Assessing impacts of conventional and new-generation fungicides on freshwater food-webs
SFRH/BD/06500/2020
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2019/10/01 - 2024/03/31 | Novel tools and data for the detection and assessment of ecological risks of fungicides
SFRH/BD/147574/2019
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2017/05/01 - 2023/12/21 | Cumulative and interactive effects of drought and chemical contamination on aquatic macroinvertebrate communities
SFRH/BD/121341/2016
Supervisor
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2016/04 - 2017/08 | A systematic appraisal of antifungal agents in a Daphnia-microparasitic yeast model: an overlooked scenario on the interaction
between pollution and disease
48430DFA
SFRH/BPD/109753/2015
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2011/04/01 - 2017/03/31 | CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS IN POTENTIALLY EUTROPHIC PORTUGUESE FRESHWATER BODIES - PROPOSAL FOR A MONITORING STRATEGY AND IMPACT
ON MICROPLANKTONIC COMMUNITIES
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH2%FBPD2%F741842%F2010/PT
SFRH/BPD/74184/2010
Supervisor
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2012/05/01 - 2016/04/30 | Host-parasite interactions in environmental stress scenarios
SFRH/BD/81661/2011
Supervisor
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2014/03/01 - 2016/03/01 | Novel approaches in water quality evaluation in lotic ecosystems: going beyond the WFD?
SFRH/BPD/94562/2013
Supervisor
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2010/08 - 2011/11/30 | Ecological interactions in populations facing environmental stress
SFRH/BD/36333/2007
Supervisor
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2007/09/01 - 2009/06/30 | UNDERSTANDING LOCAL ADAPTATION: HOW ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC FACTORS SHAPE DAPHNIA DYNAMICS IN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH2%FBPD2%F262912%F2006/PT
SFRH/BPD/26291/2006
18935DFA
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2002/03/01 - 2006/11/30 | Ecology and habitat selection of cladocerans in shallow lakes from central Portugal [in Portuguese]
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH2%FBD2%F64172%F2001/PT
SFRH/BD/6417/2001
11979DFA
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2000/01/01 - 2001/06/30 | Sensitivity and ecological relevance of novel methods for risk assessment [in Portuguese]
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/PRAXIS XXI/PRAXIS XXI2%FBM2%F206832%F99/PT
PRAXIS XXI/BM/20683/99
8515DFA
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2021/03/01 - 2024/08/31 | EnantioTox - Enantioselective ecotoxicity and bioaccumulation of psychoactive substances
PTDC/CTA-AMB/6686/2020
Researcher
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2018/06/01 - 2022/04/30 | FunG-Eye - A functional approach to unravel the interaction between fungicide pollution and fungi-mediated ecosystem processes
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029505
PTDC/CTA-AMB/29505/2017
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2018/06/01 - 2021/12/31 | REDEFInE - a multi-scale and multi-tiered toolbox for assessing ecosystem quality of freshwater REservoirs: briDging the gaps
of the watEr Framework dIrEctive approach
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029368
PTDC/CTA-AMB/29368/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2016/01 - 2018/12 | URGENTpine - UnRaveling host-pathoGEn iNteracTions in pine pitch canker disease
PTDC/AGR-FOR/2768/2014
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2017 - 2018 | PestiSense – Novel tools and data for the detection and assessment of ecological risks of pesticides
PestiSense
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
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Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental
Concluded
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2011/04 - 2014/09 | VITAQUA - Climate change: an additional threat to aquatic systems under intensive pressure from agricultural diffuse pollution
PTDC/AAC-AMB/112438/2009
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
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2011/04 - 2014/08 | SALTFREE - Prediction of salinisation effects on coastal freshwater and soil ecosystems due to climate changes
PTDC/AAC-CLI/111706/2009
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
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2011/02 - 2014/07 | (CONTROLCLAM) Sustainable approaches for the CONTROL of the invasive Asian CLAM Corbicula fluminea within water-dependent
plants
PTDC/AAC-AMB/113515/2009
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
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2010 - 2010 | Host Stress: Host-parasite interactions under envrionmental stress scenarios
HostStress
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2023 - 2027 | Effects of microplastic and nanoplastic pollution on host-parasite interactions: a case study with Daphnia magna and its microparasites
Supervisor
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Doctoral Program in Molecular and Environmental Biology (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal |
2020 - 2024 | Assessing impacts of conventional and new-generation fungicides on freshwater food-webs
Supervisor
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Doctoral Program in Molecular and Environmental Biology (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal |
2019 - 2024 | Novel tools and data for the detection and assessment of ecological risks of fungicides
Co-supervisor of Filipa Diana da Silva Mendes
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Doctoral Program in Molecular and Environmental Biology (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal |
2017 - 2023/12/21 | Cumulative and interactive effects of drought and chemical contamination on aquatic macroinvertebrate communities
Co-supervisor of Joana Isabel Marques dos Santos
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Doctoral Program in Biology (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
2020 - 2022 | Zooplankton dynamics in reservoirs from northern Portugal: indicator role and transparency regulation [in Portuguese]
Supervisor
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Master in Biodiversity, Ecology and Global Change (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2019 - 2019 | Novel yeast biosensors for environmental monitoring
Co-supervisor of Carla Sofia Costa Carvalho
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Master in Applied Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2019 - 2019 | Interactive scenarios between fungicide contamination and parasitism [in Portuguese]
Supervisor of Cláudia Marisa da Silva Machado
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Master in Ecology (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2019 - 2019 | Impacts of selected fungicides in riverine decomposer-detritivore systems [in Portuguese]
Supervisor of Flávia Sofia Gomes Sousa
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Master in Ecology (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2019 - 2019 | Ecotoxicological appraisal of fungicide mixtures on freshwater detritivore food webs [in Portuguese]
Supervisor of Vânia Sofia Azevedo Sousa
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Master in Ecology (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2017 - 2018 | Ecological effects of the fungicide tebuconazole in a host-parasite model under realistic scenarios [in Portuguese]
Supervisor of Vânia Alexandra Salgado de Sousa
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Master in Ecology (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal |
2012/05/01 - 2017/03/03 | Host-parasite interactions in environmental stress scenarios
Supervisor of Ana Patrícia Domingues Cuco
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Doctoral program in Biology (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2015 - 2017 | The role of specialists vs. generalists in ecosystem processes under environmental stress
Co-supervisor of Ana Rita Pimentão Rodrigues
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Master in Ecology (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal |
2007 - 2012/10/04 | Ecological interactions in populations under environmental stress
Co-supervisor of Cláudia Sofia Brites Loureiro
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Doctoral Program in Biology (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Other jury / evaluation
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2023 - 2023 | Evaluator of individual project within the scope of the OTKA funding (project typology FK) of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI or NKFI), Hungary | Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal, Hungary |
2023 - 2023 | Evaluator of individual project within the scope of the PRISMA programme of the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia (SFRS), Serbia | Fond za nauku Republike Srbije, Serbia |
2020 - 2020 | Evaluator of individual project within the scope of the AAPG 2020 Generic Call for Proposals (project typology JCJC) of the ANR, France | Agence nationale de la recherche, France |
2016 - 2016 | Evaluator of individual transnational projects within the scope of bilateral cooperation agreements between FCT and its international congeneres | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
2005 | Best student Poster presentation @ VII International Symposium on Cladocera (Cladocera 2005) |
2004 | Best student oral presentation @ III Post-Graduation Symposium in Biosciences (University of Aveiro) |
2000 | Best student poster @ III Iberian Congress of Contamination and Environmental Toxicology (III CICTA) |