MÁRIO PEDRO DA SILVA MARQUES (CB12-0EAD-29B3)

Curriculum Vitae

MÁRIO PEDRO DA SILVA MARQUES

Mário Marques completed a bachelor's degree in Biology (2017; 15 out of 20) and a master's degree in Biodiversity and Plant Biotechnology (2019; 19 out of 20) at the University of Coimbra. Currently, he is a PhD student in the Doctoral Programme in Health Sciences, at Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra. Recently, Mário Marques was awarded with an FCT-funded PhD grant to develop his PhD project entitled "CôaSkinCare: Validation and development of plant-based cosmetics from the Côa Valley". In this sense, Mário Marques is now focused at improving his scientific competences in the evaluation of skin-beneficial bioactivities of plant-derived extracts and essential oils, such as the antioxidant, senolytic, and photoprotective properties, ultimately aiming at their dermocosmetics applicability. His research activity started back in 2018, when he was a master fellow at the Centre for Functional Ecology, TERRA associate laboratory (CFE, cfe.uc.pt), and at the Molecular Physical-Chemistry R&D Unit (QFM-UC, ci.uc.pt/qfm). Afterwards, he worked as a science and technology manager fellow at the Botanical Garden (JBUC, uc.pt/jardimbotanico) and Science Museum (MCUC, museudaciencia.org) of the University of Coimbra. In 2021, he was granted with a research fellowship at the Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra (FMUC, uc.pt/en/fmuc/icbr), and carried out research studies on aromatic and medicinal plants from the Côa Valley region, in the scope of the Project CôaMedPlants. So far, Mário Marques has been involved in four FCT-funded R&D projects, including his current PhD fellowship, that recently started in october 2022. Hence, he is a multifaceted researcher aiming to learn and apply complementary techniques in an interactive way. Noteworthy, he has also worked as a proactive and dynamic science communicator for the R&D projects in which he has been involved.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: MÁRIO PEDRO DA SILVA MARQUES
Date of birth: 1995/09/26
Gender: Male

Citation names

Marques, Mário Pedro

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: CB12-0EAD-29B3
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5414-366X

Email addresses

mpedromarques1995@gmail.com (Professional)
silvamarques@student.uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), Polo III - Health Sciences , 3000-548, Campus Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Celas, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Medicinal Chemistry
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemical Research Methods
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences
Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Plant Breeding and Plant Protection

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Beginner (A1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)
French	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)
Russian	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2022/10/01 - 2026/10/01 Ongoing	Doctoral Programme in Health Sciences (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal "CôaSkinCare: Validation and development of plant-based cosmetics from the Côa Valley " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2023/11 Concluded	Training in Laboratory Animal Science - Function B (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), Portugal Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), Portugal
2023/04 Concluded	Immunology (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/02 Concluded	Medical Imaging Biomarkers in Translational Research (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/02 Concluded	Pharmacogenomics (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/01 Concluded	Biostatistics (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/01 Concluded	Neurosciences and Mental Health (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/12 Concluded	Cell Regulation and Signalling (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/10 Concluded	Methods and Techniques of Research (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/10 Concluded	Molecular Mechanisms of Diseases (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/08/19 - 2019/09/11 Concluded	Biodiversity and Plant Biotechnology (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal "Monitoring of ripening-derived composition and morphology modifications in Arbutus unedo L. fruits, and characterization of vitrified tissues" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	19 (out of 20)
2014/09/26 - 2017/07/12 Concluded	Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal	15 (out of 20)
2011 - 2014 Concluded	Sciences and Technology (Ensino secundário) Agrupamento de Escolas de Vila Nova de Poiares, Portugal	15 (out of 20)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/01/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/02/29 - 2020/08/31	Science and Technology Management	Jardim Botânico e Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Jardim Botânico da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal (...)
2018/09 - 2019/09	Researcher (Research)	Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019 - 2020	Tutor (part-time)	Centro de Explicações Learn4fun, Portugal

2013 - 2019	Retail employee (part-time)	A Panificadora Central de Poiares Lda., Portugal

2013 - 2017	Street vending in markets and fairs (occasional)	Bernardino - Vinhos e Petiscos, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2022/10/01 - Current	CôaSkinCare: Validation and development of plant-based cosmetics from the Côa Valley PRT/BD/153391/2021 PhD Student Fellow Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal Fundação Côa Parque, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2022/01/01	CôaMedPlants - Preservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage and Scientific Validation of Practices with Medicinal Plants from Côa Valley COA/BRB/0019/2019 Research Fellow Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal Fundação Côa Parque, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2020/02/29 - 2020/08/31	PRISC - Portuguese Research Infrastructure of Scientific Collections POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022168 Science and Technology Management Fellow Jardim Botânico da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Museu da Ciência, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2018/07/15 - 2019/09/11	ReNATURE - Valorization of the Natural Endogenous Resources of the Centre Region CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000007 Master Student Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Química-Física Molecular, Portugal Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro European Regional Development Fund Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Marques, Mário P.; Pinho, Rosa; Lopes, Lísia; Varela, Carla; Correia, Fernando ; Cabral, Célia. O Meu Herbário de Plantas Medicinais do Vale do Côa. Coimbra, Portugal: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. 2023. Published Marques, Mário; Pinho, Rosa; Lopes, Lísia; Varela, Carla; Correia, Fernando ; Cabral, Célia. My Herbarium of Medicinal Plants from Côa Valley. Coimbra, Portugal: Coimbra University Press. 2023. Published Marques, Mário P.; Varela, Carla; Fernando Gomes; Ana Margarida Dias; Célia Cabral. Jardim de Plantas Aromáticas e Medicinais do Hospital Psiquiátrico Sobral Cid. Coimbra, Portugal: Coimbra University Press. 2023. Published Varela, Carla; Marques, Mário P.; Pinho, Rosa; Lopes, Lísia; Célia Cabral. Guia da Flora do Vale do Côa. Portugal: Coimbra University Press. 2023. Published Varela, Carla; Marques, Mário P.; Gomes, Fernando; Dias, Ana Margarida; Célia Cabral. Guia do Jardim Botânico Manuela Mendonça. Coimbra, Portugal: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra. 2022. Published
Conference abstract	Magalhães, Mariana; Domínguez-Martín, Eva María; Marques, Mário Pedro; Gonçalves, Ana Cristina; Efferth, Thomas; Rijo, Patricia; Célia Cabral. Corresponding author: Marques, Mário Pedro. "Does the combined effect of natural abietane diterpenes with temozolomide have therapeutic potential against glioblastoma?". Paper presented in 72nd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA), Kraków, 2025. In press Marques, Mário Pedro; Varela, Carla; Euclides Landim; Marques, Joana; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Luís A. E. Batista de Carvalho; Silva, Ana Cristina Rosa da; et al. Corresponding author: Marques, Mário Pedro. "Valuing the medicinal flora of Côa valley (Portugal) through the development of new plant- based cosmetics". Paper presented in 72nd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA), Kraków, 2025. In press Mendes, Cândida; Marques, Carla; Mota, Sandra I.; Afonso, Mariana; Alves, André; Amaral, Sandra; Candeias, Emanuel; et al. "Green Labs CIBB - One path for sustainable research". Paper presented in GREEN LABS PORTUGAL SYMPOSIUM: Promoting Sustainability in Research, Coimbra, 2023. Published Mendes, Cândida; Marques, Carla; Mota, Sandra I.; Afonso, Mariana; Alves, André; Amaral, Sandra; Candeias, Emanuel; et al. "Green Labs CIBB - Collection Points – Reuse and Recycling". Paper presented in GREEN LABS PORTUGAL SYMPOSIUM: Promoting Sustainability in Research, Coimbra, 2023. Published Marques, Mário P.; Euclides Landim; Varela, Carla; Marques, Joana; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Luís A. E. Batista de Carvalho; Carvalho, Aida; Oliveira, Paulo; Célia Cabral. "Côa Valley’s medicinal plants as potential cosmetic ingredients: cytotoxic and antioxidant screening". Paper presented in 71st International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA), Dublin, 2023. Published Melim, Catarina; Teixeira, José; Varela, Carla; Marques, Mário; Sardão, Vilma; Oliveira, Paulo; Célia Cabral. "Potential of Côa Valley (Portugal) Plants Extracts in Cell Model for Hepatic Lipid Toxicity". Paper presented in 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI), Bari, 2022. Published Ilina, V.; Teixeira, José; Varela, Carla; Marques, Mário; Sardão, Vilma; Melim, Catarina; Baranenko, D.; Oliveira, Paulo; Célia Cabral. "In Vitro Cardioprotective Potential of Côa Valley (Portugal) Plants Extracts Against Lipotoxic Insults". Paper presented in 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI), Bari, 2022. Published
Conference poster	Marques, Mário Pedro; Euclides Landim; Varela, Carla; Marques, Joana; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Luís A. E. Batista de Carvalho; Silva, Ana Cristina Rosa da; et al. Corresponding author: Marques, Mário Pedro. "Valuing the medicinal flora of Côa valley (Portugal) through the development of new plant- based cosmetics". Paper presented in 72nd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA), 2024. Marques, Mário; Varela, Carla; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Luís A. E. Batista de Carvalho; Silva, Ana Cristina Rosa da; Cruz, Maria Teresa; Dias, Maria Inês; et al. "Are the hydroethanolic extracts from Côa Valley aromatic plants a promising source of cosmetic bioactive ingredients?". Paper presented in COSMETINNOV - The Next Gen of Beauty, 3rd ed., 2024. Magalhães, Mariana; Domínguez-Martín, Eva María; Marques, Mário P.; Gonçalves, Ana Cristina; Efferth, Thomas; Rijo, Patricia; Célia Cabral. "Does the combined effect of natural abietane diterpenes with temozolomide have therapeutic potential against glioblastoma?". Paper presented in 72nd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA), 2024. Marques, Mário P.; Varela, Carla; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Marques, Joana; Luís A. E. Batista de Carvalho; Silva, Ana Cristina Rosa da; Cruz, Maria Teresa; et al. "Searching for cosmetic ingredients in strawberry-tree leaves’ and turpentine-tree fruits’ extracts". Paper presented in IV Metabolism Aging & Disease (MAD) Meeting - Disease and Therapeutics: from the Past to Future, 2024. Melim, Catarina; Amorim, Ricardo; Marques, Mário Pedro; Varela, Carla; Dias, Maria Inês; Barros, Lillian; Teixeira, José; Oliveira, Paulo J.; Cabral, Célia. "Efeito hepatoprotetor de plantas do Vale do Côa (Portugal) num modelo celular de doença do fígado gordo não alcoolico (DFGNA)". Paper presented in XXVII Encontro Luso Galego de Química, 2023. Marques, Mário P.; Euclides Landim; Marques, Joana; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Luís A. E. Batista de Carvalho; Dias, Maria Inês; Barros, Lillian; et al. "Cistus Species from Côa Valley: a Source of Antioxidants for Natural-based Cosmetics". Paper presented in Mitochondria in Aging, Cancer and Cell Death (MAC), 2023. Nunes, Mara; Marques-Carvalho, Adriana; Marques, Mário Pedro; Varela, Carla; Sardão, Vilma A.; Dias, Maria Inês; Barros, Lillian; et al. "Exploring the inhibitory effects of Côa valley plant extracts on osteoclast differentiation: Chemical characterization and cytotoxicity". Paper presented in II Bio Natural - Bioactive Natural Compounds Research Meeting, 2023. Marques, Mário P.; Euclides Landim; Varela, Carla; Joana Marques; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Luis Baptista de Carvalho; Carvalho, Aida; Oliveira, Paulo; Célia Cabral. "Côa Valley's Medicinal Plants as Potential Cosmetic Ingredients: Cytotoxic and Antioxidant Assessment". Paper presented in 71st International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA), 2023. Amorim, Ricardo; Melim, Catarina; Marques, Mário P.; Varela, Carla; Dias, Maria Inês; Barros, Lillian; Teixeira, José; Oliveira, Paulo; Célia Cabral. "Protective Effects of Equisetum ramosissimum Desf. Against Palmitic Acid-induced Lipid Accumulation and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Human HepG2 Cells". Paper presented in 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI), 2023. Ilina, V.; Teixeira, José; Varela, Carla; Marques, Mário; Sardão, Vilma; Melim, Catarina; Baranenko, D.; Oliveira, Paulo; Cabral, Célia. "In Vitro Cardioprotective Potential of Côa Valley (Portugal) Plants Extracts Against Lipotoxic Insults". Paper presented in 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI), 2022. Rosa, Maria; Delgado, Jéssica ; Marques, Mário; Gonçalves, Ana Cristina; Magalhães, M; Cabral, Célia. "Cytotoxic effect of Ridolfia segetum (L.) Moris essential oil against glioblastoma cells". Paper presented in 56TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING, 2022. Marques, Mário; Canhoto, Jorge; da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Monitoring of ripening-derived morphology and chemical modifications in the cell wall of Arbutus unedo L. fruits". Paper presented in 4º Encontro - Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas, 2020. Marques, Mário; Marins, João; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Canhoto, Jorge. "Study of physiological and biochemical events leading to vitrification of Arbutus unedo L. cultured in vitro for the development of improved food biotechnology methods". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology - MICROBIOTEC VIII, 2019.
Encyclopedia entry	Marques, Mário; Mendonça, Laura; Neves, Beatriz Guapo; Varela, Carla; Oliveira, Paulo; Cabral, Célia. "Pharmacological Wound Healing Evidence of Iberian Lamiaceae". In Scolarly Community Encyclopedia, 2023. https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/41740. Published Marques, Mário P.; Varela, Carla; Mendonça, Laura; Célia Cabral. "Nanotechnology-Based Topical Delivery of Natural Products for AD". In Scolarly Community Encyclopedia, 2023. https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/46254. Published
Journal article	Pires, Patrícia C.; Motallebi, Mahzad; Marques, Mário Pedro; Correia, Mafalda; Sharma, Ankur; Damiri, Fouad; Hameed, Huma; et al. "Mentha aquatica (Water Mint) as a Source of Active Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Ingredients: A Critical Review". Phytotherapy Research (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ptr.8337. 10.1002/ptr.8337 Marques, Mário Pedro; Varela, Carla; Mendonça, Laura; Cabral, Célia. "Nanotechnology-Based Topical Delivery of Natural Products for the Management of Atopic Dermatitis". Pharmaceutics 15 6 (2023): 1724. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15061724. 10.3390/pharmaceutics15061724 Marques, Mário P.; Mendonça, Laura; Neves, Beatriz G.; Varela, Carla; Oliveira, Paulo; Cabral, Célia. "Exploring Iberian Peninsula Lamiaceae as Potential Therapeutic Approaches in Wound Healing". Pharmaceuticals 16 3 (2023): 347. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph16030347. 10.3390/ph16030347 Marques, Mário Pedro; Neves, Beatriz Guapo; Varela, Carla; Zuzarte, Mónica; Gonçalves, Ana Cristina; Dias, Maria Inês; Amaral, Joana S.; et al. "Essential Oils from Côa Valley Lamiaceae Species: Cytotoxicity and Antiproliferative Effect on Glioblastoma Cells". Pharmaceutics 15 2 (2023): 341. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15020341. 10.3390/pharmaceutics15020341 Marques, Mário Pedro; Martin, Daniel; Bosch, Maurice; Martins, João; Biswal, Ajaya K; Zuzarte, Mónica; de Carvalho, Luís Batista; Canhoto, Jorge; da Costa, Ricardo. "Unveiling the compositional remodelling of Arbutus unedo L. fruits during ripening". Scientia Horticulturae 303 (2022): 111248. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2022.111248. Published • 10.1016/j.scienta.2022.111248 Domínguez-Martín, Eva María; Magalhães, Mariana; Díaz-Lanza, Ana María; Marques, Mário P.; Princiotto, Salvatore; Gómez, Ana M.; Efferth, Thomas; Cabral, Célia; Rijo, Patricia. "Phytochemical Study and Antiglioblastoma Activity Assessment of Plectranthus hadiensis (Forssk.) Schweinf. ex Sprenger var. hadiensis Stems". Molecules 27 12 (2022): 3813. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27123813. 10.3390/molecules27123813 Marques, Mário P.; Martins, João; Luís A. E. Batista de Carvalho; Zuzarte, Mónica R.; da Costa, Ricardo M. F.; Canhoto, Jorge. "Study of physiological and biochemical events leading to vitrification of Arbutus unedo L. cultured in vitro". Trees 35 1 (2021): 241-253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-020-02036-0. Open access • Published • 10.1007/s00468-020-02036-0
Thesis / Dissertation	Marques, Mário. "Monitoring of ripening-derived composition and morphology modifications in Arbutus unedo L. fruits, and characterization of vitrified tissues". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, 2019.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/09	Development of a thermal cró water-based serum containing microsponges loaded with Pistacia terebinthus extract for inflammatory skin pathologies	V Congreso Internacional del agua - El agua como recurso sostenible: ciencia, empresa y bienestar (Ourense, Spain)
2023/07	Valorization of the Neglected Species Verbascum pulverulentum Vill. from Côa Valley for Possible Cosmetic Applications	III Bio.Natural – Bioactive Natural Products Research Meeting (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/09	Essential oils from Côa Valley Lamiaceae species: cytotoxicity on glioblastoma cells	52nd International Symposium on Essential Oils (Wroclaw, Poland)
2022/06	Potential of Côa Valley (Portugal) Plants Extracts in Cell Model for Hepatic Lipid Toxicity	56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI) European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI) (Bari, Italy)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/09/14 - 2024/09/14	PicNiC com Saúde 2024 - um dia descontraído para celebrar hábitos saudáveis (2024/09/14 - 2024/09/14) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2024/06/05 - 2024/06/06	II PhDoing: Da Pipeta ao Estetoscópio (2024/06/05 - 2024/06/06) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2024/01/17 - 2024/01/17	Co-organizor and Instructor of the Workshop "As plantas e a saúde" in the scope of the Cycle of Workshops "As Plantas e a Saúde Mental" at Hospital Psiquiátrico Sobral Cid, Coimbra, Portugal (2024/01/17 - 2024/01/17) Workshop (Co-organisor)
2023/10/11 - 2023/10/11	Co-organizor and Instructor of the Workshop "Como fazer um herbário I (Preparação das plantas)" in the scope of the Cycle of Workshops "As Plantas e a Saúde Mental", Hospital Psiquiátrico Sobral Cid, Coimbra, Portugal (2023/10/11 - 2023/10/11) Workshop (Co-organisor)
2023/09/30 - 2023/09/30	PicNiC com Saúde 2023 - um dia descontraído para celebrar hábitos saudáveis (2023/09/30 - 2023/09/30) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/09/22 - 2023/09/22	GREEN LABS PORTUGAL SYMPOSIUM: Promoting Sustainability in Research (2023/09/22 - 2023/09/22) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/05 - 2023/05	I PhDoing (2023/05 - 2023/05) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/04/19 - 2023/04/19	Instructor of the Workshop "Como fazer um herbário de plantas medicinais" as member of the Plants4Health group, in the scope of "Semana da Ciência UC 2023" Curso Não Conferente de Grau, at Escola Secundária Dr. Joaquim de Carvalho, Figueira da Foz, Portugal (2023/04/19 - 2023/04/19) Workshop (Co-organisor)
2023/03/25 - 2023/03/25	Instructor of the Workshop “Como fazer um herbário de plantas medicinais” in the scope of the Project aBEIRAR 2023 "Parceria de Ciência Cidadã para a Valorização do Território". Coriscada, Mêda, Portugal (2023/03/25 - 2023/03/25) Workshop (Co-organisor)
2023/01/15 - 2023/01/15	Book presentation ceremony of "O meu Herbário de Plantas Medicinais do Vale do Côa (Edição em Língua Portuguesa e Edição em Língua Inglesa)", at the Tropical Glasshouse of the Botanic Garden of the University of Coimbra, Portugal (2023/01/15 - 2023/01/15) Exhibition (Co-organisor)
2023/01/11 - 2023/01/11	Instructor of the Workshop "Da planta ao medicamento: vários exemplos práticos", in the scope of the "Science and Technology Week", for two 7th grade classes, at Escola EB 2,3 Martim de Freitas, Coimbra, Portugal (2023/01/11 - 2023/01/11) Workshop (Co-organisor)
2022/07/09 - 2022/07/09	PicNiC com Saúde 2022 - um dia descontraído para celebrar hábitos saudáveis (2022/07/09 - 2022/07/09) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024/09/27 - Current	Instructor in European Researcher's Night 2024 - Science for global changes, with the activity "como podem as plantas contribuir para o desenvolvimento de novos medicamentos?" Exhibition	European Researcher's Night 2024 - Science for global changes Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/02 - Current	Workshop - "Methods for Orchids Microproprogation" - Plant Biotechnology Laboratory of the Centre for Functional Ecology Workshop	Workshop - "Methods for Orchids Micropropagtion" - Plant biotechnology laboratory of the Centre for Functional Ecology Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2024/09/26 - 2024/09/26	Controlo de qualidade em laboratórios de análise alimentar Seminar	Controlo de qualidade em laboratórios de análise alimentar SOQUÍMICA, Portugal
2024/05/31 - 2024/05/31	Atividades lúdico-pedagógicas de comunicação de ciência no âmbito da celebração do Dia da Criança. Exhibition	Escola EB1 do Areeiro, Portugal
2024/05 - 2024/05	Jornadas da Ciência Foz Côa 2024 Festival	Jornadas da Ciência Foz Côa 2024 Fundação Côa Parque, Portugal
2023/12 - 2023/12	CIBB Meeting 2023 Meeting	CIBB Meeting 2023 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29	Instructor in European Researchers' Night 2023 "Science for all, Sustainability and Inclusion" with the activity: "20 Plants = new medicines?" Coimbra, Portugal Exhibition
2023/05/16 - 2023/05/16	Bioeconomia e Inovação no Desenvolvimento de Produtos para a Indústria Cosmética e Farmacêutica Seminar	Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
2023/05/05 - 2023/05/05	Jornadas da Ciência Foz Côa 2023 - Pela Sustentabilidade Festival	Jornadas da Ciência Foz Côa 2023 - Pela Sustentabilidade Fundação Côa Parque, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/02	UC Three Minutes Thesis Competition, Coimbra, Portugal Exhibition	UC Three Minutes Thesis Competition Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/01/12 - 2023/01/13	Volunteering at III Metabolism Aging and Disease Meeting Meeting	III Metabolism Aging and Disease Meeting Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/12/19 - 2022/12/19	CIBB Meeting 2022 Meeting	CIBB Meeting 2022 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2022/12/14 - 2022/12/14	Gestão de Resíduos Hospitalares Seminar	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/09/30 - 2022/09/30	Instructor in “European Researchers' Night 2022 – Science for all, Sustainability and Inclusion”. Coimbra, Portugal Exhibition	European Researchers' Night 2022 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/12/20 - 2021/12/20	CIBB Meeting 2021 Meeting	CIBB Meeting 2021 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24	European Researchers' Night 2021 - Science for climate Exhibition	European Researchers' Night 2021 - Science for climate Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/02/26 - 2021/02/27	VI Meeting of Ecology - meet.Eco Coimbra Meeting	VI meet.Eco Coimbra Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2020/12/02 - 2020/12/02	IV Encontro - Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas Conference	IV ENCONTRO – BIOLOGIA FUNCIONAL E BIOTECNOLOGIA DE PLANTAS Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/10/20 - 2020/10/20	Webinar "Cultivar na Região: A diversidade de modelos agrícolas" - Project Cultivar Seminar	Webinar "Cultivar na Região: A diversidade de modelos agrícolas" - Project Cultivar
2020/07/17 - 2020/07/17	Webinar "Atlas of Living Australa Platform (ALA)" - for PORBIOTA and PRISC fellows Seminar	Webinar "Atlas of Living Australa Platform (ALA)" Universidade de Coimbra Museu da Ciência, Portugal
2019/12/05 - 2019/12/07	8th Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology - Microbiotec'19 Congress	8th Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology - Microbiotec'19 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/07	Volunteering at the Herbarium of the University of Coimbra (COI) Other	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal Herbarium of the University of Coimbra (COI), Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/04	Internship "Antifungal activity of the essential oil of Crithmum maritimum L." Other	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/12 - 2017/12	III Meeting of Ecology - meet.Eco Coimbra Meeting	III Meeting of Ecology - meet.Eco Coimbra Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2017/04/07 - 2017/04/11	XX Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia (ENEBXX) - Aveiro Meeting	XX National Meeting for Biology Students - Aveiro Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016/05/29 - 2016/06/01	6th International Congress of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants - CIPAM 2016 Congress	6th International Congress of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants - CIPAM 2016 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/05/31 - 2016/05/31	Workshop sessions in fitotherapy related to the 6th International Congress of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants-CIPAM 2016 Workshop	workshop sessions in fitotherapy related to the 6th International Congress of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants-CIPAM 2016 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/05 - 2016/05	Workshop "From Plants to Medicines and Synthetic Drugs" - Medical School of the Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra Workshop	Workshop "From Plants to Medicines and Synthetic Drugs" - Medical School of the Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2016/03/18 - 2016/03/22	XIX Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia (ENEBXIX) - Coimbra Meeting	XIX National Meeting for Biology Students - Coimbra Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2022/06/07	Cytotoxic and antiproliferative effect of Ridolfia segetum (L.) Moris essential oil on U87-MG glioblastoma cell line (Thesis) Main arguer	Maria Fernandes Rosa (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2016/06 - Current	Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitoquímica e Fitoterapia (SPFito)

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2022/10 - 2022/10	Taxonomic identification of trees of the Botanic Garden Manuela Mendonça, in the Psychiatric Hospital Sobral Cid	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE Hospital Sobral Cid, Portugal
2022/09 - 2022/09	Production of scientific contents and informations for tourists and visitors about the tropical and cold greenhouses of the Botanic Garden of the University of Coimbra (JBUC)	Jardim Botânico da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023/05/13 - 2023/05/13	CôaSkinCare: Validation and development of plant-based cosmetics from Côa Valley	(Mestrado)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2023/02 - 2023/07	Cytotoxicity and antioxidant activity of Verbascum pulverulentum Vill. leaves and flowers hydroalcoholic extracts	Mariana Pereira Machado
2023/02 - 2023/07	Antioxidant activity of Arbutus unedo L. leaves hydroalcoholic extract through the ABTS, DPPH and FRAP methodologies	Filipa Mugeiro de Carvalho
2023/02 - 2023/07	Screening the antioxidant activity of hydroalcoholic extracts of Thymus mastichina (L.) L. subsp. mastichina and Lavandula pedunculata (Mill.) Cav. for the development of Côa Valley plant-based cosmetics	Maria Miguel Rodrigues Lourenço
2022/09/01 - 2022/09/30	Screening assays with Verbascum pulverulentum Vill. and Helichrysum stoechas subsp. stoechas (L.) Moench for the development of Côa Valley plant-based cosmetics	Laura Francisca Martins Mendonça

Distinctions

Award

2023	Best Young Oral Researcher Award 3rd Bioactive Natural Products Research Meeting (Bio.Natural-2023), Portugal

Title

2013	Quadro de mérito, alunos do 11º ano de Ciências e Tecnologia Agrupamento de Escolas de Vila Nova de Poiares, Portugal