Curriculum Vitae
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Catharina Diogo Pieper
Citation names
- Pieper, Catharina
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- D51E-8076-89BB
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-3016-1692
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Oceanography
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese | |||||
| German | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
| English | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2016 - 2021/07/13
Concluded
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Ciências do Mar (Doutoramento)
Major in Poluição Marinha, Lixo Marinho, Oceanografia
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
"Measuring the Marine Debris Footprint of Azores waters (NE Atlantic): classification, variability and associated dynamics" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2021/07/13
Concluded
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Ciências do Mar (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Oceanografia
Universidade dos Açores Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Measuring the Marine Debris Footprint of Azores Waters (NE Atlantic): classification, variability and associated dynamics
" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado com Distinção e louvor por unanimidade |
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2019/11/19 - 2019/11/29
Attended
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PhD Course - Microplastic Analysis Applying \muFTIR Imaging, ATR-FTIR and other Techniques (Outros)
Aalborg Universitet, Denmark
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2016/10/24 - 2016/11/28
Attended
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Monitoring the Oceans from Space (Outros)
EUMETSAT, Germany
Copernicus Gesellschaft mbH, Germany |
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2014/07/23 - 2014/08/07
Attended
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2014 ERAMUS Summer School: Formation of Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Training in Earth Observation (FORMAT-EO) (Outros)
University of Leicester, United Kingdom
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2011/09 - 2014/02
Concluded
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Estudos Integrados dos Oceanos (Mestrado)
Major in Poluição Marinha
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
"Monitoring marine debris in two sandy beaches of Faial Island – Azores" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2014/02
Concluded
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Estudos Integrados dos Oceanos (Mestrado)
Major in Lixo Marinho
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
"Monitoring marine debris in two sandy beaches at Faial Island : Azores" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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19 |
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2014
Concluded
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Mestrado de Estudos Integrados dos Oceanos (Mestrado)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
"Monitoring marine debris in two sandy beaches at Faial Island - Azores" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17 (in 20) |
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2007/10 - 2010/07
Concluded
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Biologia Marinha e Biotecnologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Aquacultura e Pescas
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
"Macroalgae production project for Agar extraction" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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14 |
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2010
Concluded
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Biologia Marinha e Biotecnologia (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
"Macroalgae production project for Agar extraction" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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14 (in 20) |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2022/03 - 2023/04 | Researcher (Research) | Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal |
| Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal | ||
| 2021/11 - 2021/12 | Researcher (Research) | Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal |
| 2016/02/01 - 2021/07/13 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade dos Açores, Portugal |
| 2021/04 - 2021/05 | Researcher (Research) | Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal |
| 2020/05 - 2021/05 | Researcher (Research) | Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal |
| 2016/02 - 2020/01 | Researcher (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
| Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal | ||
| 2015/08 - 2016/01 | Researcher (Research) | Instituto do Mar, Portugal |
| Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2013/10 - 2014/08 | Estagiário | Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2015 - 2017 | BIOMETORE - Biodiversity in Seamounts: The Madeira-Tore and Great Meteor
EEA-Grant
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| 2014/10 - 2014/12 | Monitoring Microplastics
CE-497
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Fundação Luso-Americana |
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2022/04/01 - 2025/04/01 | COAST - Conservation of marine ecossystems around Santo Antão, Cabo Verde: implications for policy and society
Researcher
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Ongoing
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2020/05 - Current | iFADO
Research Fellow
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| 2017 - Current | IDiverSE - Student's Science to Discover Island Diversity"
H2020
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| 2016 - Current | EO-Marine Downstrem Services for Public Authorities
H2020, WP2016-2017
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| 2021/11/19 - 2021/12/17 | MARINE-EO: “Bridging Innovative Downstream Earth Observation and Copernicus enabled Services for Integrated maritime environment,
surveillance and security”
Research Fellow
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Concluded
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| 2021/04 - 2021/05 | MAGAL Constellation: definido o pilar de uma constelação futura para monitorização do oceano e das alterações climáticas
Research Fellow
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Ongoing
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| 2015 - 2019 | Wavebuoy - Wave-powered oceanographic buoy for long-term deployment
FCT
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Outputs
Publications
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2019/09 | Into the MED: searching for microplastics from space to deep-sea. | International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea
(Capri, Italy)
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| 2018/08/06 | The Plastic Age: Why are Azores Tidelines Polluted? | Presentation held aboard the RV Pelagia PE442 cruise |
| 2017/03 | The Plastic Age: Why are Azores Tidelines Polluted? |
(horta, Portugal)
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| 2015/08/04 | Marine Litter Research in the Azores: current status and future prospects. Towards a Solution for Marine Litter in the Azores: Technical and Scientific Forum (DOP, IUCN, MARE, IFREMER) |
(Portugal)
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| 2015/08 | O Flagelo dos Plásticos nos Oceanos. Encontros com o Mar dos Açores | EXPOMAR - Semana do Mar
(horta, Portugal)
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| 2015/03/19 | A problemática do Lixo Marinho: Monitorização de campanhas de recolha de lixo marinho na orla costeira e litoral submerso | Grupo de trabalho Lixo Marinho Açores: Direcção Regional dos Assuntos do Mar, Governo dos Açores. |
| 2015/01/29 | A Era dos Plásticos e o Oceano | UniSénior, Universidade Sénior dos Açores |
| 2012 | A Pesca do Arrasto Profundo | Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas |
| 2012 | Antarctic Marine Biodiversity and Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents | Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas |
| 2012 | Obligate oil-degrading marine bacteria | Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas |
| 2012 | Tecnologia pesqueira adaptada à redução da interacção e mortalidade de tartarugas marinhas | Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/03/22 - Current | MAGAL project is redefining the Radar Altimetry, for global ocean monitoring, aligned with the European “New Space” agenda,
using a new approach based on 6 small satellites working in constellations, and an innovative radar altimeter. MAGAL involves
major Portuguese industry and science players, leveraging the Portuguese space industry, towards becoming a space nation from
conceptual design to launch and data usability.
MAGAL key improvement is its time resolution of 5 days while keeping identical spatial resolution and data accuracy. Satellites
u
Conference
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Atlantic Innovation Week |
| 2021/06/02 - 2021/06/04 | The All-Atlantic2021 – All-Atlantic R&I for a Sustainable Ocean: Ministerial High-Level & Stakeholders Conference will take
place under the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, in close cooperation with the European Commission,
aiming to strengthen Research & Innovation cooperation across and along the Atlantic Ocean, from “pole to pole”.
Online event
Conference
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The All-Atlantic2021 – All-Atlantic R&I for a Sustainable Ocean: Ministerial High-Level & Stakeholders Conference |
| 2021/05/24 - 2021/05/25 | Ministerial Conference on Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution. The Governments of Ecuador, Germany, Ghana, and Vietnam are
jointly organizing a Ministerial Conference to build momentum and political will to advance a coherent global strategy to
end marine litter and plastic pollution with an aim to ensuring a future with clean seas.
Online event
Conference
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Ministerial Conference on Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution |
| 2020/11/23 - 2020/11/27 | MICRO2020 Fate and Impacts of Microplastics: Knowledge and Responsibilities. International online conference (due to COVID-19
pandemic). State-of-the-art research of macro to nanoplastics and establishment of baselines on research to come.
Conference
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MICRO2020 |
| 2019/09/15 - 2019/09/18 | International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea
The conference gathered experts from scientific and industrial communities, policy makers and environmental organizations.
Main goals included: to update the state-of-the-art, to highlight progresses, and to identify new and effective solutions
to mitigate the microplastic environmental issue.
Involved organization identities: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ISMAC and DICMaPI
Event held in Hotel La Residenza, Capri, Italy.
Conference
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International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea |
| 2019/06/06 - 2019/06/07 | Copernicus Marine for Outermost and Maritime Regions
This event was of interest to all maritime regions as the themes discussed were relevant to all maritime sectors/activities
and focused on the following objectives: to allow for Public Authorities to share issues they are facing regarding their maritime
activities (water quality monitoring, aquaculture and fisheries management, renewable energy farm implementation, EU Directive
and UN Sustainable Development Goal monitoring, etc.)
Workshop
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Copernicus Marine for Outermost and Maritime Regions |
| 2019/04/12 - 2019/04/12 | 2º Workshop de Envolvimento de Interessados no processo de Ordenamento do Espaço Marítimo dos Açores (2nd Stakeholder Engagement
Workshop in the Azores Marine Spatial Planning Process)
Workshop integrated in the MarSP project – Marine Spatial Planning in collaboration with the Regional Directorate for Maritime
Affairs (DRAM) and the Regional Fund for Science and Technology (FRCT). Workshop held at casa Manuel de Arriaga (Horta, Faial
Island).
Workshop
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| 2018/03/12 - 2018/03/16 | Sixth International Marine Debris Conference
The Sixth International Marine Debris Conference brought together international marine debris researchers, natural resource
managers, policy makers, industry representatives, and the nongovernmental community. The impetus for this international marine
debris conference was the pressing need to address and reduce the impacts of marine debris to vital natural resources, human
health and safety, and the economy
Conference
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Sixth International Marine Debris Conference |
| 2017/05/15 - 2017/05/19 | International Ocean Colour Science Meeting 2017
The third International Ocean Colour Science (IOCS) meeting took place from 15 to 18 May 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal, followed
by two training events on 19 May 2017: a Copernicus marine data stream training event and a SeaDAS training event. The meeting
was convened by the International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG) in partnership with EUMETSAT, ESA, the European
Commission, NASA, Thales Alenia Space and Airbus.
Conference
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International Ocean Colour Science Meeting 2017 |
| 2017/03/09 - 2017/03/09 | Exploring Microfiber Pollution: Sources, Environmental Impacts, Potential Solutions and Next Steps” – online event. Discussing
how experts are addressing the impacts of plastic nano- and microfibers in our environment. The webinar brought together interested
parties for a roundtable discussion exploring the latest research and actions that scientists, companies, policy-makers and
the public are contemplating as we all seek solutions to microfiber pollution.
Conference
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Exploring Microfiber Pollution: Sources, Environmental Impacts, Potential Solutions and Next Steps¿ |
| 2016/07/14 - 2016/07/15 | International Meeting on Marine Research, ESTM - Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Santuário de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios,
Peniche, Portugal
Main objectives of the conference: international congress planned to communicate novel scientific knowledge on marine resources
and research towards the sustainability of our planet.The scientific programme places under the spotlight innovative research
in: Aquaculture; Biodiversity, Conservation and Coastal Management; Blue Biotech; Fisheries and Management; Oceanography and
Maritime Technology; and Seafood
Conference
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IMMR - International Meeting on Marine Research |
| 2015/11/23 - 2015/11/24 | Microplastic in the Environment – Sources, Impacts & Solutions, Maternushaus, Cologne, Germany.
Main objectives of the conference: identify sources of microplastics and quantify the amount ending up in nature; reveal impacts
on marine ecosystems and human beings; Propose solutions for current problems, such as prevention, recycling and substitution
with biodegradable plastics & other materials. Discussion between producers, consumers, scientists, environmental organisations,
governmental agencies and other interested stakeholders
Conference
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Microplastic in the Environment ¿ Sources, Impacts & Solutions |
| 2015/06/19 - 2015/06/20 | "Towards a Solution for Marine Litter in the Azores", Fórum Técnico e Científico numa organização conjunta do Observatório
do Mar dos Açores, do IMAR – Instituto do Mar e da Direcção Regional dos Assuntos do Mar do Governo dos Açores, que conta
com o patrocínio da União Internacional para a Conservação da Natureza (IUCN) e parceria da Associação de Produtores de Espécies
Demersais dos Açores (APEDA) e da Associação Portuguesa do Lixo Marinho (APLM).
Round table
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| 2013/11/06 - 2013/11/08 | Pieper, C.; Ventura, M.A.; Cunha, R.T. (2013) Monitorização de resíduos marinhos em duas praias da Ilha do Faial – Açores.
10ª Conferência Nacional do Ambiente, 6 to 8 November 2013, University of Aveiro, Portugal. Acta da 10ª Conferência Nacional
do Ambiente, Vol. IV: 831-832. ISBN: 978-989-98673-0-7. Proceedings
Conference
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Ad Hoc journal article review
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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| 2022/03/28 - 2022/07/28 | Frontiers in Marine Science Marine Pollution | |
| 2022/02/03 - 2022/02/24 | Marine Pollution Bulletin (0025-326X) | |
| 2021/12/06 - 2021/12/27 | Marine Pollution Bulletin (0025-326X) | |
| 2021/05/24 - 2021/07/15 | Frontiers in Environmental Science Toxicology, Pollution and the Environemnt (2296-665X) | |
| 2018/03/29 - 2018/04/19 | Marine Pollution Bulletin (0025-326X) |
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2020/08 - Current | Associação Portuguesa do Lixo Marinho | membro |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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| 2014/12 | MERI Researchers Study Microplastics in Blue Hill and Penobscot Bays (Dissemination of Research Results) Fishermen's Voice (http://www.fishermensvoice.com/201412MERIResearchersStudyMicroplasticsInBlueHillAndPenobscotBays.html) Country of publication: United States 2014-12 | Fishermen's Voice |
Scientific expedition
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2018/08/27 - 2018/10/03 | BIODIAZ – Biodiversity in the Azores. Research cruise taken aboard the RV Meteor from Cádiz (Spain) to Ponta Delgada with chief scientist Kai George (Senckenberg am Meer, Germany). Main focus of sampling was based on benthology, biodiversity, biogeography, ecology, genetics, taxonomy, planktology, oceanography, sedimentology, geomorphology and marine plastic pollution in the Azores Region. As a participant on board the Meteor, the main goal was to sample for Microplastics presence in the water column, in an open-ocean scenario all around the Azores | |
| 2018/07/26 - 2018/08/08 | Research cruise taken aboard the RV Pelagia (PE442 Microplastics Transit Cruise) from Terceira to Catania (Sicily) with chief scientist Linda Amaral-Zettler (NIOZ, Netherlands). Main focus of sampling was based on plastic marine debris, phytoplankton and other particles to compare bet-collected versus instrument-measured concentrations. As a participant on board the Pelagia, the main goal was to sample for Microplastics presence in the water column, in an open-ocean scenario around the Azores Region into the Mediterranean Sea. | |
| 2016/09/11 - 2016/09/28 | “BIOMETORE - Biodiversity in Seamounts: The Madeira-Tore and Great Meteor”. Major objective of the cruise: Biodiversity in Seamounts (Seine and Josephine – Madeira-Tore Complex), through sea surface samplings (using bongo nets), physical and biological water column samplings | |
| 2015/09/07 - 2015/09/21 | “BIOMETORE - Biodiversity in Seamounts: The Madeira-Tore and Great Meteor”. Major objective of the cruise: Biodiversity in Seamounts (Atlantis, Irving and Tyro – Great Meteor Complex), through sea surface samplings (using bongo nets), water column samplings (Rosette-CTD system, bongo, microzoo and phytoplanktonic nets), benthonic samplings (multicore and sediment dredge). Water samples for Microplastic analysis were accessed through Bongo 60 nets at the sea surface and Niskin bottles along the water column. |
Distinctions
Award
| 2014 | Fundação Luso-Americana |
Other distinction
| 2016 | PhD Studentship (SFRH/BD/111757/2015) – “Measuring the Marine Debris Footprint of Azores waters (NE Atlantic): classification, variability and associated dynamics” |
| 2014 | First Price: Portillo, A.M.V.; Pieper, C.; Álvarez, L.; Olio, M. (2014) Importance of Mesoscale Eddies in the Ocean. FORMAT-EO, University of Leicester. 23-July to 7-August 2014, UK. Poster |
| 2014 | Grant for Monitoring Microplastics at the Marine Environmental Research Institute (proj. 186/2014)
Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal
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