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Joana Costa is a biologist, holds a MSc in Plant Biodiversity and Biotechnology and a PhD in Biosciences - specialization in Ecology, both from the University of Coimbra. Joana currently works as a science manager at the research unit Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF), from Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Published 22 scientific papers and 3 book chapters. Joana was involved in the organization of 11 events and has received 5 awards. Joana took part in the research team of 4 research projects.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joana Costa

Citation names

  • Costa, Joana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
E418-7063-7C00
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9784-8272

Addresses

  • LEAF | Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, Instituto Superior de Agronomia - Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda , 1349-017 , Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Agronomy
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology
  • Social Sciences - Media and Communications
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Botany
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Public and Environmental Health

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2026
Ongoing
 Graduation in Agriculture Engineering (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2012 - 2017/05/16
Concluded
 PhD in Biosciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Ecologia
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
"Function and adaptive significance of the floral polymorphism heterostyly." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with praise and distinction by unanimity
2010 - 2012
Concluded
 MSc in Plant Diversity and Biotechnology (Mestrado)
Major in Biodiversity
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Sexual reproduction of the invasive pentaploid short-styled Oxalis pes-caprae L." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19 (out of 20)
2007 - 2010
Concluded
 Graduation in Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 16 (out of 20)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/01/01 - Current Science and Technology Management Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF) - Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2017/03/24 - 2021/12/25 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2016/12/31 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2011/09 - 2013 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011/09 - 2012/08 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2010/01 - 2011 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009/09 - 2010/09 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2011/08 - 2011/08 Summer internship Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, Portugal
2008/01 - 2011 Guide/monitor Jardim Botânico da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2007/12 - 2011 Herbarium technician Herbário da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2008/05 - 2010 Guide/monitor Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/05/11 - 2023/05/19 Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) Grant: Finding Bermuda buttercup – Floral biology
E-COST-GRANT-CA18201-cf762b2f
Research Fellow
Univerza na Primorskem, Slovenia
Concluded
2013 - 2016 Function and adaptive significance of heterostyly
SFRH/BD/89910/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2011/02/15 - 2012 Evolution of the reproductive system during invasion of the polyploid Oxalis pes-caprae
PTDC/BIA-BIC/l10824/2009
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009 - 2010 Sexual reproduction in the invasive polyploid Oxalis pes-caprae
BII/FCTUC/C2008/CEF/2ªFase
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2022/02/01 - 2024/04/30 DoMAR - Development of Microalgae Advanced Resources
EEA.BG.CALL1.003.2019
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2024/04/30 YUMAlgae - EnzYmes for improved sensory qUality of MicroALGAE
EEA.BG.CALL4.006.2020
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
Ongoing
2011 - 2013 Evolutionary changes to reproductive systems during the invasion process of the polyploid Oxalis pes-caprae
PTDC/BIA-BIC/110824/2009
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010 - 2011 Reproductive biology and evolution of Oxalis pes-caprae, an invasive polyploid species in the Mediterranean region
Acções Integradas Luso-Espanholas Nº E-10/10
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas (CRUP)
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Costa, Joana. "Desafios à saúde mental materna no pós-parto: conciliação trabalho-família.". In Saúde Ambiental – Caderno de Notas Soltas., 117-120. Lisboa, Portugal: Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, 2020.
    Published
  2. Santos, O.; Virgolino, A.; Santos, R.R.; Costa, J.; Rodrigues, A.; Vaz-Carneiro, A. "Environmental Health: An overview on the Evolution of the Concept and its Definitions". In Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, 466-474. Elsevier, 2019.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.11815-9
  3. Costa, J.; Santos, R.R.; Virgolino, A.; Reis, M.F.. "Solid Waste Incinerators: Health Impacts". In Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, 771-784. Elsevier, 2019.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.11873-1
Conference poster
  1. Simcic, Sta¿a ; Horvat, Adela; Castro, Sílvia; Costa, Joana ; Loureiro, João; Glasnovic, Peter ; Finding Bermuda buttercup team; Fiser, Ziva. "Finding Bermuda buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae): understanding the evolutionary and ecological processes and patterns of biological invasions in the Mediterranean region". Paper presented in ECOFLOR, 2024.
  2. Matos, Rafael; Costa, Joana ; Castro, Mariana; Navarro, Luis; Moreira, M.; Ferrero, Victoria; Loureiro, João; Castro, Sílvia. "Reassessing changes in reproductive strategies and population structure of Oxalis pes-caprae in the invaded range". Paper presented in SIBECOL 2022, 2022.
  3. Santos, Ricardo Reis; Virgolino, Ana; Costa, Joana ; Santos, Osvaldo; Vicente, Joana Lobo; Benda-Kahri, S.; Uhl, Maria. "Portuguese citizens' perceptions on Human Biomonitoring: preliminar results of a qualitative approach.". Paper presented in 2nd HBM-PT Workshop on Human BioMonitoring in Portugal, 2019.
  4. Martins, Ana; Costa, Joana ; Freitas, Helena; Costa, Sofia. "Fruit production adjustment in a dynamic coastal environment: insights from Corema album, a dioecious shrub". Paper presented in XIX International Botanical Congress, 2017.
  5. Costa, Joana; Castro, S.; Loureiro, J.; Barrett, Spencer C. H.. "Evidence for disassortative pollination in the absence of reciprocal herkogamy in natural populations of heteromorphic species of Plumbaginaceae.". Paper presented in XI Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, 2015.
  6. Costa, Joana ; Castro, Sílvia; Loureiro, João; Barrett, Spencer C. H.. "The role of geographical and demographic factors in shaping floral morph frequencies in the tristylous Lythrum salicaria at the southern edge of distribution". Paper presented in XV Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, 2015.
  7. Tavares, D.; Loureiro, J.; Martins, A.; Castro, M.; Costa, Joana; Pinho e Melo, T.; Pineiro, T.; Roiloa, S.; Castro, S.. "Evolution of invasiveness: the case study of the invasive Oxalis pes-caprae in the Mediterranean basin". Paper presented in X Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, 2014.
  8. Costa, Joana; Castro, S.; Loureiro, J.; Barrett, Spencer C. H.. "Variation in floral morph frequencies in tristylous populations of Lythrum salicaria: the role of geographical and demographic factors.". Paper presented in X Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, 2014.
  9. Castro, M.; Ferrero, V.; Costa, Joana; Roiloa, S.; Loureiro, J.; Navarro, L.; Castro, S.. "Do native and invasive populations of Oxalis pes-caprae differ in reproductive traits?". Paper presented in XIV Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, ESEB, 2013.
  10. Castro, S.; Ferrero, V.; Costa, Joana; Castro, M.; Rodríguez-Echeverría, S.; Roiloa, S.; Crisóstomo, J.; et al. "Evolutionary changes to reproductive systems during the invasion process of the polyploid Oxalis pes-caprae.". Paper presented in International Conference on Polyploidy, Hybridization, and Biodiversity, 2012.
  11. Castro, M.; Ferrero, V.; Costa, Joana; Navarro, L.; Loureiro, J.; Roiloa, S.; Castro, S.. "Sexual and asexual reproduction traits among cytotypes and floral morphs of Oxalis pes-caprae invasive populations". Paper presented in NEOBIOTA 2012 – 7th European Conference on Biological Invasions, 2012.
  12. Ferrero, V.; Castro, S.; Costa, Joana; Jorge, A.; Acuña, Paola; Navarro, L.; Loureiro, J.. "Variable effects of invasive species’ removal on the sexual reproduction of co-flowering native plants.". Paper presented in NEOBIOTA 2012 – 7th European Conference on Biological Invasions, 2012.
  13. Costa, Joana; Ferrero, V.; Loureiro, J.; Navarro, L.; Castro, S.. "Reacquisition of the sexual status in the invasive Oxalis pes-caprae". Paper presented in 12th European Ecological Federation Congress, 2011.
  14. Ferrero, V.; Castro, S.; Costa, Joana; Navarro, L.; Loureiro, J.. "New insights on the sexual reproduction of the invasive polyploid Oxalis pes-caprae in the Western Mediterranean region". Paper presented in 12th European Ecological Federation Congress, 2011.
  15. Jorge, A.; Loureiro, J.; Costa, Joana; Ferrero, V.; Navarro, L.; Castro, S.. "Plant advertisement: effects in pollinator attraction and plant fitness.". Paper presented in 12th European Ecological Federation Congress, 2011.
  16. Costa, Joana; Castro, S.; Ferrero, V.; Sousa, A. J.; Santos, C.; Ayensa, G.; Navarro, L.; Loureiro, J.. "What is the probability of the pentaploid short-styled Oxalis pes-caprae to reproduce sexually?". Paper presented in 12º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, 2010.
Journal article
  1. Bartomeus, Ignasi; Lanuza, Jose B.; Wood, Thomas J.; Carvalheiro, Luisa; Molina, Francisco P.; Collado, Miguel Ángel; Aguado-Martín, Luis Oscar; et al. "Base de datos de abejas ibéricas". Ecosistemas (2022): 2380. http://dx.doi.org/10.7818/ecos.2380.
    10.7818/ecos.2380
  2. Virgolino, Ana; Costa, Joana; Santos, Osvaldo; Pereira, Maria Emília; Antunes, Rita; Ambrósio, Sara; Heitor, Maria João; Vaz Carneiro, António. "Lost in transition: a systematic review of the association between unemployment and mental health". Journal of Mental Health 31 3 (2022): 432-444. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2021.2022615.
    10.1080/09638237.2021.2022615
  3. Lampert, Tarsila; Costa, Joana; Santos, Osvaldo; Sousa, Joana; Ribeiro, Teresa; Freire, Elisabete. "Evidence on the contribution of community gardens to promote physical and mental health and well-being of non-institutionalized individuals: A systematic review". PLOS ONE 16 8 (2021): e0255621. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255621.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0255621
  4. Costa, Joana; Santos, Osvaldo; Virgolino, Ana; Pereira, M. Emília; Stefanovska-Petkovska, Miodraga; Silva, Henrique; Navarro-Costa, Paulo; et al. "MAternal Mental Health in the WORKplace (MAMH@WORK): A Protocol for Promoting Perinatal Maternal Mental Health and Wellbeing". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 5 (2021): 2558. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052558.
    10.3390/ijerph18052558
  5. Maria Uhl; Ricardo Santos; Joana Costa; Osvaldo Santos; Ana Virgolino; David Evans; Cora Murray; et al. "Chemical Exposure: European Citizens' Perspectives, Trust, and Concerns on Human Biomonitoring Initiatives, Information Needs, and Scientific Results". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/4/1532.
    10.3390/ijerph18041532
  6. Osvaldo Santos; Miodraga Stefanovska-Petkovska; Ana Virgolino; Ana Cristina Miranda; Joana Costa; Elisabete Fernandes; Susana Cardoso; António Vaz Carneiro. "Functional health literacy: Psychometric properties of the Newest Vital Sign for Portuguese adolescents (NVS-PTeen)". Nutrients (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/3/790.
    10.3390/nu13030790
  7. Ana Virgolino; Osvaldo Santos; Costa, Joana ; Mónica Fialho; Ivo Iavicoli; Tiina Santonen; Hanna Tolonen; et al. "Challenges to Evidence Synthesis and Identification of Data Gaps in Human Biomonitoring". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 (2021): 2830.
    10.3390/ijerph18062830
  8. Ana Virgolino; Francisco Antunes; Osvaldo Santos; Andreia Costa; Margarida Gaspar de Matos; Cristina Bárbara; Manuel Bicho; et al. "Towards a Global Perspective of Environmental Health: Defining the Research Grounds of an Institute of Environmental Health". Sustainability (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/21/8963.
    10.3390/su12218963
  9. Madeira, Teresa; Peixoto-Plácido, Catarina; Sousa-Santos, Nuno; Santos, Osvaldo; Costa, Joana; Alarcão, Violeta; Nicola, Paulo Jorge; et al. "Association between living setting and malnutrition among older adults: The PEN-3S study". Nutrition 73 (2020): 110660. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2019.110660.
    10.1016/j.nut.2019.110660
  10. Alarcão, Violeta; Costa, Joana ; Madeira, Teresa; Peixoto-Plácido, Catarina; Fernandes, Elisabete; Sousa-Santos, Nuno; Santos, Osvaldo; et al. "Self-perceived general health among community-dwelling Portuguese older adults: do men and women differ?". Ageing and Society (2020):
    Published • 10.1017/S0144686X20000811
  11. Roxo, Luis; Virgolino, Ana; Costa, Joana; Alarcao, Violeta. "Understanding the relationship between BMI and sexual dysfunction: Can DSM-5 shed light into this topic?". Revista Internacional de Andrología 17 4 (2019): 130-137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.androl.2018.07.003.
    10.1016/j.androl.2018.07.003
  12. Costa, Joana; Torices, Rubén; Barrett, Spencer C. H.. "Evolutionary history of the buildup and breakdown of the heterostylous syndrome in Plumbaginaceae". New Phytologist 224 3 (2019): 1278-1289. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.15768.
    10.1111/nph.15768
  13. Costa, Joana; Castro, Sílvia; Loureiro, João; Barrett, Spencer C.H.. "Experimental insights on Darwin’s cross-promotion hypothesis in tristylous purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)". American Journal of Botany 104 4 (2017): 616-626. http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1600408.
    10.3732/ajb.1600408
  14. Costa, Joana; Castro, Sílvia; Loureiro, João; Barrett, Spencer C. H.. "Experimental insights on the function of ancillary pollen and stigma polymorphisms in plants with heteromorphic incompatibility". Evolution 71 - (2017): 121-134.
    Published • 10.1111/evo.13082
  15. Caperta, Ana D.; Castro, Sílvia; Loureiro, João; Róis, Ana S.; Conceição, Sofia; Costa, Joana; Rhazi, Laila; Espírito Santo, Dalila; Arsénio, Pedro. "Biogeographical, ecological and ploidy variation in related asexual and sexual Limonium taxa ( Plumbaginaceae )". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 183 - (2017): 75-93.
    Published • 10.1111/boj.12498
  16. Costa, Joana; Ferrero, Victoria; Castro, Mariana; Loureiro, João; Navarro, Luis; Castro, Sílvia. "Variation in the incompatibility reactions in tristylous Oxalis pes-caprae: large-scale screening in South African native and Mediterranean basin invasive populations". Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 24 - (2017): 25-36.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ppees.2016.12.002
  17. Castro, Sílvia; Castro, Mariana; Ferrero, Victoria; Costa, Joana; Tavares, Daniela; Navarro, Luis; Loureiro, João. "Invasion Fosters Change: Independent Evolutionary Shifts in Reproductive Traits after Oxalis pes-caprae L. Introduction". Frontiers in Plant Science 7 - (2016): 874-874.
    Published • 10.3389/fpls.2016.00874
  18. Costa, Joana; Castro, Sílvia; Loureiro, João; Barrett, Spencer C. H.. "Variation in style morph frequencies in tristylous Lythrum salicaria in the Iberian Peninsula: the role of geographical and demographic factors". Annals of Botany 117 (2016): 331-340.
    Published • 10.1093/aob/mcv173
  19. Costa, J.; Ferrero, V.; Castro, M.; Jorge, A.; Afonso, A.; Loureiro, J.; Castro, S.. "Pollen flow between flowers of the same morph in invasive populations of Oxalis pes-caprae L. in the western Mediterranean region". Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology 150 5 (2016): 923-931.
    Published • 10.1080/11263504.2014.991363
  20. Costa, J.; Ferrero, V.; Loureiro, J.; Castro, M.; Navarro, L.; Castro, S.; Byers, D.. "Sexual reproduction of the pentaploid, short-styled Oxalis pes-caprae allows the production of viable offspring". Plant Biology 16 1 (2014): 208-214.
    Published • 10.1111/plb.12010
  21. Ferrero, Victoria; Castro, Sílvia; Costa, Joana; Acuña, Paola; Navarro, Luis; Loureiro, João. "Effect of invader removal: pollinators stay but some native plants miss their new friend". Biological Invasions 15 10 (2013): 2347-2358.
    Published • 10.1007/s10530-013-0457-4
  22. Castro, Sílvia; Ferrero, Victoria; Costa, Joana; Sousa, Ana João; Castro, Mariana; Navarro, Luis; Loureiro, João. "Reproductive strategy of the invasive Oxalis pes-caprae: distribution patterns of floral morphs, ploidy levels and sexual reproduction". Biological Invasions 15 8 (2013): 1863-1875.
    Published • 10.1007/s10530-013-0414-2
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/05/12 Reproductive traits and population structure of the invasive Oxalis pes-caprae in the Mediterranean area
University of Primorska (Koper, Slovenia)
2020 «It's those things that the plastics we use in our daily life have...»: Portuguese citizens' attitudes and beliefs on chemical exposure and human biomonitoring. 3rd HBM-PT Workshop on Human BioMonitoring in Portugal
2019 Perinatal mental illness and the occupational setting 19th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2018 Functional and comparative analyses of a plant floral polymorphism. Evolution of Plant Reproductive Systems: From Muddy Boots to Genomics
(Toronto, Canada)
2018 Balancing work and motherhood: a workplace intervention for promoting perinatal mental health. 18th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry
(Cidade do México, Mexico)
2018 The Cohort International Registry Platform (CENSOR). I Encontro Anual do ISAMB
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2017 A peculiar marriage arrangement – evolutionary processes in tristylous populations XIX International Botanical Congress
(Shenzhen, China)
2017 The function and adaptive significance of morphological polymorphisms characterizing the heterostyly syndrome. XIX International Botanical Congress
(Shenzhen, China)
2017 The role of geographical and environmental factors in plant mating: insights from the caatinga of N.E. Brazil. 1st Workshop on Soil Biology in the Caatinga
(Areia, Brazil)
2016 Invasion fosters the change: evolutionary shifts in sexual and asexual traits after Oxalis pes-caprae L. introduction Ecoflor
(Vigo, Spain)
2016 Cytogenetic diversity and ecology in populations of the halophyte Limonium vulgare and related taxa along the Portuguese coast XXI Seminario de Genética de Poblaciones y Evolution
(Sitges, Spain)
2015 Changes to the mating system during invasion: an experimental test of Baker’s Law XI Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva
APBE (Caparica, Portugal)
2015 Baker knew a lot: evidences of changes in the mating systems during the invasion process 4º Encontro Ibérico de Ecologia
AEET e Speco (Coimbra, Portugal, Portugal)
2015 Biogeographical patterns and ecology of sexual and agamospermous Limonium spp. from Eastern Atlantic coasts 45th GfOe Annual Meeting
(Göttingen, Germany)
2015 Causes and consequences of biological invasions: the case study of Oxalis pes-caprae invasive in Mediterranean climatic regions of the world Workshop Biodiversity in the Mediterranean basin
(Koper, Slovenia)
2013 Evolutionary changes in the sexual reproductive system: the case study of the invasive tristylous Oxalis pes-caprae XIV Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, ESEB
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2012 Reaquisição da reprodução sexual pela invasora Oxalis pes-caprae. VI Jornadas de Biologia da UTAD
UTAD (Vila Real, Portugal)
2011 Evolutionary changes to reproductive systems during the invasion process of the polyploid Oxalis pes-caprae. 1ª Reunião Ibérica sobre Plantas Invasoras
(Vigo, Spain)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/09/04 - 2024/09/06 IBEREO 2024 - The Iberian Meeting on Rheology (2024/09/04 - 2024/09/06)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2023/10/26 - 2023/10/26 Seminar within the Research Interchange with the Lab of Food Chemistry from Wageningen University (2023/10/26 - 2023/10/26)
Seminar
 Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF) - Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2023/04/13 - 2023/04/13 International workshop ¿ Microalgae as a food ingredient for the future (2023/04/13 - 2023/04/14)
Workshop
 Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF) - Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2022/06/05 - 2022/06/05 À descoberta do LEAF na Tapada da Ajuda (Finding LEAF at Tapada da Ajuda) (2022/06/05 - 2022/06/05) Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF) - Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2021 - 2021 II Workshop Health Effects of Climate Change (II Workshop Impacto das Alterações Climáticas na Saúde) (2021/03/03)
Workshop
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - 2021 I Workshop Scientific Writing and Communication (I Workshop Escrita Científica e Comunicação em Conferências) (2021/05/10 - 2021/05/13) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020 - 2020 3rd HBM-PT Workshop on Human BioMonitoring in Portugal (2020 - 2020)
Workshop
2019/09/01 - 2019/12/20 ISAMB Exploratory Conferences - Autumn cicle (2019/10/23 - 2019/12/18)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Portugal
2019 - 2019 I Workshop Health Effects of Climate Change (I Workshop Impacto das Alterações Climáticas na Saúde) (2019/11/21 - 2019/11/22) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017 - 2017 WHO Regional Office for Europe Meeting Setting research priorities in environment and health. (2017/04/27 - 2017/04/28)
2015 - 2015 4º Encontro Ibérico de Ecologia
Congress (Other)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2013 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Biologia Evolutiva
2011 - Current Sociedade Broteriana
2010 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia
2015 - 2019 European Society for Evolutionary Biology

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2020/11/18 - 2020/11/18 3rd HBM-PT Workshop on Human BioMonitoring in Portugal Online
2019/10/25 - 2019/10/25 2nd HBM-PT Workshop on Human BioMonitoring in Portugal Portuguese Environment Agency
2019/10/11 - 2019/10/11 I ISAMB PhD Students Meeting & II EnviHealth&Co PhD Students Annual Meeting Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina
2019/07/27 - 2019/07/28 Os efeitos da alteração dos ambientes na saúde humana Instituto de Saúde Ambiental da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09/11 - 2023/12/22 Seminar (in Food Science and Engineering) Seminar (in Food Science and Engineering) (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2023/05/12 - 2023/05/16 Scientific writing in Biological Sciences Univerza na Primorskem, Slovenia
2023/03/09 - 2023/03/30 Scientific writing Seminar II (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2021/05/10 - 2021/05/13 I Workshop Scientific Writing and Communication (I Worshop em Escrita Científica e Comunicação em Conferências) (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/03/03 - 2021/03/05 II Workshop Health Effects of Climate Change (II Workshop sobre o Impacto das Alterações Climáticas na Saúde) (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018 - 2020 Undergraduate course 'Ecology and Health' (Ecologia e Saúde) Ciências da Saúde (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/11/21 - 2019/11/22 I Workshop Health Effects of Climate Change (I Workshop sobre o Impacto das Alterações Climáticas na Saúde) (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2017 Outstanding Student Award
XIX International Botanical Congress, China

Other distinction

2012 FCT PhD Scholarship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2010 3% Best Students from BSc in Biology
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009 3% Best Students from BSc in Biology
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2008 3% Best Students from BSc in Biology
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal