João Miguel Sousa Pereira (EB1E-2476-8A82)

Curriculum Vitae

João Miguel Sousa Pereira

João Miguel Sousa Pereira has started his PhD on microplastics pollution in the deep sea in March 2022. He previously worked as research assistant on marine litter pollution from 2018 to the end of 2022 at IMAR/OKEANOS Centre (Universidade dos Açores campus da Horta). He is the co-author of 4 scientific publications in this topic in indexed journals and has presented his work in three scientific conferences. He also developed practical and analytical work within various national and international projects (LIXAZ, INDICITII, PLASTDEEP, IMPLAMAC). He has a bachelor degree in Marine Biology (Universidade do Algarve) and an Erasmus mundus Masters in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: João Miguel Sousa Pereira
Date of birth: 1993/10/09
Gender: Male

Citation names

Pereira, João Miguel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: EB1E-2476-8A82
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9236-7202
Google Scholar ID: OlXhDTQAAAAJ&hl
Scopus Author Id: 57216209910

Email addresses

joao.m.pereira993@gmail.com (Professional)
joao.ms.pereira@uac.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Rua Prof. Dr. Frderico Machado, n.º 4 , 9900_138, Horta, Horta, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joao-Miguel-Pereira (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2022/03/01 - 2026/03/01 Ongoing	Doutoramento em Ciências do Mar (Doutoramento) Major in Especialidade de Ecologia Marinha Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2018/09/14 Concluded	International Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (Master) Universiteit Gent, Belgium Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland Universidad de Oviedo, Spain Universität Bremen, Germany Association Sorbonne Université, France "Plastic ingestion by commercial fish of contrasting ecology off the Azores region" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Magna cum lauda
2016/01/22 Concluded	Biologia Marinha (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal	14

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/07/01 - 2022/01/31	Research Assistant (Research)	Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/01/01 - 2023	PLASTDEEP- Assessing plastic pollution in the deep sea, the ultimate sink of plastics in the oceans ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000125 Researcher Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal	Secretaria Regional do Mar Ciência e Tecnologia Ongoing
2019 - 2022	IMPLAMAC - Impact assessment of microplastics and emergent pollutants in the Macaronesian coastline MAC2/1.1a/265 Researcher Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal	Ongoing
2019 - 2021	INDICIT II - Indicator Impact Taxa - "Implementation of the indicator ¿Impacts of marine litter on sea turtles and biota" in RSC and MSFD áreas 11.0661/2016/748064/SUB/ENV.C2 Researcher Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal	Agence Europe SA Concluded
2018/01/08 - 2019/12/31	LIXAZ - Impacts of Marine Litter in the Azores Acores-01-0145-FEDER-000053 Researcher Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal	Secretaria Regional do Mar Ciência e Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020 - 2020/10	Spectrometer for marine litter - Detection of marine Litter from Space. Funded by European Spatial Agency ESA/DP/20191112 Investigador convidado Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal	European Space Agency Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	Pereira, João Miguel; Carreiro-Silva, Marina; Sire de Vilar, Anais; Godinho, António; Lewis, Ceri; Pham, K. Christopher. Corresponding author: Pereira, João Miguel. "Deep sea octocoral feeding responses to microplastics". Paper presented in 7th International Marine Debris Conference, 2022. Herrera, Laura; Duncan, Emily Mary; Pereira, João Miguel; Vargas, Dejalme; Medeiros, Válter; Machado, Pedro; Pham, K. Christopher. Corresponding author: Pham, K. Christopher. "ALDFG originating from the North American lobster fishery pollutes the coastline of remote islands of the NE Atlantic". Paper presented in 7th International Marine Debris Conference, 2022.
Journal article	Cristina Villanova-Solano; João M. Pereira; Cintia Hernández-Sánchez; Javier Hernández-Borges; Christopher K. Pham. "Anthropogenic particles determination in northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) from the Azores region: A keystone species for marine food webs". Journal of Hazardous Materials (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135324. 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135324 João Miguel Pereira; Marina Carreiro-Silva; Anaïs Sire de Vilar; António Godinho; Ceri Lewis; Christopher K. Pham. "Cold-water octocoral interactions with microplastics under laboratory conditions". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2024.104400. 10.1016/j.dsr.2024.104400 Yasmina Rodríguez; Airam Rodríguez; Willem M.G.M. van Loon; João Miguel Pereira; Frias, João Pedro Garcez Luís de; Emily M. Duncan; Sofia Garcia; et al. "Cory's shearwater as a key bioindicator for monitoring floating plastics". Environment International (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108595. 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108595 Christopher K. Pham; Sofia G. Estevez; João M. Pereira; Laura Herrera; Yasmina Rodríguez; Cristopher Domínguez-Hernández; Cristina Villanova-Solano; et al. "Three-dimensional evaluation of beaches of oceanic islands as reservoirs of plastic particles in the open ocean". Science of The Total Environment 900 (2023): 165798-165798. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165798. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165798 Emily M. Duncan; Nina Vieira; José Manuel González-Irusta; Carlos Dominguez-Carrió; Telmo Morato; Marina Carreiro-Silva; Joachim Jakobsen; et al. "Predicting the distribution and abundance of abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in the deep sea of the Azores (North Atlantic)". Science of The Total Environment (2023): 166579-166579. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166579. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166579 João M. Pereira; Yasmina Rodríguez; Sandra Blasco-Monleon; Adam Porter; Ceri Lewis; Christopher K. Pham. "Microplastic in the stomachs of open-ocean and deep-sea fishes of the North-East Atlantic". Environmental Pollution 265 (2020): 115060-115060. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.envpol.2020.115060. 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115060 Pham, Christopher K.; Pereira, João M.; Frias, João P.G.L.; Ríos, Noelia; Carriço, Rita; Juliano, Manuela; Rodríguez, Yasmina. "Beaches of the Azores archipelago as transitory repositories for small plastic fragments floating in the North-East Atlantic". Environmental Pollution 263 (2020): 114494. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114494. 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114494
Thesis / Dissertation	Pereira, João Miguel. "Plastic ingestion by commercial fish of contrasting ecology off the Azores region". Master, Universiteit Gent, 2018.

Other

Other output

Abandoned, Lost or Otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear (ALDFG) in Tuna Pole-and-Line Fisheries. 2021. Pham, C.K.; Machete, M.; Edwards, Z.; Adam, S.; Bealey, R.; Rodríguez, Y.; Pereira, J.M.; Saneeh, I.; Nadheeh, I.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85166899001&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.21203/rs.3.rs-1170070/v1

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022/07/07	Deep-sea octocoral feeding responses to microplastics	VIII International Symposium on Marine Sciences Alfredo Kraus Auditorium (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)
2019/09/20	Plastic ingestion in commercial fish species of the Azores archipelago, North-East Atlantic	2ª Conferência Portuguesa sobre Lixo Marinho e Microplásticos Casa da Baía (Setubal, Portugal)

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2019 - Current	Okeanos - Centro de Investigação da Universidade dos Açores	Collaborator member of Christopher Pham's research team

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2019 - 2019	Grande Reportagem "Plástico Nosso de Cada Dia" (Prémio de Melhor Programa de Informação pela Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores)	https://sicnoticias.pt/especiais/plastico-nosso-de-cada-dia/2020-10-16-Grande-Reportagem-Plastico-Nosso-de-Cada-Dia-distinguida-pela-Sociedade-Portuguesa-de-Autores