Curriculum Vitae
Rafaela Alexandra Perdigão Mendes
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Rafaela Alexandra Perdigão Mendes
- Gender
- Female
Citation names
- Rafaela P. Mendes
- Rafaela Perdigão
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- F210-3705-E3D9
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-9569-804X
Email addresses
- rafaela.mendes1@ciimar.up.pt (Professional)
- rafaelaperdigao94@gmail.com (Personal)
Websites
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Bioremediation
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | |
| French | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | |
| Spanish; Castilian | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | |
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2021/01/01 - 2025/04/30
Ongoing
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Ciências do Meio Aquático ¿ Biologia e Ecologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
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2024/09/09 - 2024/09/10
Concluded
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Eco Microbiology Deep Dive: Molecular Techniques for Screening Plastic Related Bacteria (Outros)
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Campus di Piacenza e Cremona, Italy
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2024/09/06 - 2024/09/07
Concluded
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IL D. Lgs. n. 81/2008 - Formazione Specifica Rischio Medio dei lavoratori per il ruolo tecnico-amministrativo, docente e studenti
(Outros)
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Campus di Piacenza e Cremona, Italy
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2024/09/04 - 2024/09/06
Concluded
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Meta_Microbial: Metagenomic and bioinformatic insights into microbial communities (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP), Portugal |
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2024/08/29 - 2024/09/05
Concluded
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D. Lgs. n. 81/2008 - WORKER GENERAL TRAINING COURSE IN HEALTH AND SAFETY AT THE WORKPLACE (Outros)
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Campus di Piacenza e Cremona, Italy
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2023/07/04 - 2023/07/05
Concluded
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Meta_Microbial: Metagenomic and bioinformatic insights into microbial communities (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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2021/07/05 - 2021/07/09
Concluded
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Biodiversity Toolkit: from sequences to species and communities by DNA Barcoding and Metabarcoding approaches (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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2021/01/17 - 2021/06/17
Concluded
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Economia Circular (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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16 (out of 20) |
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2019/05/01 - 2019/08/05
Concluded
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Curso Online Aberto e Massivo em Lixo Marinho - Trajeto de liderança (Outros)
The Open University of the Netherlands, Netherlands
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Kenya |
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2017
Concluded
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Toxicologia e Contaminação Ambientais (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"BIOREMEDIATION FOR MITIGATION AND RECOVERY FROM OIL SPILL INCIDENTS" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 |
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2016/11/15 - 2016/12/02
Concluded
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Análise de Dados Provenientes de Técnicas Moleculares (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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98 % |
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2015/10/07 - 2015/12/02
Concluded
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XV Curso de Medicina Legal e Outras Ciências Forenses (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
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2015
Concluded
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Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Avaliação dos efeitos das nanovesículas de SDS/DDAB nas funções do solo: sua interação com o pesticida clorpirifos e o papel
das propriedades do solo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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14 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2019/03/15 - 2020/12/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal | ||
| 2017/12/01 - 2019/01/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2021/01/01 - Current | PhD student | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2019/03/15 - 2020/12/31 | NetTag - Tagging fishing gears and enhancing on board best-practices to promote waste free fisheries
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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Executive Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises (EASME)
Concluded
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| 2017/12/01 - 2019/01/31 | SpilLess - First line response to oil spills based on native microorganisms cooperation
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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EASME - Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2023/05 - 2024/05 | Machine Learning Models to Predict Plastic Degrading Enzymes with Application in Blue Biotechnology
Not available
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
Ongoing
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| 2020/01/01 - 2021/12/01 | BIOREM - Bioremediação de poluição por hidrocarbonetos ambiente aquático usando microrganismos autóctones
PTDC/BTA-GES/32186/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Conference abstract |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/06/17 | Screening marine bacteria for plastic degradation: Insights from Net Biofilms and Hydrocarbon-Degraders | 7th International Symposium on Biosorption and Biodegradation/Bioremediation – BioBio 2024
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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| 2024/05/08 | Exploring the Potential of Marine Bacteria in Plastic Degradation: Insights from Net Biofilms and Hydrocarbon-Degraders | Neptune CIIMAR seminars
CIIMAR - University of Porto (Matosinhos, Portugal)
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| 2023/12/07 | Screening for plastic-degrading potential in marine bacteria associated with net biofilms and hydrocarbon degradation | MicroBioTec'23 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023
University of Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
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| 2022/10/04 | Hydrocarbon degrading microorganisms in the NW coast of the Iberian Peninsula: a starting point for oil spills bioremediation [co-author] | International Oil Spill Science Conference 2022
(Halifax, Canada)
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| 2022/06/30 | Marine Microorganisms for Bioremediation of Oil Spills: Culture-dependent and Independent Approaches [co-author] | 2nd FEMS Conference on Microbiology, 2022
(Belgrade, Serbia)
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| 2021/11/25 | A Georeferenced Library of Native Microorganisms for Bioremediation of Oil Spills [co-author] | Microbiotec 21
Nova University of Lisbon; Portuguese Society of Microbiology and the Portuguese Society of Biotechnology (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2021/11/24 | Lyophilized bacterial agents for bioremediation of hydrocarbons in seawater: tackling a port oil spill accident | Microbiotec 21
Nova University of Lisbon; Portuguese Society of Microbiology and the Portuguese Society of Biotechnology (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2021/09/23 | Marine microbial diversity of a fuel oil leakage: bioremediation of hydrocarbons in seawater sampled after a spill accident in a port area [Flash Talk] | Blue Think Conference: Share Science, Spread Knowledge 2021
PhD students committee , CIIMAR (Matosinhos, Portugal)
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| 2019/10/25 | Bioremediation of oil spills in seawater using lyophilized native hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria | 2nd edition of the International Meeting on New Strategies in Bioremediation Processes (BioRemid2019)
Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2019/10/18 | Bioremediation of oil spills with autochthonous hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria: a work in progress | Oceanus Seminar series
CIIMAR (Matosinhos, Portugal)
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| 2019/03/27 | Development of a georeferenced library of native microbial consortia | Final SpilLess Workshop
CIIMAR (Matosinhos, Portugal)
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| 2018/07/08 | Development of a georeferenced library of native microbial consortia for bioremediation of oil spills [co-author] | 11º Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2018/06/28 | Oil spills bioremediation with native hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria: SpilLess project | EBC-VII & ISEB-2018
International Society for Environmental Biotechnology (Chania, Greece)
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| 2017/02/09 | Degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons by bacterial strains isolated from a sandy beach | 10º Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2022/10/10 - 2023/07/03 | Screening for biodegradation potential of plastic polymers by marine bacteria
Co-supervisor of Tiago Gaspar Nogueira
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Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2021/03/22 - 2021/09/17 | Selection and optimization of bacterial strains isolated from Port of Leixões for bioremediation of crude oil and maritime
fuels
Co-supervisor of Alice Melzi
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Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Scienze Agroambientali (Master)
Università degli Studi di Milano Facoltà di Scienze Agrarie e Alimentari, Italy
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| 2021/06/04 - 2021/07/30 | Bioremediation of Hydrocarbon pollutants by autochthonous microorganisms
Co-supervisor of Maria Leonor da Quinta Lobo
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Biotecnologia Medicinal (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
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| 2020/09/14 - 2021/05/24 | Microplásticos: conjuntura atual e perspetivas futuras
Supervisor of Catarina Macedo
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Análises Químico-Biológicas (12º ano) (Other)
Colégio de Gaia, Portugal
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| 2020/09/14 - 2021/05/24 | Biorremediação de solos contaminados por pesticidas
Co-supervisor of Mariana Macedo
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Análises Químico-Biológicas (Other)
Colégio de Gaia, Portugal
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| 2019/03/01 - 2019/06/01 | Bioremediation of oil spills through bacteria with potential for hydrocarbon degradation
Co-supervisor of Jorge López Pérez
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Estágio/ Projeto (Degree)
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP), Portugal
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| 2018/10/01 - 2019/06/01 | Biorremediação para mitigação e recuperação de derrames petróleo
Co-supervisor of Inês Freitas de Pinho
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Project (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
| 2019/02/01 - 2019/05/01 | Memória de Práticas - producción de un consorcio de microorganismos nativos con capacidad de biorremediación de derrames de
petróleo
Co-supervisor of Esther Figueres Herraiz
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Erausmus Práticas + (Other)
Universitat Politécnica de Valencia - School of Agricultural Engineering and Environment, Spain
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023/09/13 - 2023/09/13 | Organized by the CIIMAR PhD student's committee - The 4th edition of the Blue Think Conference was held at CIIMAR headquarters.
It counted more than 150 registrations and 75 abstract submissions. This edition had 3 keynote speakers, two of them presenting
in-person. (2023/09/13 - 2023/09/13)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
| 2023/07/04 - 2023/07/05 | Meta_Microbial workshop: Metagenomic and bioinformatic insights into microbial communities A 2-day workshop organized by
Miguel Semedo (project MIDFun, CIIMAR) and CIIMAR PhD students committee (Rafaela Perdigão and Rúben Pereira) The workshop
was held in Faculty of sciences of the University of Porto, and counted with 41 participants (2023/07/04 - 2023/07/05)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
| 2022/09/27 - 2022/09/27 | Organized by the CIIMAR PhD student's committee - The third edition of the Blue Think Conference was the first one held 100%
in-person. It counted more than 150 registrations and 67 abstract submissions. This edition had four keynote speakers, two
of them presenting in-person and two presenting in zoom. (2022/09/27 - 2022/09/27)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
| 2018/03/23 - 2018/03/26 | I held a workshop, as an invited researcher, entitled ""Bactérias degradadoras de hidrocarbonetos e o seu promissor papel
na biorremediação de ambientes marinhos após derrames de petróleo", given on the National Encounter of Biochemistry Students
(XI ENEBIOQ), in Porto (2018/03/26 - 2018/03/26)
Workshop (Other)
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Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP), Portugal |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2021/10/01 - 2024/03/01 | Core member of the CIIMAR PhD students committee. The committee aims to represent all students affiliated with CIIMAR-UP and
it was created based on three pillars: facilitate the communication between students and the institution directive board,
advocate for the student rights and organize capacity-building and networking activities. I am fully engaged in the organization
of many scientific and social events, designed mostly for PhD students and young researchers, like seminars, workshops and
an annual conference - Blue Think Conference.
Member
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Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
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| 2024/07/08 - 2024/07/25 | Searching for plastic-degrading potential in marine bacteria: ongoing analysis | Mariana Figueiredo |
| 2018/03/01 - 2018/08/01 | Growth optimization of native microorganism consortium to be used as first-line response to oil spills | Davide Ghidini |
| 2017/05/01 - 2017/07/01 | Bioremediation of petroleum in aquatic environment | Arnaud Aimale |
Distinctions
Award
| 2018 | Atlantic Project award 2018 |
Other distinction
| 2022 | Best Application
Mirpuri Foundation, Portugal
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