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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Clara Ângela Magalhães Loureiro

Citation names

  • Magalhães Loureiro, Clara

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F710-BF94-0AAB
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3972-0078

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Oceanography

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/02/10
Concluded
 Ciencias do Mar (Doutoramento)
Major in Oceanography
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
"Azores Oceanic Microbes:understanding the structure and dynamics of microbial communities through ocean space and time scales" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aproved with Distinction and Unanimous Praise
2021/10 - 2021/10
Concluded
 Glider School Plocan, IX edition (Outros)
Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias, Spain
2019/06 - 2019/07
Concluded
 Summer School: ”5th summer school on Ocean Remote Sensing Synergy”. (Outros)
IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, United States
2017/05 - 2017/06
Concluded
 Collaborative internship: PhD microbial sample preparation for molecular analysis. (Outros)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2016/11 - 2016/12
Concluded
 Research training: “North South Atlantic Training transect 2016”. (Outros)
Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Germany
2016/04 - 2016/04
Concluded
 Course: “Sample preparation for molecular analysis” (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2015/05 - 2015/06
Concluded
 Research Training: “Microbial and Geochemical Oceanography in Upwelling Ecosystems” (Outros)
University of Namibia - Sam Nujoma Campus, Namibia
2015/03 - 2015/03
Concluded
 Workshop: “Micro B3 OSD Analysis Workshop 2015” (Outros)
European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom
2014/05 - 2014/06
Concluded
 Summer School: “From Sampling to Analyzing Microbial Diversity and Function Micro B3 Summer School” (Outros)
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Greece, Greece
2013/07 - 2013/08
Concluded
 ERASMUS Summer Course: “Formation of Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Training in Earth Observation” (Outros)
University of Leicester, United Kingdom
2012/08 - 2012/10
Concluded
 Scientific Internship: "North Atlantic Virus Infection of Coccolithophore Expedition Internship" (Outros)
Rutgers University New Brunswick, United States
2011/06 - 2011/07
Concluded
 Summer Course: Microbial Oceanography: The Biogeochemistry, Ecology and Genomics of Oceanic Microbial Ecosystems (Outros)
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, Bermuda
2008
Concluded
 Biologia Marinha (Licenciatura)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
"Microbial planktonic communities characterization in sea surface waters at South of Pico Island, using molecular techniques" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013 - 2022 PhD Student Fellowship Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2021/10 - 2021/11 Research Scientist Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2018/04 - 2021/10 Research Scientist Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2014/06/21 - 2016/06/21 OSD initiative: member of the coordinaton team of the logistics for preparation of the sampling site at Faial Island Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2014/07/23 - 2014/08/07 Assistant lecturer in the “FORMAT-EO ERASMUS Summer Course 2014: Applications of RS in marine/coastal and atmosphere” University of Leicester, United Kingdom
2010/03/01 - 2012/03/01 Research Scientist Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020 - 2022 BIOMETORE: Biodiversity in seamounts: the Madeira-Tore and Great Meteor
PT02-0018
Researcher
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
 EEA Grants
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/04 - 2025 COAST: COnservation of mArine ecosystems around Santo AnTão, Cabo Verde: implications for policy and society
DivRestore/0005/2020
Researcher
Ongoing
2016/06/01 - 2019/12/31 WAVEBUOY: "Wave-powered oceanographic buoy for long term deployment"
PTDC/MAR-TEC/0914/2014
Research Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009 - 2010 CONDOR - Observatory for a Long Term Study and Monitoring of Azorean Seamount Ecosystems
PT0040
Oceanography Team Member
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
 EEA Grants
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2020 - Current MAGAL constellation: Setting the cornerstone of a future ocean and climate change monitoring constellation, based on radar altimeter data combined with gravity and ocean temperature and salinity measurements
45916
Researcher
Efacec Power Solutions, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Ongoing
2017/11/04 - 2021/11/03 iFADO: Innovation in the framework of the Atlantic deep ocean
EAPA_165/2016
Science and Technology Management Fellow
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal

Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
European Union
Concluded
2017/01/01 - 2021/01/31 MARINE-EO Bridging Innovative Downstream Earth Observation and Copernicus enabled Services for Integrated maritime environment, surveillance and security
730098
Researcher
Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Concluded
2015 - 2015 DIAPICNA: "Diazotrophic Pico-Cyanobacteria in the North Atlantic open ocean: their abundance and importance as a source of new nitrogen at the Azores Front/Current"
228344
Researcher
European Union
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. ""Space and Time Variability of MODIS/AQUA derived OC and SST parameters on two major complex seamount systems (Great Meteor and Madeira-Tore)"". Paper presented in International Ocean Colour Science 2017 Meeting, 2017.
  2. "“Microbial diversity and primary production in the Benguela Ecosystem.”". Paper presented in RGNO Open symposium day, 2015.
  3. "“Detection of Emiliania huxleyi in the open ocean NE Atlantic using MODIS/AQUA Ocean Color imagery”.". Paper presented in Ocean Sciences Meeting, 2014.
  4. "“DIAPICNA: Impact of contrasting physico-chemical conditions at the North-Western Azores Front on N2-, CO22- fixation and the abundance of diazotrophic unicellular cyanobacteria”". Paper presented in Eurofleets Final Conference, 2013.
Journal article
  1. Pieper, C.; Magalhães Loureiro, C.; Law, K.L.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Quintino, V.; Rodrigues, A.M.; Ventura, M.A.; Martins, A.. "Marine litter footprint in the Azores Islands: A climatological perspective". Science of the Total Environment 761 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85095806624&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143310
  2. Loureiro, Clara Ângela Magalhães. "Application of Matrix Scoring Techniques to evaluate marine debris sources in the remote islands of the Azores Archipelago". Environmental Pollution (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.03.084.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2019.03.084
  3. Emanuele Ciancia; Clara Magalhães Loureiro; Ana Mendonça; Irina Coviello; Carmine Di Polito; Teodosio Lacava; Nicola Pergola; et al. "On the potential of an RST-based analysis of the MODIS-derived chl-a product over Condor seamount and surrounding areas (Azores, NE Atlantic)". Ocean Dynamics 66 9 (2016): 1165-1180. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10236-016-0972-9.
    10.1007/s10236-016-0972-9
  4. Virginie Riou; Debany Fonseca-Batista; Arnout Roukaerts; Isabelle C. Biegala; Shree Ram Prakya; Clara Magalhães Loureiro; Mariana Santos; et al. "Importance of N2-Fixation on the Productivity at the North-Western Azores Current/Front System, and the Abundance of Diazotrophic Unicellular Cyanobacteria". PLOS ONE 11 3 (2016): e0150827-e0150827. https://doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0150827.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0150827
  5. Anna Kopf; Mesude Bicak; Renzo Kottmann; Julia Schnetzer; Ivaylo Kostadinov; Katja Lehmann; Antonio Fernandez-Guerra; et al. "The ocean sampling day consortium". GigaScience 4 1 (2015): https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs13742-015-0066-5.
    10.1186/s13742-015-0066-5
  6. I. Bashmachnikov; C.M. Loureiro; A. Martins. "Topographically induced circulation patterns and mixing over Condor seamount". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 98 (2013): 38-51. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.dsr2.2013.09.014.
    10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.09.014
  7. M. Santos; M.T. Moita; I. Bashmachnikov; G.M. Menezes; V. Carmo; C.M. Loureiro; A. Mendonça; A.F. Silva; A. Martins. "Phytoplankton variability and oceanographic conditions at Condor seamount, Azores (NE Atlantic)". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 98 (2013): 52-62. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.dsr2.2013.05.037.
    10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.05.037
  8. Vanda Carmo; Mariana Santos; Gui M. Menezes; Clara M. Loureiro; Paolo Lambardi; Ana Martins. "Variability of zooplankton communities at Condor seamount and surrounding areas, Azores (NE Atlantic)". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 98 (2013): 63-74. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.dsr2.2013.08.007.
    10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.08.007
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Loureiro, Clara Ângela Magalhães. "Microbial planktonic communities characterization in sea surface waters at South of Pico Island, using molecular techniques". Degree, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/209.

Other

Other output
  1. iFADO project: contribution to the determination of the Good Environmental Status in the Atlantic Area through modeling and in situ monitoring approaches. 2020. Rodríguez-Ramos, T. (Tamara); García-García, L. (Luz); Bode, A. (Antonio); Ibáñez-Tejero, L. (Laura); Marta-Almeida, M. (Martinho); Ruiz-Villarreal, M. (Manuel).
Activities

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2018/08/27 - 2018/10/02 Research Scientist | M150 | "BIODIAZ Project: Biodiversity of the Azores" | RV Meteor | Cruise sampling support; Biological sampling for prokaryotes (collection, filtration and storage), phytopigments, nutrients, microplastics; Physical sampling (CTD's).
2018/05/02 - 2018/05/27 Research Scientist | POS523: observational program of the "TRR 181: Energy Transfers in Atmosphere and Ocean" | RV Poseidon | Cruise sampling support; Biological sampling for prokaryotes (collection, filtration and storage), phytopigments, nutrients; Physical sampling (CTD's and ADCP).
2016/11/12 - 2016/12/12 Research Student | NoSoAT2016 | PS-102 "North South Atlantic Training Transect 2016" | financed through the Nippon Foundation through a collaboration between the Alfred Wagner Institute (AWI), the Strategic Marine Alliance for Research and Training (SMART), Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) | RV Polarstern
2016/09/11 - 2016/09/28 Research Scientist | BIOMETORE cruise | "Biodiversity in seamounts: the Madeira-Tore and Great Meteor)" | NI Noruega | Cruise sampling support; Biological sampling for prokaryotes (collection, filtration and storage), phytopigments, nutrients, microplastics; Physical sampling (CTD's).
2015/09/14 - 2015/10/01 Research Scientist | BIOMETORE cruise | "Biodiversity in seamounts: the Madeira-Tore and Great Meteor" | NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho | Cruise sampling support; Biological sampling for prokaryotes (collection, filtration and storage), phytopigments, nutrients, microplastics; Physical sampling (CTD’s).
2015/05/11 - 2015/05/19 Research Student | MOM cruise | "Monitoring Observation Program" | RV Mirabilis | Cruise sampling support; Biological sampling for prokaryotes (collection, filtration and storage); Physical sampling (CTD's).
2011/07/25 - 2011/08/03 Research Scientist | DIAPICNA Cruise | "Diazotrophic pico-cyanobacteria in the North Atlantic open ocean: their abundance and importance as a source of new nitrogen at the Azores Front/Current" NRP Dom Carlos| Cruise organization, plan and logistics; Biological sampling (collection, filtration and storage) for bacterioplankton, phytoplankton, large pico plankton, pigments, nutrients, DIC and POM. Physical sampling (CTD’s).
2010/10/19 - 2010/10/20 Research Scientist | CONDOR-OCE-2010-O02 | "CONDOR-Observatory for long-term study and monitoring of azorean ecosystems" | RV Arquipelago | Cruise organisation, plan and logistics; Biological sampling (collection, filtration and storage) for bacterioplankton, phytoplankton, large pico plankton, pigments, nutrients, DIC and POM; Physical sampling (CTD’s).
2010/07/13 - 2010/07/16 Research Scientist | CONDOR-OCE-2010-V01 | "CONDOR-Observatory for long-term study and monitoring of azorean ecosystems" | RV Arquipelago | Cruise organisation, plan and logistics; Biological sampling (collection, filtration and storage) for bacterioplankton, phytoplankton, large pico plankton, pigments, nutrients, DIC and POM; Physical sampling (CTD¿s).
2010/06/01 - 2010/06/01 Research Scientist | ARQDAÇO-32-P10 | "Demersais project - Annual monitorization of the demersal and depth fish abundance of the Azores)" | RV Arquipelago | Demersal fish identification and biological sampling including biometrics, organ and tissue sampling for analyses (e.g. maturation ages, stomach contents, DNA, aging structures), tag and release.
2010/05/19 - 2010/05/21 Research Scientist | ARQDAÇO-32-P10 | "Demersais project - Annual monitorization of the demersal and depth fish abundance of the Azores)" | RV Arquipelago | Demersal fish identification and biological sampling including biometrics, organ and tissue sampling for analyses (e.g. maturation ages, stomach contents, DNA, aging structures), tag and release.
2010/03/29 - 2010/03/31 Research Scientist | CONDOR-PAC-Mar10 | "CONDOR-Observatory for long-term study and monitoring of azorean ecosystems" | RV Arquipelago | Hydroacoustic cruises on Condor and Princesa Alice Seamounts with water sampling collection through bongo nets for zooplankton and phytoplankton counting and characterisation
2010/03/10 - 2010/03/11 Research Scientist | CONDOR-OCE-2010-P01 | "CONDOR-Observatory for long-term study and monitoring of azorean ecosystems" | RV Arquipelago | Cruise organisation, plan and logistics; Mooring deployment and retrieval; Biological sampling (collection, filtration and storage) for bacterioplankton, phytoplankton, large pico plankton, pigments, nutrients, DIC and POM; Physical sampling (CTD¿s).
2008/07/21 - 2008/07/25 Research Student | LAMAR-OCE-2008-V01/DEECON-OCE-2008-V02 | Large Scale and Mesoscale dynamics of the Azores region from remote sensing and in situ data an their effect on biological productivity | RV Arquipelago | Cruise organization, plan and logistics; Mooring deployment and retrieval; Biological sampling (collection, filtration and storage) for bacterioplankton, phytoplankton, large pico plankton, pigments
2008/07/03 - 2008/07/08 Research Student | DEECON-30-V08 | RV Arquipelago | Biological sampling (collection, filtration and storage) for bacterioplankton, phytoplankton, large pico plankton, pigments, nutrients, DIC and POM; Physical sampling (CTD’s. Demersal fish identification and biological sampling including biometrics, organ and tissue sampling for analyses (e.g. maturation ages, stomach contents, DNA, aging structures), tag and release.
Distinctions

Other distinction

2016 Trainee full support (travel, fee and attendance) for participation in the NoSoAT 2016 - Nippon Foundation
2015 Student full support (travel, fee and attendance) for participation in the RGNO 2015 - Namibia, Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)
2013 Doctoral Grant (PhD), Azores Regional Fund of Science and Technology (FRCT)
Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
2012 Internship award for 2 months at the Rutgers University, USA
Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2011 Student full support (travel, fee and attendance) for BIOS Summer Course attendance, Gordon and Betty-Moore Foundation.
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, United States
2011 Student travel award (travel) for BIOS Summer Course attendance
Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal