Helena Isabel Dias David (FD14-F727-B301)

Curriculum Vitae

Helena Isabel Dias David

I completed my PhD in Marine Environment and Resources in 2014 on the taxonomy of potentially toxic benthic microalgae from the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula, awarded by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain. Then I was hired as a researcher by the UPV/EHU and in 2016, I got a Post-Doc contract with the same University. In 2017, I was awarded a Post-Doc scholarship by the FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal) to continue working on microalgae taxonomy, phylogeny, toxicology and ecology. I'm a specialist in several techniques of modern and traditional taxonomy, including several sampling techniques and isolating methods to cultivate different microalgae. Cultures can be analyzed by molecular biology (extraction, amplification and sequencing of DNA for phylogenetic analyzes), and microscopy (inverted microscopy, fluorescence staining and scanning electron microscopy). Physiological tests can be performed to understand the microalgae specific needs or how would they react to changes in the environment. Other competences are related with the identification of diatoms and other harmful phytoplankton, the discovery of new molecular techniques that could be applied to solving problems as the one of cryptic species and solving their taxonomy. In the future I wish to increase my knowledge about toxic species and harmful algae blooms. I have also a keen interest about other planktonic microalgae of the Portuguese coast. Starting in my PhD, besides researching, I have been giving seminars, going to conferences and do some teaching-assistance. I was also a member of tribunals from BSc, MSc and PhD and I've collaborated with several laboratories at a national and international level. I have published 16 articles in international journals, 2 in international newsletters, and two conference proceedings. I have 5 more articles in preparation and received 2 awards/honors. According to google scholar I have 503 citations and a iH-index of 15. Fields of expertise include Marine Biology and Ecology focusing on Microalgae Taxonomy, Dinoflagellates, Phylogeny, Phytoplankton, Molecular Biology, Physiology and Toxicology.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Helena Isabel Dias David

Citation names

David, Helena

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: FD14-F727-B301
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1213-464X
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=L0p77ZQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Researcher Id: N-7844-2018
Scopus Author Id: 55263382100

Email addresses

hidavid@fc.ul.pt (Professional)

Addresses

MARE-FCUL, Faculdade de Ciências (C2.4.49), Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1213-464X (Professional)
https://www.mare-centre.pt/pt/user/6268 (Professional)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Helena_David (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Toxicology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)
German	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2024/09 - 2026 Ongoing	Mestrado em Ensino de Biologia e Geologia (Mestrado) Major in Ensino Universidade de Lisboa - Instituto de Educação, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/06 Concluded	Curso de Pós-graduação em formação para Ciências para o Ensino (Pós-Graduação) Major in Geologia Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	16
2023/07/05 Concluded	Bioinformatic Methods II (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) University of Toronto, Canada
2023/07/04 Concluded	Circular Economy - Sustainable Materials Management (Outros) Lund universitet Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper, Sweden
2023/07 Concluded	International Water Law (Outros) Université de Genève, Switzerland
2023/06 Concluded	Gestão de dados científicos (Outros) Insper, Brazil
2023/06 Concluded	Excel for Beginners: Beginner Functions (Outros) Coursera Inc, United States
2023/02/02 - 2023/05/30 Concluded	Introduction to Genomic Technologies (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Johns Hopkins University Department of Biostatistics, United States
2022/12/11 Concluded	Algae Biotechnology (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) University of California San Diego California Center for Algae Biotechnology, United States	97.80%
2022/07/19 Concluded	Research Impact Training (Outros) University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
2022/05/03 Concluded	Biology meets Programming: Bioinformatics for beginners (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) University of California San Diego Department of Computer Science and Engineering, United States	99.16%
2022/04/27 Concluded	Finding Hidden Messages in DNA (Bioinformatics I) (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) University of California San Diego, United States	87.75%
2022/02/10 Concluded	Algaculture for Biotechnology (Diploma de especialização) Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom
2016 Concluded	Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression (Diploma de especialização) The University of Melbourne, Australia	97.1%
2016 Concluded	Certificado de Competências Pegagógicas/Teaching skills Certificate (CCP/CAP) (Diploma de especialização) ALAMEDAS OFFICE - consultadoria e formação de recursos humanos, Portugal	Excelente
2014/05/09 Concluded	PhD in Marine Environment and Resources (Doutoramento) Universidad del País Vasco - Campus Bizkaia, Spain "Characterization of potentially toxic dinoflagellates of the genera Coolia, Ostreopsis and Prorocentrum from the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Cum Laude y Doctor Internacional
2014 Concluded	Bioinformatic Methods I (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) University of Toronto, Canada	89%
2014 Concluded	Genes and the Human condition (from behavior to biotechnology) (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) University of Maryland Graduate School, United States	91.6%
2013/01/06 - 2013/04/27 Concluded	Research - Photophysiology of potentially toxic dinoflagellates (Doutoramento) Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee, Netherlands
2013 Concluded	Molecular tools for detecting alien species and HABs (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) AZTI-Tecnalia, Spain	n/a
2013 Concluded	Bioinformatics: Introduction and Methods (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Peking University, China	90.7%
2012/09/18 - 2012/09/27 Concluded	Introduction to Molecular Methods for Algae Research (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom	n/a
2012/07/16 - 2012/07/20 Concluded	Phylogenetic comparative methods in (Macro)Ecology (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Évora, Portugal	n/a
2012 Concluded	Statistics One in R programme (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Princeton University, United States
2012 Concluded	Introduction to Genetics and Evolution (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Duke University, United States	71.1%
2012 Concluded	Experimental Genome Science (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) University of Pennsylvania, United States	62.4%
2011 Concluded	Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Stanford University, United States	76.6%
2010 Concluded	Cromatografia de Líquidos acoplada a la deteccíon de fotodiodos y fluorescencia (HPLC) (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidad del País Vasco - Campus Bizkaia, Spain	n/a
2010 Concluded	Toxicogenomics (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidad del País Vasco - Campus Bizkaia, Spain	n/a
2009/09 Concluded	Msc in Marine Environmen and Resources (Mestrado) Universidad del País Vasco - Campus Bizkaia, Spain "Photophysiological impacts of thermal stress on four different clades of cultivated Symbiodinium" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	8.17 out of 10
2007/07 Concluded	Bsc (Hons) Biology (Bacharelato) University of South Wales, United Kingdom "Magnetic Sense in Terrapins: Do Terrapins Show Sensitivity to Induced Magnetic Fields?" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Upper second degree 2:1
2007 Concluded	BTEC in Tropical Habitat Conservation (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Frontier - The Society for Environmental Exploration, United Kingdom "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	n/a

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/03/06 - 2025/03/05	Researcher (Research)	FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
	Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2024/02	Postdoc (Research)	Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

2016/05/01 - 2017/05/01	Postdoc (Research)	Universidad del País Vasco - Campus Bizkaia, Spain

2015/04/01 - 2015/07/31	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidad del País Vasco - Campus Bizkaia, Spain

2014/07/01 - 2015/03/31	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidad del País Vasco - Campus Bizkaia, Spain

2010/03/01 - 2014/02/28	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidad del País Vasco - Campus Bizkaia, Spain

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/09/25 - 2020/01/24	Maternity (4 months)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

2015/09/01 - 2016/07/11	freelancer - online Encyclopedia of Scientific themes	Knoown.net, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2024/03/06 - 2025/03/05	VERTICAL ALGAE - Blue Bioeconomy Pact, nº C644915664-00000026 C644915664-00000026 Researcher Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal	Ongoing
2017/09 - 2024/02	Taxonomical and ecophysiological study of potentially toxic dinoflagellates (Dinophycea) SFRH/BPD/121365/2016 Post-doc Fellow Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2021/12/15 - 2022/12	Harmful Algal Blooms in a changing environment: first steps on (eco)toxicological characterisation of two potentially toxic dinoflagellates MARE Mini-Grants UIDP/04292/2020 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal	Concluded
2017/10 - 2021/11	CrassoREAB Nr16-02-01-FMP-0050 MAR-02.01.01-FEAMP-0050 Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Concluded
2012/03 - 2014/02	Characterization of potential toxic epibenthic dinoflagellates of the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula Resol nº 1840/2014 PhD Student Fellow Universidad del País Vasco, Spain	Universidad del País Vasco
2010/03 - 2012/02	Characterization of potential toxic epibenthic dinoflagellates of the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula Resolucion n 454/2010 PhD Student Fellow Universidad del País Vasco, Spain	Universidad del País Vasco Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/01/01 - Current	MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente UID/MAR/04292/2019 FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Rede de Infraestruturas em Investigação Aquática LA/P/0069/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	ARNET - Aquatic Research Infrastructure Network LA/P/0069/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2018/09/27 - 2022/09/26	HABWAVE: From benthic resting stages to HAB events: understanding the role of physical-biological coupling off NW Portugal PTDC/CTA-AMB/31265/2017 FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Instituto Hidrográfico, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2016 - 2017	Estudio taxonómico y ecofisiológico del género coolia (Dinophyceae) ESPDOC 15/039 Post-doc Universidad del País Vasco, Spain	Concluded
2015/04 - 2015/07	Fitoplancton de estuarios y aguas costeras PIC 85/15 Universidad del País Vasco, Spain	Universidad del País Vasco
2014/07 - 2015/06	Análisis de diferentes cepas de Prorocentrum lima (Dinophyceae) por morfología, fiogenía y fisiología 1840/2014 Researcher Universidad del País Vasco, Spain	Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Aquatic Research Infrastructure Network LA/P/0069/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2022 - 2025/12	Vertical algas - Pacto da bioeconomía azul nº C644915664-00000026 nº C644915664-00000026 Researcher FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book	David, Helena; Aitor Laza-Martínez; Mariana Santos; Maria Filomena Caeiro; Luciana Tartaglione; Fabio Varriale; Carmela Dell'Aversano; Antonella Penna; Ana Amorim. Morphological, molecular and toxicological data on Ostreospsis cf. siamensis (Dinophyceae) from the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula, in Harmful Algae 2018 - From Ecosystems to Socioecosystems: proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Harmful Algae, 21-26 October 2018, Nantes, France. France: International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae, Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer. 2020. Published
Conference paper	David, Helena; Patricia Nascimento; Maria Filomena Caeiro; Ricardo Melo; Ana Amorim. "First Ostreopsis cf. siamensis bloom detected in Lisbon Bay, Portugal". Paper presented in XIII Reunión Ibérica de Algas Tóxicas y Biotoxinas Marinas, Vigo, 2019. Published
Conference poster	Marta Revilla; Pilar Riobó; Ivan Patrick Tualla; Oihana Solaun; Mona Kandil; David, Helena; Aitor Laza-Martínez. "Yessotoxins in an aquaculture area off the Basque coast: their occurrence in mussels and in its potential producers". Paper presented in 20th ICHA - International Conference on Harmful Algae, 2023. Ariana Moutinho; Hugo Monteiro; Jadilson Damasceno; David, Helena; Ana Amorim; Sara Novais; Marco Lemos; Tiago Simões. "Toxicity of Ostreopsis cf. siamensis and Prorocentrum lima: effects in the coastal amphipod Echinogammarus marinus". Paper presented in Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 33rd Annual Meeting (SETAC), 2023. Tiago Simões; Ariana Moutinho; Hugo Monteiro; David, Helena; Ana Amorim; Sara Novais; Marco Lemos. "Response of a Coastal Amphipod to Single and Binary Exposures of a Toxic Seaweed and a Dinoflagellate". Paper presented in Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 33rd Annual Meeting (SETAC), 2023. Ana Amorim; Maria Filomena Caeiro; Zilhão, Rita; David, Helena. Corresponding author: Ana Amorim. "Matsuokaea loeblichii, rare but everywhere?". Paper presented in 12th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates(DINO12), 2022. Simões, T.; Monteiro, H.; Moutinho, A.; Damasceno, J.; Granada, L; Verdelhos, T.; Rocha, A.; et al. "Lethal and sublethal effects of Prorocentrum lima and Ostreopsis cf. siamensis in the estuarine amphipod Echinogammarus marinus". Paper presented in XIV Reunião Ibérica sobre Microalgas Nocivas e Biotoxinas Marinhas, 2022. Francisco, João; Dâmaso-Rodrigues, M. Luísa; Vicente, Bernardo; Rato, Ana; Joaquim, Sandra; Matias, Domitília; David, Helena; et al. "Investigating autochthonous microalgae as potential feed for aquaculture production of the Portuguese oyster Crassostrea angulata". Paper presented in 17th Euro Fed Lipid Congress And Expo Seville 20 - 23 October 2019, 2019. Vicente, Bernardo; Cachão, Mário; David, Helena; L. Silva, Joana; Tenreiro, Ana; Amorim, Ana. "Coccolithophores, a green technology for mitigation of carbon emissions". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Research 2018 (IMMR'18), 2018.
Journal article	Amorim, Ana; Caeiro, Maria F; Zilhão, Rita; David, Helena. "Matsuokaea loeblichii (Dinophyceae), rare but everywhere?". Journal of Phycology (2024): Submitted David, Helena; Laza-Martínez, A; Chómerat, N; Caeiro, M F; Verma, A; Tartaglione, L; Varriale, F; et al. "Morphological, molecular and toxicological data on Ostreopsis cf. siamensis (Dinophyceae)". Harmful Algae (2024): Submitted David, Helena; Aitor Laza-Martínez; Francisco Rodríguez; Santiago Fraga. "The genus Coolia (Dinophyceae) in the Canary Islands (NE Atlantic Ocean): the highest species richness observed worldwide". Harmful Algae (2024): Submitted Barbosa, M; Costa, P R; David, Helena; Amorim, A. "Effect of temperature on growth and yessotoxin production of Protoceratium reticulatum and Lingulodinium polyedra (Dinophyceae) isolates from the Portuguese coast". Marine Environmental Research 194 (2024): 106321-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106321. Published • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106321 Concórdio-Reis, Patrícia; David, Helena; Reis, Maria A M; Amorim, Ana; Freitas, Filomena. "Bioprospecting for new exopolysaccharide-producing microalgae of marine origin". International Microbiology 26 (2023): 1123-1130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10123-023-00367-9. Published • https://doi.org/10.1007/s10123-023-00367-9 David, Helena; Laza-Martínez, Aitor; Rodríguez, Francisco; Fraga, Santiago; Orive, Emma; David, Helena. "Coolia guanchica sp. nov. (Dinophyceae) a new epibenthic dinoflagellate from the Canary Islands (NE Atlantic Ocean)". European Journal of Phycology 55 1 (2020): 76-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2019.1651400. 10.1080/09670262.2019.1651400 Mariana Santos; Paulo Oliveira; Maria Teresa Moita; David, Helena; Maria Filomena Caeiro; Adriana Zingone; Ana Amorim; Alexandra Silva. "Ocurrence of Ostreopsis in two temperate coastal bays (SW iberia): Insights from the plankton". Harmful Algae (2019): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2019.03.003. 10.1016/j.hal.2019.03.003 Hong Chang Lim; Suh Nih Tan; Sing Tung Teng; Nina Lundholm; Emma Orive; Helena David; Sonia Quijano-Scheggia; et al. "Phylogeny and species delineation in the marine diatom Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyta) using cox1 , LSU, and ITS2 rRNA genes: A perspective in character evolution". Journal of Phycology (2018): https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12620. 10.1111/jpy.12620 Helena David; Aitor Laza-Martínez; Jacco C Kromkamp; Emma Orive. "Physiological response of Prorocentrum lima (Dinophyceae) to varying light intensities". FEMS Microbiology Ecology 94 1 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fix166. 10.1093/femsec/fix166 Helena David; Jacco C. Kromkamp; Emma Orive. "Relationship between strains of Coolia monotis (Dinophyceae) from the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula and their sampling sites". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 487 (2017): 59-67. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jembe.2016.11.014. 10.1016/j.jembe.2016.11.014 Laza-Martínez, Aitor; David, Helena; Riobó, Pilar; Miguel, Irati; Orive, Emma. "Characterization of a Strain of Fukuyoa paulensis (Dinophyceae) from the Western Mediterranean Sea". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 63 4 (2016): 481-497. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12292. 10.1111/jeu.12292 Hevia-Orube,J.; Orive,E.; David,Helena; Laza-Martinez,A.; Seoane,S.. "Skeletonema species in a temperate estuary: a morphological, molecular and physiological approach". Diatom Research 31 3 (2016): 10.1080/0269249X.2016.1228548 Hevia-Orube, Joana; Orive, Emma; David, Helena; Díez, Alejandro; Laza-Martínez, Aitor; Miguel, Irati; Seoane, Sergio. "Molecular and morphological analyses of solitary forms of brackish Thalassiosiroid diatoms (Coscinodiscophyceae), with emphasis on their phenotypic plasticity". European Journal of Phycology 51 1 (2015): 11-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2015.1077394. 10.1080/09670262.2015.1077394 David, Helena; Laza-Martínez, Aitor; García-Etxebarria, Koldo; Riobó, Pilar; Orive, Emma. "Characterization of Prorocentrum elegans and Prorocentrum levis (Dinophyceae) from the southeastern Bay of Biscay by morphology and molecular phylogeny". Journal of Phycology 50 4 (2014): 718-726. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12200. 10.1111/jpy.12200 David, Helena; Laza-Martínez, Aitor; Miguel, Irati; Orive, Emma. "Broad distribution of Coolia monotis and restricted distribution of Coolia cf. canariensis (Dinophyceae) on the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula". Phycologia 53 4 (2014): 342-352. http://dx.doi.org/10.2216/13-214.1. 10.2216/13-214.1 Alonso-González, Aitor; Orive, Emma; David, Helena; García-Etxebarria, Koldo; Garrido, José Luis; Laza-Martínez, Aitor; Seoane, Sergio. "Scaly green flagellates from Spanish Atlantic coastal waters: molecular, ultrastructural and pigment analyses". Botanica Marina 57 5 (2014): http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot-2013-0108. 10.1515/bot-2013-0108 David, Helena; Laza-Martínez, Aitor; Miguel, Irati; Orive, Emma. "Ostreopsis cf. siamensis and Ostreopsis cf. ovata from the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula: Morphological and phylogenetic characterization". Harmful Algae 30 (2013): 44-55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2013.08.006. 10.1016/j.hal.2013.08.006 Orive, Emma; Pérez-Aicua, Lara; David, Helena; García-Etxebarria, Koldo; Laza-Martínez, Aitor; Seoane, Sergio; Miguel, Irati. "The genus Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae) in a temperate estuary with description of two new species: Pseudo-nitzschia plurisectasp. nov. and Pseudo-nitzschia abrensis sp. nov.". Journal of Phycology 49 6 (2013): 1192-1206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12130. Published • 10.1111/jpy.12130 David, Helena; Ganzedo, Unai; Laza-Martínez, Aitor; Orive, Emma. "Relationships between the Presence of Ostreopsis (Dinophyceae) in the Atlantic Coast of the Iberian Peninsula and Sea-Surface Temperature". Cryptogamie, Algologie 33 2 (2012): 199-207. http://dx.doi.org/10.7872/crya.v33.iss2.2011.199. Published • 10.7872/crya.v33.iss2.2011.199
Newsletter article	David, Helena; Patrícia Nascimento; Ricardo Melo; Maria Filomena Caeiro; Ana Amorim. "Bloom of Ostreopsis cf. siamensis in the Bay of Lisbon", Harmful Algae News, 2018, http://www.e-pages.dk/ku/1380/. David, Helena; Moita, Maria teresa; Aitor Laza-Martínez; Alexandra Silva; Marcus Mateus; Hilda de Pablo; Emma Orive. "First bloom of Ostreopsis cf. ovata in the continental Portuguese coast", Harmful Algae News, 2012, http://www.e-pages.dk/ku/542/.
Report	2021. CRASSOREAB - REABilitação da produção de ostra portuguesa CRASSOstrea angulata com recurso a microalgas autóctones.
Thesis / Dissertation	David, Helena. "Characterization of potentially toxic dinoflagellates of the genera Coolia, Ostreopsis and Prorocentrum from the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula". PhD, Universidad del País Vasco - Campus Bizkaia, 2014.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/06/06	Ostreopsis en el sur occidental de Europa: ¿de vacaciones a residencia permanente? Portugal: Portugal Continental, Arquipélagos dos Açores, Madeira e Selvagens	XV Reunión Ibérica sobre MicroAlgas Tóxicas y Biotoxinas Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica Antonio González (Tenerife, España) (Tenerife, Spain)
2023/11/07	On the morphological and phylogenetic diversity of cryptophytes of the Teleaulax-Plagioselmis-Geminigera clade and the species identity of kleptoplastids from Dinophysis	20th ICHA - International Conference on Harmful Algae (Hiroshima, Japan)
2022/07/04	Matsuokaea loeblichii, rare but everywhere?	12th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, Spain (Las Palmas, Spain)
2022/06/01	Impact of harmful algal blooms on edible bivalves – Responses of Mytilus galloprovincialis to Prorocentrum lima and Ostreopsis cf. siamensis exposure	XIV Reunião Ibérica sobre Microalgas Nocivas e Biotoxinas Marinhas IPMA (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/11/19	CRASSOREAB PROJECT: REHABILITATION OF PORTUGUESE OYSTER Crassostrea angulata PRODUCTION USING AUTOCHTHONOUS MICROALGAE.	LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN AQUACULTURE University of San Jose, Costa Rica (San Jose, Costa Rica)
2019/07/25	Ecophysiology studies on different strains of Coolia monotis Meunier from the Portuguese coast	XXII Symposium of Cryptogamic Botany University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/10/25	Coolia spp. (Dinophyceae) in the Canary Islands (NE Atlantic Ocean): the highest species richness observed worldwide	ICHA2018 – The 18th International Conference on Harmful Algae International Society for the study of Harmful Algae - ISSHA (Nantes, France)
2018/10/24	Morphological, molecular and toxicological data on Ostreopsis cf. siamensis (Dinophyceae): proposal of a new species Ostreopsis rinoi sp. nov.	ICHA2018 – The 18th International Conference on Harmful Algae International Society for the study of Harmful Algae - ISSHA (Nantes, France)
2018/07/05	Coccolithophores, a green technology for mitigation of carbon emissions	IMMR’18 - International Meeting on Marine Research 2018 (Peniche, Portugal)
2018/06/21	First Ostreopsis bloom detected in the Bay of Cascais, Portugal	REDIBAL – XIII Reunión Ibérica de Algas Tóxicas y biotoxinas marinas 2018 Instituto Español de Oceanografia (Vigo, Spain)
2018/06/21	Toxic microalgae from the Basque coast and estuaries: a 15 year compilation	REDIBAL – XIII Reunión Ibérica de Algas Tóxicas y biotoxinas marinas 2018 Instituto Español de Oceanografia (Vigo, Spain)
2017/07/18	From the phylogeography of the Prorocentrum lima complex to the morphoespecies concept in P. lima sensu stricto and P. arenarium	11th International conference on modern and fossil dinoflagellates University of Bordeaux I (Bordeaux, France)
2017/07/17	First report of an Alexandrium bloom in the Bilbao estuary and its unexpected composition	11th International conference on modern and fossil dinoflagellates University of Bordeaux I (Bordeaux, France)
2017/07/17	Physiological response of Prorocentrum lima (Dinophyceae) to varying light intensities	11th International conference on modern and fossil dinoflagellates University of Bordeaux I (Bordeaux, France)
2015/12/17	Characterization of a strain of Fukuyoa paulensis (Dinophyceae) from the Western Mediterranean Sea	CISA 2015 – III Iberian Congress of Biological systematics (Vitória-Gasteiz, Spain)
2015/02/24	Photophysiology of the benthic dinoflagellate Coolia monotis from the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula	ASLO 2015 – Aquatic Sciences Meeting Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (Granada, Spain)
2015/02/22	Comparative molecular and morphological analyses of solitary forms of centric diatoms with particular emphasis on the phenotypic plasticity	ASLO 2015 – Aquatic Sciences Meeting Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (Granada, Spain)
2014/10/27	Analyses of different strains of Prorocentrum lima (Dinophyceae) by morphology, phylogeny and physiology	16th ICHA – 16th International Conference on Harmful Algae International Society for the study of Harmful Algae - ISSHA (Wellington, New Zealand)
2013/11/09	Mikroalgen ikerketarako taldea UPV/EHUn	Natur Zientzien I. Topaketa (San Sebastian, Spain)
2013/10/17	Caracterización de una cepa de Gambierdiscus de las Islas Baleares	XII Reunión Ibérica sobre Microalgas Nocivas y Biotoxinas (Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
2013/10/17	Main constrains in the identification of Prorocentrum species	XII Reunión Ibérica sobre Microalgas Nocivas y Biotoxinas (Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
2012/10/28	Distribution and characterization of potentially toxic dinoflagellates in the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula	15th ICHA – XV International conference on Harmful Algae International Society for the study of Harmful Algae - ISSHA (Changwon, South Korea)
2011/06/01	Presencia de Ostreopsis en la costa Atlántica de la Peninsula Ibérica	XI Reunión Ibérica sobre Microalgas Nocivas y Biotoxinas University of the Basque Country (Bilbao, Spain)
2011/04/04	Phylogenetic study of the genus Ostreopsis along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula	International Conference on Ostreopsis Development Institute de la Mer de Villefranche (Villefranche-sur-mer, France)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/10 - Current	Ecotoxicology and Biotechnology valorization of dinoflagellate species from the Portuguese coast Co-supervisor	Mestrado em Biotecnologia dos Recursos Marinhos (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria MARE, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/06 - 2019/08	Ecophysiological studies on different strains of Coolia monotis from the Portuguese coast Co-supervisor	Mestrado (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/07/12 - Current	Workshop “Pacto da Bioeconomia Azul: WP5 Vertical Algas” (2023/07/12) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/01/28 - 2022/06/05	XIV Reunião Ibérica sobre Microalgas Nocivas e Biotoxinas Marinhas (2022/06/01 - 2022/06/03) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/08/01 - 2018/11/10	Teaching school teachers under the program: "O MARE vai à escola" to spread the word about toxic or harmful phytoplankton present in the Portuguese coast. Created a Didactic card game to identify good, toxic or harmful phytoplankton from the Portuguese coast. Age range – From 8+ (01-08-2018 - 10-11-2018) (2018/11/10) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010/07/01 - 2011/05/25	Organizing Committee of the Iberian conference: XI Reunión Ibérica sobre Microalgas Nocivas y Biotoxinas, in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain (30-05-2011 – 01-06-2011). Tasks included: Conference Webpage design, and updates and preparation and organize and editing abstract book. (2011/05/30 - 2011/06/01) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidad del País Vasco, Spain

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/05/03 - Current	Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon University Open Day - Day to receive prospect students and show them the research that we do within our laboratories. Exhibition	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/05/09 - Current	1 hour seminar to 3rd year students of the course "Biologia Celular e Genética" about the Taxonomy of potentially toxic benthic dinoflagellates Seminar	Taxonomy of potentially toxic benthic dinoflagellates Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/09/28 - Current	European Researchers' Night - Noite Europeia dos Investigadores. Showing and explaining what we don't see in the sea: Take a look under the microscope at microalgae samples from the Lisbon bay coastal area with phytoplankton and toxic dinoflagellates. Other	European Researchers' Night - Noite Europeia dos Investigadores.
2018/03/13 - Current	1 hour seminar to Ecology students about the Taxonomy of potentially toxic benthic dinoflagellates. Seminar	Taxonomy of potentially toxic benthic dinoflagellates Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/09/29 - Current	European Researchers' Night - Noite Europeia dos Investigadores. Showing and explaining what we don't see in the sea: Take a look under the microscope at microalgae samples from the Lisbon bay coastal area with phytoplankton and toxic dinoflagellates. Other	European Researchers' Night - Noite Europeia dos Investigadores.
2016/06/20 - Current	Invited speaker at the 10 year reunion of the Erasmus Mundus Master Marine Environment (MER) and Resources. Talked 20 minutes about the scientific career and the impact that the Master had in my future for an audience of future, present and past students and all the MER consortium including teachers from several countries, staff, guests and the vice-rector of investigation of the UPV/EHU. Meeting	10 Year MER consortium Universidad del País Vasco Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Spain
2013/09/26 - Current	Seminar of research awareness to the department of Plant Biology. Disclosure of taxonomy techniques and distribution of harmful algae in the basque coast. 30minutes Seminar	Characterization of potentially toxic dinoflagellates of the genera Coolia, Ostreopsis and Prorocentrum from the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula Universidad del País Vasco Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Spain
2013/06/28 - Current	1 hour talk about: Characterization of potentially toxic dinoflagellates of the genera Coolia, Ostreopsis and Prorocentrum from the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula, in Plentzia Marine Station (PIE), a marine center belonging to the UPV/EHU, in the Basque Country, Spain. The main purpose was teaching taxonomic techniques on toxic algae for students, researchers and professors. Conference	Characterization of potentially toxic dinoflagellates of the genera Coolia, Ostreopsis and Prorocentrum from the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2013/04/24 - Current	1 hour talk about: Characterization of potentially toxic dinoflagellates of the genera Coolia, Ostreopsis and Prorocentrum from the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula, in the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) - The Netherlands. Objective was to disclosure taxonomical techniques and awareness about benthic microalgae. Conference	Characterization of potentially toxic dinoflagellates of the genera Coolia, Ostreopsis and Prorocentrum from the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee Vestiging Yerseke, Netherlands
2011/02/11 - Current	Conference of 20 minutes about the genetic and morphological diversity of epiphytic dinoflagellates in the Donostia Aquarium, San Sebastian, Spain; target - Master MER (Marine Environment and Resources) students. Conference	Genetic and morphological diversity of epiphytic dinoflagellates Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2023/01 - 2023/06	A escola vem ao MARE - Activity where schools bring their classes to the university and we teach them about phytoplankton and the microalgae culture collection of Lisbon University. Workshop	Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2018/05/04 - 2018/05/04	Crassoreab- Reabilitação da produção de ostra portuguesa Crassostrea angulata com recurso a amicroalgas autóctones. XIV Seminário de Aquacultura, 4 maio 2018, Setúbal, Portugal - Amorim, Ana, Vanda Brotas, Ana Brito, Helena David, M. Luísa Dâmaso-Rodrigues, Luís Narciso, Pedro Ré, Rita Zilhão, Ana Tenreiro, Rogério Tenreiro,, Narcisa M. Bandarra, Sandra Joaquim, Domitília Matias, Célia Rodrigues, Sónia Forte. Symposium	XIV Seminário de Aquacultura
2014/08/27 - 2014/08/29	Bloom-forming diatoms of estuarine waters as potential fuel source - Poster presentation Conference	ICAB 2014 – 2nd International conference on Algal Biorefinery: A potential source of food, feed, biochemicals, biofuels and biofertilizers Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark
2013/10/13 - 2013/10/17	Genetic diversity of the harmful diatom genus Pseudo-Nitzchia in a temperate estuary - Poster Presentation Conference	ECSA 53 – Estuaries and coastal areas in times of intense change
2012/07/08 - 2012/07/13	Harmful blooms of small centric diatoms in estuarine waters Conference	ALSO – Aquatic Sciences Meeting

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2020/04/03	Ecophysiological studies on different strains of Coolia monotis from the Portuguese coast Supervisor	Patrícia Isabel Costa Nascimento (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/02/01	Member of the tribunal of the international PhD thesis of student María García Portela – Comparative ecophysiology of two mixotrophic species of Dinophysis producers of lipophilic toxins Thesis Member	María García Portela (PhD) Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2014/09/22	Dinoflagellates cysts study in two harbours of the Basque Country (Thesis) Arguer	Alicia Garrote (Master) Universidad del País Vasco - Campus Bizkaia, Spain

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2012/10 - 2020/09	International Society on the Study of Harmful Algae

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2018/09/10 - 2018/09/12	External International Evaluator for PhD thesis submission of student Suh Nih Tan. Thesis title: Molecular characterization of harmful diatom Pseudo-nitzschia and Nitzschia species (Bacillariophyceae) from east coasts of Peninsular Malaysia.	Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023/03 - 2023/05	2nd semester of 2022/2023	Botânica Marinha (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/09 - 2022/12	1st semester of 2022/2023	Biologia do Fitoplâncton (Mestrado)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/09/17 - 2018/12/28	1st semester of 2018/2019	Biologia do Fitoplâncton (Mestrado)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/04/05 - 2017/06/05	Invited lectured (9 hours) in the Master in Toxicology and Environmental Contamination and Master in Marine Environment and Resources in the course of Eutrophication and Harmful Algae at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and in PIE - Plentzia Marine Station	Eutrophication and Harmful Algae (Master)	Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2016/09/27 - 2016/12/28	Teaching 3rd year Ecology students (BSc Biology) during the first semester of 2016	Ecologia (Bachelor (1st cycle))	Universidad del País Vasco Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Spain
2015/02 - 2015/06	Invited lectured in the Erasmus Mundus Master in Marine Environment and Resources, during the academic year 2014/2015. Module of Eutrophication and Harmful Algae. (12 hours) Objectives taught: Scanning electron microscopy laboratory, Cleaning a mixed sample of Diatoms for posterior analysis, and sample preparation for scanning electron microscope, sample observation and identification of diatoms present in the sample. End: June 2015	Eutrophication and Harmful Algae (Master)	Universidad del País Vasco Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Spain
2012/06/11 - 2012/06/11	2012 - invited lecturer (2 hours) in the European Masters in Marine Environment and Resources, in the Harmful Phytoplankton course in the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). The aims of the course was to teach students to learn about taxonomic techniques of phytoplankton identification as Fluorescence microscopy, HPLC and molecular methods for algae extraction and amplification.	Harmful Phytoplankton (Master)	Universidad del País Vasco Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Spain

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2017/04/07 - 2017/08/08	Renowned expert/Evaluator for the Unity through Knowledge Fund (UKF) / Croatian Science Foundation (CSF) for project: Ecological analysis and risk assessment of benthic harmful algae blooms caused by Ostreopsis species along the Croatian coast“ Evaluator	Unity through Knowledge Fund (UKF) / Croatian Science Foundation (CSF), Croatia	Unity through Knowledge Fund (UKF) / Croatian Science Foundation (CSF)

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024/04 - Current	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
2024/03 - Current	Botanica Marina
2019/01/10 - Current	FEMS Microbiology Ecology (1574-6941)	Oxford University Press
2015/08/20 - Current	Toxins (2072-6651)	MDPI AG
2015/07 - Current	European Journal of Phycology (1469-4433)	Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2015/06 - Current	Phycologia (2330-2968)	Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2014/02 - Current	Harmful Algae (1568-9883)	Elsevier
2017/03/10 - 2017/05/05	Biodiversity Journal	Edizioni Danaus sas
2014/07 - 2015/08	Algal Research (2211-9264)	Elsevier
2013/11/11 - 2013/11/26	AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY (1684-5315)	Academic Journals

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2024/09 - 2024/12	Analise de lípidos e identificação molecular de microalgas	Yola Leite, Mariana Seco, Mariana Nanques
2023/08/25 - 2024/01/30	Internship on Microalgae tecniques - Sampling, Isolating, Culturing, Cell Counts, Molecular Taxonomy.	Daniël Hinz
2022/06 - 2023/12	Harmful Algae from Madeira	Teresa Silva
2022/04 - 2022/09	Molecular identification of strains of Protoceratium reticulatum and Lingulodinium polyedra	Miguel Barbosa
2019/02 - 2019/06	Contribution to the identification of different strains of diatoms from the Portuguese coast	Rani de la Rivière
2019/02 - 2019/06	Contribution to the identification of different strains of diatoms from the Portuguese coast	Rodrigo Coelho
2018/02 - 2018/06	Cytotoxicity evaluation of Ostreopsis cf. siamensis and Ostreopsis cf. ovata during their growth curve	Rita Elias
2018/02 - 2018/06	Cytotoxicity evaluation of Ostreopsis cf. siamensis and Ostreopsis cf. ovata during their growth curve	Márcia Grou
2018/02 - 2018/06	Growth rate determination of strains of Coolia monotis (Dinoflagellate) from Cascais and Lagos	Vanessa Mesquita
2018/01 - 2018/05	Growth curves of the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and a cianobacteria Arthrospira maxima at three different light intensities by two different methods	Joana Dias Nunes
2018/01 - 2018/05	Growth curves of the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and a cianobacteria Arthrospira maxima at three different light intensities by two different methods	Carolina Lopes de Mira

Distinctions

Award

2017	Finalist of the VII competition of Scientific photography - Sgiker, Leioa, Spain 02-2017 Universidad del País Vasco Facultad de Medicina y Odontologia, Spain
2014	1st Place in the V competition of Scientific Photography - Sgiker, Leioa, Spain 02-2014 Universidad del País Vasco - Campus Bizkaia, Spain

Other distinction

2011	11 beaches were closed in the Algarve (Portugal) due to Ostreopsis spp. proliferations