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Leonardo is a marine biologist (PhD) with an extensive research background in seaweed aquaculture, ecophysiology, and biotechnology, with an emphasis on the production of seaweed biomass for the commercialization of different products for various industries. He has published 39 internationally peer reviewed scientific publications, with 2000 citations. Leonardo has founded Gopsis, Lda, a CCMAR spin-off company to provide scientific consultancy and research services for the seaweed industry and for research project consortiums. Leonardo currently works as the chief scientist of Greener Grazing (www.greenergrazing .org), the leading company working on establishing large scale ocean-based cultivation of the red seaweed Asparagopsis.
Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Leonardo Mata

Nomes de citação

  • Mata, Leonardo

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
FD1E-A7E5-DD71
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5962-2483

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Biologia Marinha

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Português (Idioma materno)
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Espanhol; Castelhano Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Francês Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador elementar (A1)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2008/12
Concluído
Marine Sciences (Doutoramento)
Especialização em Aquaculture and Biotechnology
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Integrated Aquaculture of Bonnemaisoniaceae: Physiological and Nutritional Controls of Biomass Production and Halogenated Metabolite Content" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
High Distinction
2002/10
Concluído
Aquacultura (Mestrado)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Cultivation of the seaweed Ulva rotundata (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) in effluents of a semi-intensive fish farm: biomass yield and bioremdiation" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
16
1997/06/30
Concluído
Biologia Marinha e Pescas (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Caracterização taxonómica das espécies de Ulva Linnaeus, 1753, e Enteromorpha Link, 1820, (Chlorophyta, Ulvales) da Ria Formosa" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
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Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2019/01/01 - Atual Investigador principal (carreira) (Investigação) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2017/01/01 - Atual Gestão de Ciência e Tecnologia Gopsis, Lda, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2009/06/01 - 2014/12/31 Investigador principal (carreira) (Investigação) James Cook University Faculty of Science and Engineering, Austrália
2000/06/15 - 2011/12/31 Investigador (Investigação) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2021/05/01 - Atual Algae4IBD – from nature to bedside - algae based bio compound for prevention and treatment of inflammation, pain and IBD
101000501
Bolseiro de Integração na Investigação
Gopsis, Lda, Portugal
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Euratom
Em curso
2017/11 - Atual Desenvolvimento e implementação de alimentos suplementados em macroalgas ricas em vitamina K no cultivo de linguado (Solea senegalensis)
16-02-01-FMP-0058
Investigador
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
Em curso
2011/06 - 2014/12 Waterborne seaweed metabolites as a green solution for antimicrobial therapy in aquaculture
Investigador responsável
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

James Cook University, Austrália
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído
2005/10 - 2007/02 Cultivation and halogen compounds yields of Bonnemaisoniaceae red seaweeds. Stichting Weten
2005/07 - 2007 FILTRALGAE - Seaweed cultivation for saltwater biofiltration of a marine animal and aquarium exhibits
70/00092
Investigador
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluído

Projeto

Designação Financiadores
2012/01 - 2014/12 High Energy Algal Fuels
Bolseiro de Investigação
James Cook University, Austrália
ARENA Foundation
Concluído
2002/01 - 2004/12 Species diversification and improvement of aquatic production in seaweeds purifying effluents from integrated fish farms
QLRT-1999-31334
Investigador
Concluído

Outro

Designação Financiadores
2018/04 - 2026/08 Greener Grazing - a seaweed solution to combat climate change
Investigador responsável
Australis Aquaculture, Estados Unidos

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Australis Aquaculture
Em curso
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  1. Lopes, Diana; Rey, Felisa; Melo, Tânia; Pinho, Marisa; Moreira, Ana S.P.; Pes, Katia; Mata, Leonardo; Domingues, M. Rosário. "Lipidomic fingerprinting of the red seaweed Asparagopsis spp. evidencing specific profiling in gametophyte and tetrasporophyte life stages". Algal Research 77 (2024): 103353. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2023.103353.
    10.1016/j.algal.2023.103353
  2. Torres, Raquel; Campos, Ana M.; Goldman, Jacob; Barrote, Isabel; Mata, Leonardo; Silva, João. "Effects of light quality and intensity on growth and bromoform content of the red seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis". Journal of Applied Phycology (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-023-03052-6.
    10.1007/s10811-023-03052-6
  3. Zanolla, Marianela; Carmona, Raquel; Mata, Leonardo; De la Rosa, Julio; Sherwood, Alison; Barranco, Carlos Navarro; Muñoz, Antonio Román; Altamirano, María. "Concise review of the genus Asparagopsis Montagne, 1840". Journal of Applied Phycology 34 1 (2022): 1-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-021-02665-z.
    10.1007/s10811-021-02665-z
  4. Sanches-Fernandes, Gracinda M. M.; Califano, Gianmaria; Castanho, Sara; Soares, Florbela; Ribeiro, Laura; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Mata, Leonardo; Costa, Rodrigo. "Effects of live feed manipulation with algal-derived antimicrobial metabolites on fish larvae microbiome assembly: A molecular-based assessment". Aquaculture Research 53 3 (2021): 1062-1083. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/are.15648.
    10.1111/are.15648
  5. Sanches-Fernandes, Gracinda M. M.; Califano, Gianmaria; Keller-Costa, Tina; Castanho, Sara; Soares, Florbela; Ribeiro, Laura; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Mata, Leonardo; Costa, Rodrigo. "Draft Genome Sequence of Vibrio jasicida 20LP, an Opportunistic Bacterium Isolated from Fish Larvae". Microbiology Resource Announcements 10 44 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00813-21.
    10.1128/mra.00813-21
  6. Romanazzi, Donato; Sanchez-Garcia, Cristina; Svenson, Johan; Mata, Leonardo; Pes, Katia; Hayman, Colin M.; Wheeler, Thomas T.; Magnusson, Marie. "Rapid Analytical Method for the Quantification of Bromoform in the Red Seaweeds Asparagopsis armata and Asparagopsis taxiformis Using Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry". ACS Agricultural Science & Technology 1 5 (2021): 436-442. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsagscitech.1c00161.
    10.1021/acsagscitech.1c00161
  7. Torres, Raquel; Mata, Leonardo; Santos, Rui; Alexandre, Ana. "Nitrogen uptake kinetics of an enteric methane inhibitor, the red seaweed Asparagopsis armata". Journal of Applied Phycology 33 6 (2021): 4001-4009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-021-02604-y.
    10.1007/s10811-021-02604-y
  8. Sanches-Fernandes, Gracinda M. M.; Califano, Gianmaria; Keller-Costa, Tina; Castanho, Sara; Soares, Florbela; Ribeiro, Laura; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Mata, Leonardo; Costa, Rodrigo. "Draft Genome Sequence of Vibrio chagasii 18LP, Isolated from Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata) Larvae Reared in Aquaculture". Microbiology Resource Announcements 10 37 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00658-21.
    10.1128/mra.00658-21
  9. Lawton, Rebecca J.; Mata, Leonardo; de Nys, Rocky; Paul, Nicholas A.. "Correction: Algal Bioremediation of Waste Waters from Land-Based Aquaculture Using Ulva: Selecting Target Species and Strains". PLOS ONE 15 3 (2020): e0231281. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231281.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0231281
  10. Castanho, S.; Califano, G.; Soares, F.; Costa, R.; Mata, L.; Pousão-Ferreira, P.; Ribeiro, L.. "The effect of live feeds bathed with the red seaweed Asparagopsis armata on the survival, growth and physiology status of Sparus aurata larvae". Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 43 4 (2017): 1043-1054. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10695-017-0351-6.
    Publicado • 10.1007/s10695-017-0351-6
  11. Mata, Leonardo; Lawton, Rebecca J.; Magnusson, Marie; Andreakis, Nikos; de Nys, Rocky; Paul, Nicholas A.. "Within-species and temperature-related variation in the growth and natural products of the red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis". Journal of Applied Phycology 29 3 (2017): 1437-1447. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-016-1017-y.
    10.1007/s10811-016-1017-y
  12. Califano G; Castanho S; Soares F; Ribeiro L; Cox CJ; Mata L; Costa R. "Molecular Taxonomic Profiling of Bacterial Communities in a Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata) Hatchery.". Frontiers in Microbiology (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28261166.
    10.3389/fmicb.2017.00204
  13. Magnusson, Marie; Carl, Christina; Mata, Leonardo; de Nys, Rocky; Paul, Nicholas A.. "Seaweed salt from Ulva : A novel first step in a cascading biorefinery model". Algal Research 16 (2016): 308-316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2016.03.018.
    10.1016/j.algal.2016.03.018
  14. Mata, Leonardo; Magnusson, Marie; Paul, Nicholas A.; de Nys, Rocky. "The intensive land-based production of the green seaweeds Derbesia tenuissima and Ulva ohnoi: biomass and bioproducts". Journal of Applied Phycology 28 1 (2016): 365-375. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-015-0561-1.
    10.1007/s10811-015-0561-1
  15. Angell, Alex R.; Mata, Leonardo; de Nys, Rocky; Paul, Nicholas A.. "The protein content of seaweeds: a universal nitrogen-to-protein conversion factor of five". Journal of Applied Phycology 28 1 (2016): 511-524. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-015-0650-1.
    10.1007/s10811-015-0650-1
  16. Andreakis, Nikos; Costello, Paul; Zanolla, Marianela; Saunders, Gary W.; Mata, Leonardo. "Endemic or introduced? Phylogeography ofAsparagopsis(Florideophyceae) in Australia reveals multiple introductions and a new mitochondrial lineage". Journal of Phycology 52 1 (2016): 141-147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12373.
    10.1111/jpy.12373
  17. Neveux, N.; Magnusson, M.; Mata, L.; Whelan, A.; de Nys, R.; Paul, N.A.. "The treatment of municipal wastewater by the macroalga Oedogonium sp. and its potential for the production of biocrude". Algal Research 13 (2016): 284-292. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2015.12.010.
    10.1016/j.algal.2015.12.010
  18. Califano, Gianmaria; Franco, Telma; Gonçalves, Ana C. S.; Castanho, Sara; Soares, Florbela; Ribeiro, Laura; Mata, Leonardo; Costa, Rodrigo. "Draft Genome Sequence of Aliivibrio fischeri Strain 5LC, a Bacterium Retrieved from Gilthead Sea Bream ( Sparus aurata ) Larvae Reared in Aquaculture". Genome Announcements 3 3 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomea.00593-15.
    10.1128/genomea.00593-15
  19. Angell, Alex R.; Mata, Leonardo; de Nys, Rocky; Paul, Nicholas A.. "Indirect and direct effects of salinity on the quantity and quality of total amino acids inUlva ohnoi(Chlorophyta)". Journal of Phycology 51 3 (2015): 536-545. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12300.
    10.1111/jpy.12300
  20. Marie Magnusson; Leonardo Mata; Na Wang; Jian Zhao; Rocky de Nys; Nicholas A. Paul. "Manipulating antioxidant content in macroalgae in intensive land-based cultivation systems for functional food applications". Algal Research 8 (2015): 153-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2015.02.007.
    10.1016/j.algal.2015.02.007
  21. Magnusson, Marie; Mata, Leonardo; de Nys, Rocky; Paul, Nicholas A.. "Biomass, Lipid and Fatty Acid Production in Large-Scale Cultures of the Marine Macroalga Derbesia tenuissima (Chlorophyta)". Marine Biotechnology 16 4 (2014): 456-464. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10126-014-9564-1.
    10.1007/s10126-014-9564-1
  22. Angell, Alex R.; Mata, Leonardo; de Nys, Rocky; Paul, Nicholas A.. "Variation in amino acid content and its relationship to nitrogen content and growth rate inUlva ohnoi(Chlorophyta)". Journal of Phycology 50 1 (2014): 216-226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12154.
    10.1111/jpy.12154
  23. Cole, Andrew J.; Mata, Leonardo; Paul, Nicholas A.; de Nys, Rocky. "Using CO2 to enhance carbon capture and biomass applications of freshwater macroalgae". GCB Bioenergy 6 6 (2014): 637-645. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12097.
    10.1111/gcbb.12097
  24. de Paula Silva, Pedro H.; Paul, Nicholas A.; de Nys, Rocky; Mata, Leonardo. "Enhanced Production of Green Tide Algal Biomass through Additional Carbon Supply". PLoS ONE 8 12 (2013): e81164. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081164.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0081164
  25. Lawton, Rebecca J.; Mata, Leonardo; de Nys, Rocky; Paul, Nicholas A.. "Algal Bioremediation of Waste Waters from Land-Based Aquaculture Using Ulva: Selecting Target Species and Strains". PLoS ONE 8 10 (2013): e77344. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077344.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0077344
  26. Mata, L.; Wright, E.; Owens, L.; Paul, N.; de Nys, R.. "Water-soluble natural products from seaweed have limited potential in controlling bacterial pathogens in fish aquaculture". Journal of Applied Phycology 25 6 (2013): 1963-1973. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84887464911&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10811-013-0043-2
  27. Hutson, Kate S.; Mata, Leonardo; Paul, Nicholas A.; de Nys, Rocky. "Seaweed extracts as a natural control against the monogenean ectoparasite, Neobenedenia sp., infecting farmed barramundi (Lates calcarifer)". International Journal for Parasitology 42 13-14 (2012): 1135-1141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.09.007.
    10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.09.007
  28. Mata, Leonardo; Gaspar, Helena; Santos, Rui. "CARBON/NUTRIENT BALANCE IN RELATION TO BIOMASS PRODUCTION AND HALOGENATED COMPOUND CONTENT IN THE RED ALGA ASPARAGOPSIS TAXIFORMIS (BONNEMAISONIACEAE)1". Journal of Phycology 48 1 (2011): 248-253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01083.x.
    10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01083.x
  29. Mata, Leonardo; Gaspar, Helena; Justino, Fátima; Santos, Rui. "Effects of hydrogen peroxide on the content of major volatile halogenated compounds in the red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis (Bonnemaisoniaceae)". Journal of Applied Phycology 23 5 (2010): 827-832. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-010-9582-y.
    10.1007/s10811-010-9582-y
  30. Mata, Leonardo; Schuenhoff, Andreas; Santos, Rui. "A direct comparison of the performance of the seaweed biofilters, Asparagopsis armata and Ulva rigida". Journal of Applied Phycology 22 5 (2010): 639-644. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000281673100015&KeyUID=WOS:000281673100015.
    10.1007/s10811-010-9504-z
  31. Figueroa, Félix L.; Bueno, Agustín; Korbee, Nathalie; Santos, Rui; Mata, Leonardo; Schuenhoff, Andreas. "Accumulation of Mycosporine-like Amino Acids inAsparagopsis armataGrown in Tanks with Fishpond Effluents of Gilthead Sea Bream,Sparus aurata". Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 39 5 (2008): 692-699. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-7345.2008.00199.x.
    10.1111/j.1749-7345.2008.00199.x
  32. Mata, Leonardo; Silva, João; Schuenhoff, Andreas; Santos, Rui. "Is the tetrasporophyte ofAsparagopsis armata(Bonnemaisoniales) limited by inorganic carbon in integrated aquaculture?1". Journal of Phycology 43 6 (2007): 1252-1258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00421.x.
    10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00421.x
  33. Schuenhoff, Andreas; Mata, Leonardo; Santos, Rui. "The tetrasporophyte of Asparagopsis armata as a novel seaweed biofilter". Aquaculture 252 1 (2006): 3-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.11.044.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.11.044
  34. Mata, Leonardo; Silva, João; Schuenhoff, Andreas; Santos, Rui. "The effects of light and temperature on the photosynthesis of the Asparagopsis armata tetrasporophyte (Falkenbergia rufolanosa), cultivated in tanks". Aquaculture 252 1 (2006): 12-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.11.045.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.11.045
  35. Figueroa, Félix L.; Santos, Rui; Conde-Álvarez, Rafael; Mata, Leonardo; Gómez Pinchetti, Juan Luis; Matos, Joana; Huovinen, Pirjo; Schuenhoff, Andreas; Silva, João. "The use of chlorophyll fluorescence for monitoring photosynthetic condition of two tank-cultivated red macroalgae using fishpond effluents". Botanica Marina 49 4 (2006): http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot.2006.035.
    10.1515/bot.2006.035
  36. Alberto, F; Mata, L; Santos, R. "Genetic homogeneity in the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa at its northern Atlantic limit revealed through RAPD". Marine Ecology-Progress Series 221 (2001): 299-301. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000172382700025&KeyUID=WOS:000172382700025.
    10.3354/meps221299
Livro
  1. Mata, L.; Santos, R.; Chapman, Anthony R. O.; Anderson, Robert J.; Vreeland, Valerie; Davison, Ian R.. Cultivation of Ulva rotundata (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) in raceways, using semi-intensive fishpond effluents: Yield and biofiltration.. 2003.

Propriedade Intelectual

Patente
  1. Mata, Leonardo; Joshua Goldman. 2023. "Bioreactor And Method For Culturing Seaweed". Estados Unidos.
    Permitida
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2014/06 Land-based intensive production of the green seaweeds, Derbesia tenuissima and Ulva ohnoi: biomass and bio-products 5th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology
(Sydney, Austrália)
2013/04 Seaweed extracts as a natural control against fish ectoparasites 21st International Seaweed Symposium
(Bali, Indonésia)
2011/06 Seaweed as a natural control against monogenean parasites The Australian Society for Parasitology Inc.
(Cairns, Austrália)
2008/07 Bonnemaisoniaceae species as valuable candidates for fish/seaweed integrated aquaculture (Portuguese land based case study) 11th International Conference on Applied Phycology
(Galway, Irlanda)
2007/03 Is the seaweed biofilter Asparagopsis armata limited by inorganic carbon in integrated aquaculture? 19th International Seaweed Symposium
(Osaka, Japão)
2001/01 Ammonium uptake of Ulva rotundata (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) in semi-intensive fishpond effluents 17th International Seaweed Symposium
(Cape Town, África do Sul)
1999/05 Genetic differentiation of Ammophila arenaria populations along the Portuguese coast 4th National meeting of Ecology
(Aveiro, Portugal)
1998/05 Are the populations of Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson clones of the same genotype? 3rd National meeting of Ecology
(Faro, Portugal)

Orientação

Título / Tema
Papel desempenhado
Curso (Tipo)
Instituição / Organização
2021/02/01 - Atual Optimizing the growth of the red seaweed Asparagopsis by managing light quantity, quality, and frequency
Orientador
Masters in Aquaculture and Fisheries (Mestrado)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2019/10 - 2020/09 The effects of temperature and irradiance on the chemistry and antimicrobial potential of the red seaweed Asparagopsis
Orientador
Aquaculture (Mestrado)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2019/10 - 2020/09 Impact of nutrient and thermal shock on the sporulation and development of the green seaweed Ulva sp. aka ‘sea lettuce’
Orientador
Aquaculture (Mestrado)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/09 Nitrogen uptake and growth rates of the red seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis
Orientador
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2011 - 2015/06 Quantitative changes in amino acids related to nitrogen content and growth rate in the green seaweed Ulva ohnoi
Coorientador
James Cook University, Austrália
2012/06 - 2013/02 Interactions between bacteria, culture productivity and product quality of the edible green seaweed, Ulva ohnoi
Orientador
James Cook University, Austrália
2012 - 2013 The potential of Asparagopsis armata as a disinfectant for live feed to improve Seabream (Sparus aurata) larvae
Coorientador
Masters in Aquaculture and Fisheries (Mestrado)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2008/12 - 2012/12 Green tide algae integrated aquaculture for nitrogen bioremediation
Coorientador
James Cook University, Austrália

Participação em evento

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de evento
Nome do evento
Instituição / Organização
2004/10 - Atual Co-author of an oral presentation
Conferência
Aquaculture Europe

Consultoria / Parecer

Descrição da atividade Instituição / Organização
2018/03 - Atual Greener Grazing: A Seaweed Solution to Climate Change Australis Aquaculture, Estados Unidos
2018/02 - Atual Chief scientist of the research project Greener Grazing – a seaweed solution for reducing methane emissions from livestock Provide advice for developing and expanding aquaculture of seaweeds and commercial applications for seaweeds Supply seaweed biomass for feed, food and cosmetics industries Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2015/01/01 - Atual Provide advice for developing and expanding the niche market and the commercial applications of wild harvested seaweeds SeaExpert, Fisheries Consultancy, Portugal
2015/05 - 2015/12 Provided scientific opinion on developing seaweed cultivation at shrimp aquaculture facilities for wastewater bioremediation and feed supplements
2008/12 - 2009/03 Provided scientific opinion on their Business Presentation “Algal Bio-Oil Production in Brazil”
2008/05 - 2008/06 Reported on the technical and economic viability to produce microalgae for biodiesel in Portugal
Distinções

Prémio

2008 Best Oral Presentation award
National University of Ireland - Galway Martin Ryan Institute, Irlanda