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MSc in Environmental Engineering - Environmental Systems, by NOVA University Lisbon, João Pequeno is a researcher at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering from NOVA School of Science and Technology and MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre since 2019. His main work revolves around science management and communication and he has collaborated in national and international marine litter projects, such as RIVER-SEA, CleanAtlantic, PLASTISPHERE and i-PLASTIC. His main research interests are water pollution, microplastics and circular economy.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João Pequeno

Citation names

  • Pequeno, João

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3819-5CAA-3A54
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8972-0853
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8N-4V7oAAAAJ

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/01/31
Concluded
Post Graduation in Marine Science Technology and Society (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
17
2017/05/23
Concluded
MSc in Environmental Engineering (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Environmental Systems
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Microplastics in Bivalves (Mytilus gallo-provincialis and Scrobicularia plana) and Polychaetes (Marphysa sanguinea)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/04/23 - Current Science and Technology Management Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021 - 2023 i-plastic - From the land to the sea, the fate of micro and nanoplastics
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans (JPI Oceans)
Concluded
2016 - 2017 BASEMAN - Defining the baselines and standards for microplastics analyses in European waters
Master Student Fellow
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/10 - 2023/01 IUCNs Monitoring and Evaluation Policy, the Final Evaluation of the Plastic Waste Free Islands (PWFI) project
000
Researcher
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2020 - 2023 PLASTISPHERE - Understanding microplastic biota composition and dynamics along the coasts of Israel and Portugal<br>
PT-IL/0001/2019
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018 - 2022 Land-based sources of marine litter and microplastics. Evaluation and modelling of the input from rivers and estuaries and implementation of prevention and reduction strategies at the source
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Pequeno, João; Filipa Bessa; Sobral, Paula; Antunes, Joana. "Microplastics in Marine and Estuarine Species From the Coast of Portugal". In Microplastics in the Marine Environment: Sources, Distribution, Biological Effects and Socio-Economic Impacts, edited by Lima, André Ricardo Araújo; Ivar do Sul, Juliana Assunção; Frias, João P. G. L; Panti, Cristina, 250-261. Frontiers Media SA, 2021.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. 9616-0116-4770 ; Sobral, Paula; Ana Pires; Pequeno, João; Pais, Joana. Corresponding author: 9616-0116-4770. "Land-based sources of microplastics in the Lis River, Portugal.". Paper presented in ECSA 58 - EMECS 13, 2022.
  2. Sá, Bárbara Andreia; Pais, Joana; Pequeno, João; Ana Filipa Bessa; Sobral, Paula. "From the source to the ocean: Seasonal abundance of microplastics in the Mondego River, Portugal". Paper presented in 16th International Conference Littoral 22, Caparica, 2022.
  3. Sá, Bárbara Andreia; Pais, Joana; Sobral, Paula; Ana Pires; Pequeno, João. Corresponding author: Pequeno, João. "Microplastics in the Lis River, Portugal: abundance and distribution in relation to sources". Paper presented in 16th International Conference Littoral 22, Caparica, 2022.
  4. Rodrigues, Diana; Pequeno, João; Antunes, Joana; Sobral, Paula; Maria Helena Costa. Corresponding author: Rodrigues, Diana. "Are microplastics detected in the bogue Boops boops (L.) reflecting those available in its coastal feeding grounds?". Paper presented in ECSA 58 - EMECS 13: Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene ¿ Structure, functions, services, and management, 2021.
  5. Antunes, Joana; Sobral, Paula; Dhimmer, Viren; Pequeno, João; Bessa, F. "Fish, bivalves and polychaeta: microplastics ingestion in Portuguese Coastal waters". Paper presented in MICRO 2018. Fate and Impact of Microplastics: Knowledge, Actions and Solutions, Lanzarote, 2018.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Rodrigues, Diana; Pequeno, João; Pais, Joana; Antunes, Joana; Sobral, Paula; Costa, Maria Helena. "Comparing microplastics ingested by the bogue Boops boops (Teleostei: Sparidae) to those available in its feeding areas: A case study on the Portuguese west coast". Regional Studies in Marine Science 65 (2023): 103093. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103093.
    10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103093
  2. Rodrigues, Diana; Antunes, Joana; Pais, Joana; Pequeno, João; Caetano, Paulo Sá; Rocha, Fernando; Sobral, Paula; Costa, Maria Helena. "Distribution patterns of microplastics in subtidal sediments from the Sado river estuary and the Arrábida marine park, Portugal". Frontiers in Environmental Science 10 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.998513.
    Published • 10.3389/fenvs.2022.998513
  3. Bárbara Sá; Joana Pais; Joana Antunes; João Pequeno; Ana Pires; Paula Sobral. "Seasonal Abundance and Distribution Patterns of Microplastics in the Lis River, Portugal". Sustainability 14 4 (2022): 2255-2255. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14042255.
    10.3390/su14042255
  4. Pequeno, João; Antunes, Joana; Dhimmer, Viren; Bessa, Filipa; Sobral, Paula. "Microplastics in Marine and Estuarine Species From the Coast of Portugal". Frontiers in Environmental Science 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.579127.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fenvs.2021.579127