Carlos Alexandre Braga de Barros (7B11-26D7-28CA)

Curriculum Vitae

Carlos Alexandre Braga de Barros

Carlos Alexandre Braga de Barros. Completed the Master's Degree in Microbiologia in 2025 by Universidade de Aveiro and Licenciate Degree in Biologia Aplicada in 2022 by Universidade do Minho. Is Researcher in Wageningen Plant Research. Organized 5 event(s). Participated in 11 event(s). Has received 3 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Master Student Fellow in 1 project(s) and Research Fellow in 1 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Microbiology and Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Plant sciences. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: NGS; Illumina; microbiome analysis; IRGA; SPAD; Plant physiology; ARGs; qPCR; Science communication; .

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Carlos Alexandre Braga de Barros

Citation names

Barros, Carlos

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 7B11-26D7-28CA

Email addresses

carlosabb115@gmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
German	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2022 - 2025 Concluded	Microbiologia (Master's Degree) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Effects of irrigation with contaminated river water in the microbiota and physiological responses of leafy greens" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2019 - 2022 Concluded	Biologia Aplicada (Licenciate Degree) Universidade do Minho, Portugal "Bioconversão da Aflatoxina B1 por bactérias ácido láticas " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2026/05 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Wageningen Plant Research, Netherlands
	Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands (...)
2023/05/18 - 2025/09	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

2022/05/02 - 2022/06/30	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/08/01 - 2023/08/31	Intern	Unilabs Portugal, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/09 - 2025/11/28	Refresh2 - A farm-to-fork analysis of vegetables microbiological risks at Estarreja municipality: setting up a monitoring program for household farms OHM-E/2022/Proj.1 Master Student Fellow Labex DRIIHM, France	Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2026/05 - 2026/11	CAPACITATION OF A PORTUGUESE R&I CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR PLANT PATHOGENS DETECTION AND CONTROL 101159978 10.3030/101159978 Research Fellow	European Commission Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	Barros, Carlos; Alves, Marta; Tavares, Rafael DS; Pinto, Glória; Tacão, Marta. "Irrigation with contaminated surface water alters lettuce microbiota and induces physiological stress". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2025, 2025.
Thesis / Dissertation	"Effects of irrigation with contaminated river water in the microbiota and physiological responses of leafy greens". Master, Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, 2025. https://ria.ua.pt/handle/10773/46409.

Artistic / Performance

Video recording

Barros, Carlos; Duarte Veloso & Inês Cortez (Producer); Rusga de São Vicente - GEBM (Director). 2025. Destempos d'Alma.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/04/30	As Ciências do Espaço e a Astrobiologia: Há Vida Noutros Planetas?	Palestra para cerca de 50 alunos do secundário (10º - 12º anos) Escola Secundária Carlos Amarante (Braga, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2025 - Current	Astrobiologia: Entre Estrelas e Microrganismos (2025/05/24 - 2025/05/25) Symposium (Co-organiser)	CAUP, Portugal
2024 - 2024	A vida como não a conhecemos: como descomplicar a astrobiologia? (2024/03/21 - 2024/03/21) Workshop (Co-organiser)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022 - 2022	IV Jornadas da Ciência (2022/04/26 - 2022/04/29) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022 - 2022	Volunteered and assisted the academic department of the Space Studies Program 2022 (SSP22) of the International Space University (ISU) (2022/06/27 - 2022/08/27) Other (Other)	International Space University, France Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 - 2020	Contribution to the to the Mission NERD project (2019 - 2020) Other (Other)	International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2025/12/04 - 2025/12/06	Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2025 (Microbiotec’25) Congress	Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2025 (Microbiotec’25) Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2025/10/21 - 2025/10/24	European Astrobiology Network Association (EANA) 2025 Conference	European Astrobiology Network Association (EANA) 2023 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/07/03 - 2024/07/05	Encontro Ciência 2024 - Science and Technology Summit in Potugal Meeting	Encontro Ciência 2024 - Science and Technology Summit in Potugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/10/26 - 2022/10/26	Webinar Series in Biomedicine: Meet the Professor Linda S. Costanzo Other	Webinar Series in Biomedicine: Meet the Professor Linda S. Costanzo Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/03/27 - 2021/03/31	XXIII National Meeting of Biology Students (ENEB XXIII) Meeting	XXIII National Meeting of Biology Students (ENEB XXIII) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/03/20 - 2021/03/20	Workshop “Excel” Workshop	Workshop “Excel” Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/03/16 - 2021/03/18	Jornadas da Ciência - UTAD Conference	Jornadas da Ciência - UTAD Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2021/03/12 - 2021/03/12	Workshop “Guide for a good presentation” Workshop	Workshop “Guide for a good presentation” Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/02/27 - 2021/02/28	VI meet.Eco Meeting	VI meet.Eco Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/01/29 - 2021/01/29	II Symposium on Applied Biochemistry Symposium	II Symposium on Applied Biochemistry Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/01/21 - 2021/01/21	Workshop “Time management” Workshop	Workshop “Time management” Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2024 - Current	Astrobiolusitanos	Co-founder
2021 - 2022	STOL - Science Through Our Lives	Collaborator

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2020 - 2022	Biology Laboratories (curricular unit) final project	First year students of Applied Biology

Distinctions

Award

2019	Human Merit Award Escola Secundária Carlos Amarante, Portugal
2019	Academic merit Escola Secundária Carlos Amarante, Portugal
2018	Academic merit Escola Secundária Carlos Amarante, Portugal