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Annalisa Sambolino completed her PhD in Biological Sciences in April 2024 at the University of Madeira - Faculty of Life Sciences, her Master's in Biological Monitoring in 2016, and her Bachelor's in Biological Sciences in 2014 at the University of Genoa. She works in the area of Marine Sciences with an emphasis on marine megafauna ecology, human impacts on pelagic ecosystems, trophic ecology and contaminants of emerging concerns. During her career, she developed expertise in environmental chemistry and biochemistry, especially in the analysis of microplastics and organic compounds such as plastic additives and fatty acids in biological samples. During her academic and professional career she has published 12 peer-reviewed articles in specialized journals, she participated in 4 international projects and presented >20 posters and 9 oral communications in international conferences.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Annalisa Sambolino

Citation names

  • Sambolino, Annalisa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AC13-70D4-E99A
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0231-1446

Email addresses

  • annalisa.sambolino@mare.arditi.pt (Professional)

Websites

  • https://mare-madeira.pt/team/annalisa-sambolino/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Analytical Chemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Italian (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/01 - 2024/04
Concluded
 Ciências Biológicas (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
""Phthalates as plastic tracers in pelagic food web from an open oceanic environment"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013 - 2016
Concluded
 Monitoraggio Biologico (Mestrado)
Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
"Swimming behaviour characterization in Amphibalanus amphitrite (Crustacea, Cirripedia) larvae with 3D video analysis and its alteration in response to sublethal exposure to copper" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 110/110
2010 - 2014
Concluded
 Ciências Biológicas (Licenciatura)
Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
 109/110
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/07/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal
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2023/05 - 2024/04 Contracted Researcher (Research) Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2023/05/01 Researcher (Research) Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal
(...)
2014/06 - 2015/06 Research Trainee (Research) Istituto per lo Studio degli Impatti Antropici e Sostenibilità in Ambiente Marino Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Sede di Genova, Italy
Istituto di Scienze Marine Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
2013/05 - 2014/09 Research Trainee (Research) Università degli Studi di Genova Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Italy
MENKAB: il respiro del mare, Italy

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02 - 2025/02 Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/05 - 2018/10 On-board biologist / naturalist guide Elding Whale Watching Akureyri, Iceland
2017/11 - 2018/04 On-board biologist / naturalist guide Rota dos Cetáceos, Unipessoal Lda, Portugal
2017/06 - 2017/10 On-board biologist / naturalist guide Magic Dolphin Atividades Maritimas Lda, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/01 - 2023/04 Phthalates as Plastic Tracers in a Pelagic Food Web from an Open Oceanic Environment
SFRH/BD/141609/2018
PhD Student Fellow
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal

Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/07/01 - 2026/11/30 ATLANTIC WHALE DEAL
EAPA_0004/2022
Post-doc
2023/12 - 2024/04 ATLANTIC WHALE DEAL
EAPA_0004/2022
Consultor - Prestador de serviço
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/01 - 2023/12 MARCET II
MARCET-II MAC2/4.6c/392
Consultor - Prestador de serviço
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2021/06 - 2023/10 IMPLAMAC
MAC2/1.1a/265
Other
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal
Concluded
2020/09/01 - 2023/08/31 HOTMIC - Distribuição, transporte e impacto de microplasticos no oceano
MICROPLAST/0002/2018
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01 - 2021/12 Whale Tales Project
Whale Tales Project
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Sambolino, Annalisa; Alves, Filipe; Rodriguez, Marta; Weyn, Mieke; Ferreira, Rita; Correia, Ana M.; Rosso, Massimiliano; et al. "Unveiling Contaminant Exposure Patterns in Cetaceans from Madeira Island: Insights into Phthalates and Fatty Acid Markers". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 34th Annual Meeting, 2024.
  2. HAMARD, Eliette; Sambolino, Annalisa; Marc Morron Fernandez; Alves, Filipe. "ATLANTIC WHALE DEAL Project: Mitigating Ship Strikes and Enhancing Carbon Sequestration in the Atlantic". Paper presented in 35th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2024.
  3. Sambolino, Annalisa; McIvor, Ashlie J.; Iñiguez, Eva; Duarte, Bernardo; Pires, Rosa; Alves, Filipe; Montesdeoca-Esponda, Sara; et al. "Trace Elements and Emerging Contaminants in an Isolated Population of Highly Vulnerable Marine Predators". Paper presented in 35th annual European Cetacean Society Conference, 2024.
  4. Correia, Ana M.; Valente, Raul; de Oliveira-Ferreira, Nara; Manhães, Barbara M R; Araújo, Joana; Alves, Filipe; Dinis, Ana; et al. "A silent threat: heavily contaminated common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) with evidence of impacts and health deterioration in the Northwest coast of Mainland Portugal". Paper presented in 35th annual European Cetacean Society Conference, 2024.
  5. Weyn, Mieke; Sánchez Mora, Anna; Pimentel Gonzalez, Atenery; Marrero Perez, Jacobo; Ferreira, Rita; Sambolino, Annalisa; Dinis, Ana; et al. "Integrating satellite tracking and photographic-identification to understand connectivity between Madeira and the Canary Islands and support conservation planning". Paper presented in 35th annual European Cetacean Society Conference, 2024.
  6. Gueroun, Sonia KM; Ana Margarida Fernandes; Sambolino, Annalisa; Álvarez, Soledad; Canning-Clode, João. "Gelatinous zooplankton: Exploring diversity and seasonality in a Subtropical Eastern Atlantic Oceanic Island System". Paper presented in 7th Jellyfish Bloom Symposium, 2023.
  7. Ferreira, Rita; Dinis, Ana; Badenas, Anja; Sambolino, Annalisa; Kaufmann, Manfred; Alves, Filipe. "Whale Tails: site fidelity and residency patterns of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus in an oceanic archipelago (NE Atlantic).". Paper presented in ¿Cachalote Consortium¿ workshop, 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 2022.
  8. HAMARD, Eliette; Badenas, Anja; Ferreira, Rita; Sambolino, Annalisa; Fernandez, Marc; Dinis, Ana; Alves, Filipe. "Population parameters and natural markings in Blainville’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) in Madeira Archipelago (NE Atlantic).". Paper presented in 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 2022.
  9. Alves, Filipe; Weyn, Mieke; Ferreira, Rita; Sambolino, Annalisa; Badenas Krakauer, Anja; Correia, AM; Gil, Agatha; et al. "Habitat-specific use by short-finned pilot whales in Macaronesia revealed through satellite-linked biologgers". Paper presented in 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 2022.
  10. Iñiguez, Eva; Sambolino, Annalisa; Alejandro Escánez Pérez; Jacobo Marrero Pérez; ALVES, FILIPE; Dinis, Ana; Cordeiro, Nereida. "Fatty acid profiles of two populations of short-finned pilot whales in Macaronesia (NE Atlantic): implications for diet". Paper presented in 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2022.
  11. Weyn, Mieke; Sanchez, Anna; Pimentel Gonzalez, Atenery; Marrero-Perez, Jacobo; Ferreira, Rita; Sambolino, Annalisa; Dinis, Ana; et al. "A potential inter-archipelago biological corridor for short-finned pilot whales in Macaronesia, using photo-identification and satellite-linked biologgers". Paper presented in 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2022.
  12. Nomdedeu, Fran; Sambolino, Annalisa; Kaufmann, Manfred; Dinis, Ana; Cordeiro, Nereida. "Phytoremediation capability of the marine microalgae Nannochloropsis gaditana to phthalates". Paper presented in ALGAE Europe 2021, 2021.
  13. Alves, Filipe; Rosso, Massimiliano; Rita Ferreira; Sambolino, Annalisa; Ana Mafalda correia; Mieke Weyn; Fernandez, Marc; Ana Dinis. Corresponding author: Alves, Filipe. "Short-finned pilot whales movements in the Eastern North Atlantic: preliminary insights from satellite biologgers". Paper presented in 7th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium (Hawaii, online), 2021.
  14. Sambolino, Annalisa; Faria, Marisa; Dinis, Ana; Kaufmann, Manfred; Cordeiro, Nereida. Corresponding author: Sambolino, Annalisa. "EFFECTS OF PLASTIC-BONDED PHTHALIC ACID ESTERS ON THE MARINE MICROALGAE NANNOCHLOROPSIS GADITANA". Paper presented in AlgaEurope2020, 2020.
  15. Sambolino, Annalisa; Góis, A.; Ferreira, Rita; Valente, Raul; Gil, Ágatha; Tejerina, Raquel; Hermida, Margarida; et al. "Dietary preferences of Tursiops truncatus and Globicephala macrorhynchus in Madeira Archipelago (NE Atlantic) inferred from fatty-acid of biopsy samples.". Paper presented in World Marine Mammal Science Conference, 2019.
  16. Sambolino, Annalisa; Alves, Filipe; Ferreira, Rita; Dinis, Ana. "Assessing short- and long-term individual exposure rate of two cetacean species to whale-watching activity in Madeira Island (NE Atlantic)". Paper presented in 32nd European Cetacean Society Conference, 2018.
  17. Molina, Carlota; Marta Tobeña; Sambolino, Annalisa; Hartman, Karin; Fernandez, Marc; Martin, Vidal; Aguilar de Soto, Natacha; Alves, Filipe; Dinis, Ana. "Large-scale movements of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) within the Macaronesia (NE Atlantic): dolphins with an international playground". Paper presented in 32nd annual European Cetacean Society conference, 2018.
  18. Molina, Carlota; Sambolino, Annalisa; Marta Tobeña; Aguilar de Soto, Natacha; Hartman, Karin; Fernandez, Marc; Martin, Vidal; et al. "Preliminary assessment of connectivity of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) within the Macaronesia region (NE Atlantic)". Paper presented in X Conference of the Cetacean Spanish Society, 2017.
  19. Biagio Violi; Silvia Cecchetti; Jaclyn Mazzafoglia; Sambolino, Annalisa; Alberta Mandich; Jessica Alessi; Cristina Fiori; Dario Angeletti. "Preliminary assessment of the genetic diversity of Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) populations from the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian seas and possible hybridization with Delphinus delphis (Linnaeus, 1758)". Paper presented in 31st Annual Conference of European Cetacean Society, 2017.
  20. Sambolino, Annalisa; Alves, Filipe; Correia, Ana Mafalda; Ferreira, Rita; Carvalho, Patrícia; Silva, Gustavo; Dinis, Ana. "Monitoring cetaceans in the Madeira Archipelago from a ferry along a fixed transect: a preliminar analusis of summer-autumn 2016". Paper presented in 31st European Cetacean Society Conference, 2017.
Journal article
  1. Eva Iñiguez Santamaría; Annalisa Sambolino; Alejandro Escánez Pérez; Jacobo Marrero Pérez; Diana B. Reis; Atenary Pimentel; Mieke Weyn; et al. "Intraspecific variation in the feeding habits of short-finned pilot whales based on blubber fatty acid profiles". Marine Environmental Research (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.106974.
    10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.106974
  2. Mieke Weyn; Jacobo Marrero-Pérez; Anna Sánchez Mora; Atenary Pimentel Gonzalez; Rita Ferreira; Annalisa Sambolino; Ana Dinis; et al. "Satellite Tracking and Photographic-Identification as Connectivity-Based Tools Towards Conservation Planning of Pilot Whales". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.70053.
    10.1002/aqc.70053
  3. Raul Valente; Nara de Oliveira-Ferreira; Rita Ferreira; Ana M. Correia; Bárbara M.R. Manhães; Ágatha Gil; Annalisa Sambolino; et al. "Beyond the threshold - Different accumulation of organochlorine compounds in common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) inhabiting continental and insular ecosystems in the Northeast Atlantic". Environmental Pollution (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125316.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125316
  4. Annalisa Sambolino; Marta Rodriguez; Jesus De la Fuente; Manuel Arbelo; Antonio Fernández; Manfred Kaufmann; Nereida Cordeiro; Ana Dinis. "Optimization and validation of a micro–QuEChERS method for phthalates detection in small samples of cetacean blubber". MethodsX (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102502.
    10.1016/j.mex.2023.102502
  5. Sambolino, Annalisa; Alves, Filipe; Rodriguez, Marta; Weyn, Mieke; Ferreira, Rita; Correia, Ana M.; Rosso, Massimiliano; et al. "Phthalates and fatty acid markers in free-ranging cetaceans from an insular oceanic region: ecological niches as drivers of contamination". Environmental Pollution (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124693.
    Under revision • 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124693
  6. Sambolino, Annalisa; Iniguez, Eva; Herrera, Inma; Kaufmann, Manfred; Dinis, Ana; Cordeiro, Nereida. "Microplastic ingestion and plastic additive detection in pelagic squid and fish: Implications for bioindicators and plastic tracers in open oceanic food webs". Science of The Total Environment (2023): 164952. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164952.
    In press • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164952
  7. Annalisa Sambolino; Filipe Alves; Marc Fernandez; Anja Badenas Krakauer; Rita Ferreira; Ana Dinis. "Spatial and temporal characterization of the exposure of island-associated cetacean populations to whale-watching in Madeira Island (NE Atlantic)". Regional Studies in Marine Science 49 (2022): 102084-102084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.102084.
    10.1016/j.rsma.2021.102084
  8. Sambolino, A.; Herrera, I.; Álvarez, S.; Rosa, A.; Alves, F.; Canning-Clode, J.; Cordeiro, N.; Dinis, A.; Kaufmann, M.. "Seasonal variation in microplastics and zooplankton abundances and characteristics: The ecological vulnerability of an oceanic island system". Marine Pollution Bulletin 181 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85133734742&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113906
  9. Badenas, A.; Dinis, A.; Ferreira, R.; Sambolino, A.; Hamard, E.; Berninsone, L.G.; Fernandez, M.; Alves, F.. "Behavioural Ecology Traits of Elusive Deep-Diver Whales Unravel a Complex Social Structure Influenced by Female Philopatry and Defence Polygyny". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85125588682&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fmars.2022.809902
  10. Sambolino, A.; Ortega-Zamora, C.; González-Sálamo, J.; Dinis, A.; Cordeiro, N.; Canning-Clode, J.; Hernández-Borges, J.. "Determination of phthalic acid esters and di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate in fish and squid using the ammonium formate version of the QuEChERS method combined with gas chromatography mass spectrometry". Food Chemistry 380 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85123369840&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.132174
  11. Rita Ferreira; Ana Dinis; Anja Badenas; Annalisa Sambolino; Jacobo Marrero-Pérez; Ana Crespo; Filipe Alves. "Bryde's whales in the North-East Atlantic: New insights on site fidelity and connectivity between oceanic archipelagos". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (2021): https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3665.
    10.1002/aqc.3665
  12. Dinis, A.; Molina, C.; Tobeña, M.; Sambolino, A.; Hartman, K.; Fernandez, M.; Magalhães, S.; et al. "Large-scale movements of common bottlenose dolphins in the Atlantic: Dolphins with an international courtyard". PeerJ 9 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85103483880&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.7717/peerj.11069
Report
  1. Beck, Aaron; Borchert, Erik; Delaigue, Louise ; Deng, Feifei; Gueroun, Sonia KM; Hamm, Thea; Jacob, Oliver ; et al. 2021. NAPTRAM - Plastiktransportmechanismen, Senken und Interaktionen mit Biota im Nordatlantik / NAPTRAM - North Atlantic plastic transport mechanisms, sinks, and interactions with biota, Cruise No. SO279, Emden (Germany) – Emden (Germany), 04.12.2020 – 05.01.2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3289/cr_so279.
    10.3289/cr_so279

Other

Other output
  1. Seasonal Variation in Microplastics and Zooplankton Traits: The Ecological Vulnerability of an Oceanic Island System. 2022. Sambolino, A.; Herrera, I.; Álvarez, S.; Rosa, A.; Alves, F.; Canning-Clode, J.; Cordeiro, N.; Dinis, A.; Kaufmann, M.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85126962214&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/11 Microplastics intake in epi-and mesopelagic fish and squid species from an oceanic environment (NE Atlantic) MICRO 2022 International conference
2022/08 Spatial and temporal characterization of the exposure of island-associated cetacean populations to whale-watching in a remote oceanic island (NE Atlantic) 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
Society of Marine Mammalogy (Palm Beach (FL), United States)
2022/08 Residency patterns and social structure of Blainville’s beaked whales Mesoplodon densirostris in Madeira 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
Society of Marine Mammalogy
2022/04 Fatty acids composition in blubber tissue of two odontocete species (Tursiops truncatus and Globicephala macrorhynchus) in NE Atlantic 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society
2022/04 Connectivity patterns of cetaceans in the oceanic islands system of Macaronesia inferred from photo-ID and biotelemetry: how much do we know 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society
2022/04 First ecotoxicological insights from the Critically Endangered population of Mediterranean monk seals, Monachus monachus, from Madeira Archipelago (NE Atlantic) 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society
2020/11 Seasonal variation in relative abundance and composition of microplastic particles and zooplankton in a pelagic environment (NE Atlantic) MICRO2020 International Conference
2019/09 Phthalates as plastic tracers in a pelagic food web from an open oceanic environment II Conferência Portuguesa sobre Lixo Marinho
Associação Portuguesa do Lixo Marinho (Setubal, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/01 - Current Optimizing and testing biomarkers in rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis)
Supervisor
 Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution - Ecophysiology and Ecotoxicology course (Master)
Sorbonne Université - Campus Pierre et Marie Curie, France
2024/08/01 - Current Phthalates in zooplanktonic samples from Eastern North Atlantic Ocean
Supervisor
 Química (Degree)
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
2025/01 - 2025/06 Mercury contamination patterns in the pelagic food web in the eastern north Atlantic (Madeira Island)
Supervisor
 Marine Biology (Master)
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Faculteit voor Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Netherlands
2025/01 - 2025/06 Site fidelity and residency patterns of rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) in Madeira Island, using photo-identification data
Supervisor
 Marine and Coastal Systems (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/08/20 - Current Preparation and presentation of the workshop "Plásticos e contaminantes associados: percepções atuais e direções de pesquisas futuras para o MARE" during the annual MARE meeting 2024 (2024/11/05)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025/03/17 - Current Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
2024/07/17 - Current Environmental Research
2023/10 - Current Regional Studies in Marine Science ELSEVIER
2023/06 - Current Environmental Pollution ELSEVIER
2021/09 - Current Marine Pollution Bulletin ELSEVIER

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/10/20 - 2025/01/06 Zoologia I Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/05 Etologia Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2019/10 - Current Bastidores da ciencia - ARDITI
2024/10 - 2025/05 Changing Seas - Documentary Plastic pollution in cetaceans from Madeira
2019/11 - 2019/11 Linha da Frente (RTP, Portugal) - episódio 34: “Plastico, Não Obrigado!”

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/01 - 2023/07 Phthalates analysis in cetacean blubber samples Marta Rodriguez Martinez
2021/07 - 2021/11 Phytoremediation capability of the marine microalgae Nannochloropsis gaditana to phthalates Fran Nomdedeu
2021/01 - 2021/04 Studying microplastics in pelagic trophic web (in marine fish and squids) Eva Iniguez Santamaria

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020/12 - 2021/01 Participation in the scientific expedition SO279: North Atlantic plastic transport mechanisms, sinks, and interactions with biota (NAPTRAM), within the JPI-Oceans HOTMIC project ("Horizontal and vertical oceanic distribution, transport, and impact of microplastics"). The expedition lasted 31 days, spent continuously in the high seas of the Central Atlantic, mainly for sampling microplastics at different depths and locations to study their horizontal and vertical distribution. Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Germany
2014/08 - 2014/09 Participation in the second scientific expedition of the PROMETEOS project- Cetacean observation in line-transect visual surveys on board of sailing boat during a 30-day campaign in the Tyrrhenian Sea to investigate the effect of seamounts on the occurrence of cetaceans - On-board collection of behavioural data, species identification, distance sampling data, biological samples (biopsies) - Usage of GPS (Garmin), hydrophone and multiparameter probe. Università degli Studi di Genova Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Italy

MENKAB: il respiro del mare, Italy
2013/06 - 2013/09 Participation in first scientific expedition of the PROMETEOS project - Cetacean observation in line-transect visual surveys on board of sailing boat during a 40-day campaign in the Tyrrhenian Sea to investigate the effect of seamounts on the occurrence of cetaceans. - On-board collection of behavioural data, species identification, distance sampling data, biological samples (biopsies) - Usage of GPS (Garmin), hydrophone and multiparameter probe. - Usage of GIS program (MapInfo) and programs for statistical analysis (Minitab, R) Università degli Studi di Genova Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Italy

MENKAB: il respiro del mare, Italy