Inês Filipa Cigarro Morão (BC11-4D98-D13A)

Curriculum Vitae

Inês Filipa Cigarro Morão

Inês Morão holds a PhD in Biology and Ecology of Global Changes from Faculty of Science of the University of Lisbon and developing all the work in Polytechnic University of Leiria. Her scientific interests are ecotoxicology, marine biology, conservation and biomarker tools. Her journey into marine conservation began during her undergraduate studies when she first encountered sea turtles in São Tomé. This experience she assisted local NGOs in São Tomé and Príncipe, focusing on the awareness and conservation of sea turtles in their nesting areas. For her MSc thesis, Inês Morão collected tissue samples from turtles for molecular analysis, aiming to assess the impact of metal contamination on the health and fitness of these populations. Continuing this research into her PhD, she is further investigating the health of sea turtle populations. Despite her relatively short time in scientific research, she performed 5 oral presentations in congress (ICYMARE and SETAC) and some lectures/talks in Portugal and also in São Tomé and Príncipe. Her work includes collecting and analyzing sea turtle tissue samples to evaluate pollution levels and their effects on the animals' health. Inês Morão is also actively involved in the scientific community, contributing to the organization of the ICYMARE conference in Germany and being a member of OYSTER (Orienting Young ScienTists of EuromaRine)

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Inês Filipa Cigarro Morão

Citation names

Morão, Inês F. C.
Morão, Inês
Morão, Inês F.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: BC11-4D98-D13A
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7329-2196

Email addresses

ines.morao@ipleiria.pt (Professional)

Addresses

CETEMARES, Centro de I&D, Formação e Divulgação do Conhecimento Marítimo, 2520-620, Peniche, Leiria, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ines_Morao2 (Professional)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/in%C3%AAs-mor%C3%A3o-968172ab/ (Professional)
https://twitter.com/ines_morao (Social media)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemical Research Methods
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/01/01 - 2025/03/12 Concluded	Biologia e Ecologia das Alterações Globais \| Biology and Ecology of Global Changes (Doutoramento) Major in PhD Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal Politécnico de Leiria - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Instituto de Química Orgánica General, Spain Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain Università degli Studi di Siena - Presidio San Miniato, Italy "Marine pollution effects on sea turtles nesting in São Tomé and Príncipe" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2023/03/23 - 2023/03/23 Concluded	Online Workshop Turbocharging your writing \| by RUN-EU (Outros) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2022/08/07 - 2022/08/19 Concluded	In-water course on Biology and Conservation of Marine Turtles (Outros) Bermuda Turtle Project, Bermuda
2022/01 - 2022/01 Concluded	Online Workshop Clear Presentations: From Slide to Poster (10 hours) (Outros) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2021/05 - 2021/05 Concluded	Online 9th Workshop in Lipidomics: Lipidomics in Health & Disease, Food and Algae. (Outros) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Concluded	Pós Graduação em Mergulho Científico (Pós-Graduação) Major in Posgraduate in Cientific Diving Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2020/11/02 - 2020/11/06 Concluded	Stable isotopes in Ecology and Environment a tool to integrate scales and complexity Advanced Course (Outros) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/06/15 - 2020/06/18 Concluded	Advanced R for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Advanced Course. (Outros) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/06/03 - 2020/06/05 Concluded	Introduction to R programming and biological data analysis Advanced Course. (Outros) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/02/24 - 2020/02/28 Concluded	Bioinformatics Analysis of Biological Sequences Advanced Course (Outros) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/01/20 - 2020/01/24 Concluded	Scientific Writing and Communication Advanced Course (Outros) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/01 Concluded	SBV-DAE, Basic Life Support and External Automatic Defibrillation, JustDive Underwater experiences, Peniche (Portugal). (Outros) Just Dive Underwater experiences, Portugal
2016 - 2018/10 Concluded	(MSc) Biotechnology of Marine Resources (Mestrado) Major in Sem especialização Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal "Assessment of metal contamination levels and stress responses of São Tomé and Principe sea turtles" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18 valores
2018/06 - 2018/06 Concluded	Professional Biosafety Training - Introduction to Biosafety (4 contact hours) (Outros) Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/02 Concluded	PADI - Advanced Diver, Diving Course (Outros) Costa Norte Fishing and Diving Center, São Tomé and Príncipe
2018 - 2018 Concluded	Methods and concepts of statisticalanalysis, Univariate statisticalinstruments, bivariate and multivariate.Methods and concepts of statisticalanalysis with R Commander and IBMSPSS Statistics, CETEMARES, Peniche(Portugal). (Outros) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Concluded	EMEPC-BioMarPT "Identification of non-indigenous mollusk species on the Portuguese coast". Knowledge of the differentgroups of organisms not belonging tothe Portuguese region. Identification ofthose organisms in the laboratory. (Outros) EMEPC - Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Concluded	IPMA-BioMarPT "Taxonomy andecology of marine zooplankton". Knowledge of the various groups oforganisms belonging to marineplankton. Methods of quantification andqualification of samples. (Outros) Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2013 - 2016 Concluded	(BSc) Marine Biology and Biotechnology (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal	16
2015 - 2015 Concluded	M@rbis Campaign 2015 - Lisbon-Oeiras-Cascais. EMEPC - Aboardthe N.T.M. Creoula. Daily work of a ship. Elaboration of sorting and cataloging of species. (Outros) EMEPC - Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Concluded	M@rbis Campaign 2013 – Algarve. EMEPC - Aboard the N.T.M.Creoula. Daily work of a ship. Elaboration of sorting and cataloging of species. (Outros) EMEPC - Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental, Portugal

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/12 - Current	OYSTER ((Orienting Young ScienTists of EuromaRine) Member	EuroMarine Association, France

2019/06 - Current	Member of MARE - Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
	MARE - Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2025/03/12	PhD Sudent	Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
	Politécnico de Leiria - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Portugal (...)
2020/01/01 - 2024/02/29	Member of CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2020/05 - 2021/12	Volunteer Researcher at "COVID19 Diagnostic Centre of the Polytechnic of Leiria" from the Portuguese Laboratory Network for the laboratorial diagnostic of COVID-19	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020/01/01 - 2024/02/29	Marine pollution effects on sea turtles nesting in São Tomé and Principe PD/BD/150562/2019 PhD Student Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019/06 - 2019/12	Research team/Grant holder in the project ProTEoME - PROteomic Tools to assess Endocrine disruptiOn MEchanisms Programme PTDC/AAGMAA/ 1302/2014 Research Fellow Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal Universiteit Gent, Belgium	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2018 - 2021	Volunteer in various field task of the project MARINE INVADERS - The impact and mechanisms of success of the invasive seaweed Asparagopsis armata on coastal environments (PTDC/BIACBI/ 31144/2017) Other Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal	Concluded
2019 - 2020	Research team in the project GLOBAL INVADERS - GLOBAL Impacts and treNds for VAlued aquatic species: competitive aDvantages across diffERent latitudeS Other Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal	Concluded
2018 - 2020	Volunteer in outreach activities in the project Shark Attract - Sharks and rays conservation by enhancing awareness within fishermen communities and society Other Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Rissel, Tim; Inês F. C. Morão; Ariana B. Moutinho; Ana de Jesus Branco de Melo de Amorim Ferreira; Helena Isabel Dias David; Novais, Sara; Marco F. L. Lemos; Tiago Simões. "Harmful effects of a toxic dinoflagellate (Amphidinium carterae) on the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana in response to rising temperatures and eutrophication". Paper presented in ICYMARE 2024 - Bremen, Bremen, 2024. Published
Conference poster	Morão, I.F.C., Simões, T., Casado, R.B., Vieira, S., Lemos, M.F.L., Novais, S.C.. "Are Metal Levels in Female Sea Turtles Influencing Their Eggs General Composition?". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, 30 April – 4 May, Dublin (Ireland)., 2023. Granada, L., Morão, I.F.C., Lemos, M.F.L., Bossier, P., Novais, S.C.. "Mechanisms of non-lethal heat shock induced cross-tolerance to hydrogen peroxide in two strains of monogonont rotifer Brachionus plicatilis complex.". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, 30 April – 4 May, Dublin (Ireland)., 2023. Luana Granada Almeida; Inês Filipa Cigarro Morão; Marco Filipe Loureiro Lemos; Henrique Cabral; Peter Bossier; Sara Calçada Novais. "Inducing thermo and cross-tolerance in two strains of monogonont rotifer Brachionus sp.". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting - SETAC SciCon (Virtual), 3-7 May 2020, 2020. Morão, Inês; Novais, Sara; Sara Alexandra Simões Costa Ferreira Vieira; Barata, C.; Pina, B.; Marco Lemos. "Assessment of metal contamination levels and stress responses of endangered sea turtles of São Tomé and Principe.". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting, 13-17 May, Rome (Italy)., 2018. Morão, Inês F. C.. "Assessment of metal contamination levels and stress responses of endangered sea turtles of São Tomé and Principe.". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Research, 2018.
Journal article	Morão, Inês F.C.; Muñoz-Arnanz, Juan; Simões, Tiago; Bartalini, Alice; Vieira, Sara; Ferreira-Airaud, Betânia; Caliani, Ilaria; et al. "Discriminative influence of persistent organic pollutants on nesting green sea turtles through genotoxicity, oxidative stress and reproductive related markers". Journal of Hazardous Materials (2025): 139762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.139762. In press • 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.139762 Inês F.C. Morão; Tiago Simões; Roger B. Casado; Sara Vieira; Betânia Ferreira-Airaud; Ilaria Caliani; Agata Di Noi; et al. "Correlation between trace element concentrations in the blood of female hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) and egg quality in nesting populations of São Tomé Island". Environmental Research (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.121594. 10.1016/j.envres.2025.121594 Granada, Luana; Morão, Inês F.C.; Lemos, Marco F.L.; Bossier, Peter; Novais, Sara C.. "Molecular mechanisms of induced thermotolerance in two strains of Brachionus koreanus (Rotifera: Monogononta)". Aquaculture 595 (2025): 741125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741125. 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741125 Morão, Inês F.C.; Simões, Tiago; Casado, Roger B.; Vieira, Sara; Ferreira-Airaud, Betânia; Caliani, Ilaria; Di Noi, Agata; et al. "Metal accumulation in female green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Eastern Atlantic affects their egg quality with potential implications for embryonic development". Science of The Total Environment 931 (2024): 172710. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172710. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172710 Morão, Inês F. C.. "Stress response markers in the blood of São Tomé green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) and their relation with accumulated metal levels". Environmental Pollution (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118490. 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118490 Jadilson M. Damasceno; Lénia D. Rato; Tiago Simões; Inês Morão; Gabriela Meireles; Sara C Novais; Lemos M.F.L.. "Exposure to the Insecticide Sulfoxaflor Affects Behaviour and Biomarkers Responses of Carcinus maenas (Crustacea: Decapoda)". Biology (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/10/12/1234. 10.3390/biology10121234
Thesis / Dissertation	"Marine pollution effects on sea turtles nesting in São Tomé and Príncipe". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2025. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/100693. Morão, Inês Filipa Cigarro. "Assessment of metal contamination levels and stress responses of São Tomé and Principe sea turtles". Master, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/3629.