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Afonso Ferreira (PhD in Marine Sciences from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon in 2024) is a early career researcher at MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET, specializing in ocean colour remote sensing and phytoplankton ecology. His research combines in situ and satellite data to study various marine ecosystems, from the Portuguese coast to Antarctica, aiming to understand phytoplankton responses to climate change and their implications for the oceans. He has participated in more than 12 high-profile national and international projects and several oceanographic expeditions, including four Antarctic campaigns and one Atlantic Meridional Transect. He is the author of over 20 scientific papers published in the last five years, including one in the prestigious Nature Communications, and has delivered multiple presentations at international conferences. He was awarded a Fulbright Research Scholarship (2022) and two awards for his PhD thesis (2025 Doctoral Award in Ecology - Amadeu Dias Foundation; FCiências.ID Doctoral Award 2024) and served as Invited Assistant Professor at FCUL (2023-2024).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Afonso Ferreira

Citation names

  • Ferreira, A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
DE1E-2AFD-6446
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2670-8125
Google Scholar ID
8zcZlUkAAAAJ
Researcher Id
Y-3832-2018
Scopus Author Id
57212092879

Email addresses

  • ambferreira@fc.ul.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre. Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

  • https://www.mare-centre.pt/pt/user/624 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
Education
Degree Classification
2020/01/01 - 2024/11/12
Concluded
 Marine Sciences (Doctorate)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Honour and distinction (by unanimity)
2017/01/11
Concluded
 Marine Ecology (Master's Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Phytoplankton response to nutrient pulses in an upwelling region: microcosms experiments" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2014/06/24
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciate Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2026/01/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2025/05/28 - 2026/04/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente ULisboa, Portugal
2024/06/24 - 2025/05/27 Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Researcher (Research) Instituto Hidrografico, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2015/09/16 - 2018/12/31 Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2023/09/22 - 2024/06/23 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2020/01/01 - 2024/06/01 Bolseiro de Doutoramento (PhD Studentship) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
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Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2026/05/01 - Current Phyto2Carb - Linking Phytoplankton Community Shifts to Carbon Fluxes in Antarctica
2024.10305.CEECIND
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2024/06/24 - 2025/05/31 Caracterização geral de áreas aquícolas para estabelecimento de culturas marinhas (AQUIMAR)
MAR-02-01-01-FEAMP-0107
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto Hidrografico, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Programa MAR2020

Contract

Designation Funders
2026/08 - Current AR7E-2026 - Physical chemical, biogeochemical chemical, and biological observations from Ireland to Greenland
AQUARIUS-T1-18
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee, Netherlands

Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, Norway
 Horizon Europe
Ongoing
2026/03/01 - Current PHYTOXCARB - Phytoplankton-driven carbon exchanges: from the Tagus Estuary to coastal regions
PHYTOXCARB
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências
Ongoing
2025/06/01 - Current CoastNet 2030: Monitoring for the Protection of the Marine Environment
LISBOA2030-FEDER- 01319200
Post-doc
Ongoing
2025 - Current PHYTO-CCI - PHYTOplankton biomass and diversity Climate Change Initiative
XXXXXXX
Researcher
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2024/10/01 - Current PHYTO-SHIFT - Understanding PHYTOplankton community composition SHIFTs in the North Antarctic Peninsula
PROPOLAR2024-2025-PHYTOSHIFT
Researcher
Programa Polar Português (PROPOLAR)
Concluded
2024/02/06 - Current Khione - Pairing science and tourist biodiversity assessments: grassroots for an Antarctic monitoring scheme
KHIONE
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 ARICE-PONANT
Concluded
2019/01/01 - Current MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente
UID/MAR/04292/2019
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2024 - 2027 ImpactANT - IMPACTo das mudanças climáticas na biodiversidade e resiliência dos ecossistemas marinhos na região da Península ANTártica
CNPq/MCTI/FNDCT Nº 08/2023 - Linha 2
Researcher
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil

Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira, Brazil

Universidade da Região de Joinville, Brazil

Grupo de Estudos de Mamíferos Aquáticos do Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, United States

Institut Des Substances et Organismes de la Mer, Nantes Université, France

European Commission Joint Research Centre, Belgium

University of Pretoria, South Africa

National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche – IMEV, Sorbonne University, France

Instituto Antártico Chileno, Chile

Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile

University of St Andrews Scottish Oceans Institute, United Kingdom

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands

The University of British Columbia, Canada

Griffith University, Australia

Instituto Antártico Argentino, Argentina
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia Inovações e Comunicações

Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Ongoing
2025/09/01 - 2026/08/31 DIA2CRYP - Climate-Driven Shift from Diatoms to Cryptophytes: Implications for Biological Carbon Uptake along the Antarctic Peninsula
DIA2CRYP
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
 Programa Polar Português
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2024/03/31 EcoPelagos - Response of the pelagic ecosystem to climate change in the Southern Ocean
Projeto CNPq 442637/2018-7
Researcher
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia Inovações e Comunicações

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento da Educação
Concluded
2020/09/01 - 2023/09/01 4DATLANTIC EBUS PRIMUS - PRIMary-productivity in Upwelling Systems
4DATLANTIC EBUS PRIMUS
Researcher
European Space Agency, France

Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas, Spain

Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa
Concluded
2020/10/01 - 2021/09/30 PHYTO-UP - Response of two Southern Ocean PHYTOplankton Species to climate-driven changes in the UPper ocean
PROPOLAR-PHYTOUP
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
 Programa Polar Português (PROPOLAR)
Concluded
2018 - 2021 PORTWIMS - Portugal Twinning for innovation and excellence in marine science and Earth observation
810139
Researcher
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Alfred-Wegener-Institut fur Polar und Meeresforschung Forschungsstelle Potsdam, Germany

Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Horizon 2020
Concluded
2019/11/01 - 2020/10/31 FACT - Links between phytoplankton dynamics and climate Forcing in NW AntarCTica
PROPOLAR2020-FACT
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
 Programa Polar Português (PROPOLAR)
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Caracterização geral de áreas aquícolas para estabelecimento de culturas marinhas (AQUIMAR)
MAR-02-01-01-FEAMP-0107
Research Fellow
Instituto Hidrografico, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Programa MAR2020
Concluded
2018/11/01 - 2019/12/31 PHYTO-NAP - Resposta do fitoplâncton às tendências climáticas na Península Antártica Norte
PROPOLAR2018-2019-PHYTO-NAP
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
 Programa Polar Português (PROPOLAR)
Concluded
2017/11/06 - 2018/12/31 Dynamics of phytoplankton community through remote sensing: an assessment of eutrophication processes and environmental quality (PHYTOTROPH)
FCT IF/00331/2013
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/04/16 - 2017/11/06 SOPHIA - Knowledge for Marine Environment Management
EEA Grants PT02-0007
Researcher
Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, Portugal

Norsk Institutt for Vannforskning, Norway

Norsk institutt for luftforskning, Norway
 EEA Grants
Concluded
2015/09/16 - 2016/04/16 SOPHIA - Knowledge for Marine Environment Management
EEA Grants PT02-0007
Research Fellow
Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, Portugal

Norsk Institutt for Vannforskning, Norway

Norsk institutt for luftforskning, Norway
 EEA Grants
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Domingos, Isabel; Gameiro, Carla; Ferreira, Afonso; Adão, Helena; Amorim, Ana; Brotas, Vanda; Cabral, Henrique; et al. Ecossistemas da Plataforma Continental (ISBN: 978-989-99601-9-0). Lisboa, Portugal: DGRM - Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos. 2017.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Botta, Silvina; Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges; Seyboth, Elisa; de Lima, Renan Costa; Cebuhar, Julieta Denise; Costa, Raul Rodrigo; Ferreira, A.; Secchi, Eduardo Resende. "The Southern Ocean pelagic ecosystems around the Antarctic Peninsula". In Aquatic Biomes, 303-322. Elsevier, 2025.
    10.1016/b978-0-443-15726-4.00031-1
  2. Lopes, Carina L.; Mendes, Renato; Azevedo, Leonardo; Sousa, Magda C.; Ribeiro, Américo S.; Ferreira, Afonso; Biguino, Beatriz; Brito, Ana C.; Dias, João M.. "Remote Sensing Technologies in Aerospace: Applications and Opportunities". In Advanced Optical Sensors for Aerospace Applications, 285-333. Springer Nature Singapore, 2025.
    Published • 10.1007/978-981-95-1626-1_10
Conference abstract
  1. Fonseca, A.; Ferreira, A.; Favareto, L. R.; Tracana, A.; Nascimento, A.; Gomes, M.; Palma, C.; Brito, A. C.. "<Phytoplankton community in the Algarve coastal region: Implications to aquaculture production>". Paper presented in 6.as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica / 1.as Jornadas Luso-Espanholas de Hidrografia, 2020.
  2. Ferreira, A.; Garrido-Amador, P.; Brito, Ana C.. "Environmental drivers of phytoplankton biomass variability along a complex upwelling-influenced region (Western Iberian Coast)". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Research 2018, Peniche, Portugal, Peniche, 2019.
    10.3389/conf.fmars.2018.06.00010
Conference paper
  1. Cruz, Joana P. C.; Tracana, Andreia F; Favareto, L. R.; Ferreira, A.; Palma, Carla; Borges, Carlos; Heumüller, Joshua; Brito, Ana C.. Corresponding author: Cruz, Joana P. C.. "Environmental drivers of phytoplankton in the coast of Portugal". Paper presented in 7as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica/ 2as Jornadas Luso-Espanholas de Hidrografia, Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  2. Biguino, B.; Estrella Olmedo; Ferreira, A.; Zacarias, N.; Lamas, L.; Favareto, L. R.; Palma, C.; et al. "Satellite-derived sea surface salinity for the Portuguese coast - evaluation of SMOS BEC L4 product". Paper presented in 7as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica/ 2as Jornadas Luso-Espanholas de Hidrografia, Lisboa, 2022, Lisbon, 2022.
  3. Ferreira, A.; Brotas, Vanda ; Palma, Carla; Borges, Carlos; Brito, Ana C.. "Phytoplankton biomass and bloom phenology patterns off the Western Iberian Coast (SW Europe)". Paper presented in 6.as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica/1.as Jornadas Luso-Espanholas de Hidrografia, Lisboa, 2020.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Ferreira, A.; Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges; Brito, Ana C.; Costa, R.R.; Schofield, O; Turner, J.; Brotas, Vanda ; Dierssen, H.. Corresponding author: Ferreira, A.. "Beyond Biomass: Testing the limits of multispectral satellite detection of phytoplankton groups in Antarctic waters". Paper presented in SCAR Open Science Conference 2026, 2026.
  2. Ferreira, A.; Brito, Ana C.; Biguino, B.; Castellanos, Paola; Chainho, Paula; Favareto, L. R.; França, S.; et al. Corresponding author: Ferreira, A.. "Satellite -based resources for monitoring marine ecosystems in the Northeastern Atlantic : the CoastNet geoportal". Paper presented in 59th European Marine Biology Symposium, 2026.
  3. G. Sent; Ferreira, A.; Cruz, Joana P. C.; Cereja, Rui; Favareto, L. R.; Biguino, B.; Nunes, Graça S.; et al. "Phytoplankton Monitoring and Remote Sensing group". Paper presented in Conferência Nacional de Observação da Terra - Terra em Foco 2026, 2026.
  4. Ferreira, A.; Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges; Schofield, Oscar; Brito, Ana C.; Turner, Jessica; Costa, Raul Rodrigo; Brotas, Vanda. "Phytoplankton Groups From Space - Detecting diatom dominance in the Western Antarctic Peninsula from multispectral ocean colour using machine learning". Paper presented in XVII Conferência Portuguesa de Ciências Polares, 2025.
  5. Nunes, Graça S.; Ferreira, A.; Brito, Ana C.; Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges; Guerreiro, Catarina V.; Brotas, Vanda. "Understanding the response of phytoplankton to climate change in Antarctica". Paper presented in Ciências Research & Innovation Day 2025, 2025.
  6. Ferreira, A.; Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges; Schofield, Oscar; Brito, Ana C.; Turner, Jessica S; Costa, Raul R.; Brotas, Vanda ; Dierssen, Heidi. "Evaluating The Performance Of Satellite Multispectral Approaches For Assessing Phytoplankton Community Composition In The West Antarctic Peninsula". Paper presented in Ocean Optics XXVI, 2024.
  7. Sent, Giulia; Ferreira, A.; Favareto, L. R.; Tracana, Andreia; Biguino, B.; Cruz, J.P.; Brito, A. C.; Brotas, Vanda . Corresponding author: Sent, Giulia. "Meet MARE's Phytoplankton Monitoring and Remote Sensing group!". Paper presented in Conferência Nacional de Observação da Terra - Terra em Foco, 2024.
  8. Catarina V. Guerreiro; Ferreira, A.; J-B Stuut; L Cros; A Baker; Tracana, Andreia; C Pinto; et al. "Response of coccolithophore communities to Saharan dust deposition in the tropical North Atlantic". Paper presented in AGU ASLO TOS Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024, 2024.
  9. Afonso Ferreira; J Abreu; PM Araujo; L Bastos; Ana C. Brito; Brotas, Vanda ; D Carmo; et al. "MARE's role in polar science". Paper presented in Encontro MARE 2023, 2023.
  10. Ferreira, A.; Carlos R. B. Mendes; Brotas, Vanda; Costa, Raul R.; Guerreiro, Catarina V.; Sá, Carolina; Brito, Ana C.. "Understanding the response of phytoplankton to climate change in the Antarctic Peninsula". Paper presented in Ciências Research Day 2022, 2022.
  11. Ferreira, A.. "Monitoring 20-year inter-regional changes in phytoplankton biomass off the Antarctic Peninsula using ocean colour remote sensing". Paper presented in ECSA 58 & EMECS 13 - Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene, 2021.
  12. Favareto, Luciane; Tracana, Andreia; Ferreira, A.; Nascimento, Ângela; Fonseca, André; Veloso, Vera; Carolina Sá; et al. "Phytoplankton Size Classes in Portuguese Coastal Waters". Paper presented in 6as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica / 1as Jornadas Luso-Espanholas de Hidrografia, 2020.
  13. Ferreira, A.; Palma, C.; Brotas, V.; Borges, C.; Sá, C.; Brito, A.C.. "Using ocean colour remote sensing to identify suitable locations for marine aquaculture". Paper presented in 42nd Mediterranean Science Comission Congress, 2019.
  14. Ferreira, A.; Palma, C.; Borges, C.; Brito, A.C.. "AQUIMAR - Overal assessment of the Portuguese coast towards the sustainable establishment of aquaculture sites". Paper presented in 15th European Ecological Federation Congress - Ecology across borders, 2019.
  15. Ferreira, Afonso; Sá, Carolina; Silva, Nélson; Beltrán, Carolina; Dias, Ana Margarida; Brito, Ana C.. "Phytoplankton response to nutrient pulses assessed through a microcosm experiment". Paper presented in ECSA 57 - Changing estuaries, coasts and shelf systems - Diverse threats and opportunities, 2018.
  16. Ferreira, Afonso; Sá, Carolina; Silva, Nélson; Beltrán, Carolina; Dias, Ana Margarida; Brito, Ana C.. "Assessing phytoplankton dynamics in a small bay amidst upwelling and anthropogenic pressure (Algarrobo Bay, Central Chile)". Paper presented in ECSA 57 Changing estuaries, coasts and shelf systems - Diverse threats and opportunities, Perth, Australia, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Guerreiro, Catarina V.; Jonsson, Bror F.; Land, Peter; Arístegui, Javier; Stuut, Jan-Berend; Ferreira, Afonso; Tilstone, Gavin H.; Brotas, Vanda; Groom, Steve B.. "Seasonal upwelling–dust controls on export production in the Canary Current System revealed by Lagrangian particle tracking". Biogeosciences 23 14 (2026): 5133-5161. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-5133-2026.
    10.5194/bg-23-5133-2026
  2. Yang, Jing; Peng, Chen; Shi, Kun; Woolway, R. Iestyn; Brewin, Robert J. W.; Ferreira, Afonso; Zhang, Siqi; Zhang, Zhenhua; Pan, Delu. "Marine heatwave impacts are seasonally amplified by ocean biogeochemical gradients". Communications Earth &amp; Environment (2026): https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03792-6.
    10.1038/s43247-026-03792-6
  3. Senger, Pedro; Costa, Raul Rodrigo; Monteiro, Thiago; Ferreira, A.; Kerr, Rodrigo; Dotto, Tiago Segabinazzi; Secchi, Eduardo Resende; Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges. "Distinct phytoplankton groups as key drivers modulating summer CO2 uptake in the northern Antarctic Peninsula". Marine Ecology Progress Series (2026): https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15088.
    Accepted • 10.3354/meps15088
  4. Ferreira, A.; Costa, Raul Rodrigo; Jesus, Bruno; Brito, Ana C.; Silveira, Savênia B.; Brotas, Vanda ; Guerreiro, Catarina V.; Secchi, Eduardo Resende; Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges. "Photoacclimation of cryptophytes and diatoms to light variability in the Western Antarctic Peninsula". Journal of Phycology (2026):
    Open access • Accepted • 10.1111/jpy.70158
  5. Nunes, Graça S.; Ferreira, Afonso; Brito, Ana C.. "Long-term satellite data reveals complex phytoplankton dynamics in the Ross Sea, Antarctica". Communications Earth &amp; Environment 6 1 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02590-w.
    Published • 10.1038/s43247-025-02590-w
  6. Biguino, Beatriz; Antunes, Carlos; Dias, João Miguel; Haigh, Ivan D.; Cruz, Joana P.C.; Borges, Carlos; Palma, Carla; et al. "Long-term trends (1986–2019) in the physicochemical properties of the Sado Estuary (Portugal) driven primarily by changes in river flow and influenced by marine upwelling". Marine Pollution Bulletin 207 (2024): 116806. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116806.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116806
  7. Ferreira, Afonso; Mendes, Carlos R. B.; Costa, Raul R.; Brotas, Vanda; Tavano, Virginia M.; Guerreiro, Catarina V.; Secchi, Eduardo R.; Brito, Ana C.. "Climate change is associated with higher phytoplankton biomass and longer blooms in the West Antarctic Peninsula". Nature Communications 15 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50381-2.
    10.1038/s41467-024-50381-2
  8. Ferreira, A; Brito, AC; Costa, JL; Brotas, V; Teles-Machado, A; Garrido, S. "Anchovy on the rise: Investigating environmental drivers of recruitment strength in the northern Canary Current". Marine Ecology Progress Series (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14594.
    Open access • In press • 10.3354/meps14594
  9. Brotas, Vanda; Ferreira, Afonso; Veloso, Vera; Tracana, Andreia; Guerreiro, Catarina V.; Tarran, Glen Adam; Woodward, E. Malcolm S.; et al. "Assessing phytoplankton community composition in the Atlantic Ocean from in situ and satellite observations". Frontiers in Marine Science 10 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1229692.
    10.3389/fmars.2023.1229692
  10. Costa, Raul Rodrigo; Ferreira, Afonso; de Souza, Márcio S.; Tavano, Virginia M.; Kerr, Rodrigo; Secchi, Eduardo R.; Brotas, Vanda; et al. "Physical-biological drivers modulating phytoplankton seasonal succession along the Northern Antarctic Peninsula". Environmental Research 231 (2023): 116273. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.116273.
    10.1016/j.envres.2023.116273
  11. Ferreira, Afonso; Garrido, Susana; Costa, José Lino; Teles-Machado, Ana; Brotas, Vanda; Brito, Ana C.. "What drives the recruitment of European sardine in Atlanto-Iberian waters (SW Europe)? Insights from a 22-year analysis". Science of The Total Environment 881 (2023): 163421. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163421.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163421
  12. de Lima, RC; Cebuhar, JD; Negrete, J; Ferreira, A; Secchi, ER; Botta, S. "Correction: Ecosystem shifts inferred from long-term stable isotope analysis of male Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella teeth". Marine Ecology Progress Series 695 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14112_c.
    10.3354/meps14112_c
  13. Favareto, Luciane; Brotas, Vanda; Rudorff, Natalia; Zacarias, Nuno; Tracana, Andreia; Lamas, Luisa; Nascimento, Ângela; et al. "Response of phytoplankton to coastal upwelling: The importance of temporal and spatial scales". Limnology and Oceanography 68 6 (2023): 1376-1387. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.12353.
    10.1002/lno.12353
  14. Guerreiro, Catarina V.; Ferreira, Afonso; Cros, Lluisa; Stuut, Jan-Berend; Baker, Alex; Tracana, Andreia; Pinto, Catarina; et al. "Response of coccolithophore communities to oceanographic and atmospheric processes across the North- and Equatorial Atlantic". Frontiers in Marine Science 10 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1119488.
    10.3389/fmars.2023.1119488
  15. Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges; Costa, Raul Rodrigo; Ferreira, Afonso; Jesus, Bruno; Tavano, Virginia Maria; Dotto, Tiago Segabinazzi; Leal, Miguel Costa; et al. "Cryptophytes: An emerging algal group in the rapidly changing Antarctic Peninsula marine environments". Global Change Biology 29 7 (2023): 1791-1808. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16602.
    10.1111/gcb.16602
  16. Valente, André; Sathyendranath, Shubha; Brotas, Vanda; Groom, Steve; Grant, Michael; Jackson, Thomas; Chuprin, Andrei; et al. "A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean colour satellite applications – version three". Earth System Science Data 14 12 (2022): 5737-5770. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-5737-2022.
    10.5194/essd-14-5737-2022
  17. RC de Lima; JD Cebuhar; J Negrete; A Ferreira; ER Secchi; S Botta. "Ecosystem shifts inferred from long-term stable isotope analysis of male Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella teeth". Marine Ecology Progress Series 695 (2022): 203-216.
    10.3354/meps14112
  18. Ferreira, Afonso; Brito, Ana C.; Mendes, Carlos R. B.; Brotas, Vanda; Costa, Raul R.; Guerreiro, Catarina V.; Sá, Carolina; Jackson, Thomas. "OC4-SO: A New Chlorophyll-a Algorithm for the Western Antarctic Peninsula Using Multi-Sensor Satellite Data". Remote Sensing 14 5 (2022): 1052. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14051052.
    Published • 10.3390/rs14051052
  19. Ferreira, Afonso; Dias, Joaquim; Brotas, Vanda; Brito, Ana C.. "A perfect storm: An anomalous offshore phytoplankton bloom event in the NE Atlantic (March 2009)". Science of The Total Environment 806 (2022): 151253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151253.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151253
  20. Biguino, Beatriz; Olmedo, Estrella; Ferreira, Afonso; Zacarias, Nuno; Lamas, Luísa; Favareto, Luciane; Palma, Carla; et al. "Evaluation of SMOS L4 Sea Surface Salinity Product in the Western Iberian Coast". Remote Sensing 14 2 (2022): 423. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14020423.
    10.3390/rs14020423
  21. Brotas, Vanda; Tarran, Glen A.; Veloso, Vera; Brewin, Robert J. W.; Woodward, E. Malcolm S.; Airs, Ruth; Beltran, Carolina; Ferreira, Afonso; Groom, Steve B.. "Complementary Approaches to Assess Phytoplankton Groups and Size Classes on a Long Transect in the Atlantic Ocean". Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.682621.
    10.3389/fmars.2021.682621
  22. Costa, Raul Rodrigo; Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges; Ferreira, Afonso; Tavano, Virginia Maria; Dotto, Tiago Segabinazzi; Secchi, Eduardo Resende. "Large diatom bloom off the Antarctic Peninsula during cool conditions associated with the 2015/2016 El Niño". Communications Earth & Environment 2 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00322-4.
    10.1038/s43247-021-00322-4
  23. Afonso Ferreira; Vanda Brotas; Carla Palma; Carlos Borges; Ana C. Brito. "Assessing Phytoplankton Bloom Phenology in Upwelling-Influenced Regions Using Ocean Color Remote Sensing". Remote Sensing 13 4 (2021): 675-675. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Frs13040675.
    10.3390/rs13040675
  24. Afonso Ferreira; Raul R. Costa; Tiago S. Dotto; Rodrigo Kerr; Virginia M. Tavano; Ana C. Brito; Vanda Brotas; Eduardo R. Secchi; Carlos R. B. Mendes. "Changes in Phytoplankton Communities Along the Northern Antarctic Peninsula: Causes, Impacts and Research Priorities". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (2020): https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffmars.2020.576254.
    10.3389/fmars.2020.576254
  25. A. Ferreira; C. Sá; N. Silva; C. Beltrán; A.M. Dias; A.C. Brito. "Phytoplankton community dynamics in a coastal bay under upwelling influence (Central Chile)". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 245 (2020): 106968-106968. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ecss.2020.106968.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106968
  26. A. Ferreira; C. Sá; N. Silva; C. Beltrán; A.M. Dias; A.C. Brito. "Phytoplankton response to nutrient pulses in an upwelling system assessed through a microcosm experiment (Algarrobo Bay, Chile)". Ocean & Coastal Management 190 (2020): 105167-105167. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ocecoaman.2020.105167.
    10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105167
  27. Ferreira, A.; Garrido-Amador, P.; Brito, Ana C.. "Disentangling Environmental Drivers of Phytoplankton Biomass off Western Iberia". Frontiers in Marine Science 6 44 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00044.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmars.2019.00044
Newspaper article
  1. Sequeira, V.; Ferreira, A.. "MARE desafia jovens a explorar as ciências do mar no âmbito do programa Ciência Viva no Laboratório", NOTÍCIA SITE MARE, 2025, https://www.mare-centre.pt/pt/cienciavivalab_2025.
Preprint
  1. Guerreiro, Catarina V.; Jonsson, B.F.; Land, P.; Arístegui, Javier; Stuut, Jan-Berend; Ferreira, A.; Tilstone, Gavin H.; Brotas, Vanda ; Groom, Steve. "Seasonal upwelling–dust controls on export production in the Canary Current System revealed by Lagrangian particle tracking". 2025. https://www.biogeosciences.net/.
    10.5194/egusphere-2025-5789
Report
  1. Brum, André Lopes; Ferreira, A.; Piñango, Andrés; Damini, Brendon Yuri; Furtado, Claus Inck Freitas ; Rocha, Elis Brandão; Seyboth, Elisa; et al. 2026. Relatório Sucinto de Campo Operação Antártica XLIV - PRO-SAMBA E IMPACTANT.
  2. Rodrigo Kerr; Ferreira, A.; André Lopes Brum; Artur Andriolo; Augusto Andrade Pereira; Brenno Januário da Silva; Claus Inck Freitas Furtado; et al. 2025. Relatório Sucinto de Campo Operação Antártica XLIII - PRO-SAMBA E IMPACTANT.
  3. Rodrigo Kerr Duarte Pereira; Andréa da Consolação de Oliveira Carvalho; Thiago Monteiro da Silva; Ferreira, A.; André Lopes Brum; Brendon Yuri Damini; Claus Inck Freitas Furtado; et al. 2023. Relatório Sucinto de Campo Operação Antártica XLI - PROVOCCAR E ECOPELAGOS.
  4. Ana Brito; Vanda Brotas; Ferreira, A.; Luciane Favareto; Joana Cruz; Beatriz Biguino; Filipa Afonso. 2021. Relatório Científico - Projeto AQUIMAR (Caracterização Biológica de Áreas Aquícolas para o Estabelecimento de Culturas Marinhas).
  5. Carlos Rafael B Mendes; Ferreira, A.; Ana Luzia de Figueiredo Lacerda ; Claus Inck Freitas Furtado; Elisa Seyboth; Jonatas Henrique Fernandes do Prado; Leticia Cazarin Baldoni ; et al. 2020. Relatório Sucinto de Campo Operação Antártica XXXVIII - ECOPELAGOS.
  6. Ana Brito; Vanda Brotas; Carolina Sá; Ferreira, A.. 2019. Relatório Anual - Projeto Aquimar (Caracterização Biológica de Áreas Aquícolas para o Estabelecimento de Culturas Marinhas).
  7. Carlos Rafael Borges Mendes; Ferreira, A.. 2019. Relatório Sucinto de Campo Operação Antártica XXXVII - INTERBIOTA.
  8. Glen Tarran; Werenfrid Wimmer; Aisling Smith; Bob Brewin; Giorgio DallOlmo; Wade De Kock; John Ballard; et al. Corresponding author: Glen Tarran. 2018. AMT 28 Cruise Report. https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/9523/1/AMT_28_CRUISE_REPORT_RS.pdf.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Phytoplankton response to climate change in the Antarctic Peninsula". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/98539.
  2. Ferreira, Afonso. "Phytoplankton response to nutrient pulses in an upwelling region: microcosms experiments". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/27295.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/11/21 Phytoplankton response to climate change in the Antarctic Pensinsula Encontro Nacional de Ecologia XXIV
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2024/02/21 Biases in phytoplankton size class models in the Antarctic Peninsula: how well do we know our diatoms? AGU ASLO TOS Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024
American Geophysical Union; Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography; The Oceanography Society (New Orleans, United States)
2023/11/15 Emparelhando a avaliação da biodiversidade por cientistas e turistas: framework de validação como ferramenta de coleta de dados e de promoção da consciência e diplomacia ambiental XIV Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa
Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território (IGOT) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/11/03 Phytoplankton response to climate change in the West Antarctic Peninsula: findings from a 25-year satellite perspective XV Conferência Portuguesa de Ciências Polares
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/11/10 Using environmental and biological satellite data to understand recruitment in two small pelagic fish species in Atlanto-Iberian waters International Symposium on Small Pelagic Fish 2: New Frontiers in Science for Sustainable Management
IPMA (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/09/05 What drives European sardine recruitment in Atlanto-Iberian Waters (SW Europe)? Insights from a 22-year analysis based on satellite data ECSA 59 - Using the best scientific knowledge for the sustainable management of estuaries and coastal seas
AZTI (Donostia/San Sebastian, Spain)
2021/09/20 OC4-SO algorithm: Improving satellite retrievals of chlorophyll-a in the Antarctic Peninsula Polar Data Forum IV
2021/09/06 Assessing phytoplankton bloom phenology in upwelling-influenced regions using ocean colour remote sensing ECSA 58 & EMECS 13 - Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene
2021/06/25 A perfect storm: an anomalous offshore phytoplankton bloom event in the NE Atlantic ASLO 2021 Aquatic Sciences Meeting
2019/10/24 Combining 10 years of in-situ data with a satellite remote sensing dataset to evaluate changes in Antarctic phytoplankton communities XI Conferência Portuguesa de Ciências Polares
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/08/29 Implementing ocean colour remote sensing as a tool towards supporting marine aquaculture off the Portuguese coast: phytoplankton bloom phenology insights 54th European Marine Biodiversity Symposium
University College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
2019/08/25 Combining 10-years in-situ data with a satellite remote sensing dataset to help evaluate climate change effects on Antarctic phytoplankton communities 54th European Marine Biodiversity Symposium
University College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
2018/09/04 Do environmental drivers shape phytoplankton biomass off Western Iberia? ECSA 57 Changing estuaries, coasts and shelf systems - Diverse threats and opportunities
Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association (Perth, Australia)
2018/07/05 Assessing phytoplankton dynamics in a small bay amidst upwelling and anthropogenic pressure (Algarrobo Bay, Central Chile) International Meeting on Marine Research 2018
MARE IPLEIRIA; IPL - Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar (Peniche, Portugal)
2018/06/19 Do environmental drivers shape phytoplankton biomass off Western Iberia? 4th International Symposium on Research and Management of Eutrophication in Coastal Ecosystems (EUTRO 2018)
NIVA Denmark Water Research; DCE – Danish Center For Environment and Energy (Nyborg, Denmark)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)		 Institution / Organization
2026/05/06 - 2026/05/06 Atividade Dia Aberto 2026 - Separar as Cores do Oceano (2026/05/06)
Other (Co-organiser)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente ULisboa, Portugal
2025/09/12 - 2025/09/12 Workshop: Earth Observation - Ocean Colour Analysis (Encontro MARE 2025) (2025/09/12 - 2025/09/12)
Workshop (Co-organiser)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2025/07/21 - 2025/07/25 Ciência Viva no Laboratório - What does the colour of the ocean tells us? (2025/07/21 - 2025/07/25)
Other (Co-organiser)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event		 Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/05/07 - Current Moderator at Fulbright Portugal @65 Talks Fulbright Portugal @65 Talks
Fulbright Portugal, Portugal
2026/05/19 - 2026/05/21 V Workshop do Grupo de Oceanografia de Altas Latitudes (GOAL)
Workshop
 V Workshop do Grupo de Oceanografia de Altas Latitudes (GOAL)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil
2025/06/16 - 2025/06/18 ERC Introductory Workshop (AAVANZ)
Workshop
 Workshop 1 – ERC Introdutório
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2024/08/04 - 2024/08/08 NASA Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Hackweek
Workshop
 PACE Hackweek
University of Maryland Baltimore County, United States

NASA, United States
2021/10/05 - 2021/10/08 Summer School - Ramon Margalef Summer Colloquia VII
Symposium
 Ramon Margalef Summer Colloquia VII
2019/05/27 - 2019/06/14 EUMETSAT and PORTWIMS: Using the Copernicus Marine Data Stream for Ocean Applications
EUMETSAT, Germany
2018/12/13 - 2018/12/13 Workshop "OPENcoastS e-Tutorial: from processes knowledge to on-demand circulation forecasts"
Workshop
 OPENcoastS e-Tutorial: from processes knowledge to on-demand circulation forecasts
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2017/05/15 - 2017/05/26 Summer School "NecoSchool - International Training School on the effects of Nitrogen on Air Quality, Ecosystems and Biodiversity"
Other
 NecoSchool - International Training School on the effects of Nitrogen on Air Quality, Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2015/07/13 - 2015/07/15 Curso "Direito do Mar, Proteção do Ambiente Marinho e Legislação Europeia" 18h - Projeto SOPHIA Direito do Mar, Proteção do Ambiente Marinho e Legislação Europeia
Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos, Portugal
2015/06/30 - 2015/07/09 Curso "Temperatura da Superfície do Mar e Cor do Oceano" 40h - Projeto SOPHIA Temperatura da Superfície do Mar e Cor do Oceano
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/06/09 - 2015/06/11 Summer School + Workshop "Integrative assessment of marine systems: the ecosystems approach in practice workshop and DEVOTES-EUROMARINE Summer School course" "Integrative assessment of marine systems: the ecosystems approach in practice" workshop and DEVOTES-EUROMARINE Summer School course
AZTI-Tecnalia, Spain

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role		 Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2026/07/15 Caracterização Espacial e Temporal da Comunidade de Mixoplâncton na Península Antártica Noroeste entre 2013 e 2019
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Giovanna Gimenes de Sena (Master)
Universidade de São Paulo Instituto Oceanográfico, Brazil

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025 - Current Nature Communications Nature
2024/03/22 - 2025/04/22 Marine Environmental Research Elsevier
2025/03/01 - 2025/03/01 Progress in Oceanography (0079-6611) Elsevier
2025 - 2025 Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology Elsevier
2022 - 2025 Biogeosciences European Geosciences Union
2021 - 2025 Journal of Marine Systems Elsevier
2023 - 2023 Journal of Visualized Experiments MyJove Corp.
2023 - 2023 Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (2169-9291) Wiley-Blackwell
2023 - 2023 Ocean Science European Geosciences Union
2022 - 2022 Frontiers in Marine Science Frontiers
2022 - 2022 GIScience & Remote Sensing (1943-7226) Taylor and Francis
2022 - 2022 International Journal of Remote Sensing Taylor & Francis
2021 - 2021 Remote Sensing of the Environment (0034-4257 ) Elsevier

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022 - 2025 ECSA - Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association Student Membership
2024/01/19 - 2024/09/30 Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Student Chapter of the University of Lisbon Treasurer and Secretary

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/09 - 2026/02 Introduction to Data Treatment (Introdução ao Tratamento de Dados) Biologia (Licenciate Degree) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/09 - 2026/02 Produção Primária Marinha Produção Primária Marinha (Master's Degree) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/01/09 - 2023/01/20 Curso de Formação Avançada Deteção Remota Aplicada ao Oceano (PRR) Engenharia e Tecnologias da Geoinformação (Others) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2025/10/23 À conversa com um Ecólogo: Cinco perguntas a Afonso Ferreira Wilder
2025/02/19 Arroz e feijão a bordo de um navio polar: a vida de dois portugueses na Antártida Sábado
2025/01/19 Jovem biólogo marinho madeirense estuda fitoplâncton na Antártida Diário de Notícias da Madeira
2024/10/01 O fitoplâncton está a mudar na Antártida e com isso há coisas boas e más a acontecer no oceano Expresso

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2025/09 - 2026/02 Estudo Orientado José Cipriano
2025/10/04 - 2025/12/17 POGO-SCOR FELLOWSHIP 2025 Matheus Batista

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2026/05 - Current 2026 POGO-SCOR Fellowship Programme

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2025/12/31 - 2026/02/20 Oceanographical cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula aboard Navio Polar Almirante Maximiano (Brazil) - OPERANTAR 44 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil
2025/01/21 - 2025/02/25 Oceanographical cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula aboard Navio Polar Almirante Maximiano (Brazil) - OPERANTAR 43
2023/02/16 - 2023/03/28 Oceanographical cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula aboard Navio Polar Almirante Maximiano (Brazil) - OPERANTAR 41 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil
2020/02/01 - 2020/02/29 Oceanographical cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula aboard Navio Polar Almirante Maximiano (Brazil) - OPERANTAR 38 PROANTAR - Programa Antártico Brasileiro, Brazil

GOAL - Grupo de Oceanografia de Altas Latitutudes, Brazil
2019/01/01 - 2019/01/31 Oceanographical cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula aboard Navio Polar Almirante Maximiano (Brazil) - OPERANTAR 37 PROANTAR - Programa Antártico Brasileiro, Brazil

GOAL - Grupo de Oceanografia de Altas Latitutudes, Brazil
2018/09/23 - 2018/10/30 AMT 28 - Atlantic Meridional Transect (RV James Clark Ross) (http://www.amt-uk.org/Cruises/AMT28) Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom
2014/04/03 - 2014/04/20 Cruzeiro de Investigação PT-DEPM14-PIL (RV Noruega) Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2025 Prémio FCiências.ID 2024 (Ciências da Vida - 'Micro')
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
2025 Doctoral Award in Ecology - Amadeu Dias Foundation
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal
2023 Fulbright Grant for research with the support of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Fulbright Portugal, Portugal
2022 Mirpuri Foundation Ocean Award - Honorable Mention
Mirpuri Foundation, Portugal
2021 ECSA58-EMECS13 - Best Student Poster Award
Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association, United Kingdom
2021 ASLO 2021 Aquatic Sciences Meeting Student Grant
Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, United States
2019 Menção Honrosa no 1º Concurso de Ideias para a Sustentabilidade em Ciências
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Other distinction

2018 Berth aboard an international scientific expedition in the Southern and Indian Oceans (RV Mirai, 2020)
Kokuritsu-Kenkyu-Kaihatsu-Hojin Kaiyo Kenkyu Kaihatsu Kiko, Japan