Paulo Jorge da Rocha Cardoso (1716-E419-A93C)

Curriculum Vitae

Paulo Jorge da Rocha Cardoso

I earned my PhD degree in Biology and Ecology of Global Changes in 2019. I work mostly in biology of stress, studying biochemical, physiological and metabolic mechanisms of response to environmental challenges of different organisms, - bacteria, plants and animals. I am especially interested in the mechanisms of tolerance to abiotic stress, and how this knowledge can be applied to improve natural and production systems resilience to global changes. My expertise lies mainly in metabolomics and in the study of the role and applications of volatile organic compounds of biological origin in the environmental area. I have authored/co-authored 15 articles in international peer reviewed journals and 1 book chapter. The journal impact factors range up to 9.038 (2019 Journal of Hazardous Materials). My research has been cited 158 times and I have an h-index of 8 (Scopus). My research has been presented in 10 oral presentations and 8 poster communications. I am the main supervisor of a PhD student and co-supervise another PhD student, both with scholarhips from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal. I also supervise/co-supervise five Master students. I teach disciplines (Biochemistry and Metabolism I, Biochemistry and Metabolism II and Themes and Laboratories of Biology) of University of Aveiro undergraduate degrees . I have organized and lectured in advanced courses on Metabolomics and also on R data analysis. My research has been featured on TV (RTP3), radio (e.g. 90 s de Ciência) , in several mainstream newspapers (e.g. Jornal de Negócios) and in specialized magazines (e.g. Frutas, Flores e Legumes). I have organized and participated activities to disseminate scientific knowledge such as World Soil Day 2019.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Paulo Jorge da Rocha Cardoso

Citation names

Cardoso, Paulo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 1716-E419-A93C
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1234-5861
Scopus Author Id: 7005981854

Knowledge fields

Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Soil Science
Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

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

Education

	Degree	Classification
2015/02/01 - 2019/02/08 Concluded	Biologia e Ecologia das Alterações Globais (Doutoramento) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Bacterial-induced plant growth promotion under drought: the importance of airborne communication" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2012/09/15 - 2014/12/19 Concluded	Biologia Aplicada (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Cadmium exposure induces alterations on the volatile metabolome of Rhizobium" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2008/09/15 - 2012/07/15 Concluded	Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Screening the diversity of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viceae in Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16

Affiliation

Science

2019/06/17 - 2021/12/31

Researcher (Research)

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2015 - 2019/01	Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Portuguese natural ecosystems: a systems biology approach to predict climate change influence SFRH/BD/101140/2014	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019 - 2021/12/31	Trace elements biogeochemistry in marine systems: interplay of climate change and biological influence POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029185 Researcher
2018 - 2021/07/25	Biogeoquímica de oligoelementos em sistemas marinhos: interação entre alterações climáticas e influência biológica PTDC/CTA-GQU/29185/2017 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2015 - 2019/01/31	Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Portuguese natural ecosystems: a systems biology approach to predict climate change influence SFRH/BD/101140/2014 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Bedia, Carmen; Cardoso, Paulo; Dalmau, Núria; Garreta-Lara, Elba; Gómez-Canela, Cristian; Gorrochategui, Eva; Navarro-Reig, Meritxell; et al. "Applications of Metabolomics Analysis in Environmental Research". In Data Analysis for Omic Sciences: Methods and Applications, 533-582. Elsevier, 2018. 10.1016/bs.coac.2018.07.006
Conference poster	Sá, C.; Cardoso, Paulo; Figueira, E.. "Osmotolerance mechanisms of root nodule bacteria: the importance of intracellular alginate". Paper presented in XVII National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation/ VI Portuguese-Spanish Congress on Nitrogen Fixation, 2019. Cardoso, Paulo; Santos, M.; Freitas, R.; Figueira, E.; Rocha, S.M.. "Combined application of two-dimensional gas chromatography and headspace solid phase microextraction unravels changes in the volatiles of Rhizobium exposed to cadmium". Paper presented in 10º Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia, 2017. Cardoso, Paulo; Bedia, C.; Garreta-Lara, E.; Tauler, R.. "Bacterial volatiles as plant growth promoters – Detection by the combined application of HS-SPME, GC-MS and MCR-ALS analysis". Paper presented in International Workshop on Environmental OMICS, Integration & Modeling, 2017. Cardoso, Paulo; Santos, M.; Freitas, R.; Figueira, E.; Rocha, S.M.. "Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to time of flight mass spectrometry as a tool to study the metabolome of a metal-challenged rhizobacteria". Paper presented in 9º Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia / XVI COLACRO, 2016. Cardoso, Paulo; Freitas, R.; Figueira, E.. "Salt tolerance of rhizobial populations from contrasting environmental conditions: understanding the implications of climate change". Paper presented in XV SEFIN, 2015. Figueira, E.; Velez, C.; Salamanca, L.; Cardoso, Paulo; Rocha, S.M.; Soares, A.M.V.M.; Freitas, R.. "Biochemical and metabolomic alterations in the invasive clam Venerupis philippinarum when exposed to salinity changes and Arsenic contamination". Paper presented in ICES 3rd International Symposium on Effects of Climate change on the World’s Oceans, 2015. Velez, C.; Freitas, R.; Cardoso, Paulo; Carregosa, V.; Antunes, S.; Martins, R.; Soares, A.M.V.M.; Figueira, E.. "Tolerance of Venerupis decussata and Venerupis philippinarum clams to lead". Paper presented in 3rd International Congress on Environmental Health (ICEH), 2014. Figueira, E.; Cardoso, Paulo; Freitas, R.. "Cadmium tolerance in two clam species: R. decussatus and R. philippinarum". Paper presented in 50th ECSA Conference, 2012.
Journal article	Cardoso, Paulo; Nunes, Tiago; Pinto, Ricardo; Sá, Carina; Matos, Diana; Figueira, Etelvina. "Rhizobium response to sole and combined exposure to cadmium and the phytocompounds alpha-pinene and quercetin". Ecotoxicology (2020): Accepted Matos, Diana; Sá, Carina; Cardoso, Paulo; Pires, Adília; Figueira, Etelvina. "Rhizobium sensing of airborne saturated aldehydes of different sizes modulates the response to Cd exposure". Journal of Hazardous Materials (2020): Under revision Sá, C.; Cardoso, P.; Figueira, E.. "Alginate as a feature of osmotolerance differentiation among soil bacteria isolated from wild legumes growing in Portugal". Science of the Total Environment 681 (2019): 312-319. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85065612640&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.050 Sá, C.; Matos, D.; Pires, A.; Cardoso, P.; Figueira, E.. "Airborne exposure of Rhizobium leguminosarum strain E20-8 to volatile monoterpenes: Effects on cells challenged by cadmium". Journal of Hazardous Materials (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85076488365&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121783 Matos, D.; Sá, C.; Cardoso, P.; Pires, A.; Rocha, S.M.; Figueira, E.. "The role of volatiles in Rhizobium tolerance to cadmium: Effects of aldehydes and alcohols on growth and biochemical endpoints". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 186 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85072978138&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109759 Cardoso, Paulo. "Different efficiencies of the same mechanisms result in distinct Cd tolerance within Rhizobium". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (2018): 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.12.002 Cardoso, P.; Alves, A.; Silveira, P.; Sá, C.; Fidalgo, C.; Freitas, R.; Figueira, E.. "Bacteria from nodules of wild legume species: Phylogenetic diversity, plant growth promotion abilities and osmotolerance". Science of the Total Environment 645 (2018): 1094-1102. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85050157727&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.399 Nunes, T.; Cardoso, P.; Freitas, R.; Figueira, E.. "Protective effects of farnesol on a Rhizobium strain exposed to cadmium". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 165 (2018): 622-629. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85053375500&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.07.125 Cardoso, Paulo. "Response of Rhizobium to Cd exposure: A volatile perspective". Environmental Pollution (2017): 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.08.067 Cardoso, Paulo. "Investigating heritability of cadmium tolerance in Chironomus riparius natural populations: A physiological approach". (2017): 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.12.008 Cardoso, Paulo. "The use of Cerastoderma glaucum as a sentinel and bioindicator species: Take-home message". (2015): 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.10.051 Cardoso, Paulo. "Salt tolerance of rhizobial populations from contrasting environmental conditions: understanding the implications of climate change". Ecotoxicology (2014): 10.1007/s10646-014-1366-8 Cardoso, Paulo. "Venerupis decussata under environmentally relevant lead concentrations: Bioconcentration, tolerance and biochemical alterations". Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (2014): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.2740/abstract. 10.1002/etc.2740 Rocha, S.M.; Freitas, R.; Cardoso, P.; Santos, M.; Martins, R.; Figueira, E.. "Exploring the potentialities of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to time of flight mass spectrometry to distinguish bivalve species: Comparison of two clam species (Venerupis decussata and Venerupis philippinarum)". Journal of Chromatography A 1315 (2013): 152-161. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84885385466&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.09.049 Figueira, E.; Cardoso, P.; Freitas, R.. "Ruditapes decussatus and Ruditapes philippinarum exposed to cadmium: Toxicological effects and bioaccumulation patterns". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology 156 2 (2012): 80-86. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84862901891&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.cbpc.2012.04.004
Thesis / Dissertation	Cardoso, Paulo. "Bacterial-induced plant growth promotion under drought: the importance of airborne communication". PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 2019. Cardoso, Paulo. "Cadmium exposure induces alterations on the volatile metabolome of Rhizobium". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2014.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2019/12/11	Bacteria as plant biostimulants for sustainable agriculture	II Biotech MIIT’ing Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2019/07/10	Diversity, plant growth promotion and osmotolerance of bacteria isolated from nodules of wild legumes from Portugal.	XVII National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation/ VI Portuguese-Spanish Congress on Nitrogen Fixation Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation (Madrid, Spain)
2019/07/10	Shedding light on the role of volatiles on Rhizobium tolerance to cadmium: effects of aldehydes and alcohols in growth and biochemical endpoints	XVII National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation/ VI Portuguese-Spanish Congress on Nitrogen Fixation Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation (Madrid, Spain)
2019/07/10	Protective effects of farnesol on a Rhizobium strain exposed to cadmium	XVII National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation/ VI Portuguese-Spanish Congress on Nitrogen Fixation Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation (Madrid, Spain)
2019/07/10	Influence of volatile monoterpenes on Rhizobium leguminosarum strain E20-8 exposed to cadmium	XVII National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation/ VI Portuguese-Spanish Congress on Nitrogen Fixation Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation (Madrid, Spain)
2018/11/29	Bacterial-induced plant growth promotion under drought	Research Summit 2018, Universidade de Aveiro Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2018/11/07	Resposta de Rhizobium à exposição ao cádmio: uma perspectiva volátil	Workshop Biodiversidade Funcional, Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro)
2015/06/16	Headspace solid phase micro extraction and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometer as a tool to detect bioactive volatile organic compounds synthesized by Rhizobium leguminosarum	XV SEFIN Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation (Léon, Spain)
2015/06/03	Metabolomics in biology of stress: Rhizobium leguminosarum exposed to cadmium as a case study	Workshop X-Chroma Lab Department de Química & QOPNA, Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2015/03/30	Cadmium Exposure induces alterations on the volatile metabolome of rhizobium	IV Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Pós-Graduação de Ciência Biológicas Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/02/01 - 2025/01/31	Application of microorganisms to enhance maize sustainability and tolerance to drought Supervisor	PhD Programme in Biology (PhD) Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2024/09/30	Protecting maize from cephalosporiosis: bacterial induced systemic resistance Co-supervisor	PhD Programme in Biology (PhD) Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/10/06 - 2021/10/29	A study on the potential of bacterial volatiles to induce systemic tolerance in maize plants under drought stress Supervisor	Microbiology (Master) Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/10/06 - 2021/10/29	Aplicação de bactérias como bioestimulantes em agricultura sustentável: promoção da tolerância à seca de plantas de milho Supervisor	Microbiology (Master) Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/10/06 - 2021/10/29	Influence of graphene oxide on soil bacteria and on their ability to promote plant growth and increase tolerance to drought Co-supervisor	Microbiology (Master) Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/10/06 - 2021/10/29	Microbioma associado à raiz de Phaseolus vulgaris ao longo do ciclo de vida Co-supervisor	Applied Biology (Master) Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/10/06 - 2021/10/29	O efeito de um contaminante num cenário de alterações climáticas: Respostas fisiológicas, bioquímicas e comportamentais de invertebrados marinhos Co-supervisor	Marine Biology (Master) Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/09/15 - 2021/02/19	Evaluation of seasonality and elements contamination in the performance of the polychaete Diopatra neapolitana from Ria de Aveiro Co-supervisor	Biologia Aplicada (Master) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/09/15 - 2019/07/23	Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria as a sustainable solution to crop yield improvement Co-supervisor	Biologia (Degree)
2015/02/20 - 2015/07/17	Challenges for agronomically important bacteria imposed by climate change: biochemical responses Co-supervisor	Biotecnologia (Degree) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2019/12/05 - 2019/12/05	Invited talks and roundtable to celebrate the World Soil Day (4th December 2019). Lectures from University of Coimbra, University of Aveiro, companies (e.g. Syngenta and Crimolara) and stakeholders (Associação Nacional de Produtores de Milho e Sorgo) were invited to the Department of Biology, University of Aveiro. The event was attended by undergraduate and graduate students. (2019/12/05 - 2019/12/05) Round table (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2020/12/17 - 2020/12/17	Invited lecture on Bioremediation Seminar	Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia
2019/10/10 - 2019/10/12	The activity was targeted for schools and public in general and involved the explanation of how Diopatra neapolitana and Ficopomatus enigmaticus live and feed and showcased live aquaria, and how they are used in ecology and ecotoxicology. Exhibition	Techdays, Aveiro
2019/09/04 - 2019/09/04	The use of soil bacteria as biofertilizers for maize. The activity consisted in the presentation of a field trial, done during maize season of 2019, to stakeholders (maize producers, companies and politicians). Workshop	Dia de Campo INOVMILHO 2019 Associação de Produtores de Milho e Sorgo , Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2020/07/08	Biochar Application in Soil: Behavior and Toxicity (Thesis) Main arguer	Dina Jahanianfard (Master) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2021/03/10 - 2021/06/24	Bioquímica e Metabolismo II	(Licenciatura)	Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/10/06 - 2021/02/22	Bioquímica e Metabolismo I	Biologia (Licenciatura)	Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/07/13 - 2020/07/17	Metabolomics as a tool in environmental research - Advanced course	(Doutoramento)	Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/02/11 - 2020/06/30	Temas e Laboratórios de Biologia	Biologia (Licenciatura)	Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/09/09 - 2019/09/13	Advanced course on Data Analysis Using R	(Doutoramento)	Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/02/15 - 2018/06/15	Bioquímica e Metabolismo II	Biologia (Licenciatura)	Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/05/21 - 2018/05/24	Indrodução à análise de dados em R	(Mestrado)
2017/02/15 - 2017/06/15	Bioquímica e Metabolismo II	Biologia (Licenciatura)	Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2020/11/18	Pergunte a um cientista do CESAM - Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar. As bactérias também produzem compostos voláteis? E qual é a sua utilidade?	Diário de Aveiro
2019	A press release on the theme "Descobertas bactérias que podem contribuir para uma agricultura sustentável" was featured in 28 newspapers/magazines, news websites, including for instance, Jornal Económico, Vida Rural, Frutas, Legumes e Flores.

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2019/11/15 - Current	90 Segundos de Ciência - Antena 1	Compostos voláteis produzidos por bactérias promovem o crescimento de plantas
2018/12/15 - Current	Olhar o Mundo - ep. 46 - RTP3	Bactérias que ajudam plantas a enfrentar alterações climáticas

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2020/07/03 - Current	Agronomy (2073-4395)