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Maria Helena Abreu Silva has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Aveiro since 2000, having joined this same University as a Trainee Assistant in 1987. Since then she has taught several Curricular Units (1st and 2nd cycle), always in the area of Biodiversity and Plant Ecology, and supervised several dozen Master's Dissertations/Doctoral Theses in the same area. She is currently Director of the Master's Degree in Applied Ecology at this same University. She is an Integrated Member of the CESAM Associated Laboratory and has participated in several research projects not only as a Researcher but also as a Principal Investigator. She has published to date several dozen WoS articles and several books/book chapters in the area of plant diversity and ecology.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria Helena Abreu Silva

Citation names

  • Silva, Helena

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5618-68DD-8BFD
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8060-2842

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Botany

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2000/07/11
Concluded
 PhD in Biology (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Aspectos morfológicos e ecofisiológicos de algumas halófitas do sapal da Ria de Aveiro" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved
1982 - 1986
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2000/09/11 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
1991 - 2000/09/10 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
1987/03/11 - 1991 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/09 - Current Halotolerant rhizobacteria for enhanced tolerance of Olea europaea to saline stress and infection - HALIUS
PTDC/BIA-MIC/3157/2020
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018/10/15 - 2021/10/14 RhizoMiS - Redesigning the rhizosphere microbiome of Salicornia for exploitation of bioproducts and improvement of bioprocesses
PTDC/BIA-MIC/29736/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2010/01/01 - 2013/06/30 Effects of Carbon Dioxide increase on Salt Marshes (ECOSAM)
PTDC/AAC-CLI/104085/2008
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Oceanografia, Portugal

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Integrated System for Managing Fishfarm Effluents. (STEP)
STEP-PROMAR
Researcher
Concluded
2005/09/01 - 2008/08/31 ECOBOAT - Ecological risk assessment on the use of boat antifouling paints with organometallic and metallic biocides at the Portuguese coast
POCI/MAR/61893/2004
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2004/01 - 2007/06 Contribution to the management of East Timor's Floristic Resources
POCTI/MGS/46905/2002
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Silva, Helena; PAULO C. SILVEIRA. Guia de campo Lousada Natural-Guia dos fetos. Portugal. 2025.
    In press
  2. Silva, Helena; PAULO C. SILVEIRA; Hermenegildo Costa. Guia ilustrado dos fetos de Dare (Timor Leste). Portugal: UA Editora-Universidade de Aveiro. 2023.
    Published
  3. Silva, Helena. Guia de campo ilustrado dos fetos e licófitas do Município de Uíge (Angola). Aveiro, Portugal: UA Editora. 2022.
    Accepted
  4. Silva, Helena; PAULO C. SILVEIRA. Guia de campo das árvores e arbustos do Parque dos Pinheiros Mansos (Oliveira do Bairro). Portugal: UA Editora-Universidade de Aveiro. 2021.
    Published
  5. Silva, Helena. Árvores e Arbustos das Rua de Dìli (Timor-Leste). Portugal: Afrontamento. 2011.
Conference paper
  1. Silva, Helena. ""Edutainment" wall panels: Curia Spa Park". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on Illustration and Animation (CONFIA), 2018.
Journal article
  1. Maria J. Ferreira; Ana C. S. Veríssimo; Diana C. G. A. Pinto; Isabel N. Sierra-Garcia; Camille E. Granada; Javier Cremades; Helena Silva; Ângela Cunha. "Engineering the Rhizosphere Microbiome with Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria for Modulation of the Plant Metabolome". Plants (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13162309.
    10.3390/plants13162309
  2. PAULO C. SILVEIRA; BARRY J. CONN; JULISASI TRI HADIAH; JORGE A. R. PAIVA; HELENA SILVA; CHRISTINE MELANIE WILMOT-DEAR. "Annotated checklist of the Urticaceae of Timor". Phytotaxa (2024): https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.645.3.4.
    10.11646/phytotaxa.645.3.4
  3. Marisa Marques Gouveia; Natasha Nonemacher Magni; Carina Lurdes Lopes; Américo Soares Ribeiro; João Miguel Dias; Helena Silva. "The Importance of Soil Elevation and Hydroperiods in Salt Marsh Vegetation Zonation: A Case Study of Ria de Aveiro". Applied Sciences (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/app13074605.
    10.3390/app13074605
  4. Natasha N. Magni; Ana C. S. Veríssimo; Helena Silva; Diana C. G. A. Pinto. "Metabolomic Profile of Salicornia perennis Plant’s Organs under Diverse In Situ Stress: The Ria de Aveiro Salt Marshes Case". Metabolites (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo13020280.
    10.3390/metabo13020280
  5. Inês Simão; Hermenegildo Costa; Helena Oliveira; Helena Silva; Paulo Silveira. "Nuclear DNA 2C-values for 16 species from Timor-Leste increases taxonomical representation in tropical ferns and lycophytes". Caryologia (2023): https://doi.org/10.36253/caryologia-1628.
    10.36253/caryologia-1628
  6. Sonia M. Rodrigues Oliveira; Elsa Dias; Ana Paula Girol; Helena Silva; Maria de Lourdes Pereira. "Exercise Training and Verbena officinalis L. Affect Pre-Clinical and Histological Parameters". Plants (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11223115.
    10.3390/plants11223115
  7. Ameixa, Olga M.C.C.; Rebelo, João; Silva, Helena; Pinto, Diana C.G.A.. "Gall midge Baldratia salicorniae Kieffer (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) infestation on Salicornia europaea L. induces the production of specialized metabolites with biotechnological potential". Phytochemistry 200 (2022): 113207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2022.113207.
    10.1016/j.phytochem.2022.113207
  8. Maria João Ferreira; Diana C. G. A. Pinto; Ângela Cunha; Helena Silva. "Halophytes as Medicinal Plants against Human Infectious Diseases". Applied Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/app12157493.
    10.3390/app12157493
  9. Benedict Carius; Helena Silva; Artur M. S. Silva; Diana C. G. A. Pinto. "Chemical Profiling of Limonium vulgare Mill. Using UHPLC-DAD-ESI/MS2 and GC-MS Analysis". Applied Sciences 12 13 (2022): 6384-6384. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12136384.
    10.3390/app12136384
  10. Cardoso, Mariana; Silva, Helena; Patinha, Carla; Costa, Natália; Nunes, Susana; Cunha, Ângela. "From the saltpan to the plate: An evaluation of the use of the edible halophyte Salicornia ramosissima in catering". Annals of Applied Biology 180 1 (2021): 99-108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aab.12714.
    10.1111/aab.12714
  11. Ferreira, Maria J.; Cunha, Angela; Figueiredo, Sandro; Faustino, Pedro; Patinha, Carla; Silva, Helena; Sierra-Garcia, Isabel N.. "The Root Microbiome of Salicornia ramosissima as a Seedbank for Plant-Growth Promoting Halotolerant Bacteria". Applied Sciences 11 5 (2021): 2233. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11052233.
    10.3390/app11052233
  12. Hermenegildo R. Costa; Inês Simão; Helena Silva; Paulo Silveira; Artur M. S. Silva; Diana C. G. A. Pinto. "Aglaomorpha quercifolia (L.) Hovenkamp & S. Linds a Wild Fern Used in Timorese Cuisine". Foods 10 1 (2021): 87-87. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010087.
    10.3390/foods10010087
  13. Faustino, Maria V.; Faustino, Maria A. F.; Silva, Helena; Silva, Artur M. S.; Pinto, Diana C. G. A.. "Lipophilic Metabolites of Spartina maritima and Puccinellia maritima Involved in Their Tolerance to Salty Environments". Chemistry & Biodiversity 17 10 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbdv.202000316.
    10.1002/cbdv.202000316
  14. Oliveira, Catarina; Pinto, Joana; Coelho, Elisabete; Silva, Helena; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Pereira, Maria de Lourdes. "Sarcocornia perennis pectic polysaccharides orally administered to mice: Holistic histological evaluation of xenobiotic protection". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 154 (2020): 150-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.03.091.
    10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.03.091
  15. C.P.J. MEZONDA; I. SIMÃO; H. SILVA; P. SILVEIRA. "New records for the fern and lycophytes flora of Uíge, Northern Angola". Phytotaxa 442 1 (2020): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.442.1.1.
    10.11646/phytotaxa.442.1.1
  16. Maria V. Faustino; Maria A. F. Faustino; Helena Silva; Ângela Cunha; Artur M. S. Silva; Diana C. G. A. Pinto. "Puccinellia maritima, Spartina maritima, and Spartina patens Halophytic Grasses: Characterization of Polyphenolic and Chlorophyll Profiles and Evaluation of Their Biological Activities". Molecules 24 20 (2019): 3796-3796. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24203796.
    10.3390/molecules24203796
  17. FERREIRA, Maria J.; SILVA, Helena; CUNHA, Angela. "Siderophore-Producing Rhizobacteria as a Promising Tool for Empowering Plants to Cope with Iron Limitation in Saline Soils: A Review". Pedosphere 29 4 (2019): 409-420. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1002-0160(19)60810-6.
    10.1016/s1002-0160(19)60810-6
  18. Figueira, Carolina; Ferreira, Maria J.; Silva, Helena; Cunha, Angela. "Improved germination efficiency of Salicornia ramosissima seeds inoculated with Bacillus aryabhattai SP1016-20". Annals of Applied Biology 174 3 (2019): 319-328. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aab.12495.
    10.1111/aab.12495
  19. Daniela Ferreira; Diana C.G.A. Pinto; Helena Silva; Ana Paula Girol; Maria de Lourdes Pereira. "Salicornia ramosissima J. Woods seeds affected the normal regenerative function on carbon tetrachloride-induced liver and kidney injury". Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 107 (2018): 283-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2018.07.153.
    10.1016/j.biopha.2018.07.153
  20. Duarte, Bernardo; Silva, Helena; Dias, João Miguel; Sleimi, Noomene; Marques, João Carlos; Caçador, Isabel. "Functional and ecophysiological traits of Halimione portulacoides and Sarcocornia perennis ecotypes in Mediterranean salt marshes under different tidal exposures". Ecological Research 33 6 (2018): 1145-1156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11284-018-1632-y.
    10.1007/s11284-018-1632-y
  21. Ferreira, Daniela; Isca, Vera M.S.; Leal, Pedro; Seca, Ana M.L.; Silva, Helena; de Lourdes Pereira, Maria; Silva, Artur M.S.; Pinto, Diana C.G.A.. "Salicornia ramosissima : Secondary metabolites and protective effect against acute testicular toxicity". Arabian Journal of Chemistry 11 1 (2018): 70-80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2016.04.012.
    10.1016/j.arabjc.2016.04.012
  22. Duarte, B.; Vaz, N.; Valentim, J.M.; Dias, J.M.; Silva, H.; Marques, J.C.; Sleimi, N.; Caçador, I.. "Revisiting the outwelling hypothesis: Modelling salt marsh detrital metal exports under extreme climatic events". Marine Chemistry 191 (2017): 24-33. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85008516014&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marchem.2016.12.002
  23. Rodrigues, N.; Almeida, A.; Silva, H.; Pinto, D.; Seca, A.; Pereira, M.L.. "Potencial anti-inflamatory effects of artemisia gorgonum on rat liver injury induced by CCl4". Microscopy and Microanalysis 22 (2016): 26-27. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85014563233&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S1431927616000325
  24. Isca, V.M.S.; Seca, A.M.L.; Pinto, D.C.G.A.; Silva, H.; Silva, A.M.S.. "Saliramophenol, an unprecedented natural t-butylphenol derivative from Salicornia ramosissima J. Woods". RSC Advances 5 75 (2015): 61380-61382. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84937468528&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c5ra10893d
  25. Vera M.S. Isca; Ana M.L. Seca; Diana C.G.A. Pinto; Helena Silva; Artur M.S. Silva. "Lipophilic profile of the edible halophyte Salicornia ramosissima". Food Chemistry 165 (2014): 330-336. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.foodchem.2014.05.117.
    10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.05.117
  26. Duarte, B.; Santos, D.; Silva, H.; Marques, J.C.; Caçador, I.. "Photochemical and biophysical feedbacks of C3 and C4 Mediterranean halophytes to atmospheric CO2 enrichment confirmed by their stable isotope signatures". Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 80 (2014): 10-22. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84897947375&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.03.016
  27. Duarte, B.; Santos, D.; Silva, H.; Marques, J.C.; Caçador, I.; Sleimi, N.. "Light-dark O2 dynamics in submerged leaves of C3 and C4 halophytes under increased dissolved CO2: Clues for saltmarsh response to climate change". AoB PLANTS 6 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84986601734&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/aobpla/plu067
  28. Oliveira, V.; Gomes, N.C.M.; Almeida, A.; Silva, A.M.S.; Silva, H.; Cunha, Â.. "Microbe-Assisted Phytoremediation of Hydrocarbons in Estuarine Environments". Microbial Ecology 69 1 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84939885042&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00248-014-0455-9
  29. Duarte, B.; Valentim, J.M.; Dias, J.M.; Silva, H.; Marques, J.C.; Caçador, I.. "Modelling sea level rise (SLR) impacts on salt marsh detrital outwelling C and N exports from an estuarine coastal lagoon to the ocean (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal)". Ecological Modelling 289 (2014): 36-44. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904296273&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.06.020
  30. Duarte, B.; Freitas, J.; Valentim, J.; Medeiros, J.P.; Costa, J.L.; Silva, H.; Dias, J.M.; et al. "Abiotic control modelling of salt marsh sediments respiratory CO 2 fluxes: Application to increasing temperature scenarios". Ecological Indicators 46 (2014): 110-118. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904007315&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.06.018
  31. Oliveira, V.; Gomes, N.C.M.; Cleary, D.F.R.; Almeida, A.; Silva, A.M.S.; Simões, M.M.Q.; Silva, H.; Cunha, A.. "Halophyte plant colonization as a driver of the composition of bacterial communities in salt marshes chronically exposed to oil hydrocarbons". FEMS Microbiology Ecology 90 3 (2014): 647-662. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84914820941&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/1574-6941.12425
  32. Ferreira, D.; Pinto, D.; Silva, H.; Pereira, M.L.. "Salicornia ramosissima ethanolic extract on mice: a light microscopy approach on liver and kidney". Microscopy and Microanalysis 19 S4 (2013): 31-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927613000779.
    10.1017/s1431927613000779
  33. Duarte, B.; Couto, T.; Freitas, J.; Valentim, J.; Silva, H.; Marques, J.C.; Dias, J.M.; Caçador, I.. "Abiotic modulation of Spartina maritima photobiology in different latitudinal populations". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 130 (2013): 127-137. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84883175631&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2013.02.008
  34. Duarte, B.; Freitas, J.; Couto, T.; Valentim, J.; Dias, J.M.; Silva, H.; Marques, J.C.; Caçador, I.. "New multi-metric Salt Marsh Sediment Microbial Index (SSMI) application to salt marsh sediments ecological status assessment". Ecological Indicators 29 (2013): 390-397. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874059852&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.01.008
  35. Valentim, J.M.; Vaz, L.; Vaz, N.; Silva, H.; Duarte, B.; Caçador, I.; Dias, J.M.. "Sea level rise impact in residual circulation in Tagus estuary and Ria de Aveiro lagoon". Journal of Coastal Research SPEC. ISSU (2013): 1981-1986. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84883802361&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2112/SI65-335
  36. Valentim, J.M.; Vaz, N.; Silva, H.; Duarte, B.; Caçador, I.; Dias, J.M.. "Tagus estuary and Ria de Aveiro salt marsh dynamics and the impact of sea level rise". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 130 (2013): 138-151. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84883189294&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2013.04.005
  37. Oliveira, V.; Santos, A.L.; Aguiar, C.; Santos, L.; Salvador, Â.C.; Gomes, N.C.M.; Silva, H.; et al. "Prokaryotes in salt marsh sediments of Ria de Aveiro: Effects of halophyte vegetation on abundance and diversity". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 110 (2012): 61-68. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84865313329&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2012.03.013
  38. Simões, A.R.; Silva, H.; Silveira, P.. "The Convolvulaceae of Timor with special reference to East Timor". Blumea: Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Plant Geography 56 1 (2011): 49-71. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955808799&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3767/000651911X573002
  39. Silva, H.; Pinho, R.; Lopes, L.; Nogueira, A.J.A.; Silveira, P.. "Illustrated plant identification keys: An interactive tool to learn botany". Computers and Education 56 4 (2011): 969-973. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650280569&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.compedu.2010.11.011
  40. Oliveira, V.; Santos, A.L.; Coelho, F.; Gomes, N.C.M.; Silva, H.; Almeida, A.; Cunha, A.. "Effects of monospecific banks of salt marsh vegetation on sediment bacterial communities". Microbial Ecology 60 1 (2010): 167-179. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955420482&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00248-010-9678-6
  41. Silva, H.; Dias, J.M.; Caçador, I.. "Is the salt marsh vegetation a determining factor in the sedimentation processes?". Hydrobiologia 621 1 (2009): 33-47. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-58149242740&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10750-008-9630-7
  42. Silveira, P.; Schuiteman, A.; Vermeulen, J.J.; Sousa, A.J.; Silva, H.; Paiva, J.; De Vogel, E.. "The orchids of Timor: Checklist and conservation status". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 157 2 (2008): 197-215. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-44649155595&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00796.x
  43. Silva, H.; Caldeira, G.; Freitas, H.. "Salicornia ramosissima population dynamics and tolerance of salinity". Ecological Research 22 1 (2007): 125-134. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33846319405&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11284-006-0008-x
  44. Santos, L.; Cunha, Â.; Silva, H.; Caçador, I.; Dias, J.M.; Almeida, A.. "Influence of salt marsh on bacterial activity in two estuaries with different hydrodynamic characteristics (Ria de Aveiro and Tagus Estuary)". FEMS Microbiology Ecology 60 3 (2007): 429-441. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34249013381&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00304.x
  45. Sérgio, C.; Silva, I.; Silva, H.. "Micromitrium tenerum (Bruch & Schimp.) Crosby, new to the moss Flora of Portugal". Cryptogamie, Bryologie 27 3 (2006): 395-397. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33746643882&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  46. Cunha, M.A.; Pedro, R.; Almeida, M.A.; Silva, M.H.. "Activity and growth efficiency of heterotrophic bacteria in a salt marsh (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal)". Microbiological Research 160 3 (2005): 279-290. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2005.02.001.
    10.1016/j.micres.2005.02.001
Preprint
  1. Maria J. Ferreira; Ana C.S. Veríssimo; Diana C.G.A. Pinto; Natalia Sierra-Garcia; Camille E. Granada; Javier Cremades; Helena Silva; Ângela Cunha. "Engineering the Rhizosphere for Stress Resilience: PGPB-Mediated Alterations in Plant Metabolite Profiles". 2024. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.0800.v1.
    10.20944/preprints202406.0800.v1
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023 - Current PhD Thesis: Evaluation of the metabolite profile and biological activities of three species of Euphorbia native to the Portuguese coast
Co-supervisor of natasha Nonemacher Magni
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2019/09/02 - Current PhD Thesis-Rhizosphere Engineering of Salicornia ramosissima with Plant-growth Promoting Bacteria (PGPB)
Co-supervisor
2018 - Current PhD Thesis-RARE OR THREATENED BOTANICAL SPECIES IN THE BRAZILIAN CERRADO AND PROMOTION OF SCIENTIFIC CULTURE - the importance of botanical illustrations as ambassadors of scientific dissemination/dissemination and regional environmental awareness/conservation actions
Co-supervisor
2022 - 2023 Master Thesis-Learning boatny: different practical approches centred on dune flora vegetation
Supervisor of Ana Donati
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2017 - 2021 PhD THESIS-TIMOR PTERIDOPHYTES, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON TIMOR-LESTE
Co-supervisor
2018/10/15 - 2019/07/15 Master Thesis-Contribution to an illustrated field guide of the ferns and related plants of the Municipality of Uige (Angola)
Supervisor
2017/10/15 - 2018/07/15 Master Thesis-Effects of the gall midge Baldratia salicorniae infestation on Salicornia ramosissima
Supervisor
2017/10 - 2018 Master Thesis-Effect of halophilic bacteria from Aveiro salt pans in the attenuation of saline stress in plants
Co-supervisor
2017 - 2018 Master Thesis-Salicornia ramosissima as food: microbiological, nutritional and sensorial quality of glasswort from Ria de Aveiro
Co-supervisor
2016 - 2017 Master Thesis-Isolation and characterization of rhizobacteria associated with the halophyte Salicornia ramosissima with biocontrol effect
Co-supervisor
2015 - 2016 Master Thesis-Interactive tools for divulgation of flora diversity from Pateira de Fermentelos
Supervisor
2012 - 2013 Master Thesis-Potential antinflammatory and anticoagulant effects of Artemisia gorgonum on mice
Co-supervisor
2011 - 2012 Master Thesis-The therapeutic potential of Salicornia ramosissima on mice
Co-supervisor
2011 - 2012 Master Thesis-Hydrodynamic effects in Ria de Aveiro and Tagus estuary salt marshes
Co-supervisor
2010 - 2011 Master Thesis-THE ACTION OF SARCOCORNIA PERENNIS POLYSACCHARIDES IN MICE
Co-supervisor
2010 - 2011 Master Thesis-THE ACTION OF THE ETHANOL EXTRACT OF SARCOCORNIA PERENNIS, IN MICE
Co-supervisor
2009 - 2010 Master Thesis-Efeitos terapêuticos de Inula crithmoides em ratinhos expostos ao CCl4
Co-supervisor
2008 - 2009 Master Thesis-ILLUSTRATED DICHOTOMIC KEYS: ITS APPLICATION TO THE BOTANICAL RESERVE OF TRÓIA
Supervisor
2008 - 2009 Master Thesis-Evaluation of the aqueous extract of Inula crithmoides in mice exposed to CCl4
Co-supervisor
2008 - 2009 Master Thesis-The importance of nitrogen fixing bacteria in the rhizosphere of halophytes
Co-supervisor
2008 - 2009 Master Thesis-Effect of Cichorium intybus cypselas in mice exposed to CCl4
Co-supervisor
2007 - 2008 Master Thesis-THE ACTION OF PTEROSPARTUM TRIDENTATUM EXTRACTS IN MICE EXPOSED TO CCl4
Co-supervisor
2006 - 2007 Master Thesis-Convolvulaceae from the island of Timor with special reference to East Timor
Supervisor
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Other distinction

2002 National Multimedia Award 2001