Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- María Elena Varela Álvarez
Citation names
- Varela-Álvarez, Elena
- Varela-Álvarez, E
- Varela, Elena
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 011A-C381-D9AC
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-7262-3475
- Researcher Id
- M-4495-2013
- Scopus Author Id
- 6507326527
Email addresses
- evarela@ualg.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- CCMAR, Centro de Ciências do Mar, Universidade do Algarve, Campus Gambelas, 8005 139, Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-3475 (Professional)
- https://www.ccmar.ualg.pt/users/evarela (Professional)
- http://twitter.com/@evarelaalvarez (Social media)
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MwI-liAAAAAJ&hl=en (Scholar)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Spanish; Castilian | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
English | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Portuguese | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2005/06/30
Concluded
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Postgraduate Teaching Certificate C.A.P (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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2002/10/24
Concluded
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PhD in Biological Science (Marine Botany) (Doctor of Philosophy)
National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
"Phenology, life history and genetics of Porphyra linearis Greville, a candidate for Nori mariculture in Europe.
Advisor: Prof. Michael D. Guiry" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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1994/11/22
Concluded
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Master in Environmental Management (Master)
Instituto de Investigaciones Ecologicas, Spain
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1994/10/18
Concluded
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Marine Sciences (Licenciatura, Level 7/EQR) (Licence)
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/02/01 - 2025/01/31 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal | ||
2016/09/01 - 2019/01/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal | ||
2015/01/01 - 2016/08/31 | Postdoc (Research) | National University of Ireland - Galway Martin Ryan Institute, Ireland |
National University of Ireland - Galway Martin Ryan Institute, Ireland | ||
2014/01/07 - 2014/12/31 | Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain |
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain | ||
2004/10/01 - 2013/12/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal | ||
2007/09/01 - 2007/12/31 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, United States | ||
1997/01/01 - 2002/10/24 | Research Trainee (Research) | National University of Ireland - Galway Martin Ryan Institute, Ireland |
National University of Ireland - Galway Martin Ryan Institute, Ireland | ||
1995/06/01 - 1996/06/30 | Research Trainee (Research) | National University of Ireland - Galway Martin Ryan Institute, Ireland |
National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2016/09/01 - 2022/12/31 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2015/01/15 - 2016/08/31 | Profiling and Optimizing chemical composition of red Sea Vegetables for enhanced bioactive yields (PRO-SEA-VEG/FIRM)
FIRM 13/F/536
Post-doc Fellow
National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
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Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Ireland
Concluded
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2010/04/01 - 2013/12/31 | Molecular taxonomy, population genetics and phylogenomics of the red algal genus Porphyra spp. from the Iberian Peninsula
(NORIGENOMICS)
PTDC/MAR/099698/2008
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2008/11/01 - 2012/05/30 | Population genetic structure, molecular phylogenies and historical biogeography in species of the genus Caulerpa, present
in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean (CAULERPAGENETICS)
PTDC/MAR/70921/2006
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2002/01/01 - 2005/01/01 | Expansión de Caulerpa prolifera, C. taxifolia, C. racemosa en el Mediterráneo español: dinámica clonal, producción y destino
de la producción (CAULEXPAN)
MECD/REN2002-00701
Other
Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Spain
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Ministerio de Educación Consejo de Universidades
Concluded
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2004/02/01 - 2004/09/30 | Algal invasions to European shores (EU/ALIENS )
EVK3 – 200 – 00062
Technical development
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European Union
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Newsletter article |
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Other
Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2016/11/25 | Biogeographical genetic structure of Caulerpa prolifera across the Mediterranean and the Mediterranean/ Atlantic transition zone. | Short oral presentation at Semana da Cultura Cientifica do CCMAR
(Faro, Portugal)
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2016/06/21 | Pro-SeaVeg – Profiling and enhancing bioactive yields in Irish red sea vegetables | 22nd International Seaweed Symposium
(Copenhagen, Denmark)
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2014/12/15 | Niveles de ploidías y tallas del genoma en el ciclo de vida de las especies de Caulerpa en el Mediterranéo; Invited semminar, Research Innovation Week, RIW, Campus Atlántico Tricontinenal CEI- Canarias | Invited talk, Research Innovation Week, RIW, Campus Atlántico Tricontinenal CEI- Canarias
(Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)
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2014/11/17 | Ploidy levels vs. life history traits in native and invasive Mediterranean Caulerpa species. | Mares Conferences, Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation
(Olhão, Portugal)
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2007/03/26 | Advances in the invasion genetics of the brown seaweed Sargassum muticum. | 19th International Seaweed Symposium Symposium
(Kobe, Japan)
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2005/06/01 | The construction of microsatellite libraries in Caulerpa prolifera from the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Genomics Workshop. | Marine Genomics Workshop , Naples, Italy
(Naples, Italy)
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2001/12/17 | Fenología, ciclo de vida y genética de Porphyra linearis Greville, una candidata para la industría de algas en Europa | Invited seminar at IMEDEA, CSIC
(Esporles, Mallorca, Spain)
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1999/03/28 | Reproductive phenology and seasonal growth of two Porphyra linearis ecotypes from the West-Coast of Ireland | International Porphyra Workshop
(Plymouth, United Kingdom)
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1998/04/12 | Conchocelis growth and conchospore production of Porphyra linearis from the west coast of Ireland using Image Analysis. | XVI International Seaweed Symposium Symposium
(Cebú, Philippines)
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1998/03/31 | Conchocelis growth and conchospore production of Porphyra linearis from the west coast of Ireland using Image Analysis | 22nd Annual Irish Botanist Meeting
(Dublin, Ireland)
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2000/09/01 - 2002/12/31 | 2000-02 – Faculty administration experience: Exam/ Registration office at NUIG, National University of Ireland, Galway. (2000/09/01 - 2002/12/31)
Other
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National University of Ireland - Galway Martin Ryan Institute, Ireland |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2019/12/12 - 2019/12/13 | Worshop on Seaweed aquaculture, Euromarine Network (https://www.euromarinenetwork.eu)
Workshop
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RECOVER: Seaweed aquaculture: A promising tool for the restoration and sustainable development of coastal environments or
an expensive end-of-pipe technology?
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Germany
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2017/12/01 - 2017/12/02 | Workshop on Bionformatics, EMBL-EBI/ European Bioinformatics Institute at CCMAR
Workshop
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Bionformatics workshop
European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
2013/07/21 - 2013/07/31 | Workshop Molecular Evolution Workshop, following the last topics on genomics, molecular evolution, phylogenetic analyses and
population genetics, MBL/Woods Hole, USA
Workshop
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Workshop on Molecular Evolution |
2012/05/11 - 2012/05/11 | Workshop on Practical Plant Flow Cytometry. Institute of Botany ASCR, Laboratory of flow cytometry, Pruhonice, Czech Republic
Workshop
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Practical Plant Flow Cytometry |
2009/06/15 - 2009/06/19 | Short course on Molecular Markers and Population Genetics organized by The Gulbenkian Training Programme in Bioinformatics
Other
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MMPG09/Molecular Markers and Population Genetics
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
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2009/03/02 - 2009/03/06 | Short course on Molecular Evolution, Phylogenetics and Adaptation organized by The Gulbenkian Training Programme in Bioinformatics
Other
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MEPA09/ Molecular Evolution, Phylogenetics and Adaptation
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
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2007/01/29 - 2007/02/02 | Short course: Bioinformatics I - Introduction to Sequence and Genome Analysis, by Marine Genomics Network at Max Plank Institute,
Bremen, Germany
Other
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Bioinformatics I - Introduction to Sequence and Genome Analysis |
2005/06/06 - 2005/06/27 | Short Course on Molecular evolution and population genetics, by the Marine Genomics Network, at SZN, Naples, Italy
Other
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Molecular evolution and population genetics
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Italy
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1995/10/01 - 1996/06/30 | Internship at ISIO -Irish Seaweed Industry Organization. Tasks: Seaweed cultivation, Seaweed mapping along the Irish coas.
Funded by EULeo/AquaTT
Other
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Internship -Seaweed Industry Organization
National University of Ireland - Galway Martin Ryan Institute, Ireland
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1995/06/01 - 1995/08/31 | Internship at CRL/SRL, Shellfish Research Laboratory, Tasks: Microalgal and macroalgal cultivation. Funded by AquaTT.
Other
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Internship at CRL/SRL, Shellfish Research Laboratory
National University of Ireland - Galway Martin Ryan Institute, Ireland
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Ad Hoc journal article review
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2021 - 2021 | Algal Research (2211-9264) | Elsevier |
2019 - 2021 | Polar Biology (1432-2056) | Springer |
2017 - 2021 | Botanica Marina (1437-4323) | De Gruyter |
2017 - 2021 | Biological Invasions (1573-1464) | Springer |
2006 - 2021 | Journal of Applied Phycology (1573-5176) | Springer |
2009 - 2020 | Journal of Phycology (1529-8817) | Wiley |
2019 - 2019 | Aquatic Invasions (1818-5487) | REABIC |
2019 - 2019 | Algae (2093-0860) | The Korean Society of Phycology |
2018 - 2018 | Bioinvasions Records (2242-1300) | REABIC |
2015 - 2018 | Rev. Biología Marina Oceanografía (ISSN 0718-1957) | Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile |
2013 - 2018 | Systematics and Biodiversity (1478-0933) | Taylor & Francis |
2013 - 2017 | Aquatic Botany (0304-3770) | Elsevier |
2016 - 2016 | Scientific Reports (2045-2322) | Springer Nature |
2016 - 2016 | Marine Drugs (1660-3397) | MDPI Publishing |
2016 - 2016 | Marine Biodiversity (1867-1624) | Springer |
2015 - 2015 | Marine Ecology Series Progress (1616-1599) | Inter-Research Science Publisher |
2015 - 2015 | Journal of Biogeography (1365-2699) | Wiley |
2014 - 2015 | Nova Hedwigia (2363-7188) | Schwizerbart Science Publishers |
2014 - 2015 | Annals of Botany (1095-8290) | Oxford University Press |
2014 - 2014 | Journal of Biosciences (0973-7138) | Springer |
2013 - 2013 | Marine Biology (1432-1793) | Springer |
2012 - 2012 | Journal of Oceanology and Limnology (2523-3521) | Springer |
2012 - 2012 | African Journal of Biotechnology (1684-5315) | Academic Journals |
2011 - 2011 | Marine Ecology (1439-0485) | Willey |
2010 - 2010 | Plant Biology (1438-8677) | Willey |
2007 - 2007 | Conservation Genetics (1572-9737) | Springer |
2006 - 2007 | Indian Journal of Marine Science (0379-5136) | NISCAIR |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2021/09/01 - 2022/06/30 | Algal biology; Algal diversity, Marine Botany; Invited lecturer, 33 h/year (on going) | Marine Botany 2nd year; Marine Biology 1st year; BSc (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2016/09/01 - 2020/06/30 | Algal diversity; Applied phycology; Guest lecturer, Average 13h/ year | Marine Biology, Marine Biodiversity; Marine Coastal Management; 1st/2nd year BSc (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
1999/09/01 - 2002/06/30 | Marine Botany, Mycology; Instructor/demonstrator of practical classes at NUI, Galway | Marine Science Courses, 1st, 2nd 3rd year (Bachelor) | National University of Ireland - Galway Martin Ryan Institute, Ireland |
Other jury / evaluation
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2009 - 2009 | Reviewer of Research Project Proposals | Fundación BBVA, Spain |
Distinctions
Award
2019 | 2019-2025 UALG Research Scientist contract, at CCMAR, University of Algarve, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2016 | 2016-2019 FCT Postdoctoral fellowship. (SFRH/BPD/109452/2015) at CCMAR, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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2015 | 2015-2016-NUIG-Postdoctoral contract in Bioactive compounds in Sea Vegetables
National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
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2014 | 2014 (6M) CEI- Canarias-Campus Atlántico Tricontinental, Researcher contract
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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2012 | 2012-2013 BDCC-Scientific Career Develop. Fellowship (Norigenomics), CCMAR, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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2006 | 2006-2012 FCT Postdoc fellowship. (SFRH/BPD/17206/2004), at CCMAR, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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2004 | 2004-2006 MECD, Spain Postdoc fellowship EX2003-0510, at CCMAR, UALG, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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1999 | 1999-2001 NUIG, Science Postgraduate fellowship, at Botany Dept., NUIG Ireland
National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
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1997 | 1997-1998 FAIR GT96 0697-Marie Curie Research Training Fellowship, at NUIG Ireland
National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
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