Curriculum Vitae
Mélinda Maria Marie-Jeanne Martins
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Mélinda Maria Marie-Jeanne Martins
Citation names
- Mélinda Martins
- Martins, Mélinda
- Martins, M.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 0E1C-EB8A-3122
- ORCID iD
- 0009-0007-7645-1413
Email addresses
- a74071@ualg.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- CCMAR, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinsmelinda/ (Social media)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Oceanography
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Climatic Research
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| French (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Portuguese | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Spanish; Castilian | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2021/10 - 2024/04
Concluded
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Marine and Coastal Systems (Mestrado)
Major in Oceanography
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Sedimentological characterization of a sedimentary record from the Portimão Bank (SW Iberia): Late Quaternary-Holocene
paleoenvironmental implications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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16 |
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2020/09 - 2021/06
Concluded
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Earth Sciences (Licence)
Major in Hydrography
Université de Brest, France
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12 |
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2018/09 - 2020/06
Concluded
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Marine Sciences (Diplôme d´études supérieures)
Major in Marine Geology
Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France
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14 |
Affiliation
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/12 - Current | Research Fellow in Chemical Oceanography | Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
| Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal | ||
| 2023/11 - 2024/11 | Research Fellow in Paleoceanography | Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal |
| Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera Divisão de Geologia e Georecursos Marinhos, Portugal | ||
| 2021/03 - 2021/05 | Graduation Project in Hydrography/Oceanography | Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine, France |
| Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine, France | ||
| 2020/03 - 2020/04 | Internship in Coastal Geology | Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
| Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal | ||
| 2019/06 - 2019/08 | Internship in Coastal Management | Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
| Universidade de Évora Laboratório de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/12/03 - Current | JDAMicroplastics – Identification and quantification of microplastics in marine samples by LC-MS
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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European Marine Biological Resource Centre
Ongoing
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| 2023/11/15 - 2024/11/14 | Hydroshifts – Understanding the abrupt variations of the hydroclimate in the middle latitudes of the North Atlantic
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/02 - 2023/11 | EDUCOAST – Nature-Based Education in Coastal Geosciences - A field station in southern Portugal
Master Thesis Student
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
EEA Grants
Concluded
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| 2023/02 - 2023/11 | MONTERA – The Seamounts of Southern Iberia: Tectonics and Sedimentation
Master Thesis Student
Instituto Español de Oceanografía Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga, Spain
Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain |
European Commission
Concluded
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| 2023/02 - 2023/11 | EMSO-PT – European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and Water Column Observatory - Portugal
Master Thesis Student
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
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European Commission Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
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| 2019/06 - 2019/08 | MAPSi – Monitoring of Marine Environments at the Port of Sines
Student Internship
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2025/08/29 | Invited speaker at the Vatican Pan-European Climate Resilience Summit, on the Coastal Resilience panel (North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean) | Vatican Pan-European Climate Resilience Summit
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences (Vienna, Austria)
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| 2024/11/29 | Biomarker-based sea surface temperature variability in the Blake Outer Ridge: Insights from MIS 12 and MIS 16 | PaleoForum
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2024/07/08 | Invited speaker at the online Thalassophile Project event on marine science accessibility and ocean literacy in Blue Education | Online Thalassophile Project event
Thalassophile Project (Online, United Kingdom)
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| 2024/05/15 | Breaking Barriers: Linking Science, Policy, and Action for Our Oceans | Conference for Young Marine Researchers (YOUMARES)
Cape San Diego (Hamburg, Germany)
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| 2024/04/15 | Deciphering local from global signals in Portimão Bank sedimentary dynamics | European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2024
SSP1.1. Open session on stratigraphy, sedimentology, and palaeontology (Vienna, Austria)
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| 2024/01/24 | Invited speaker at the Portugal's National Committee for the United Nations Ocean Decade | Apresentação Pública do Comité Nacional para a Década do Oceano
UN Ocean Decade (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/06/13 - 2025/06/14 | Co-organised and facilitated a science – art workshop on ocean plastic pathways for youth (2025/06/13 - 2025/06/14)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Youth and Environment Europe (YEE), France European Parliament, France European Youth Forum, Belgium |
| 2024/11/02 - 2024/11/02 | Co-organised an online workshop on Environmental Education (2024/11/02 - 2024/11/02)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Eco Jash project, Kyrgyzstan Resilient Oceans project, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2025/09/26 - 2025/09/26 | Facilitated hands-on activity on ocean circulation and plastic pollution for visitors and school groups
Workshop
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European Researchers' Night – Mostra de Ciência "A Ciência e o Futuro"
Centro Ciência Viva de Tavira, Portugal
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| 2025/09/22 - 2025/09/24 | Attended an online seminar series on science communication and ocean literacy, focused on engaging the public with marine
research
Seminar
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Trainings for scientists – From Lab to Public: Ocean Literacy in Action
European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS), Belgium
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| 2025/09/22 - 2025/09/22 | eLabFTW Course – CCMAR Training in e-lab notebook for research data
Other
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eLabFTW Course: CCMAR
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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| 2025/05/09 - 2025/05/09 | Attended a seminar on singlet oxygen in biological systems, covering its functions and practical uses
Seminar
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Singlet Oxygen - Applications and Implications in Biological Systems
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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| 2025/03/25 - 2025/03/25 | Selected for the 2025 PRIORITY Training Day on Advanced Metrology and Standardization Practices in Microplastic Research
Workshop
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MICROPLASTICdays
Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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| 2024/09/24 - 2025/01/22 | Selected for the Citizen of the Ocean consultation, contributing ideas to shape European actions on marine protection, climate
solutions, and sustainable ocean economy
Workshop
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Citizen of the Ocean Consultation
Centre National de la Mer (Nausicaa), France
Youth4Ocean forum, Belgium |
| 2024/12/13 - 2024/12/13 | Attended an online seminar on connecting ocean science with global policy for sustainable marine conservation
Seminar
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Meet a Blue Expert #11 - From ocean depths to global decisions: bridging science and policy with DOSI
Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative, United Kingdom
Youth4Ocean forum, Belgium |
| 2024/09/03 - 2024/11/01 | Selected for the 2024 Global Youth Climate Training Programme out of over 10,000 applicants, to receive advanced training
in climate change and sustainability
Other
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Global Youth Climate Training Programme
Oxford Net Zero, United Kingdom
Global Youth Coalition, Germany Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment - University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
| 2024/02/14 - 2024/02/14 | Attended an online seminar on reducing fossil fuel dependency & mitigating climate change impacts in deep ocean industries
Seminar
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Decarbonisation of the Deep-Ocean
Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative, United Kingdom
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| 2024/01/17 - 2024/01/18 | Attended an online workshop on Arctic Ocean modeling & observations for better forecasting & user applications
Workshop
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Ocean and sea ice forecasting in the Arctic
European Global Ocean Observing System, Belgium
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| 2023/09/10 - 2023/09/16 | EDUCOAST Summer School 2023 – Coastal Geosystem Services - the Ria Formosa case study
Other
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EDUCOAST Summer School
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2023/06/08 - 2023/06/08 | Attended an online seminar on Ocean Literacy in UN Decade of Ocean Science (2021-2030)
Seminar
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Ocean literacy
UNESCO Ocean, France
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| 2022/09/12 - 2022/09/16 | Earth Systems Summer School 2022 – Land-Atmosphere-Ocean interactions in a changing planet
Other
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Earth Systems Summer School
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/06 - Current | Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOP) | ECOP Portugal Co-Coordinator |
| 2025/01 - Current | European Commission (EU) | Climate Pact Ambassador |
| 2024/11 - Current | YOUNGO Ocean’s Voices (UNFCCC) | Blue Academy Task Team Co-Coordinator |
| 2024/10 - Current | Youth and Environment Europe (YEE) | Youth Scientific Advisory Board Member |
| 2024/01 - Current | Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI) | Minerals Working Group Member |
| 2023/11 - Current | Youth4Ocean Forum (Y4O) | Young Ocean Advocate (YOA) |
Interview (tv / radio show)
| Program | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/02 - 2025/02 | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) | UNFCCC Climate Voices for Resilience - The importance of oceans and climate adaptation |
| 2024/08 - 2024/08 | CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency | International Youth Day - Youth Voices from Europe |
| 2024/04 - 2024/04 | Mission Ocean | Generation Blue - Young Ocean Professional Contributions from Around the World |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/04/21 - 2025/06/25 | Microplastic detection in marine samples using LC-HRMS | Michael Warren |
| 2023/08/21 - 2023/08/25 | O ambiente passado a partir de uma sondagem marinha | Tiago Soares |
Distinctions
Award
| 2024 | Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award
European Geosciences Union, Germany
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Other distinction
| 2021 | Category B Hydrographer (FIG-OHI-ACI) |
| 2020 | Coastal Boat Licence |