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Vânia Sofia Serrão de Sousa. Completed the Mestrado integrado in Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia do Ambiente - MSc in Environmental Engineer in 2010 by Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Doutoramento in Doctoral Program in Marine, Earth and Environmental Science in 2020/06/01 by Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia and Licenciatura in Licenciatura em Engenharia do Ambiente - Environmental Engineer in 2007 by Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. Is Contracted Researcher in Universidade do Algarve. Published 24 articles in journals. Has 1 section(s) of books. Organized 18 event(s). Participated in 11 event(s). Supervised 2 MSc dissertation(s) e co-supervised 3. Has received 2 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as PhD Student Fellow in 1 project(s), Post-doc in 1 project(s), Research Fellow in 3 project(s) and Researcher in 9 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Environmental Engineering, Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Environmental Biotechnology with emphasis on Bioremediation, Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Nano-technology, Natural sciences with emphasis on Earth and Environmental Sciences with emphasis on Environmental Sciences, Natural sciences with emphasis on Earth and Environmental Sciences and Natural sciences with emphasis on Earth and Environmental Sciences with emphasis on Water Resources. In their professional activities interacted with 116 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Natural organic matter; Disinfection by-products; Nanofiltration; Matéria orgânica natural; HPSEC; Coagulação/floculação/sedimentação; Coagulação/floculação/flotação por ar dissolvido; Águas naturais; Pilot scale; Microcystins; Consumo de água; Cianobactérias; Qualidade da água; Cianotoxinas; Natural organic matter (NOM); Molecular weight (MW); Ecotoxicology; Aquatic contamination; Copper oxide nanoparticles; Metal accumulation; Biomarkers; Water treatment; Cianotoxins; Dissolved Air Flotation; Cyanotoxins; Membrane technology; Metal nanoparticles; Electrokinetic process; Sewage slugde; Membrane concentrate; Ash; Aquatic communities; Proteomics; sustainable development; Electrokinetic transport processes; remediation; Resources recovery; Metal-based nanoparticles; Coagulation/flocculation/sedimentation; Water management; Environmental tecnhologies; Microalgae; Wastewater reuse; Wastewater treatment; Sustainability; Deep sea; Environmental impacts; Marine science; Resources exploitation; Nature-based solutions; Green technologies; Water Resources; Water Reuse; Reclaimed water; Bioindicators; Environmental Index; Toxicology; Rare earth elements; Advanced water treatments; Water Treatment; Emergent contaminants; Surface natural water; Mixtures; Natural surface waters; Activated carbon; Hybrid membrane processes; Engineered nanoparticles; Water resources; Emerging contaminants; High Performance Liquid Chromatography; Pigments extraction; Carotenoid; marine environment; Predicted no-effect concentration; environmental risk; Ecotoxicity; Eco-friendly water treatment; Dissolved air flotation; Plant-based coagulant; Water quality; Nanoparticles; Toxicity assays; Toxicokinetics; Environmental pollution; Silver nanoparticles; genotoxicity; Marine pollution; Pilot-scale; NOM molecular weight; Nanoparticles characterization; Environmental chemistry; Nanotechnology; Drinking water; Pollution index; Desinfection by-products (DBP); Water resources management; Cyanobacteria; Water pollution; Climate change; Mitigation; Adaptation; Resilience; Groundwater; Citizen sciences; Sustainable management; Blue economy; Aquaculture; Agro-food and forestry systems; Sustainability of natural resources; Circular economy and carbon neutrality; Governance and territor
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
VÂNIA SOFIA SERRÃO DE SOUSA

Citation names

  • Vânia Serrão Sousa
  • Vânia Sousa
  • Vânia S. Sousa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3D18-B03F-52FB
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3800-1688

Email addresses

  • vssousa@ualg.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • (351) 289800900 Ext.: 7462 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Ed.7, Lab. 0.25/0.26, 8005-139, Gambelas, Faro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Bioremediation
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Water Resources

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Proficiency (C2) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/02/01 - 2020/06/01
Concluded
 Doctoral Program in Marine, Earth and Environmental Science (Doutoramento)
Major in Environmental Technologies
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Development of drinking water treatment processes for nanoparticles removal. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom com Distinção e Louvor
2010
Concluded
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia do Ambiente - MSc in Environmental Engineer (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Environmental Technologies
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Desempenho da flotação por ar dissolvido na remoção de cianobactérias de diferentes morfologias (Performance of Dissolved Air Flotation in the removal of different cyanobacterias)." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
2007
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Engenharia do Ambiente - Environmental Engineer (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Desenvolvimento de índices ambientais para a Costa Algarvia (Environmental index development for Algarvian Coast)." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/03/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/02/15 - 2023/02/15 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2014/04/15 - 2014/11/15 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2010/11 - 2013/08 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2008/07 - 2010/10 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2008/02 - 2008/06 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02 - Current Lecturer (University Teacher) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/02 - 2019/02 PhD Student Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
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Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2015/02/01 - 2019/12/20 Development of drinking water treatment processes for nanoparticle removal
SFRH/BD/100402/2014
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/03 - 2014/08 Electrokinetic treatment of sewage sludge and membrane concentrate: phosphorus recovery and dewatering (PTDC/ECM/111860/2009)
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 111860
PTDC/ECM/111860/2009
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/03 - 2013/08 Membrane technology to treat effluents with metal nanoparticles
Provided by PTCRIS: 102244
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/04 - Current SEA-EU 2.0 - European University of The Seas
101089757
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 European Union
Ongoing
2023/03 - Current Sustainable Horizons
101071300
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 European Union
Ongoing
2023 - Current Culatra 2030 - Solar water desalination for fishing and community gardening activities
Grant Agreement nº12
Researcher
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2029/02/28 Innovative nanoadsorbents to stop antibiotic spread to aquatic environment.
2022.04594.CEECIND/CP1731/CT0002
10.54499/2022.04594.CEECIND/CP1731/CT0002
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2029/02/28 Innovative nanoadsorbents to stop antibiotic spread to aquatic environment.
2022.04594.CEECIND/CP1731/CT0002
10.54499/2022.04594.CEECIND/CP1731/CT0002
Principal investigator
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2025/01/02 - 2025/12/31 Modular units for water treatment using solar energy desalination concept.
10EX00002 - Fundo de Investimento em I&D UALG
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute
LA/P/0121/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0121/2020
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/02/15 - 2023/01/30 eGROUNDWATER - Citizen science and ICT-based enhanced information systems for groundwater assessment, modelling and sustainable participatory management
eGROUNDWATER
Post-doc
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area
Ongoing
2019/09 - 2022/05/31 An Integrated, Sustainable Process for the Tertiary Treatment of Urban Wastewater using Microalgae in the Algarve Region - GreenTreat
PTDC/BTA-BTA/31567/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2021 - 2022/01 Green Dune
PT-INNOVATION-0020
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 EEA Grants
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research
UID/AMB/04085/2019
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/04 - 2015/01 Managing Impacts of Deep-seA reSource exploitation - MIDAS
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/603418/EU
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2014/04 - 2014/11 NANOECOTOX-Impacts of metal nanoparticles to aquatic ecosystems: from community responses to cellular targets
Provided by PTCRIS: 121650
Research Fellow
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2011/11 - 2014/08 Electrokinetic treatment of sewage sludge and membrane concentrate: phosphorus recovery and dewatering
Provided by PTCRIS: 111860
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2010/03/01 - 2013/08/31 Membrane technology to treat effluents with metal nanoparticles
PTDC/ECM/102244/2008
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/11 - 2013/08 Electrokinetics across disciplines and continents: an integrated approach to finding new strategies to sustainable development
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/269289/EU
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Strategic Project - UI 4085 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/AMB/UI4085/2011
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/07 - 2010/10 Pilot-scale nanofiltration performance and economic viability for cyanotoxins removal in natural waters.
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/68323/PT
Research Fellow
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
 Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/02 - 2008/06 Cianotox - Treatment II - Consortium between University of Algarve and the Portuguese Public Water Company “Águas do Algarve, Lda.”
0000.0000.0000
Research Fellow
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
 Águas do Algarve
Concluded
2005/01/01 - 2007 Biomarkers in bivalves from Hotspots of contamination in the Algarvian Coast - BIOHOTA
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POCI/48027/PT
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Vânia Serrão Sousa; Marta Pedro Varanda; Marta Romero. "La laguna costera 'Ria Formosa': hermosa y desprotegida". In Las Humedales de la Peninsula Iberica. Spain, 2024.
    In press
Conference abstract
  1. Hamza Bellouk; Isabel Beltran; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Hicham Zaitan; Luis Nunes. Corresponding author: Hamza Bellouk. "Microplastics in Agricultural Soils: A Case Study - Overview of Sampling Tecniques, Identification Process, and Characteristic Analysis". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Engineering and Applied Natural Sciences (ICEANS 2023), Konya, 2023.
    Published
  2. Vânia Serrão Sousa. "Ciência cidadã e sistemas de informação melhorados para uma gestão participativa e sustentável da água subterrânea.". Paper presented in 13º Seminário sobre Águas Subterrâneas, Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  3. Vânia Serrão Sousa; Maria Margarida da Cruz Godinho Ribau Teixeira. Corresponding author: Vânia Serrão Sousa. "TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE WATER TREATMENT: CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES". Paper presented in CCS2020 - 2ª Conferência Campus Sustentável, Tomar, 2020.
    Published
  4. Vânia Serrão Sousa; Ribau Teixeira, Margarida. "Application of TiO2 nanoparticles in conventional water treatment.". Paper presented in NanoPT 2017, Porto, 2017.
    Published
  5. Ribau Teixeira, Margarida; Franciele Pereira Camacho; Vânia Serrão Sousa. "The use of green coagulants for sustainable water treatment.". Paper presented in 22nd Annual International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference (ISDRS)., Lisbon, 2016.
    Published
  6. Vânia Serrão Sousa; Ribau Teixeira, Margarida. "Estratégias Sustentáveis no Tratamento de Água – Perspetivas Futuras.". Paper presented in 1º Simpósio Luso-Brasileiro sobre modelos e práticas de sustentabilidade, Lisbon, 2016.
    Published
  7. M. Tuncsoy; S. Duran; Tânia Gomes; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Margarida Ribau Teixeira; M. J. Bebianno; C. Erdem. "Accumulation of copper oxide nanoparticles in gill, liver and muscle tissues of Orechromis niloticus.". Paper presented in 8th International Nanotoxicology Congress, Boston, 2016.
    Published
  8. A. Albergamo; Tânia Gomes; Tainá Fonseca; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Maria Margarida da Cruz Godinho Ribau Teixeira; A. Mauceri; M. J. Bebianno. "Proteomic changes in the gill tissue of Ruditapes decussatus exposed to copper oxide nanoparticles". Paper presented in XXIV Congresso della Società Italiana di Ecologia, Ferrara, 2014.
    Published
  9. Chris Hauton; Alastair Brown; Sven Thatje; Bruce Shillito; Juliette Ravaux; Inês Martins; Marina Carreiro-Silva; et al. "Challenges and progress in determining the toxic effects of deep-sea mining activities". 2014.
    Published
  10. Nélia C. Mestre; M. J. Bebianno; Alastair Brown; Cátia Cardoso; Marina Carreiro-Silva; Inês Martins; Lisa Mevenkamp; et al. "Toxic effects of deep-sea mining – can we apply shallow-water standard toxicity test protocols to the deep sea?". 2014.
    Published
  11. Vânia Serrão Sousa; Maria Margarida da Cruz Godinho Ribau Teixeira. "Caracterização de nanopartículas em ensaios de tratamento de água". Paper presented in 2º Encontro Nacional de Nanotoxicologia (E2N 2013), Lisboa, 2013.
    Published
  12. Tânia Gomes; Catarina Pereira; J. P. Pinheiro; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Maria Margarida da Cruz Godinho Ribau Teixeira; Cátia Cardoso; M. J. Bebianno. "Análise proteómica em mexilhões Mytilus galloprovincialis expostos a nanopartículas de prata e prata iónica.". Paper presented in 2º Encontro Nacional de Nanotoxicologia (E2N 2013), Lisbon, 2013.
    Published
  13. T. Garcia; T. Gomes; T. Rocha; A. Serafim; Rui Company; Vânia Serrão Sousa; M. Ribau Teixeira; M.J. Bebianno. "Toxicity of copper nanoparticles and copper soluble salt to the bivalve Ruditapes decussatus in different matrices: Water and sediment risk". Paper presented in 2nd Marine NanoEcosafety Workshop, Palermo, 2011.
    Published • 10.1149/1.3640400
  14. Vânia Serrão Sousa; Helena Lucas; Margarida Ribau Teixeira. "Coagulação, floculação e flotação por ar dissolvido na remoção de matéria orgânica natural". Paper presented in 10º Congresso da Água, Alvor, 2010.
    Published
  15. Mónica Ferreira; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Margarida Ribau Teixeira. "Efeito do tempo de operação na remoção de microcistina por nanofiltração.". Paper presented in 1º Congresso Ibérico de Cianotoxinas, Porto, 2009.
    Published
  16. Tânia Anselmo; R. Domingues; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Margarida Ribau Teixeira; Ana Barbosa; Helena Galvão. "Distribution of cyanobacteria and microcystins in the Guadiana estuary". Paper presented in 1º Congresso Ibérico de Cianotoxinas, Porto, 2009.
    Published
  17. Sónia Rosa; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Margarida Ribau Teixeira. "Natural organic matter and disinfection by-products formation potential in conventional and advanced water treatments.". Paper presented in Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Dubrovnik, 2009.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Sousa, Vânia; Ribau Teixeira, Margarida. "Coagulação, floculação e flotação por ar dissolvido na remoção de matéria orgânica natural". 2010.
    Sousa, Vânia; Margarida Ribau Teixeira. Coagulação, floculação e flotação por ar dissolvido na remoção de matéria orgânica natural. Trabalho apresentado em 10º Congresso da Água. In Actas do 10º Congresso da Água, Alvor, 2010.
  2. Sousa, Vânia; Lucas, Helena; Ribau Teixeira, Margarida. "Nanofiltration performance to remove microcystins from water for human consumption at a pilot scale". 2010.
    Sousa, Vânia; Lucas, Helena; Margarida Ribau Teixeira. Nanofiltration performance to remove microcystins from water for human consumption at a pilot scale. Trabalho apresentado em IWA World Water Congress 2010. In Proceedings of the IWA World Water Congre
  3. Rosa, Sónia M.; Sousa, Vânia; Ribau Teixeira, Margarida. "Natural organic matter and disinfection by-products formation potential in conventional and advanced water treatments". 2009.
Conference poster
  1. Joanna Melissa Ribeiro Gonçalves; Juliano Marcelo Vilke; Mestre, Nelia; Tainá Garcia da Fonseca; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Maria João Bebianno. "Effects of in vitro and in vivo exposuse of polystyrene nanoplastics in the marine mussel mytilus galloprovincialis.". Paper presented in MICRO 2020 Fate and Impact of Microplastics: Knowledge and Responsibilities, 2020.
  2. Vânia Serrão Sousa; Ana Costa; Ribau Teixeira, Margarida. "Towards sustainable drinking water treatment – the application of natural coagulants in the removal of emerging contaminants". Paper presented in 22nd Annual International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference (ISDRS), 2016.
  3. Thiago Lopes Rocha; Tânia Gomes; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Margarida Ribau Teixeira; José Paulo Pinheiro; Maria João Bebianno. "Characterization and behaviour of CdTe quantum dots in the aquatic environment: effects of salinity, pH and natural organic matter.". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 24th Annual Meeting, 2014.
  4. Thiago Lopes Rocha; Tânia Gomes; Cátia Cardoso; Julie Letendre; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Margarida Ribau Teixeira; Maria João Bebianno. "Cytotoxicity and immune response of mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis after exposure to CdTe QDs and Cd2+". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 24th Annual Meeting, 2014.
  5. Vânia Serrão Sousa; Margarida Ribau Teixeira. "Nanofiltration of contaminated seawater with CuO nanoparticles". Paper presented in International Workshop of Membrane Processes for Industrial Pollution Control with Water and Products Recovery., 2013.
  6. Tainá Fonseca; Tânia Gomes; A. Serafim; R. Company; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Margarida Ribau Teixeira; Maria João Bebianno. "Effects of copper nanoparticles in the clam Ruditapes decussatus: water and sediment as routes of exposure.". Paper presented in PRIMO 17 – Pollutant Responses In Marine Organisms, 2013.
    10.1063/1.5032550
  7. T. Fonseca; T. Gomes; A. Serafim; R. Company; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Margarida Ribau Teixeira; Maria João Bebianno. "Água vs sedimento: Efeito das nanopartículas de cobre na amêijoa Ruditapes decussatus.". Paper presented in 2º Encontro Nacional de Nanotoxicologia (E2N 2013), 2013.
  8. Vânia Serrão Sousa; C. Santos; Margarida Ribau Teixeira. "Nanofiltration ability to remove copper oxide and silver nanoparticles. The role of surface charge and size". Paper presented in Euromembrane 2012, 2012.
  9. Vânia Serrão Sousa; T. Gomes; A. Serafim; R. Company; I. Câncio; Maria João Bebianno; Margarida Ribau Teixeira. "Strategies to remove nanoparticles from seawater – membrane technology.". Paper presented in 8th Iberian Congress, 5th Ibero-American Congress on Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, CICTA 2010, 2010.
  10. Vânia Serrão Sousa; Helena Lucas; Margarida Ribau Teixeira. "Nanofiltration performance to remove microcystins from water for human consumption at a pilot scale". Paper presented in IWA World Water Congress, 2010.
  11. T. Anselmo; R. Domingues; Vânia Serrão Sousa; T. Cecílio; M. J. Rosa; Margarida Ribau Teixeira; A. Barbosa. "Dinâmica de cianobactérias tóxicas no Guadiana (2002 a 2008)". Paper presented in Fórum Guadiana, 2010.
  12. Vânia Serrão Sousa; Margarida Ribau Teixeira. "Remoção de cianobactérias e cianotoxinas por flotação e nanofiltração em águas para consumo humano de baixo (SUVA).". Paper presented in 1º Congresso Ibérico de Cianotoxinas, 2009.
Journal article
  1. Pacheco, A.; Sequeira, C.; Moreira da Silva, M.; Vânia Serrão Sousa. "Enhancing efficiency in solar non-intrusive desalination: Solar still prototype optimization in Southwest Europe". Desalination 598 (2025): 118421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2024.118421.
    Published • 10.1016/j.desal.2024.118421
  2. Vânia Serrão Sousa; Luís Nunes. "Tracking chemical substances: a comprehensive review into chemical ranking and prioritisation methods for environmental risk assessment". Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2024):
    Submitted
  3. Ribau Teixeira, Margarida; Ismail, Abdullah; Medronho, Bruno; Alves, Luís; Pedrosa, Jorge F.S.; Ferreira, Paulo J.T.; Serrão Sousa, Vânia; Rosa da Costa, Ana M.. "Nanofibrillated cationic cellulose derivatives as flocculants for domestic wastewater treatment". Journal of Water Process Engineering 58 (2024): 104817. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.104817.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.104817
  4. Etiele G Morais; Vânia Serrão Sousa; José Carlos Marques; Paulo Ricardo Cerqueira; Cláudia Dimas; Nuno Gomes; Margarida Ribau Teixeira; João Varela; Luísa Afonso Barreira. "Tertiary urban wastewater treatment with microalgae natural consortia in novel pilot photobioreactors". Bioresource Technology (2022):
    Under revision
  5. Gonçalves, Joanna M.; Serrão Sousa, Vânia; Teixeira, Margarida Ribau; Bebianno, Maria João. "Chronic toxicity of polystyrene nanoparticles in the marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis". Chemosphere 287 (2021): 132356. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132356.
    Published • 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132356
  6. Vânia Serrão Sousa; Teixeira, Margarida Ribau. "Removal of a mixture of metal nanoparticles from natural surface waters using traditional coagulation process". Journal of Water Process Engineering 36 (2020): 101285. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101285.
    10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101285
  7. Sousa, Vânia Serrão; Ribau Teixeira, Margarida. "Conventional water treatment improvement through enhanced conventional and hybrid membrane processes to remove Ag, CuO and TiO2 nanoparticles mixture in surface waters". Separation and Purification Technology 248 (2020): 117047. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117047.
    Published • 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117047
  8. Vânia Serrão Sousa; Maria Margarida da Cruz Godinho Ribau Teixeira. "Metal-based engineered nanoparticles in the drinking water treatment systems: A critical review". Science of The Total Environment 707 (2020): 136077. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136077.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136077
  9. Schüler, L.M.; Gangadhar, K.N.; Duarte, P.; Placines, C.; Molina-Márquez, A.M.; Léon-Bañares, R.; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Varela, J.; Barreira, L.. "Improvement of carotenoid extraction from a recently isolated, robust microalga, Tetraselmis sp. CTP4 (chlorophyta)". Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85077290726&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1007/s00449-019-02273-9
  10. Mestre, Nélia C.; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Rocha, Thiago Lopes; Bebianno, Maria João. "Ecotoxicity of rare earths in the marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and a preliminary approach to assess environmental risk". Ecotoxicology 28 3 (2019): 294-301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10646-019-02022-4.
    Published • 10.1007/s10646-019-02022-4
  11. Sezer Tuncsoy, Benay; Tuncsoy, Mustafa; Gomes, Tânia; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Teixeira, Margarida Ribau; Bebianno, Maria João; Ozalp, Pinar. "Effects of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles on Tissue Accumulation and Antioxidant Enzymes of Galleria mellonella L.". Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 102 3 (2019): 341-346. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00128-018-2529-8.
    Published • 10.1007/s00128-018-2529-8
  12. Margarida Ribau Teixeira; Franciele Pereira Camacho; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Rosângela Bergamasco. "Green technologies for cyanobacteria and natural organic matter water treatment using natural based products". Journal of Cleaner Production (2017): https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jclepro.2017.06.004.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.004
  13. Franciele Pereira Camacho; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Rosângela Bergamasco; Margarida Ribau Teixeira. "The use of Moringa oleifera as a natural coagulant in surface water treatment". Chemical Engineering Journal 313 (2017): 226-237. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.cej.2016.12.031.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cej.2016.12.031
  14. Vânia Serrão Sousa; Claudia Corniciuc; Margarida Ribau Teixeira. "The effect of TiO2 nanoparticles removal on drinking water quality produced by conventional treatment C/F/S". Water Research 109 (2017): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.watres.2016.11.030.
    Published • 10.1016/j.watres.2016.11.030
  15. Thiago Lopes Rocha; Tânia Gomes; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Nélia C. Mestre; Maria João Bebianno. "Ecotoxicological impact of engineered nanomaterials in bivalve molluscs: An overview". Marine Environmental Research 111 (2015): 74-88. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.marenvres.2015.06.013.
    Published • 10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.06.013
  16. Thiago Lopes Rocha; Tânia Gomes; José Paulo Pinheiro; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Luís Miguel Nunes; Margarida Ribau Teixeira; Maria João Bebianno. "Toxicokinetics and tissue distribution of cadmium-based Quantum Dots in the marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis". Environmental Pollution 204 (2015): 207-214. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.envpol.2015.05.008.
    Published • 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.05.008
  17. Vânia Serrão Sousa; Margarida Ribau Teixeira. "Silver nanoparticles separation from the water using nanofiltration membranes: The role of mono- divalent salts and NOM". Separation and Purification Technology 149 (2015): 165-173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2015.05.036.
    Published • 10.1016/j.seppur.2015.05.036
  18. Thiago Lopes Rocha; Tânia Gomes; Cátia Cardoso; Julie Letendre; José Paulo Pinheiro; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Margarida Ribau Teixeira; Maria João Bebianno. "Immunocytotoxicity, cytogenotoxicity and genotoxicity of cadmium-based quantum dots in the marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis". Marine Environmental Research 101 (2014): 29-37. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.marenvres.2014.07.009.
    Published • 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.07.009
  19. Tânia Gomes; Catarina G. Pereira; Cátia Cardoso; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Margarida Ribau Teixeira; José P. Pinheiro; Maria João Bebianno. "Effects of silver nanoparticles exposure in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis". Marine Environmental Research 101 (2014): 208-214. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.marenvres.2014.07.004.
    Published • 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.07.004
  20. Margarida Ribau Teixeira; Vânia Serrão Sousa. "Fouling of nanofiltration membrane: Effects of NOM molecular weight and microcystins". Desalination 315 (2013): 149-155. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.desal.2012.03.012.
    Published • 10.1016/j.desal.2012.03.012
  21. Vânia Serrão Sousa; Maria Margarida da Cruz Godinho Ribau Teixeira. "Aggregation kinetics and surface charge of CuO nanoparticles: The influence of pH, ionic strength and humic acids". Environmental Chemistry 10 4 (2013): 313-322. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84883417852&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1071/EN13001
  22. Vânia Serrão Sousa; C. Santos; M. Ribau Teixeira. "Nanofiltration Ability to Remove Copper Oxide and Silver Nanoparticles: The Role of Surface Charge and Size". Procedia Engineering 44 (2012): 2061-2064. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.proeng.2012.09.046.
    Published • 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.09.046
  23. Angela Serafim; Belisandra Lopes; Rui Company; Alexandra Cravo; Tânia Gomes; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Maria João Bebianno. "A multi-biomarker approach in cross-transplanted mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis". Ecotoxicology 20 8 (2011): 1959-1974. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10646-011-0737-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s10646-011-0737-7
  24. Margarida Ribau Teixeira; Sónia M. Rosa; Vânia Serrão Sousa. "Natural Organic Matter and Disinfection By-products Formation Potential in Water Treatment". Water Resources Management 25 12 (2011): 3005-3015. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs11269-011-9795-0.
    Published • 10.1007/s11269-011-9795-0
  25. Margarida Ribau Teixeira; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Maria João Rosa. "Investigating dissolved air flotation performance with cyanobacterial cells and filaments". Water Research 44 11 (2010): 3337-3344. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.watres.2010.03.012.
    Published • 10.1016/j.watres.2010.03.012
Magazine article
  1. Vânia Serrão Sousa; Maria Margarida da Cruz Godinho Ribau Teixeira. "Serão as nanopartículas removidas pelos processos mais comuns de tratamento de água?", UALGORITMO - A Ciência trocada por miúdos, 2021, https://ualgoritmo.wixsite.com/website/c%C3%B3pia-u32a1.
Newsletter article
  1. Nélia C. Mestre; Vânia Serrão Sousa; Thiago Lopes Rocha; Maria João Bebianno. "Mussel study determines risk posed by rare earth metals to marine environments", Science for Environment Policy - European Comission, 2019, https://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/mussels_rare_earth_metals_marine_environments_532na4_en.pdf.
Preprint
  1. Paolo Tufoni; Luís Costa; Vânia S. Sousa; José Paulo Monteiro; Luís M. Nunes. "Backward particle tracking analysis for probabilistic contaminant source assessment". 2023. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-8503.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu23-8503
Report
  1. Moffett, James W.. 2005. Toxicity of Yttrium and Lanthanum to developing embryos and to juveniles of the marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis - MIDAS Deliverable. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada437664.
    10.21236/ada437664
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Sousa, Vânia. "Desempenho da flotação por ar dissolvido na remoção de cianobactérias de diferentes morfologias". Master, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/5560.
  2. Vânia Serrão Sousa. "Desenvolvimento de índices ambientais para a Costa Algarvia (Environmental index development for Algarvian Coast).". Degree, Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2007.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/17 Água e alterações climáticas: a ação coletiva no caminho para um futuro mais sustentável Climate U - Roadshow
Comunidade LIDERA e Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Faro, Portugal)
2023/11/10 eGROUNDWATER: ciência cidadã e sistemas de informação melhorados para uma gestão participativa e sustentável da água subterrânea X Jornadas da Associação Portuguesa de Geólogos
Associação Portuguesa de Geólogos (APG) (Évora, Portugal)
2023/10/24 Projeto eGROUNDWATER 4º Balanço da Campanha de Citrinos
AlgarOrange (Loulé, Portugal)
2023/04/28 Água um recurso essencial em perigo - como podemos garantir um futuro sustentável para todos? II Semana Temática "Mar Adentro"
Rede Clubes Ciência Viva na Escola (Faro, Portugal)
2023/04/21 Oceanic After Lunch Talks - Final Remarks and Future Challenges Oceanic After Lunch Talks
Universidade do Algarve e Fundação Oceano Azul (Faro, Portugal)
2023/03/10 A rota invisível: o percurso dos poluentes emergentes até ao mar EmergenSEA International Conference endorsed by United Nations Ocean Decade
Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2023/02/14 My journey as an environmental scientist 2023 Women Leaders in Science
2022/09/28 Ciência cidadã e sistemas de informação melhorados para uma gestão participativa e sustentável da água subterrânea 13º Seminário sobre Águas Subterrâneas
Associação Portuguesa de Recursos Hídricos (APRH) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/09 eGROUNDWATER Project Groundwater Forum of IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition.
International Water Association (IWA) (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2022/02/22 Treatments level in the WWTPs in the South of Portugal: the possibility of use treated effluent for aquifer recharge. - Invited Speaker and Keynote. Modelling Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) - Challenges and Opportunities
(Faro, Portugal)
2021/07/01 Groundwater contamination: Effects in ecossystems and human health. Keynote. Campina Talks - Webinar Cycle
eGROUNDWATER PRIMA Project (Portugal)
2021/07 Emerging pollutants in the environment: micro and nanoplastics. Workshop under the Environmental Citizenship module of the Aquatic Safety and Rescue Technical Course.
Secondary School Pinheiro e Rosa (Faro, Portugal)
2020/10/30 TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE WATER TREATMENT: CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES CCS2020 - 2ª Conferência Campus Sustentável
(Tomar, Portugal)
2019/11/22 Environmental degradation impacts on human health. Forum FNAC - Tempo para a saude
Associação Oncológica do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2017/02/01 Application of TiO2 nanoparticles in conventional water treatment. NanoPT 2017 – International Conference
(Porto, Portugal)
2016/07/15 The use of green coagulants for sustainable water treatment. 22nd Annual International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference (ISDRS)
International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference (ISDRS) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/06/11 Estratégias Sustentáveis no Tratamento de Água – Perspetivas Futuras. 1º Simpósio Luso-Brasileiro sobre modelos e práticas de sustentabilidade.
International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference (ISDRS) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/06/03 Accumulation of copper oxide nanoparticles in gill, liver and muscle tissues of Orechromis niloticus 8th International Nanotoxicology Congress
(Boston, United States)
2014/11/17 Toxicity of copper nanoparticles and copper soluble salt to the bivalve Ruditapes decussatus in different matrices: Water and sediment risk. 2nd Marine NanoEcosafety Workshop.
(Palermo, Italy)
2013/04/03 Caracterização de nanopartículas em ensaios de tratamento de água. 2º Encontro Nacional de Nanotoxicologia (E2N 2013)
(Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09 - Current Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to enhance coastal ecosystem resilience: development of a conceptual model to mitigate marine pollution.
Supervisor of Gardawheh Gad Boe
Sistemas Marinhos e Costeiros (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/09 - Current Occurrence and treatment of microplastics in drinking water and potential human health risks
Supervisor of ELISKA CUHROVÁ
 Master in Urban Water Cycle (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/12 - 2023/09 Evaluation of the reuse potential of water from decentralized constructed wetland-based wastewater treatment plants in Aljezur, Portugal
Co-supervisor of José Antonio Fernández López-Lavalle
 Ecohidrologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2021/09/30 Factores que influenciam o tratamento de efluentes em FitoEtars de leito de macrófitas. Estudo de caso: ETARs do concelho de Aljezur.
Co-supervisor of Gessica Arianny da Silva Lopes
 Urban Water Cycle (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/01 - 2015/10 O tratamento convencional coagulação/floculação na remoção de nanopartículas metálicas (Conventional coagulation/flocculation/sedimentation in the removal of metallic nanoparticulas).
Co-supervisor of Claudia Mirela Corniciuc
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia do Ambiente (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/05/25 - 2025/05/25 Lecture with Professor Carlos Perrone: "Desenhando Horizontes". Kick-off meeting of Greening Our Future Event, under the Sustainable Horizons project and supported by European Union GREEN WEEK. (2023/05/25 - 2023/05/25)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Algarve Escola Superior de Educação e Comunicação, Portugal
2023/11/16 - 2023/11/16 Citizen Science Program "À Descoberta do Aquífero" - Groundwater monitoring and aquifer mock-up demonstration - capacitation and training session for students from 7th to 9th grade at Dr. Alberto Iria School (Olhão, Portugal). (2023/11/16 - 2023/11/16)
Workshop (Other)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/06/06 - 2023/06/06 Greening Our Future - EU Green Week Partner Event - Scientific event under the European Sustainable Horizons project and supported by European Union (2023/06/06 - 2023/06/06)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/04/20 - 2023/04/21 Oceanic After Luch Talks. Scientific event under the European Sustainable Horizons project and supported by the Oceano Azul Foundation. (2023/04/20 - 2023/04/21)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/04/18 - 2023/04/19 Groundwater Monitoring and Aquifer Model Demonstration sessions under the theme "20000 léguas subterrâneas" at University of Algarve Open Days to high-schools students. (2023/04/18 - 2023/04/19)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/03/10 - 2023/03/10 EmergenSea International Conference endorsed by United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2023/03/10 - 2023/03/10)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/02/24 - 2023/02/24 Citizen Science Program "À Descoberta do Aquífero" - Groundwater monitoring and aquifer mock-up demonstration - capacitation and training session for students from 7th to 9th grade at Montenegro School (Faro, Portugal). (2023/02/24 - 2023/02/24)
Workshop (Other)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/12/06 - 2022/12/06 Workshop with Civil Society Focus Group - Stakeholder engagement and development of focus group, under the eGROUNDWATER PRIMA project. (2022/12/06 - 2022/12/06)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal
2022/10/17 - 2022/10/23 Workshop and Field Trip for the international stakeholders (from Portugal, Spain, Morocco and Algeria) engagement, under the eGROUNDWATER PRIMA project. (2022/10/17 - 2022/10/23)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal

Universitat Polytècnica de València Instituto de Investigación en Diseño y Fabricación, Spain
2022/05/03 - 2022/05/04 Groundwater Monitoring and Aquifer Model Demonstration sessions under the theme "20000 léguas subterrâneas" at University of Algarve Open Days to high-schools students. (2022/05/03 - 2022/05/04)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/03/10 - 2022/03/10 Workshop with Tourism Focus Group - Stakeholder engagement and development of focus group, under the eGROUNDWATER PRIMA project (2022/03/10 - 2022/03/10)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal
2022/02/21 - 2022/02/21 Groundwater Monitoring and Aquifer Model Demonstration - Science dissemination and training activity for students from basic level schools. Participation of Almancil (Algarve) School. eGROUNDWATER PRIMA project. (2022/02/21)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/02/10 - 2022/02/10 Workshop with Agricultural Focus Group - Stakeholder engagement and development of focus group, under the eGROUNDWATER PRIMA project. (2022/02/10)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal
2022/02/07 - 2022/02/07 Groundwater Monitoring and Aquifer Model Demonstration - Science dissemination and training activity for students from basic level schools. Participation of Montenegro (Algarve) School. eGROUNDWATER PRIMA project. (2022/02/07)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal
2021/05 - 2021/07 Campina Talks - Cycle of four webinar for "Stakeholder engagement and development of stakeholders focus group", under the eGROUNDWATER PRIMA project. (2021/05 - 2021/07)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal
2016 - 2018 Monthly public scientifc dissemination event. Promoted by Sociedade Recreativa Artística Farense, Centro de Ciência Viva do Algarve, CIMA and Sciaena. (2016 - 2018)
Round table (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2017/11 - 2017/11 Public scientific dissemination event "Ciência Imperial" in Sociedade Recreativa Artística Farense under the Science and Technology Week promoted by the Centro de Ciência Viva do Algarve. (2017/11/21 - 2017/11/21)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
2016/11 - 2016/11 Public scientific dissemination event "Ciência Imperial" in Sociedade Recreativa Artística Farense under the Science and Technology Week promoted by the Centro de Ciência Viva do Algarve. (2016/11 - 2016/11)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
2013/04/05 - 2013/05/08 International conference on Pollutant Responses in Marine Orgnisms. (2013/05/05 - 2013/05/08)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Participation in the writing of a proposal submit to a RIA Action under Horizon Europe (HORIZON-CL6-2022-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-04). International Consortium. Submitted in 15/02/2022. Under Revision.
Call
2022 - Current Participation in the writing of a proposal to Coeso Citizen Science Projects. International Consortium. Submitted in 30/01/2022. Under Revision (selected for the 2nd round).
Call
2021/11/29 - Current Encontro Mobilizador Clubes Ciência Viva na Escola - Searching for partners between Universities / Research Centres and Schools to promote STEAM at secundary and preparatory level.
Meeting
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2024/05/15 - 2024/05/15 Session for Professors and Researchers about AI integration in classes.
Meeting
 Cycle of Meetings of Share and Pedagogical Innovation (3rd Edition)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/03/06 - 2024/03/06 Presentation to peers: Fostering Sustainability in Water Management: From Innovative Treatment Approaches to Citizen Science Programs
Meeting
 After-lunch talks
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
2024/01/20 - 2024/01/20 Invited speaker at MEDwater project workshop. Promoted by ZERO and Associação Almargem.
Workshop
 Água, ferramentas e processos de participação.
2024/01/12 - 2024/01/13 Participation as team member representing WP 4.4 Goes Greener at Sea-EU Congress: Strong Partnership to Face Challenges and Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Congress
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/09/11 - 2022/09/15 Chair of the Technical Session "3.6. Emerging Contaminants (PFAS, Pesticides and others)" at IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2022
Congress
 IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition
2021/12/13 - 2021/12/14 Plenary meeting of the international partners of the eGROUNDWATER PRIMA project in Valencia (Spain).
Meeting
 Plenary Meeting of eGROUNDWATER PRIMA Project
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
2021/01/04 - 2021/02/10 7-Weeks Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience Course developed by the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), with support from European Comission (Online). Hosted by SDG Academy.
Other
 Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience Course.
United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for Europe, Switzerland
2020/02/03 - 2020/02/03 Meeting of the local council for the municipal climate change adaption strategie from the city of Loulé.
Meeting
 Reunião do Consellho Local de Acompanhamento da Estratégia Municipal de Adaptação às Alterações Climáticas de Loulé
2017/11/21 - 2017/11/21 Public scientific dissemination event "Ciência Imperial" in Sociedade Recreativa Artística Farense under the Science and Technology Week promoted by the Centro de Ciência Viva do Algarve.
Seminar
 Ciência Imperial
2015/10/02 - 2016/02/02 Advanced training in atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) - 200 hours: - General principles of AAS; - Sample preparation; - Quality control and data analysis.
Workshop
 Advanced training in atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/11/25 - 2015/11/25 Public scientific dissemination event "Ciência Imperial" in Sociedade Recreativa Artística Farense under the Science and Technology Week promoted by the Centro de Ciência Viva do Algarve.
Seminar
 Ciência Imperial
2008 - 2008 Advanced Course on Toxicoproteomics (Specialization)
Other
 Advanced Course on Toxicoproteomics
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/11/03 Evaluation of the reuse potential of water from decentralized constructed wetland-based wastewater treatment plants in Aljezur, Portugal
Supervisor
 José Antonio Fernández López-Lavalle (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/12/14 Exploring cellulose as raw material in the production of a coagulant/ flocculant for wastewater treatment
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Abdullah Ismail (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/12 Factores que influenciam o tratamento de efluentes em FitoEtars de leito de macrófitas. Estudo de caso: ETARs do concelho de Aljezur
Supervisor
 Gessica Arianny da Silva Lopes (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2015/10 Conventional coagulation/flocculation/ sedimentation in the removal of metallic nanoparticles.
Supervisor
 Claudia Mirela Corniciuc (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023/12 - Current Ocean Decade Art-Science Networking Group
Member
2023/09 - Current Membro do Conselho UAlg+ Saudável e Sustentável
Member
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2022/01 - 2022/02 IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition The International Water Association

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/02 - Current Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology Marine Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Colaboration in the laboratory classes teaching. Biologia Marinha (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2022/01/21 - 2022/03/20 Expert Reviewer for the Government and Expert Review of the First Order Draft of the Synthesis Report (SYR) of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) of United Nations (UN) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).
Evaluator
 Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change, Japan

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2022/10/12 Interview about the citizen science program at schools from Algarve region "À Descoberta do Aquífero" under the eGROUNDWATER Project to the newspaper "O Postal do Algarve" . O Postal do Algarve
2022/10/11 Interview about the citizen science program at schools from Algarve region "À Descoberta do Aquífero" under the eGROUNDWATER Project to the newspaper "Sul Informação" . Sul Informação
2022/10/11 Interview about the citizen science program at schools from Algarve region "À Descoberta do Aquífero" under the eGROUNDWATER Project to the newspaper "Região Sul" . Região Sul

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2023/05/19 - 2023/05/19 A Rua da Europa - RUA FM European Union Green Week

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current Discover Sustainability (2662-9984) Springer Nature
2022/02 - Current Membranes (Special Issue Editor) (2077-0375)
2021/04 - Current Membranes (2077-0375) MDPI
2021 - Current Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry (2193-8865) Springer
2020/10 - Current Environmental and Sustainability Indicators (2665-9727) Elsevier
2017 - Current Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2213-3437) Elsevier
2017 - Current Journal of Cleaner Production (0959-6526) Elsevier

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/04 - 2023/07 Microplastic identification and quantification in agriculture soils. Hamza Bellouk
2022/09 - 2023/03 Development of new nature-based coagulants for water treatment. Ines Benhenda
2022/09 - 2023/03 Groundwater monitoring - water levels and quality. Ines Benhenda
2021/01 - 2023/01 Low cost wastewater treatment processes (chemical precipitation, advanced oxidation processes and phytoremediation). Luís Madeira
2022/01 - 2022/09 Cellulosic wastes as raw material for the production of bioadsorbents. Abdulah Ismail
2021/09 - 2022/05 Pharmaceutical Monitoring in groundwater Amy Zammit
2021/09 - 2022/05 Pharmaceutical monitoring in groundwater and wastewater. Felix Götzl
2021/09 - 2022/04 Pharmaceutical monitoring in groundwater and wastewater. Melina Kalanzis
2021/09 - 2022/04 Development of passive sampler for groundwater. Dylan Lucero
2021/05 - 2022/04 Detection and identification of pharmaceuticals in groundwater samples by HPLC. Tiago Serpa
2020 - 2021 Terciary treatment using microalgae for urban wastewaters. José Marques
2019/01 - 2020/09 Development and optmization of standard operating procedures (SOP) for nanoparticles and nanoplastics characterisation. Joanna Melissa Ribeiro Gonçalves
2018/03 - 2019/03 Development and optimization of an standard operating procedure (SOP) for caretenoid and vitamins identification and quantification by HPLC. Lisa Shüler
2018 - 2019 Exploring agricultural waste as raw material for the production of bioflocculants. Eyob Mugabya
2015/05 - 2017/10 Development of natural-based coagulants and adsorbents for water treatment. Francielle Camacho
2015 - 2016 Development of an iron oxide nanoparticle activated carbon adsorbent for water treatment of common human pharmaceutical chemicals. Miguel A. Mártir Brion
2014 - 2016 Mitigação do impacte ambiental nos ecossistemas marinhos dos fármacos provenientes das águas residuais das ETAR. Filipa Maria Xavier Vargues
2014 - 2015 Multibiomarker assessment of cadmium-based quantum dots effects in the marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. Thiago Lopes Rocha
2011 - 2012 Avaliação económica da nanofiltração no tratamento de água para consumo humano (Economical evaluation of nanofiltration in the drinking water treatment). Lucília Silva
2009 - 2011 Evolução na composição dos lixiviados dos aterros sanitários do Barlavento e Sotavento Algarvio. Cristele Santos
2009 - 2010 Nanofiltração à escala laboratorial na remoção de cianotoxinas (Nanofiltration lab-scale to the cyanotoxins removal). Mónica Ferreira
Distinctions

Award

2017 PhD Student Travel Grant
Phantoms Foundation, Spain

Other distinction

2017 Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing
Elsevier Inc, United States