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I finished my PhD in September 2012 (CCMAR, Algarve University). One week after finishing my PhD I travelled to Rhodes Island (USA) where I got a postdoc fellowship to investigate the climate-driven impacts on the formation and persistence of macroalgal blooms for one year in Professor Carol Thornber lab in a collaboration between the University of Rhodes Island (URI) and Salve Regina University (SRU). After that one year, I was invited to join as Adjunct Professor of Introductory Ecology (BIO 262) which I had the chance to lecturer for one semester (until February 2014). In February 2014 I was back in Portugal to start working again in CCMAR. In the first 2,5 years I filled out research technician positions although assuming postdoc functions and carrying different projects on. In 2016 I was invited by Prof. Gerard Muyzer (University of Amsterdam, IBED, Department of Aquatic Microbiology- with whom I have been collaborating) to spend 3 months learning several microbiology related bioinformatic tools with his team in top bioinformatics facilities. Since 2017 I am a FCT postdoc fellow in the Marine Microbial Ecology & Biotechnology group at CCMAR, developing my proposal, until present (this period included a 9-month career break for high-risk pregnancy and maternity leaves in 2018). My research interest lay on the interactions between marine macrophytes hosts (mainly seaweeds and seagrasses) and their associated bacteria. Through the holobiont study I want to understand how associated bacteria can bring advantage to the host by possibly buffering rapid environmental/habitat changes through a more rapid adaptive response. These interactions are studied in the context of marine invasions by exploring how the synergies between the host and associated bacteria promote the adaptation of the host to the new environment/habitat and its capacity to outcompete native organisms. These findings are extrapolated to the current ongoing climate change to better understand and predict how marine macrophytes will cope with these drastic environmental shifts. During the past years, I have been part of several projects in which I am the researcher responsible for every microbial ecology/holobiont/metagenomics task (see "Projects" tab). As a result of my work, I have established a vast national and international network which granted me with invitations to participate in different projects as an external collaborator. In the last years, due to the similarity between the informatic tools, I have also been involved in eDNA research projects in CCMAR and developping new tools in our Institute. I was, then, invited to be part of new projects, recently approved, and I am the researcher responsible for the eDNA tasks (see the "Projects" tab). I have authored/co-authored 29 scientific publications including 1 book chapter, 1 thesis dissertation, 3 conference papers and 24 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed International Journals with over 580 citations (H-index = 16). I have contributed to training the next generation of scientists, supervising 5 BSc students, 6 MSc from different Universities and 1 PhD student (ongoing). I have participated in 2 Ph.D. Committees and I have performed reviews of papers for 13 SCI-indexed journals and acted as peer reviewer of projects for GS-STAR Research and Innovation Grants, DFG and CIVIS3i.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Tânia Aires

Citation names

  • Aires, Tânia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4318-9E2C-32B9
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1964-6819

Addresses

  • Center of Marine Sciences (CCMAR) in the University of Algarve . CCMAR, Edf.7, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2007/07/01 - 2012/09/14
Concluded
 Biological Sciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Molecular Ecology
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Biotic interactions and the success of invasions: bacterial communities in invasive versus native species of algae (Caulerpa sp.) and seagrasses (Posidonia sp.) " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom com Distinção e Louvor (Approved with Honors)
2004/06/11
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"Contributo para o estudo dos vectores da Borreliose de Lyme em Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/08/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2014/02/01 - 2017/06/30 Postdoc (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2016/10/01 - 2016/12/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012/10/01 - 2014/01/31 Postdoc (Research) University of Rhode Island Department of Biological Sciences, United States

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/09/01 - 2014/01/31 Lecturer (University Teacher) University of Rhode Island Department of Biological Sciences, United States
University of Rhodes Island, United States

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2007/06/01 - 2012/09/14 PhD student Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2006/01/01 - 2007/05/31 Research Technician Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2004/10/01 - 2005/10/31 Research Technician Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2003/01/01 - 2004/06/11 Ungraduated student Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024 - 2026 iCulture: A digital bio-platform and co-culture bioprocess to prospect and utilize macroalgae responsibly and sustainably.
101082010-2
Researcher
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Impact of climate warming in the coastal upwelling system and primary production of Portugal: a study linking classical and emergent proxies (PTDC/CTA-CLI/2884/2021)
PTDC/CTA-CLI/2884/2021
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2024/12/31 BlueForests - Boosting Blue Forests Education and Capacity Building
EEA.BG.CALL5.002.2020
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 EEA Grants
Ongoing
2022 - 2024 RESTORESEAS: Marine Forests of animals, plants and algae: nature-based tools to protect and restore biodiversity
BiodivERsA3-2021: BiodivRestore-253
Researcher
Ongoing
2014 - 2016 INVASIVES- Invasive seaweeds in rising temperatures: impacts and risk assessments
SEAS-ERA/0001/2012
Research Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012 - 2013 Climate-driven impacts on the formation and persistence of macroalgal blooms: Bringing Ulva bloom biology into the genomics era
2012 STAC grant
Post-doc Fellow
University of Rhode Island Department of Biological Sciences, United States
 National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology
Concluded
2007 - 2012 IBISA - The success of invasive species: exploring the joint role of biotic interactions and of founder effect in Caulerpa species
PTDC/MAR/64749/2006
PhD Student Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2006 - 2007 NETWORK– Genetic Networks and Evolution: from individuals to populations
POCI/MAR/57342/2004
Research Technician Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2006 - 2007 DIVSTAB - Neutral and non-neutral genes: population diversity and stability
POCI/MAR/60179/2004
Other
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2004 - 2005 Experimental evolution and the genetic basis of adaptation: analysis of candidate genes during reverse evolution
POCTI/BSE/48228/2002
Research Technician Fellow
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
10.54499/LA/P/0101/2020
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Centre for Marine and Environmental Research
LA/P/0101/2020
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/01/01 - 2020/11/30 Functional Variability and Dynamics of Responses of Marine Forests to Global Change - MARFOR
BIODIVERSA/0004/2015
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centre of Marine Sciences
UID/Multi/04326/2019
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 CCMAR Base funding
UIDB/Multi/04326/2019
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014 - 2015 SEAPROLIF - Diversity and functioning of coastal marine biomes under siege: implications of Seaweed Proliferations across three oceans
NETBIOME/0001/2011
Post-doc
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Strategic Project - LA 15 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/MAR/LA0015/2011
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2022 - 2025 PRR - PACTO BIOECONOMIA AZUL - VERTICAL ALGAS
PRR
Researcher
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Aires, Tânia; Muyzer, Gerard; Serrão, Ester A.; Engelen, Aschwin H.. "Unraveling seaweeds bacteriomes - From field site to computer screen". In Protocols for Macroalgae Research, edited by Bénédicte Charrier; Thomas Wichard; C R K Reddy, 95-113. Boca Raton, United States: CRC Press, 2018.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Maia, Cristiana; Lymperaki, Myrsini M.; Aires, Tânia; Brazão, João; Caria Mendes, Madalena; Filipe, Joana; Engelen, Aschwin H.. "ULVA ASSOCIATED FUNGI AND OOMYCETES FROM THE ALGAE PRODUCTION INDUSTRY". Paper presented in Seawheat COST-Action Workshop - Advances in Biome Research of Ulva, Faro, 2025.
  2. Maia, Cristiana; Aires, Tânia; Brazão, João; Horta Jung, Marília; Jung, Thomas; Ester A Serrao; Engelen, Aschwin H.. "(Halo)phytopthora pathogens: Implications for Seagrass Restoration". Paper presented in 2nd European Seagrass Restauration Workshop, Arcachon, 2025.
  3. Cojoc, LC; Aires, Tânia; Martins, Neusa; Serrao, Ester; Engelen, Aschwin H.. Corresponding author: Engelen, Aschwin H.. "Kelp microbiome benefits to the tests.". Paper presented in European Phycological Congress (EPC8), Brest, 2024.
  4. van Duijnhoven, Hannah J.; Muijzer, Gerard; Aires, Tânia; Engelen, Aschwin H.. Corresponding author: Engelen, Aschwin H.. "Use of probiotics to stimulate the success of seagrass restoration". Paper presented in International Seagrass Biology Workshop, Naples, 2024.
  5. Cojoc, LC; Martins, Neusa; Aires, Tânia; Engelen, Aschwin H.. "Kelpmicrobiomes put to the test". Paper presented in YOUMARES, Berlin, 2022.
  6. Martins, Márcio; Rui Orlando Pimenta Santos; Carmen Barrena de los Santos; Abrantes, Fatima; Magalhaes, Vitor; Aires, Tânia; Engelen, Aschwin H.; et al. Corresponding author: Martins, Márcio. "Carbon stocks, burial rates and environmental DNA in seagrass sediments at the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania". Paper presented in World Seagrass Conference 2022, Annopolis, 2022.
    Published
  7. Engelen, Aschwin H.; Tavares, Ana; Zubia, Mayalen; Stuij, Tamara; Le Trocquer, N; Aires, Tânia; Muyzer, Gerard; Serrao, Ester. "Biogeography of the seagrass Halodule wrightii and Caulerpa seaweeds and their microbiome". Paper presented in Assemble+ conference, 2021.
  8. Aires, Tânia; Serebryakova, Alexandra; Ester A Serrao; Engelen, Aschwin H.. "Seasonal variation of bacterial communities associated with the invasive brown seaweed Sargassum muticum". Paper presented in 11th Int. Phycological Congress, Szczecin, 2017.
    Published
  9. Aires, Tânia; Ester A Serrao; Engelen, Aschwin H.. "The effects of grazing on the microbiome of an invasive brown seaweed (Sargassum muticum)". Szczecin, 2017.
    Published
  10. Engelen, Aschwin H.; Aires, Tânia; Catarina Cúcio; Muyzer, Gerard. "Microbiomes of macrophytes in the marine realm across species, tissues, latitudes and environmental conditions". Paper presented in MaCuMBA conference, Berlin, 2016.
    Published
  11. Engelen, Aschwin H.; Aires, Tânia; Ester A Serrao. "Revealing the functional potential of seaweed and mesoherbivore-associated microbiomes.". Paper presented in 22nd International Seaweed Symposium, Copenhagen, 2016.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Aires, Tânia; Engelen, Aschwin H.; Serrão, Ester A.. "Differentiation in bacterial communities associated to the red seaweed genus Asparagopsis, in the Western Atlantic, and their potential drivers". Paper presented in Sixth European Phycological Congress (EPC6), London, 2015.
    Published • 10.1080/09670262.2015.1069489
  2. Engelen, Aschwin H.; Klaeui, A; Aires, Tânia; Serrão, Ester A.. "The Microbiome of a seaweed invader across its introduced European range". Paper presented in Sixth European Phycological Congress (EPC6), London, 2015.
  3. Aires, Tânia; Thornber, Carol; Swanson, JD. "Differential gene regulation patterns, during bloom and non-bloom time periods, of Ulva rigida in Narragansett Bay (Rhode Island, USA)". Paper presented in 10th International Phycological Congress, Orlando, FL, 2013.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Lymperaki, Myrsini M.; Maia, Cristiana; Aires, Tânia; Martins, Margarida; Mendes, Madalena; Filipe, Joana; Brazão, João; Engelen, Aschwin H.. Corresponding author: Lymperaki, Myrsini M.. "Unraveling the cultivable microbiome of macroalgae: Seasonal insights from Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture systems and natural habitats". Paper presented in ICAB conference, 2025.
  2. Lymperaki, Myrsini M.; Aires, Tânia; Maia, Cristiana; Martins, Margarida; Caria Mendes, Madalena; Filipe, Joana; Brazão, João; Engelen, Aschwin H.. Corresponding author: Lymperaki, Myrsini M.. "The cultivable microbiome of Ulva and Codium: A seasonal study in Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture systems and natural habitats". Paper presented in Algae Europe conference, 2024.
  3. Martins, Neusa; Barreto, Luis M.; Morais, Tiago; Alves-Lima, Cicero; Engelen, Aschwin H.; Aires, Tânia; Pearson, Gareth Anthony; Ester A Serrao. Corresponding author: Martins, Neusa. "CCMAR Biobank: a marine biological resource provider for industry, research, and society.". Paper presented in 8th congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology, 2024.
  4. Aires, Tânia; Lorena Cojoc; Mengfei Yuan; Asier Indart; Barreto, Luis M.; Ester A Serrao; Aschwin H Engelen. "Kelp microbiomes benefits to the test Bacterial isolation, characterization, and an application test to increase kelp stress resilience under global change conditions.". Paper presented in 8th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology - ISAP 2024, 2024.
  5. van Duijnhoven, Hannah J.; João Silva; Aires, Tânia; Mike Lenstra; Sabine Weidlich; Muyzer, Gerard; Aschwin H Engelen. Corresponding author: van Duijnhoven, Hannah J.. "The use of probiotics to stimulate the success of seagrass restoration". Paper presented in 2nd Microbiome PT Summit, 2023.
  6. Lorena Cojoc; Mengfei Yuan; Asier Indart; Luís Barreto; Aires, Tânia; Martins, Neusa; Ester A Serrao; Aschwin H Engelen. Corresponding author: Aschwin H Engelen. "Kelp microbiomes benefits to the test: bacteria isolation, characterization, and tested for influence on kelp resilience to global change stress conditions.". Paper presented in 2nd Microbiome PT Summit, 2023.
  7. Martins, M; Herrero-Fernández, A; de los Santos, Carmen B.; Aires, Tânia; Abrantes, F; Serrão, EA; Santos, R. "DNA metabarcoding to determine organic carbon sources: a case study for natural and restored seagrass meadows". Paper presented in ASLO 2023 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, 2023.
  8. Ángela Herrero-Fernández; de los Santos, Carmen B.; Martins, Márcio; Aires, Tânia; Abrantes, Fatima; Ester A Serrao; Rui Orlando Pimenta Santos. "Blue carbon and nitrogen sequestration in restored seagrasses meadows increases over time but has not reached natural levels after 10 years". Paper presented in ECSA 59 - Using the best scientific knowledge for the sustainable management of estuaries and coastal seas, 2022.
  9. João Faria; Aires, Tânia; Gustavo Martins; Engelen, Aschwin H.. "Host-mediated microbiome at a marine shallowwater CO2 seep location in Azores (NE Atlantic)". Paper presented in 18th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, 2022.
  10. Aires, Tânia; Muyzer, Gerard; Serrão, Ester A.; Engelen, Aschwin H.. "The effects of grazing on the microbiome of an invasive brown seaweed (Sargassum muticum)". Paper presented in 11th International Phycological Congress (IPC11), 2017.
  11. Aires, Tânia; Marbà, Núria; Serrão, Ester A.; Duarte, Carlos M.; Arnaud-Haond, Sophie. "Biotic interactions and the success of invasive species: the case of the bacterial flora of Caulerpa taxifolia". Paper presented in TIBE- Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution, 2010.
  12. Aires, Tânia; Marbà, Núria; Serrão, Ester A.; Duarte, Carlos M.; Arnaud-Haond, Sophie. "Biotic interactions and the success of invasive species: the case of the bacterial flora of Caulerpa taxifolia". Paper presented in DIVERSITAS 2009- An International Program of Biodiversity Science, 2009.
  13. Aires, Tânia; Brites, Daniela; Teotonio, Henrique. "The population genetics of laboratory adapted populations of Drosophila melanogaster". Paper presented in 10th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB), 2005.
Journal article
  1. Weidlich, Sabine; Keuter, Sabine; Aires, Tania; Engelen, Aschwin; Kunzmann, Andreas. "Safe applications of ozone in tropical marine RAS: Determining impacts of elevated total residual oxidants (TRO) on Stylophora pistillata and Xenia sp. holobionts". Aquaculture 613 (2026): 743369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2025.743369.
    Published • 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2025.743369
  2. Weidlich, S; Priemer, C; Aires, Tânia; Brenner, M; Weckwerth, W; Engelen, Aschwin H.; Kunzmann, A. "Bioremediation of ozone-produced oxidants in marine RAS using Ulva sp.: benefits and impacts on seaweed physiology and associated microbiomes". Journal of Applied Phycology (2026):
    Under revision
  3. Boulenger, Arnaud; Aires, Tânia; Engelen, Aschwin H.; Muyzer, Gerard; Marengo, Michel; Gobert, Sylvie. "Microbiome matters: how transplantation methods and donor origins shape the successful restoration of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica". Environmental Microbiome 20 1 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-025-00764-9.
    Published • 10.1186/s40793-025-00764-9
  4. Martins, Márcio; Abrantes, Fatima; Aires, Tânia; Sarah Rautenbach; Engelen, Aschwin H.; Joao Encarnaçao; Abecasis, David; et al. Corresponding author: Martins, Márcio. "First assessment of blue carbon stocks, sequestration rates and potential sources since 1900 at Arguin Island (Mauritania)". Aquatic Sciences (2025):
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-025-01211-0
  5. Pinto, P.I.S.; Najafpour, B.; Lima, P.; Machado, P.; Aires, T.; Engelen, A.; Tsironi, T.; Anjos, L.; Power, D.M.. "Quantitative PCR assays as a monitoring tool for bacterial genera in fresh fish fillets". Food Bioscience (2024): 104928. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fbio.2024.104928.
    10.1016/j.fbio.2024.104928
  6. Aires, Tânia. "Impact of persistently high sea surface temperatures on the rhizobiomes of Zostera marina in a Baltic Sea benthocosms". Global Change Biology (2024):
    In press
  7. van Duijnhoven, Hannah J.; Nina Dombrowski; Peter Kuperus; Aires, Tânia; Márcio André Guerreiro Coelho; João Silva; Muyzer, Gerard; Engelen, Aschwin H.. Corresponding author: van Duijnhoven, Hannah J.. "Draft genome of the marine bacterium Alteromonas gracilis strain J4 isolated from the green coenocytic alga Caulerpa proliferaDraft genome of the marine bacterium Alteromonas gracilis strain J4 isolated from the green coenocytic alga Caulerpa prolifera". Microbiology Resource Announcements (2024):
    Published
  8. Martins, Márcio; Abecasis, David; Abrantes, Fatima; Aires, Tânia; Khallahi Brahim; Sidina Ebaye; Joao Encarnaçao; et al. "Sedimentary Chronostratigraphy and eDNA Analysis Revealed Banc DArguin (Mauritania) as a Blue Carbon Hotspot for the Last Centuries". Science of Total Environment (2023):
    Accepted
  9. Aires, Tânia; Anita Kläui; Engelen, Aschwin H.. Corresponding author: Aires, Tânia. "Regional microbiome differentiation of the invasive Sargassum muticum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) follows the generalist host hypothesis across the North East Atlantic". European Journal of Phycology (2022):
    Published
  10. Díaz-Abad, Lucía; Bacco-Mannina, Natassia; Madeira, Fernando Miguel; Neiva, João; Aires, Tania; Serrao, Ester A.; Regalla, Aissa; Patrício, Ana R.; Frade, Pedro R.. "eDNA metabarcoding for diet analyses of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)". Marine Biology 169 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-04002-x.
    Published • 10.1007/s00227-021-04002-x
  11. Glasl, Bettina; Haskell, Jasmine B.; Aires, Tania; Serrão, Ester A.; Bourne, David G.; Webster, Nicole S.; Frade, Pedro R.. "Microbial Surface Biofilm Responds to the Growth-Reproduction-Senescence Cycle of the Dominant Coral Reef Macroalgae Sargassum spp.". Life 11 11 (2021): 1199. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life11111199.
    Published • 10.3390/life11111199
  12. Aires, Tania; Stuij, Tamara M.; Muyzer, Gerard; Serrão, Ester A.; Engelen, Aschwin H.. "Characterization and Comparison of Bacterial Communities of an Invasive and Two Native Caribbean Seagrass Species Sheds Light on the Possible Influence of the Microbiome on Invasive Mechanisms". Frontiers in Microbiology 12 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.653998.
    Published • 10.3389/fmicb.2021.653998
  13. Aires, Tânia; Muyzer, Gerard; Serrão, Ester A.; Engelen, Aschwin H.. "Seaweed Loads Cause Stronger Bacterial Community Shifts in Coastal Lagoon Sediments Than Nutrient Loads". Frontiers in Microbiology 9 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03283.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03283
  14. Serebryakova, Alexandra; Aires, Tânia; Viard, Frédérique; Serrão, Ester A.; Engelen, Aschwin H.. "Summer shifts of bacterial communities associated with the invasive brown seaweed Sargassum muticum are location and tissue dependent". PLOS ONE 13 12 (2018): e0206734. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206734.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0206734
  15. Engelen, Aschwin H.; Aires, Tânia; Vermeij, Mark J. A.; Herndl, Gerhard J.; Serrão, Ester A.; Frade, Pedro R.. "Host Differentiation and Compartmentalization of Microbial Communities in the Azooxanthellate Cupcorals Tubastrea coccinea and Rhizopsammia goesi in the Caribbean". Frontiers in Marine Science 5 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00391.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmars.2018.00391
  16. Aires, Tânia; Serebryakova, Alexandra; Viard, Frédérique; Serrão, Ester A.; Engelen, Aschwin H.. "Acidification increases abundances of Vibrionales and Planctomycetia associated to a seaweed-grazer system: potential consequences for disease and prey digestion efficiency". PeerJ 6 (2018): e4377. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4377.
    Open access • Published • 10.7717/peerj.4377
  17. Neiva, João; Paulino, Cristina; Nielsen, Mette M.; Krause-Jensen, Dorte; Saunders, Gary W.; Assis, Jorge; Bárbara, Ignacio; et al. "Glacial vicariance drives phylogeographic diversification in the amphi-boreal kelp Saccharina latissima". Scientific Reports 8 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19620-7.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-018-19620-7
  18. Arnaud-Haond, S.; Aires, Tânia; Candeias, R.; Teixeira, S. J. L.; Duarte, C. M.; Valero, M.; Serrão, E. A.. "Entangled fates of holobiont genomes during invasion: nested bacterial and host diversities in Caulerpa taxifolia". Molecular Ecology 26 8 (2017): 2379-2391. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.14030.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/mec.14030
  19. Greff, Stéphane; Aires, Tânia; Serrão, Ester A.; Engelen, Aschwin H.; Thomas, Olivier P.; Pérez, Thierry. "The interaction between the proliferating macroalga Asparagopsis taxiformis and the coral Astroides calycularis induces changes in microbiome and metabolomic fingerprints". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep42625.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/srep42625
  20. Aires, Tânia; Serrão, Ester A.; Engelen, Aschwin H.. "Host and Environmental Specificity in Bacterial Communities Associated to Two Highly Invasive Marine Species (Genus Asparagopsis)". Frontiers in Microbiology 7 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00559.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00559
  21. Vieira, Christophe; Engelen, Aschwin H.; Guentas, Linda; Aires, Tânia; Houlbreque, Fanny; Gaubert, Julie; Serrão, Ester A.; De Clerck, Olivier; Payri, Claude E.. "Species Specificity of Bacteria Associated to the Brown Seaweeds Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) and Their Potential for Induction of Rapid Coral Bleaching in Acropora muricata". Frontiers in Microbiology 7 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00316.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00316
  22. Paulino, Cristina; Neiva, João; Coelho, Nelson C.; Aires, Tânia; Marbà, Núria; Krause-Jensen, Dorte; Serrão, Ester A.. "Characterization of 12 polymorphic microsatellite markers in the sugar kelp Saccharina latissima". Journal of Applied Phycology 28 5 (2016): 3071-3074. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-016-0811-x.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s10811-016-0811-x
  23. Aires, Tânia; Moalic, Yann; Serrao, Ester A.; Arnaud-Haond, Sophie. "Hologenome theory supported by cooccurrence networks of species-specific bacterial communities in siphonous algae (Caulerpa)". FEMS Microbiology Ecology 91 7 (2015): fiv067. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiv067.
    Open access • Published • 10.1093/femsec/fiv067
  24. Aires, Tânia; Serrão, Ester A.; Kendrick, Gary; Duarte, Carlos M.; Arnaud-Haond, Sophie. "Invasion Is a Community Affair: Clandestine Followers in the Bacterial Community Associated to Green Algae, Caulerpa racemosa, Track the Invasion Source". PLoS ONE 8 7 (2013): e68429. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068429.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0068429
  25. Aires, Tânia; Marbà, Núria; Serrao, Ester A.; Duarte, Carlos M.; Arnaud-Haond, Sophie. "Selective elimination of chloroplastidial DNA for metagenomics of bacteria associated with the green alga Caulerpa taxifolia (Bryopsidophyceae)". Journal of Phycology 48 2 (2012): 483-490. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01124.x.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01124.x
  26. Massa, Sónia I.; Pearson, Gareth A.; Aires, Tânia; Kube, Michael; Olsen, Jeanine L.; Reinhardt, Richard; Serrão, Ester A.; Arnaud-Haond, Sophie. "Expressed sequence tags from heat-shocked seagrass Zostera noltii (Hornemann) from its southern distribution range". Marine Genomics 4 3 (2011): 181-188. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2011.04.003.
    Published • 10.1016/j.margen.2011.04.003
  27. Aires, Tânia; Marbà, N; Cunha, RL; Kendrick, GA; Walker, DI; Serrão, EA; Duarte, CM; Arnaud-Haond, S. "Evolutionary history of the seagrass genus Posidonia". Marine Ecology Progress Series 421 (2011): 117-130. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08879.
    Published • 10.3354/meps08879
  28. Baptista, Susana; Quaresma, Ana; Aires, Tânia; Kurtenbach, Klaus; Santos-Reis, Margarida; Nicholson, Matthew; Collares-Pereira, Margarida. "Lyme borreliosis spirochetes in questing ticks from mainland Portugal". International Journal of Medical Microbiology Supplements 293 37 (2004): 109-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1433-1128(04)80016-0.
    Published • 10.1016/s1433-1128(04)80016-0
Online resource
  1. Aires, Tânia; Palecek, David. Microbiome Analysis of Amplicon Sequencing. 2025. https://zenodo.org/records/16759291.
    https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16530108
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/05/08 Perspectives on seaweed microbiomes in aquaculture/seaweed farming and as biotech resource Synergies - Harnessing Blue and Green Biotech Waves for a Sustainable Tomorrow
iSEA Project (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/12/12 Unlocking opportunities in the seaweed industry through seaweed microbiome exploration AlgaEurope 2023
EABA - European Algae Biomass Association (Prague, Czech Republic)
2023/05 Into the culturable bacteriome of corals from southern Portugal 8th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals
(Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2021/04 Native vs invasive seagrasses microbiomes and its possible influence on the invasion process 2021 MIT Microbiome Symposium
2021/01/22 Biogeography of the seagrass Halodule wrightii and Caulerpa seaweeds and their microbiomes ASSEMBLE plus conference
2021 Microbiome of the green model seaweed genus Ulva in southern Portugal Aslo virtual meeting
2020/12/18 Native versus invasive seagrass microbiomes in the tropics CCMAR Symposium (2nd Edition)
CCMAR (Faro, Portugal)
2017/09/11 Algal bacteriome characterization using high throughput sequencing COST Action workshop- Crossing the kingdoms: Macroalgae-Bacteria Interactions
Jena University (Jena, Germany)
2017/09/11 The microbiome of a seaweed invader across its introduced European range COST Action workshop- Crossing the kingdoms: Macroalgae-Bacteria Interactions
Jena University (Jena, Germany)
2017/06/06 Insights in marine macrophyte associated microbiomes. ILC Metagenomics seminar
(Cantanhede, Portugal)
2016/12/12 Seagrass microbiomes EuroMarinera foresight workshop ‘Bridging environmental and ecological data with integrated ‘omics to understand and predict future seagrass ecosystems under global / climate change
EuroMarinera (Odense, Denmark)
2016/10/16 Seagrass microbiome shifts under experimental eutrophication and algal blooms International Seagrass Biology Workshop
(Nant Gwrtheyrn, United Kingdom)
2016/07/03 Halophila stipulacea microbiomes from Curaçao EuroMarinera foresight workshop on the invasive seagrass Halophila stipulacea
EuroMarinera (Eilat, Israel)
2016/06/27 Microbiomes of macrophytes in the marine realm across species, tissues, latitudes and environmental conditions MaCuMBA conference
MaCuMBA project (Berlin, Germany)
2016/06/26 Marine Canopies in a Changing Environment: projecting the distribution of species of Cystoseira under alternative climatic scenarios 11th International Temperate Reefs Symposium
University of Pisa (Pisa, Italy)
2016/06/19 Revealing the functional potential of seaweed and mesoherbivore-associated microbiomes 22nd International Seaweed Symposium
The International Seaweed Association (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2016/02/01 Effects of ocean acidification on the microbiome of an invasive brown seaweed and the gutmicrobiome of a native isopod consumer MARES Conference
University of Algarve, CCMAR (Olhão, Portugal)
2015/08/23 The Microbiome of a Seaweed Invader Across its Introduced European Range Sixth European Phycological Congress (EPC6)
The British Phycological Society (London, United Kingdom)
2015/08/23 Differentiation in Bacterial Communities Associated to the Red seaweed Genus Asparagopsis in the Northeastern Atlantic and their Potential Drivers Sixth European Phycological Congress (EPC6)
The British Phycological Society (London, United Kingdom)
2015/06/22 Co-occurrence Network of Bacterial Communities Reveals Species-Specific Patterns of Modularity Inside Siphonous Algae of the genus Caulerpa in the Mediterranean Sea Conférences Jacques Monod
CNRS (Roscoff, France)
2014/04/25 Elucidation of LhcSR Gene Expression in Macroalga, Ulva rigida and Ulva compressa 53rd Annual Northeast Algal Society Symposium
Northeast Algal Society (Newport, RI, United States)
2014/03/21 LhcSR Gene Expression Analysis in Macroalga, Ulva rigida and Ulva compressa 5th Annual SRyou Student Exposition
Salve Regina University (Newport, RI, United States)
2014/03/08 Expression Analysis of the LhcSR Gene under Stress Conditions in Macroalga, Ulva rigida and Ulva compresa 5th Annual SRyou Student Exposition
University of New England (Biddeford, MA, United States)
2013/08/04 Differential Gene Regulation Patterns, during Bloom and Non-Bloom Time Periods, of Ulva rigida in Narragansett Bay (Rhode Island, USA) 10th International Phycological Congress
International Phycological Society (Orlando, FL, United States)
2013/04/19 Biotic interactions and the success of invasive species: the case of the bacterial flora of Caulerpa taxifolia NEAS- 52st Annual Northeast Algal Society Symposium
Northeast Algal Society (Mystic, CT, United States)
2013/03/01 Invasion is a community affair: clandestine followers in the bacterial community associated to the alga Caulerpa racemosa track the invasion source Biological & Environmental Sciences Seminar Series
Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Rhode Island (Kingston, RI, United States)
2004/06/02 Borreliose de Lyme em Portugal: Estudo dos vectores, agentes e áreas de risco. Aplicação dos SIG na saúde pública VIII Meeting of SIG Users
(Oeiras, Portugal)
2003/12/29 Lyme Borreliosis in Portugal: an emerging tick-borne infection National Congress of Microbiology
(Tomar, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023 - 2027 Harnessing Microbiome Insights for Enhanced Seeweed Cultivation
Supervisor
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/11 - 2024/08 Microbiome Heritage in offspring of Cold-Water Corals
Supervisor
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2023 - 2023 The genome of Sulfitobacter pseudonitzschiae isolated from the kelp Laminaria ochroleuca
Co-supervisor
 Marine Biology Masters Internship (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/02/01 - 2022/08/31 Characterization and Comparison of Bacterial Communities of Native Caribbean Stony Corals
Co-supervisor of Roanna Nadine Silveira
 Marine Environment and Resources (Master)
Université de Liège, Belgium
2021/12/01 - 2022/07/01 Kelp microbiomes benefits to the test: bacterial isolation, characterization, and an application test to increase kelp stress resilience under global change conditions.
Supervisor of Lorena Cristina Cojoc
 IMBRSea (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2020/10 - 2021/02 Bacterial community associated to a Grazer-Seaweed system - Seaweed identity and CO2 level's influence on the seaweed-herbivore associated microbiome
Supervisor of Caroline Lau
 Erasmus (Scientific initiation)
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Botanisches Institut, Germany
2019/12/01 - 2020/12/11 Taxonomic and functional microbial dynamics of Sargassum sp. surface biofilms and their response to the coral reef environment
Co-supervisor of Jasmine Brooke Haskell
 Master in Marine and Coastal Systems (Master)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2017/08 - 2018/02 Distinct microbiomes in three tropical seagrasses around the island of Curaçao: Halophila stipulacea, Halodule wrightii, Thalassia filiforme
Co-supervisor of Tamara Stuij
 Marine Sciences (Master)
Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
2015/01 - 2015/06 Characterization of the Microbiome of an Invasive Marine Brown Alga
Co-supervisor of Anita Klaeui
EMBC - International Msc in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2013/01 - 2014/01 Uncovering the Functional Genetics of Macroalgal Ulva Blooms using Transcriptome Analysis
Co-supervisor of Shennel Gelin
 Biology (Degree)
Salve Regina University, United States
2012/10 - 2013/12 Gene Expression Patterns in Different Stages of Ulva sp (Chlorophyta) Blooms Accessed by Real Time PCR
Co-supervisor of Noe Mercado
 Biology (Degree)
Salve Regina University, United States
2012/10 - 2013/09 Ulva rigida bloom formation in Narragansett Bay
Co-supervisor of Amy Battocletti
 Marine biology and conservation biology (Degree)
University of Rhode Island, United States

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2025/09/30 - 2025/10/01 I have been involved in some of the logistics of the MAF-World meeting, The COST Action Marine Animal Forest of the World (MAF World) aims to develop an integrative vision that will fuel research and steer future policies on crosscutting sustainability-driven issues related to the fragmented governance of these benthic ecosystems in coastal and open ocean waters, creating cross-sectoral platform for partners across academia, policymaking, and civil society, offering inclusive spaces for a transdisciplinary dialogue. (2025/09/30 - 2025/10/01)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/03/11 - 2025/03/12 Cryopreservation and Biobanking: Long term preservation of algae Workshop In this workshop we went through different techniques to cryopreserve seaweeds and revival them for culturing. Part of the workshop was practical where we had the chance to go through some of the techniques ourselves.
Workshop
 Cryopreservation and Biobanking: Long term preservation of algae Workshop
Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom
2025/02/25 - 2025/02/26 UAlg Open Day: With the objective of disseminating the training offer and making known the pedagogical and scientific work developed at the University of Algarve, Dia Aberto presents a varied program with activities of an informative, pedagogical, experimental and playful nature. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿We have prepared activities for 12th year students and their teachers so they could simulate how it os to work in a microbiology Lab where seaweed associated bacteria are cultivated. They have gone through basic microbiology concepts and methodologies.
Workshop
 UAlg Open Day
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/09/26 - 2022/09/29 Oxford Nanopore Workshop
Workshop
 Nanopore Workshop - RESTORSEAS
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2018 - 2018 Ocean Sampling Day - OSD is a worldwide research campaign where marine biologists around the globe participate in sampling surface waters of the world's coastal areas.
Other
 Ocean Sampling Day (OSD)
2017/09/13 - 2017/09/15 A Training School that introduces selected tools in Analytical Chemistry (e.g., metabolomics, isotope labeling, etc.) for deciphering seaweed-microbial interactions. Mainly students and early stage researchers participate in a hand-to-hand laboratory course.
Other
 COST Action: FA1406, Training School in Analytical Chemistry, “Chemistry of macroalgae: Exploring the chemical nature of seaweed-microbial interactions”
2017/09/11 - 2017/09/12 The main focus of this Workshop is on the cross-kingdom interactions between macroalgae and bacteria. It covers various aspects of chemical ecology, evolutionary ecology, developmental biology, symbiosis and analytical tools Current topics are presented by invited speakers, early stage researchers and students.
Workshop
 Workshop of the COST Action FA 1406: “Macroalgae-bacteria interactions promoting algal growth and development”
2016/09/22 - 2016/09/23 A workshop divided into 2 full day sessions, gently introducing to the R language, using RStudio as the development platform. Covers some basic graphical functions and elementary descriptive statistics. The whole workshop is hands-on oriented.
Workshop
 R for absolute beginners
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2016/09/13 - 2016/09/16 A summer school on bioinformatics intended for MSc/PhD students and early career postdocs with molecular biology background. Expert lectures on cutting-edge topics and participant presentations ensure high knowledge gain and scientific exchange. This Summer school doesn't teach how to program but introduces the existing tools out there to process NGS data and to infer phylogenies.
Workshop
 Black Forest Summer School 2016
2009/01/09 - 2009/01/30 The Workshop on Molecular Evolution consists of a series of lectures, demonstrations and computer laboratories that cover theoretical and conceptual aspects of molecular evolution with a strong emphasis on data analysis. The Workshop has two focus areas: molecular phylogenetics and population genetics. A majority of the schedule is dedicated to hands-on learning activities designed by faculty and the workshop team.
Workshop
 Workshop on Molecular Evolution, Europe

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/11/14 Understanding selectivity on the prokaryotic microbiome in Larger Benthic Foraminifera
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Laura Del Rio-Hortega Balsalobre (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019/12/02 Coupling shifts in the composition of coral tissue- and mucus associated microbial communities to changes in coral host physiology and environmental fluctuations
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Giulia Manso Marchioro (Master)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2019/09/20 Genetic and ecological exploration of the algal microbiome
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Kathryn Morrissey (PhD)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/05/07 - 2025/05/07 I have been the main Lecturer in this Workshop: Microbiome analysis of amplicon sequencing, This was a workshop on microbiome data analysis, covering the entire pipeline from Illumina amplicon sequencing raw data to statistical analysis and visualization. We thaught essential concepts and tools to preprocess data with QIIME2 and analyze microbiome communities using MicrobiomeAnalyst and Phyloseq, in particular bacteria associated with marine organisms. (Outros) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2014/01/31 Introductory Ecology (BIO 262) Biology (Bachelor (1st cycle)) University of Rhode Island College of the Environment and Life Sciences, United States

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2023/01/23 - 2023/02/28 Invited Evaluator/Reviewer for the CIVIS3i Alliance Programme for International, Interdisciplinary, Intersectoral Research and Training for Experienced Researchers
Evaluator
 Aix-Marseille Université, France EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
2022/07 - 2022/07 Reviewer for the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), evaluating a proposal for the Strategic Research Grant Proposals - Addressing environmental challenges: NERC highlighttopics 2022 - Understanding Microbial Community Dynamics Across Space and Time
Evaluator
 Natural Environment Research Council
2022/03 - 2022/04 Reviewer for the German Research Foundation (DFG), evaluating a proposal for the joint German and French project submitted in response to the joint call ANR-DFG 2022 NLE between the DFG and the French National Research Agency .
Evaluator
 German Research Foundation (DFG), Germany German Research Foundation (DFG)
2019/10 - 2019/11 Revision and evaluation of projects on global seaweed industry allowing applicants to establish collaborations and to bring in relevant private and third sector partners, including small and medium enterprises (SMEs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other not-for-profit organisations. The GS-STAR Research and Innovation Grants will provide funding from £5k up to a maximum of £50k to applicants from the UK and DAC-list countries.
Evaluator
 The Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom GCRF GlobalSeaweedSTAR

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022 - Current Ecology and Evolution Wiley
2021 - 2022 Science of the Total Environment Science Direct
2019/09/24 - 2021/03/02 Ecological Indicators (1470-160X) Elsevier
2021 - 2021 BMC Microbiology (1471-2180)
2019/08 - 2020/09 Biological Invasions (1573-1464) Springer-Verlag
2020/01 - 2020/02 Frontiers in Microbiology (1664-302X) Frontiers Media SA
2020 - 2020 FEMS Microbiology Ecology (1574-6941)
2019/06 - 2019/07 Environmental Microbiology Reports (1758-2229) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2016/08/23 - 2018/03/27 Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Springer Nature
2018/03/05 - 2018/03/09 Environmental Microbiology (1462-2920) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2017/03/17 - 2017/04/04 Molecular Ecology (1365-294X) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2016/11/21 - 2016/12/08 Limnology and Oceanography (0024-3590) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2016/05/03 - 2016/05/24 PeerJ (2167-8359) PeerJ
2016/02/19 - 2016/03/08 Journal of Applied Phycology (1573-5176) Springer-Verlag
2015/07/30 - 2015/09/28 Journal of Marine Biology (1687-949X) Hindawi Limited

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2022/10/01 - 2023/02/02 Lab Methods Ariadni Vafeiadou
2021/06 - 2021/09 Ciência Viva Summer School - Ciência Viva no Laboratório - Criar Futuro 2021 - Let's isolate and sequence bacteria of seaweeds, seagrasses or corals: find some that help to keep their host happy & healthy Leonor

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022/08 - 2022/09 Reviewer for the IMBRSea Master program Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2022/08 - 2022/08 Reviewer for the Graduate School for Production Ecology & Resource Conservation (PE&RC) of Wageningen University Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
Distinctions

Other distinction

2017 Fellowship to the COST Action: FA1406, Workshop in Macroalgae-bacteria interactions promoting algal growth and development and Training School in Analytical Chemistry
2017 Postdoctoral Fellowship SFRH/BPD/116774/2016
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2016 Fellowship to the Summer School in Functional Genomics and Transcriptomics (Black Forest, Germany)
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2006 PhD Fellowship SFRH/BD/30043/2006
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal