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Raquel Maria Santos Chaves is a researcher at CIIMAR-UP in the field of Environmental Health; Emerging Contaminants; and Water Quality and Safety. The majority of her works are related with toxicological assessment of emerging contaminants integrating zebrafish animal model, chemical analysis and omics strategies. She holds a PhD in Environmental Health (2022) granted by FMUL-UL with EPAL- Grupo Águas de Portugal. She graduated in Environmental Sciences and Technology (2011) from FCUP-UP with master degree in Toxicology and Environmental Contamination (2013) from ICBAS-UP. During master studies she had the opportunity to work as visiting student in University of Helsinki. Raquel S. Chaves published 5 articles in ISI-index journals (all of them Q1), with 100 citations (h-index 4, source Scopus). She is author of one book and one book chapter in the field of Water quality and emerging contaminants. She also presented 6 posters and had one oral presentation in international conferences. Raquel S. Chaves has teaching experience as invited lecturer at FMUL in the topic of Health Sciences. She has supervised two MSc students (one as principal supervisor). Additionally, she has been active in several activities involving science dissemination and communication, in collaboration with CMIA, CIIMAR, FCUP and FMUL institutions. Raquel has been contributing with scientific and technical support in some funded projects including NOR-WATER (Program Interreg V-A Spain-Portugal POTEP) and NanoLegaTox (FEDER), having experience in interlaboratory studies and international consortia. Raquel S. Chaves main research interest include water quality; environmental and health risk assessment of emerging contaminants; safety plans of drinking water and toxicological characterization of disinfection by-products. Raquel Chaves leads the NitroTox exploratory project recently funded by FCT (2024), in the scope of Toxicological Assessment of UR-DBPs.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Raquel Maria Santos Chaves

Citation names

  • Chaves, Raquel
  • Chaves, Raquel S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4A1A-79C0-2F0D
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7118-1465
Scopus Author Id
57209010126

Email addresses

  • rchaves@ciimar.up.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Public and Environmental Health

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2016 - 2022/06
Concluded
 Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Saúde Ambiental- EnviHealth&Co
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Disinfection By-products of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water: Monitoring and Hazard Assessment" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017
Concluded
 Laboratory Animal Science Course for Function A (former FELASA Category B) (Outros)
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
2013
Concluded
 Toxicologia e Contaminação Ambientais (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Detection of Ribosomal Peptides in Cyanobacterial Strains" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19 valores
2008 - 2011/06
Concluded
 Ciências e Tecnologia do Ambiente (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Avaliação Ambiental Estratégica aplicada ao Município de Mondim de Basto. Relatório Ambiental - Innovmodel Sustainability (consultoria)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/03 - 2022 PhD fellowship Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Portugal
Empresa Portuguesa de Águas Livres SA, Portugal
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Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2016 - 2022 Risk Assessment of Disinfection By products in Drinking Water
PDE/BDE/122649/2016
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/03 - Current Pacto da Bioeconomia Azul
C644915664-00000026
Lab management and research assistant
2022 - 2024 Trans-phyletic obesogenic responses: from epigenetic modules to transgenerational environmental impacts - TRANSOBESOGEN
PTDC/CTA-AMB/31544/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2025/02/03 - Current Toxicological assessment of nitrosamines in urban water cycle: multi omics strategies to elucidate exposure risks for public and environmental health
2023.14587.PEX
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Chaves, Raquel. Emerging Pollutants in the Environment - Poluentes Emergentes no Ambiente. Portugal. 2022.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Sampaio, Gonçalo Marques; João E. Rodrigues; Miguel Santos; Chaves, Raquel. "Toxicological and Metabolomic Profiling of Target Nitrosamines Using Zebrafish Animal Model". Paper presented in Winter School on Contaminants of Emerging Concern and Disinfection By-Products., 2024.
  2. Sampaio, Gonçalo Marques; Rodrigues, Joao E.A.; Santos, Miguel; Chaves, Raquel S.. "Characterization of Nitrosamines Toxicity and Exposure: Metabolic Impact in Zebrafish". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference 2024, 2024.
  3. Sampaio, Gonçalo Marques; Rodrigues, Joao E.A.; Santos, Miguel; Chaves, Raquel S.. "Toxicological assessment of nitrosamines with emerging interest throughout the urban water cycle". Paper presented in 17º Edição IJUP - Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto 2024, 2024.
  4. Chaves, Raquel S.. "Toxicological Assessment of Disinfection By-products using Zebrafish Embryo Bioassays". 2019.
  5. Chaves, Raquel S.; Catarina S. Guerreiro; Vítor V. Cardoso; Maria J. Benoliel; Miguel M. Santos. "Risk Assessment of Disinfection By-products in Drinking Water : Toxicological Approach". Paper presented in Congress of the European Society of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018.
  6. Chaves, Raquel S.; Catarina S. Guerreiro; Vítor V. Cardoso; Miguel M. Santos; Maria J. Benoliel. "Risk Assessment of Disinfection By-products in Drinking Water". Paper presented in 40th International Conference on Environmental and Food Monitoring (ISEAC-40), 2018.
  7. Chaves, Raquel S.; Leikoski, Niina; Fewer, David P.; Leão, Pedro N.; Sivonen, Kaarina; Vasconcelos, Vitor M.. "A new cyanobactin from two Anabaena strains". Paper presented in 3CIC BLANES2013- Congresso Ibérico de Cianotoxina, 2013.
  8. Chaves, Raquel S.. "Cyclic Imines: Emerging Neurotoxins". 2011.
Journal article
  1. Rodrigues, João A.; Chaves, Raquel S.; Santos, Miguel M.; Neuparth, Teresa; Gil, Ana M.. "Direct and transgenerational effects of simvastatin on the metabolism of the amphipod Gammarus locusta". Aquatic Toxicology (2025): 107221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2024.107221.
    10.1016/j.aquatox.2024.107221
  2. Raquel S. Chaves; Joao E. Rodrigues; Miguel M. Santos; Maria J. Benoliel; Vitor V. Cardoso. "Development of multi-residue gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry methodologies for the measurement of 15 chemically different disinfection by-products (DBPs) of emerging concern in drinking water from two different Portuguese water treatment plants". Analytical Methods (2022): https://doi.org/10.1039/D2AY01401G.
    10.1039/D2AY01401G
  3. Raquel S. Chaves; Daniel Salvador; Paulo Nogueira; Miguel M. Santos; Paula Aprisco; Célia Neto; Vítor Cardoso; et al. "Assessment of Water Quality Parameters and their Seasonal Behaviour in a Portuguese Water Supply System: a 6-year Monitoring Study". Environmental Management (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-021-01572-w.
    10.1007/s00267-021-01572-w
  4. Estibali Wilkie Wilson; Verónica Castro; Raquel Chaves; Miguel Espinosa; Rosario Rodil; José Benito Quintana; Maria Natividade Vieira; Miguel M. Santos. "Using zebrafish embryo bioassays combined with high-resolution mass spectrometry screening to assess ecotoxicological water bodies quality status: A case study in Panama rivers". Chemosphere 272 (2021): 129823-129823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129823.
    10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129823
  5. Chaves RS; Guerreiro CS; Cardoso VV; Benoliel MJ; Santos MM. "Toxicological assessment of seven unregulated drinking water Disinfection By-products (DBPs) using the zebrafish embryo bioassay.". The Science of the total environment (2020): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/32623170.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140522
  6. Chaves RS; Guerreiro CS; Cardoso VV; Benoliel MJ; Santos MM. "Hazard and mode of action of disinfection by-products (DBPs) in water for human consumption: Evidences and research priorities.". Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Toxicology & pharmacology : CBP (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/31136853.
    10.1016/j.cbpc.2019.05.015
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Toxicity and exposure assessment of target nitrosamines: metabolic impact in zebrafish". Master, Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, 2024.

Intellectual property

Trademark
  1. 2024. "Blueberry. Lab - Herbário Azul Cianotipia".
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/05 Toxicological Assessment of Disinfection By-products using Zebrafish Embryo Bioassays SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting: One Environment. One Health. Sustainable Societies.
SETAC Europe (Finland)
2019 Risk assessment of disinfection by-products in drinking water: overview and progress report I ISAMB PhD Students Meeting & II EnviHealth&Co PhD Students Anual Meeting
Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Saúde Ambiental (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018 Risk Assessment of disinfection by - products in drinking water: state of art and project design I EnviHealth&Co PhD Students Anual Meeting
Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Saúde Ambiental (Lisbon, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09 - 2024/11 Toxicity and exposure assessment of target nitrosamines: metabolic impact in zebrafish
Supervisor
 Toxicologia e Contaminação Ambientais (Master)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/10 - 2023/11 The Influence of culture and scientific-artistical manifestations in education and environmental communication
Co-supervisor
 Ciências e Tecnologia do Ambiente (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2025/06 - 2025/06 Workshop "Cianobactérias ao serviço da arte". Activity in collaboration with Município and Centro de Interpretação e Monitorização Ambiental from Vila do Conde, intended for local schools. (2025/06 - 2025/06)
Workshop (Other)
2025/05 - 2025/05 Workshop "Cianotipia Botânica". Activity in collaboration with Centro de Interpretação e Monitorização Ambiental de Matosinhos, within the framework of the BlueBio4Future project (CIIMAR), and intended for the general public. (2025/05 - 2025/05)
Workshop (Other)
2024/07 - 2024/07 Workshop "Herbário Azul - Cianotipia Botânica". Activity in collaboration with Centro de Interpretação e Monitorização Ambiental from Vila do Conde and Associação Bandeira Azul, intended for the general public. (2024/07 - 2024/07)
Workshop (Other)
2023/07 - 2023/08 Coordinator of scientific activity Herbário Azul, in the framework of "Universidade Júnior" of University of Porto, in partnership with Biochemistry/Chemistry department of FCUP and Botanical Garden of Porto. (2023/07 - 2023/08)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2022/06 - 2022/07 Coordinator of a scientific activity in the framework of "Universidade Júnior" of University of Porto, in partnership with Biochemistry/Chemistry department of FCUP and Botanical Garden of Porto. (2022/06 - 2022/07) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2019 - 2019 I ISAMB PhD Students Meeting & II EnviHealth&Co PhD Students Anual Meeting (2019)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
2018 - 2018 31st ESCPB| European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry. (2018 - 2018)
Congress

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/11/21 Toxicity and exposure assessment of target nitrosamines: metabolic impact in zebrafish
Supervisor
 Gonçalo Sampaio (Master)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025/07 - Current Water research (0043-1354) Elsevier Editorial

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2014 - 2017 TUP- Teatro Universitário do Porto Executive board member
2013 - 2014 Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto-AEFCUP Leader for Scientific Department
2011 - 2014 NECTAR- Núcleo de Estudos de Ciências e Tecnologias do Ambiente Executive board member- president

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2011 - 2011 comissão de acompanhamento do curso de Ciências e Tecnologia do Ambiente
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2025/05 - Current Blue Think Conference 2025

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/10 - 2023/12 Scientific and technical support related with toxicological studies and omics profiling Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/02 - 2025/02 Avaliação toxicológica de contaminantes de preocupação emergente (CECs)na água (Ensino secundário)
2017 - 2020 Water quality and human health. Risk assessment tools and analytical approaches. Ciências da Saúde (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal