Guna Bavithra Bhaskar Raj (6311-BE91-92F2)

Curriculum Vitae

Guna Bavithra Bhaskar Raj

Identification

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Tamil (Mother tongue)
English (Mother tongue)
Portuguese	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)
Hindi	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2022 Concluded	Ciências e Tecnologia do Ambiente (Doutoramento) Major in Sem especialidade Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Eco-technologies for treatment of water contaminated with cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014/07/03 - 2019/09/12 Concluded	Msc. Biotechnology (5-years Integrated) (Postgraduate Certificate) Major in Biotechnology VIT University, India "Potential of Constructed wetlands for the removal of Cyanobacteria and Microcystins (MC-LR) from contaminated fresh water" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)

Affiliation

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/10/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/04/14 - 2019/10/11	Research Trainee (Research)	Biocon Ltd, India

2018/08/01 - 2019/02/01	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

	Category Host institution	Employer
2015/03/01 - 2018/04/01	Teacher & Centre Head	Edforall, India
	VIT University, India

Projects

	Designation	Funders
2021/10/15 - 2024/11/15	Cyanotoxins in Irrigation Waters: Surveillance, Risk Assessment, and Innovative Remediation proposals 823860 10.3030/823860 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia Sohag University, Egypt Université Cadi Ayyad, Morocco Universidad de Sevilla, Spain Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia Aarhus Universitet, Denmark	European Commission Concluded

Outputs

Conference poster

Bavithra, Guna; Azevedo, Joana; Oliveira, Flavio; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Campos, Alexandre; Freitas, Marisa Alexandra Marques de. "Potential of constructed wetlands for the removal of cyanobacteria and microcystins (MC-LR)". Paper presented in 8th International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control - WETPOL 2019, 2019.

Journal article

Bavithra, Guna; Azevedo, Joana; Campos, Alexandre; Almeida, C. Marisa R.; Carvalho, Pedro N.. "Evaluating Agro-Based Waste Materials for Cyanotoxin Sorption for Future Incorporation in Nature-Based Solution Units (NBSUs)". Water 17 2 (2025): 285. https://doi.org/10.3390/w17020285.
10.3390/w17020285
Bavithra, Guna; Azevedo, Joana; Oliveira, Flávio; Morais, João; Pinto, Edgar; Ferreira, Isabel M.P.L.V.O.; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Campos, Alexandre; Almeida, C. Marisa R.. "Assessment of Constructed Wetlands’ Potential for the Removal of Cyanobacteria and Microcystins (MC-LR)". Water 12 1 (2019): 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12010010.
10.3390/w12010010

Activities

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/07/01	Constructed Wetland Mesocosms for the removal of Cyanotoxins: A Comparative Study of Plants	TOXICROP final event CIIMAR (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2022/08/27	Eco-Technologies for Treatment of Water Contaminated with Cyanotoxins	Blue Think Conference CIIMAR- University of Porto (Matosinhos, Portugal)

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/06/18 - 2023/06/24	PhD summer course on Treatment Wetlands for Water Pollution Control was held from June 18–24, 2023, at the Marine Biological Station in Rønbjerg, Denmark. The course covered wetland design, hydrology, nutrient removal, and emerging pollutants, involving specialized lectures and participant presentations Workshop	Treatment Wetlands for Water Pollution Control Aarhus Universitet Institut for Biologi, Denmark
2022/08/18 - 2022/08/18	CIIMAR Open Day- brings science, literacy and curiosity to the public Exhibition	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2022/06/27 - 2022/07/01	The Sharemed Summer School, held from June 27 to July 1, 2022, at IPMA/Algés (Lisbon), focused on marine environmental threats, observation systems, and knowledge sharing in the Mediterranean region. It provided specialized training on tools and data to address maritime sustainability challenges. Workshop	Summer School of the "ShareMed" project Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

	Society Organization name	Role
2025/04/01 - Current	International Water Association (IWA) – Specialist Group: Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control	Member

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2022/03/28	Interview with online newspaper "Observador" describing my PhD research work. It focuses on the importance of using nature based solutions and including circular economy concepts for water treatment.	Observador

	Topic	Student name
2023/11/01 - 2024/05/30	Investigating the presence of the mlr gene cluster and its potential role in microcystin degradation in a constructed wetland mesocosm experiment	Elsa Hème

Distinctions

2021	La Caixa Doctoral INPhINIT fellowship Fundación Bancaria Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona 'la Caixa', Portugal
2019	SAP scholarship VIT University, India