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Alícia Pereira completed her Master's Degree in Conservation Biology in 2022 at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and her Bachelor's Degree in Biology in 2019 at ISPA - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida. She has experience in in vivo trials with fish, bivalves and macroalgae under climate change conditions and contaminant related stressors, marine fish physiology, biochemical and molecular biomarker analysis and evaluation of quality and bioactivity of fish products. She is currently a research technician at Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), working in a Horizon Europe project (INNOECOFOOD). She has been involved in 3 R&D projects and has published 5 research papers (three as first author; h index 2), 6 oral communications and 7 posters at international conferences.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Alícia Alves Sá Pereira

Citation names

  • Pereira, Alícia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
671E-6CBB-07A8
ORCID iD
0009-0006-8592-078X
Scopus Author Id
59304546400

Email addresses

  • alicia.pereira@ipma.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/12 - 2024/01
Concluded
 CAL-AQUA - Curso de Ciências de Animais Aquáticos de Laboratório (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Major in Ciência dos Animais de Laboratório
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2019/09 - 2022/02
Concluded
 Biologia da Conservação (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Otimização do esforço de amostragem necessário para caracterizar comunidades de morcegos com estações acústicas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2016/09 - 2019/07
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
 18
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/11 - Current Research Technician CIIMAR (Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research), Portugal
2023/11 - 2024/10 Research Fellow Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2023/01 - 2023/10 Intern Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/11 - 2024/10 BLUE BIOECONOMY INNOVATION PACT - Vertical Algas
C644915664-00000026
Research Fellow
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/11 - Current INNOECOFOOD - “Eco-innovative technologies for improved nutrition, sustainable production and marketing of agroecological food products in Africa
GA 101136739
Research Technician
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2023/07 - 2024/10 Aqua-CLIMADAPT: Eco-innovative solutions for aquaculture adaptation to climate change challenges: investigating immuno-metabolic responses of farmed fish using integrated multi-omics approaches
PTDC/CTA-AMB/0592/2021
Participant
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Pereira, Alícia; Özkan, Busenur; Dias, Marta; M L Nunes ; Fraqueza, M. J.; Marques, António; Pires, Carla. "A circular approach for fresh farmed fish waste: functional protein hydrolysates from catfish and tilapia by-products". Paper presented in International Food Science and Gastronomy Congress, 2025.
  2. Chainho, Tomás; Cereja, Rui; Pereira, Alícia; Marques, Vera; Pessanha, Sofia; Oliveira, Inês; Costa, Pedro; Marques, António. "Nutritional and toxicological profile of edible macroalgae". Paper presented in International Food Sciences and Gastronomy Congress, 2025.
  3. Cereja, Rui; Chainho, Tomás; Pereira, Alícia; Diniz, Mário S.; Ferreira, Inês; Pires, Carla; Brito, Ana C.; et al. "Bioremediation potential of macroalgae in mussel farming: response to copper and octocrylene exposure under environmental challenges". Paper presented in Climate Smart & Safe Aquaculture Conference, Lisbon, 2025.
  4. Marmelo, Isa; Chainho, Tomás; Bolotas, Daniel; Pereira, Alícia; Dias, Marta; Cereja, Rui; Silva, Zélia; et al. "Laminaria digitata as an immunostimulant to counteract the effects of marine heatwaves and disease outbreaks in farmed fish". Paper presented in Climate Smart & Safe Aquaculture Conference, Lisbon, 2025.
  5. Pereira, Alícia; Marmelo, Isa; Dias, Marta; Anacleto, Patrícia; Marques, António; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Mata, Leonardo; Maulvault, Ana. "Antioxidant, metabolic and digestive responses of farmed Sparus aurata and Diplodus sargus biofortified with brown and red macroalgae". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023.
  6. Anacleto, Patrícia; Mello, Flávia; Cruz, Diana; Ozkan, Busenur; Pereira, Alícia; Barbosa, Vera; Maulvault, Ana Luísa; et al. "How mycotoxins in aquafeeds affect animal condition and nutritional quality: gilthead seabream Sparus aurata as case study.". Paper presented in 51st Conference of the Western European Fish Technologists' Association (WEFTA2023), 2023.
  7. Mello, Flávia; Pereira, Cheila; Ozkan, Busenur; Cruz, Diana; Pereira, Alícia; Maulvault, Ana Luísa ; et al. "Ecotoxicological responses of juvenile gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) exposed to mycotoxins". Paper presented in 51st Conference of the Western European Fish Technologists' Association (WEFTA2023), 2023.
  8. Mello, Flávia; Cruz, Diana; Ozkan, Busenur; Pereira, Alícia; Maulvault, Ana Luísa ; Fernandes, J.O.; Soares, Florbela; et al. "Do mycotoxins in aquafeeds affect the nutritional quality of farmed fish?". Paper presented in International Conference on Food Contaminants (ICFC 2023) on Challenges on exposure assessment, health impact and sustainability of food systems, 2023.
Conference poster
  1. Cereja, Rui; Pereira, Alícia; Brito, Ana C.; Diniz, Mário; Pires, Carla; Mil-Homens, Mário; Costa, Pedro; Marques, António. "Copper (Cu) based antifouling toxicity to macroalgae and mussels in monoculture and in Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture Systems". Paper presented in ENAQUA 25 – National Aquaculture Meeting, 2025.
  2. Cereja, Rui; Pereira, Alícia; Brito, Ana C.; Pires, Carla; Diniz, Mário; Chainho, Tomás; Bolotas, Daniel; et al. "Toxicity of copper-based antifouling paints to macroalgae and mussels subjected to salinity stress under mono-and multitrophic conditions". Paper presented in ENAQUA 25 – National Aquaculture Meeting, 2025.
  3. Costa, Pedro; Pereira, Alícia; Cereja, Rui; Chainho, Tomás; Oliveira, Inês; Marques, António. "The presence of spirolide marine toxin 13-desmethyl spirolide C in edible seaweed Fucus vesiculosus as determined by LC-MSMS". Paper presented in International Conference on Food Contaminants, 2025.
  4. Özkan, Busenur; Dias, Marta; Fernandes, Maria José; Bernardo, Patrícia; Pereira, Alícia; Nunes, Maria Leonor; Pires, Carla; et al. "Smoked catfish fillets (Clarias gariepinus) using innovative processes". Paper presented in World Aquaculture Safari 2025, 2025.
  5. Özkan, Busenur; Pereira, Alícia; Dias, Marta; Nunes, M. Leonor; Marques, António; Fraqueza, M. João; Pires, Carla. "Valorization of catfish and Nile tilapia by-products: protein hydrolysates as safe and sustainable nutritional and functional ingredients". Paper presented in Dia Mundial da Segurança dos Alimentos - Food Safety: Science in Action, 2025.
  6. Palma, Mariana; Dias, Marta; Pereira, Alícia; Moutinho, Sara; Almeida, Cheila; Gonçalves, Amparo; Pires, Carla; et al. "Innoecofood project: Ensuring food safety through agroecological aquaculture and smart ecohubs in Africa". Paper presented in Dia Mundial da Segurança dos Alimentos - Food Safety: Science in Action, 2025.
  7. Chainho, Tomás; Repolho, T.; Marmelo, Isa; Bolotas, Daniel; Cereja, Rui; Pereira, Alícia; Marques, António; Dias, Marta; Maulvault, Ana Luísa. "Growth performance, immunocompetence and physiological responses of juvenile Sparus aurata supplemented with Laminaria digitata". Paper presented in Climate Smart & Safe Aquaculture Conference, 2025.
  8. Palma, Mariana; Dias, Marta; Pereira, Alícia; Almeida, Cheila; Gonçalves, Amparo; Valente, Luisa M.P.; Nunes, Leonor; Marques, António. "INNOECOFOOD - Eco-Innovative Techonologies for Improved Nutrition, Sustainable Production and Marketing of Agroecological Food Products in Africa". Paper presented in Dare2Change, 2025.
  9. Özkan, Busenur; Fernandes, Maria José; Fernandes, Maria Helena; Bernardo, Patrícia; Pereira, Alícia; Nunes, Maria Leonor; Pires, Carla; et al. "Enhacing catfish (Clarias gariepinus) fillet quality through optimized salting and smoking techniques". Paper presented in Dare2Change, 2025.
  10. Pereira, Alícia; Marmelo, Isa; Cruz, Diana; Duarte, Maria Paula; Anacleto, Patrícia; Marques, António; Gomes, Romina; et al. "Aquafeeds biofortified with red macroalgae as an eco-innovative strategy to upgrade farmed marine fish nutritional value". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023.
Journal article
  1. Cereja, Rui; Pereira, Alícia; Brito, Ana C.; Pires, Carla; Diniz, Mário; Ferreira, Inês; Mil-Homens, Mário; et al. "Laminaria ochroleuca as a natural remediator of copper-based antifouling agents in aquaculture systems". Marine Pollution Bulletin 223 (2026): 119023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.119023.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.119023
  2. Anacleto, Patrícia; Mello, Flávia; Cruz, Diana; Pereira, Alícia; Pereira, Cheila; Maulvault, Ana Luísa; Gomes, Romina; et al. "How mycotoxins from aquafeeds affect animal condition and nutritional quality: Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) as case study". Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 148 (2025): 108628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2025.108628.
    10.1016/j.jfca.2025.108628
  3. Pereira, Alícia; Marmelo, Isa; Chainho, Tomás; Bolotas, Daniel; Dias, Marta; Cereja, Rui; Barata, Marisa; et al. "Improving Farmed Juvenile Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata) Stress Response to Marine Heatwaves and Vibriosis Through Seaweed-Based Dietary Modulation". Animals 15 13 (2025): 1970. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15131970.
    10.3390/ani15131970
  4. Marmelo, Isa; Chainho, Tomás; Bolotas, Daniel; Pereira, Alícia; Özkan, Busenur; Marques, Cátia; Silva, Iris AL; et al. "Laminaria digitata Supplementation as a Climate-Smart Strategy to Counteract the Interactive Effects of Marine Heatwaves and Disease Outbreaks in Farmed Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata)". Environments 12 226 (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12070226.
    10.3390/environments12070226
  5. Gomes, Rita V.C.; Borrull, Sílvia; Pereira, Alícia; Dias, Marta; Cereja, Rui; Barata, Marisa; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; et al. "Ecotoxicological responses of marine fish to the organophosphate flame-retardant tris (2-chloroisopropyl) phosphate (TCPP) dietary exposure: Juvenile gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) as a case study". Marine Pollution Bulletin 213 (2025): 117628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117628.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117628
  6. Pereira, Alícia; Marmelo, Isa; Dias, Marta; Anacleto, Patrícia; Pires, Carla; Batista, Irineu; Marques, António; Maulvault, Ana Luísa. "Antioxidant, metabolic and digestive biomarker responses of farmed Sparus aurata supplemented with Laminaria digitata". Aquaculture 598 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741984.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741984
  7. Pereira, Alícia; Marmelo, Isa; Dias, Marta; Silva, Ana Catarina; Grade, Ana Catarina; Barata, Marisa; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; et al. "Asparagopsis taxiformis as a Novel Antioxidant Ingredient for Climate-Smart Aquaculture: Antioxidant, Metabolic and Digestive Modulation in Juvenile White Seabream (Diplodus sargus) Exposed to a Marine Heatwave". Antioxidants 13 8 (2024): 949. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox13080949.
    10.3390/antiox13080949
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Otimização do esforço de amostragem necessário para caracterizar comunidades de morcegos com estações acústicas". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/53540.
Activities

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/09/11 - 2023/09/15 Summer school: Climate-smart aquaculture and marine conservation: molecular approaches and tools to predict and improve fish performance under global change
Workshop
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal