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I graduated in Biology and completed a PhD in Ecology at the University of Lisbon in 1999. My current work focuses on understanding the response of algae and photosynthetic sea slugs to changes in light (photoperiod, irradiance, spectrum). I am engaged in several projects on the optimization of macroalgal aquaculture. Since 2019, I am Assistant Researcher at the University of Aveiro. I currently supervise or co-supervise 4 PhD students and work in the same team with 6 post-doctoral fellows and junior researchers (https://mplab-kleptoslug.com/team/). My h-index is 25 and I have published over 75 papers in peer-reviewed international journals with >200 citations/year since 2020.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Paulo Jorge Sousa Dias Cartaxana

Citation names

  • Cartaxana, P

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8819-9D4D-4C85
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5088-843X
Researcher Id
A-2063-2012
Scopus Author Id
6602990383

Email addresses

  • pcartaxana@ua.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 234247203 (Professional)

Addresses

  • DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGIA, UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO. Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Plant Breeding and Plant Protection
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2007/07/02
Concluded
Cinema (Licenciatura)
Major in Realização
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
15/20
1999/07/14
Concluded
Ecologia e Biossistemática (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Static and Dynamic Aspects of Nitrogen Cycling in a Tagus Estuary Salt Marsh" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Louvor e Distinção
1993/07/29
Concluded
Biologia Vegetal Aplicada (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal by Artificial Salt Marshes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
16/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2016/05 - 2018/12 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2014/10 - 2016/04 Postdoc (Research) Københavns Universitet Marinbiologisk Sektion, Denmark
2008/03 - 2013/02 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2007/09 - 2008/02 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2006/03 - 2007/08 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1999/10 - 2002/09 Postdoc (Research) Stony Brook University, United States
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2014/10/01 - 2016/04/30 Quantum efficiency and bio-optics of aquatic phototrophs
Post-doc Fellow
Københavns Universitet Marinbiologisk Sektion, Denmark
Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/05/01 - 2026/04/30 KleptoSlug - Kleptoplasty: The sea slug that got away with stolen chloroplasts
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
European Research Council
Ongoing
2022/01/17 - 2025/03/15 NASCADIA - Natural photonic nanostructures: From implications in diatoms towards next generation nanobiodevices
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/07 - 2022/06 CtLight - Effects of light on the photobiology and growth of the commercially valuable macroalga Codium tomentosum
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/07 - 2021/06 Omics4Algae - Lipidomic tools for chemical phenotyping, traceability and valorisation of seaweeds from aquaculture as a sustainable source of high added-value compounds
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/06 - 2021/05 TraSeafood - Tracing the Geographic Origin of Seafood as a Pathway Towards the Smart Valorization of Endogenous Marine Resources
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/06 - 2020/02 HULK - Functional Chloroplasts inside Animal cells: cracking the puzzle
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/03 - 2015/04 BenthicLIF - Estuarine phytobenthic communites studied by laser-induced fluorescence
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/03 - 2014/08 MigROS - The ‘behavioural photoprotection’ hypothesis revisited: coupling between vertical migration and photooxidative stress in estuarine microphytobenthos biofilms
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/01 - 2013/06 SEAPhoB - Ecology of sediment estuarine anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2006/03 - 2009/05 INTAGUS - Integrated physical and biological study of the Tagus Estuary and adjacent coastal ocean
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2006/07 - 2008/12 BenthicLink - Trophic links regulated by tidal and daily rhythms: benthic microflora and fauna in estuaries
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1994/01/01 - 1995/12/31 Disturbance of European salt marsh ecosystems : the impact of environmental pollution (eutrophication) in relation to sedimentation patterns
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Cartaxana, P. "Aspetos da Dinâmica e Reciclagem do Azoto nos Sapais do Estuário do Tejo". In Fragmentos em Ecologia, 253-263. Escolar Editora, 2002.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Gameiro, C.; Cartaxana, P.; Utkin, A.B.. "Mapping of algal communities in Tagus Estuary using mobile LIF LIDAR sensor". 2014.
    10.1109/lo.2014.6886386
  2. Utkin, A.B.; Felizardo, R.; Gameiro, C.; Matos, A.R.; Cartaxana, P.. "Laser induced fluorescence technique for environmental applications". 2014.
    10.1117/12.2060250
  3. Utkin, A.B.; Cartaxana, P.; Gameiro, C.. "LIF LIDAR for in situ, in vivo assessment of algal communities and higher plants". 2014.
    10.1109/LO.2014.6886385
Journal article
  1. Diana Lopes; Susana S. Aveiro; Sónia Cruz; Paulo Cartaxana; Pedro Domingues. "Proteomic analysis of the mucus of the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia crispata". Journal of Proteomics 294 (2024): 105087-105087. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2024.105087.
    10.1016/j.jprot.2024.105087
  2. Paulo Cartaxana; Luca Morelli; Elena Cassin; Vesa Havurinne; Miguel Cabral; Sónia Cruz. "Prey species and abundance affect growth and photosynthetic performance of the polyphagous sea slug Elysia crispata". Royal Society Open Science (2023): https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230810.
    10.1098/rsos.230810
  3. Felisa Rey; Paulo Cartaxana; Sónia Cruz; Tânia Melo; M. Rosário Domingues. "Revealing the polar lipidome, pigment profiles, and antioxidant activity of the giant unicellular green alga, Acetabularia acetabulum". Journal of Phycology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13367.
    10.1111/jpy.13367
  4. Luca Morelli; Paulo Cartaxana; Sónia Cruz. "Food shaped photosynthesis: Photophysiology of the sea slug Elysia viridis fed with two alternative chloroplast donors". Open Research Europe 3 (2023): 107-107. https://doi.org/10.12688%2Fopenreseurope.16162.1.
    10.12688/openreseurope.16162.1
  5. Ana C. R. Resende; Rui Pereira; Cláudia Nunes; Sónia Cruz; Ricardo Calado; Paulo Cartaxana. "Photosynthetic Pigment and Carbohydrate Profiling of Fucus vesiculosus from an Iberian Coastal Lagoon". Plants (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12061324.
    10.3390/plants12061324
  6. Felisa Rey; Paulo Cartaxana; Susana Aveiro; Michael Greenacre; Tânia Melo; Pedro Domingues; M. Rosário Domingues; Sónia Cruz. "Light modulates the lipidome of the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia timida". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbalip.2022.159249.
    10.1016/j.bbalip.2022.159249
  7. Ruben X. G. Silva; Diana Madeira; Paulo Cartaxana; Ricardo Calado. "Assessing the Trophic Impact of Bleaching: The Model Pair Berghia stephanieae/Exaiptasia diaphana". Animals (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13020291.
    10.3390/ani13020291
  8. Cruz, Sónia; Cartaxana, Paulo. "Kleptoplasty: Getting away with stolen chloroplasts". PLOS Biology 20 11 (2022): e3001857. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001857.
    10.1371/journal.pbio.3001857
  9. Diana Lopes; Sónia Cruz; Patrícia Martins; Sónia Ferreira; Cláudia Nunes; Pedro Domingues; Paulo Cartaxana. "Sea Slug Mucus Production Is Supported by Photosynthesis of Stolen Chloroplasts". Biology (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11081207.
    10.3390/biology11081207
  10. Marques, Rúben; Moreira, Anthony; Cruz, Sónia; Calado, Ricardo; Cartaxana, Paulo. "Controlling Light to Optimize Growth and Added Value of the Green Macroalga Codium tomentosum". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.906332.
    10.3389/fmars.2022.906332
  11. Cartaxana, Paulo; Lopes, Diana; Martinez, Begoña; Martins, Patrícia; Cruz, Sónia. "Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata". Diversity 14 5 (2022): 313. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d14050313.
    10.3390/d14050313
  12. Anthony Moreira; Sónia Cruz; Rúben Marques; Paulo Cartaxana. "The underexplored potential of green macroalgae in aquaculture". Reviews in Aquaculture (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12580.
    10.1111/raq.12580
  13. Cartaxana, Paulo. "Portugal: female science leaders could speed up change". Nature 600 7888 (2021): 221-221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03641-w.
    10.1038/d41586-021-03641-w
  14. Vital, Xochitl Guadalupe; Rey, Felisa; Cartaxana, Paulo; Cruz, Sónia; Domingues, Maria Rosário; Calado, Ricardo; Simões, Nuno. "Pigment and Fatty Acid Heterogeneity in the Sea Slug Elysia crispata Is Not Shaped by Habitat Depth". Animals 11 11 (2021): 3157. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11113157.
    10.3390/ani11113157
  15. Paulo Cartaxana; Felisa Rey; Charlotte LeKieffre; Diana Lopes; Cédric Hubas; Jorge E. Spangenberg; Stéphane Escrig; et al. "Photosynthesis from stolen chloroplasts can support sea slug reproductive fitness". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2021): https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1779.
    10.1098/rspb.2021.1779
  16. Giossi, Chiara E.; Cruz, Sónia; Rey, Felisa; Marques, Rúben; Melo, Tânia; Domingues, Maria do Rosário; Cartaxana, Paulo. "Light Induced Changes in Pigment and Lipid Profiles of Bryopsidales Algae". Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.745083.
    10.3389/fmars.2021.745083
  17. Ruben X. G. Silva; Paulo Cartaxana; Ricardo Calado. "Prevalence and Photobiology of Photosynthetic Dinoflagellate Endosymbionts in the Nudibranch Berghia stephanieae". Animals 11 8 (2021): 2200-2200. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11082200.
    10.3390/ani11082200
  18. Marco Custódio; Paulo Cartaxana; Sebastián Villasante; Ricardo Calado; Ana Isabel Lillebø. "LED Lighting and High-Density Planting Enhance the Cost-Efficiency of Halimione Portulacoides Extraction Units for Integrated Aquaculture". Applied Sciences 11 11 (2021): 4995-4995. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114995.
    10.3390/app11114995
  19. Jerónimo, Daniel; Lillebø, Ana Isabel; Cremades, Javier; Cartaxana, Paulo; Calado, Ricardo. "Recovering wasted nutrients from shrimp farming through the combined culture of polychaetes and halophytes". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85922-y.
    10.1038/s41598-021-85922-y
  20. Rúben Marques; Sónia Cruz; Ricardo Calado; Ana Lillebø; Helena Abreu; Rui Pereira; Bárbara Pitarma; Jorge Marques da Silva; Paulo Cartaxana. "Effects of photoperiod and light spectra on growth and pigment composition of the green macroalga Codium tomentosum". Journal of Applied Phycology 33 1 (2021): 471-480. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-020-02289-9.
    10.1007/s10811-020-02289-9
  21. Paulo Cartaxana; Sónia Cruz. "On the art of stealing chloroplasts". eLife (2020): https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.64057.
    10.7554/eLife.64057
  22. Giossi, Chiara; Cartaxana, Paulo; Cruz, Sónia. "Photoprotective Role of Neoxanthin in Plants and Algae". Molecules 25 20 (2020): 4617. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25204617.
    10.3390/molecules25204617
  23. Cruz, Sónia; LeKieffre, Charlotte; Cartaxana, Paulo; Hubas, Cédric; Thiney, Najet; Jakobsen, Sofie; Escrig, Stéphane; et al. "Functional kleptoplasts intermediate incorporation of carbon and nitrogen in cells of the Sacoglossa sea slug Elysia viridis". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66909-7.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-020-66909-7
  24. Lichtenberg, Mads; Cartaxana, Paulo; Kühl, Michael. "Vertical Migration Optimizes Photosynthetic Efficiency of Motile Cyanobacteria in a Coastal Microbial Mat". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00359.
    10.3389/fmars.2020.00359
  25. Rey, Felisa; Melo, Tânia; Cartaxana, Paulo; Calado, Ricardo; Domingues, Pedro; Cruz, Sónia; Domingues, M Rosário M. "Coping with starvation: contrasting lipidomic dynamics in the cells of two sacoglossan sea slugs incorporating stolen plastids from the same macroalgae". Integrative and Comparative Biology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaa019.
    10.1093/icb/icaa019
  26. Felisa Rey; Paulo Cartaxana; Tânia Melo; Ricardo Calado; Rui Pereira; Helena Abreu; Pedro Domingues; Sónia Cruz; M. Rosário Domingues. "Domesticated Populations of Codium tomentosum Display Lipid Extracts with Lower Seasonal Shifts than Conspecifics from the Wild—Relevance for Biotechnological Applications of this Green Seaweed". Marine Drugs 18 4 (2020): 188-188. https://doi.org/10.3390/md18040188.
    10.3390/md18040188
  27. Cartaxana, P.; Rey, F.; Ribeiro, M.; Moreira, A.S.P.; Rosário, M.; Domingues, M.; Calado, R.; Cruz, S.. "Nutritional state determines reproductive investment in the mixotrophic sea slug Elysia viridis". Marine Ecology Progress Series 611 (2019): 167-177. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12866.
    10.3354/meps12866
  28. Cartaxana, P.; Morelli, L.; Jesus, B.; Calado, G.; Calado, R.; Cruz, S.. "The photon menace: Kleptoplast protection in the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia timida". Journal of Experimental Biology 222 12 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.202580.
    10.1242/jeb.202580
  29. Paulo Cartaxana; Luca Morelli; Carla Quintaneiro; Gonçalo Calado; Ricardo Calado; Sónia Cruz. "Kleptoplast photoacclimation state modulates the photobehaviour of the solar-powered sea slugElysia viridis". Journal of Experimental Biology 221 (2018): jeb.180463-jeb.180463. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.180463.
    10.1242/jeb.180463
  30. Goessling, Johannes W.; Su, Yanyan; Cartaxana, Paulo; Maibohm, Christian; Rickelt, Lars F.; Trampe, Erik C. L.; Walby, Sandra L.; et al. "Structure-based optics of centric diatom frustules: modulation of the in vivo light field for efficient diatom photosynthesis". New Phytologist 219 1 (2018): 122-134. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15149.
    10.1111/nph.15149
  31. Jorge Marques da Silva; Sónia Cruz; Paulo Cartaxana. "Inorganic carbon availability in benthic diatom communities: photosynthesis and migration". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 372 1728 (2017): 20160398-20160398. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0398.
    10.1098/rstb.2016.0398
  32. Paulo Cartaxana; Erik Trampe; Michael Kühl; Sónia Cruz. "Kleptoplast photosynthesis is nutritionally relevant in the sea slug Elysia viridis". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41598-017-08002-0.
    10.1038/s41598-017-08002-0
  33. Christa, G.; Cruz, S.; Jahns, P.; de Vries, J.; Cartaxana, P.; Esteves, A.C.; Serôdio, J.; Gould, S.B.. "Photoprotection in a monophyletic branch of chlorophyte algae is independent of energy-dependent quenching (qE)". New Phytologist 214 3 (2017): 1132-1144. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14435.
    10.1111/nph.14435
  34. Rey, F.; Da Costa, E.; Campos, A.M.; Cartaxana, P.; MacIel, E.; Domingues, P.; Domingues, M.R.M.; Calado, R.; Cruz, S.. "Kleptoplasty does not promote major shifts in the lipidome of macroalgal chloroplasts sequestered by the sacoglossan sea slug Elysia viridis". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12008-z.
    10.1038/s41598-017-12008-z
  35. Cartaxana, P; Ribeiro, L; Goessling, JWL; Cruz, S; Kühl, M. "Light and O2 microenvironments in two contrasting diatom-dominated coastal sediments". Marine Ecology Progress Series 545 (2016): 35-47. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11630.
    10.3354/meps11630
  36. Cabrita, M.T.; Gameiro, C.; Utkin, A.B.; Duarte, B.; Caçador, I.; Cartaxana, P.. "Photosynthetic pigment laser-induced fluorescence indicators for the detection of changes associated with trace element stress in the diatom model species Phaeodactylum tricornutum". Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 188 5 (2016): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-016-5293-4.
    10.1007/s10661-016-5293-4
  37. Cartaxana, P.; Cruz, S.; Gameiro, C.; Kühl, M.. "Regulation of intertidal microphytobenthos photosynthesis over a diel emersion period is strongly affected by diatom migration patterns". Frontiers in Microbiology 7 JUN (2016): https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00872.
    10.3389/fmicb.2016.00872
  38. Goessling, J.W.; Cartaxana, P.; Kühl, M.. "Photo-protection in the centric diatom Coscinodiscus granii is not controlled by chloroplast high-light avoidance movement". Frontiers in Marine Science 2 JAN (2016): https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2015.00115.
    10.3389/fmars.2015.00115
  39. Cabrita Maria Teresa; Duarte Bernardo; Gameiro Carla; Utkin Andrei; Matos Ana Rita; Caçador Isabel; Cartaxana Paulo. "Biochemical and biophysical tools for the detection of trace metal stress in the diatom model species Phaeodactylum tricornutum". Frontiers in Marine Science 3 (2016): https://doi.org/10.3389%2Fconf.fmars.2016.04.00090.
    10.3389/conf.fmars.2016.04.00090
  40. Gameiro, C.; Utkin, A.B.; Cartaxana, P.; da Silva, J.M.; Matos, A.R.. "The use of laser induced chlorophyll fluorescence (LIF) as a fast and non-destructive method to investigate water deficit in Arabidopsis". Agricultural Water Management 164 (2016): 127-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2015.09.008.
    10.1016/j.agwat.2015.09.008
  41. Vieira, S.; Cartaxana, P.; Máguas, C.; Marques Da Silva, J.. "Photosynthesis in estuarine intertidal microphytobenthos is limited by inorganic carbon availability". Photosynthesis Research 128 1 (2016): 85-92. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84962320611&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11120-015-0203-0
  42. Rocha, R.J.M.; Bontas, B.; Cartaxana, P.; Leal, M.C.; Ferreira, J.M.; Rosa, R.; Serôdio, J.; Calado, R.. "Development of a Standardized Modular System for Experimental Coral Culture". Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 46 3 (2015): 235-251. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84930173608&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/jwas.12186
  43. Leal, M.C.; Jesus, B.; Ezequiel, J.; Calado, R.; Rocha, R.J.M.; Cartaxana, P.; Serôdio, J.. "Concurrent imaging of chlorophyll fluorescence, Chlorophyll a content and green fluorescent proteins-like proteins of symbiotic cnidarians". Marine Ecology 36 3 (2015): 572-584. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925532462&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/maec.12164
  44. Ezequiel, J.; Laviale, M.; Frankenbach, S.; Cartaxana, P.; SerÔdio, J.. "Photoacclimation state determines the photobehaviour of motile microalgae: The case of a benthic diatom". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 468 (2015): 11-20. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925400695&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jembe.2015.03.004
  45. Cartaxana, P.; Vieira, S.; Ribeiro, L.; Rocha, R.J.M.; Cruz, S.; Calado, R.; Da Silva, J.M.. "Effects of elevated temperature and CO2 on intertidal microphytobenthos". BMC Ecology 15 1 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84927709437&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12898-015-0043-y
  46. Laviale, M.; Ezequiel, J.; Pais, C.; Cartaxana, P.; SerÔdio, J.. "The "crème brûlée" sampler: A new high-resolution method for the fast vertical sampling of intertidal fine sediments". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 468 (2015): 37-44. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84926195499&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jembe.2015.03.013
  47. Gameiro, C.; Utkin, A.B.; Cartaxana, P.. "Characterisation of estuarine intertidal macroalgae by laser-induced fluorescence". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 167 (2015): 119-124. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84949187410&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2015.11.010
  48. Cruz, S.; Cartaxana, P.; Newcomer, R.; Dionísio, G.; Calado, R.; Serôdio, J.; Pelletreau, K.N.; Rumpho, M.E.. "Photoprotection in sequestered plastids of sea slugs and respective algal sources". Scientific Reports 5 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84938702718&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/srep07904
  49. Ruivo, M.; Cartaxana, P.; Cardoso, M.I.; Tenreiro, A.; Tenreiro, R.; Jesus, B.. "Extraction and quantification of pigments in aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria". Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 12 JUN (2014): 338-350. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905438559&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.4319/lom.2014.12.338
  50. Cruz, S.; Calado, R.; Serôdio, J.; Jesus, B.; Cartaxana, P.. "Pigment profile in the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 80 5 (2014): 475-481. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905488795&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/mollus/eyu021
  51. Serôdio, J.; Cruz, S.; Cartaxana, P.; Calado, R.. "Photophysiology of kleptoplasts: Photosynthetic use of light by chloroplasts living in animal cells". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 369 1640 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84896690997&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1098/rstb.2013.0242
  52. Utkin, A.B.; Vieira, S.; Marques Da Silva, J.; Lavrov, A.; Leite, E.; Cartaxana, P.. "Compact low-cost detector for in vivo assessment of microphytobenthos using laser induced fluorescence". Optics and Spectroscopy (English translation of Optika i Spektroskopiya) 114 3 (2013): 471-477. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876495578&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1134/S0030400X13030259
  53. Rocha, R.J.M.; Serôdio, J.; Leal, M.C.; Cartaxana, P.; Calado, R.. "Effect of light intensity on post-fragmentation photobiological performance of the soft coral Sinularia flexibilis". Aquaculture 388-391 1 (2013): 24-29. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84873414899&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.01.013
  54. Cruz, S.; Calado, R.; Serôdio, J.; Cartaxana, P.. "Crawling leaves: Photosynthesis in sacoglossan sea slugs". Journal of Experimental Botany 64 13 (2013): 3999-4009. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84886918465&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/jxb/ert197
  55. Rocha, R.J.M.; Calado, R.; Cartaxana, P.; Furtado, J.; Serôdio, J.. "Photobiology and growth of leather coral Sarcophyton cf. glaucum fragments stocked under low light in a recirculated system". Aquaculture 414-415 (2013): 235-242. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84883636164&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.08.018
  56. Vieira, S.; Ribeiro, L.; Marques da Silva, J.; Cartaxana, P.. "Effects of short-term changes in sediment temperature on the photosynthesis of two intertidal microphytobenthos communities". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 119 (2013): 112-118. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84875407293&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2013.01.001
  57. Vieira, S.; Ribeiro, L.; Jesus, B.; Cartaxana, P.; Silva, J.M.D.. "Photosynthesis assessment in microphytobenthos using conventional and imaging pulse amplitude modulation fluorometry". Photochemistry and Photobiology 89 1 (2013): 97-102. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872051365&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01224.x
  58. Cartaxana, P.; Domingues, N.; Cruz, S.; Jesus, B.; Laviale, M.; Serôdio, J.; Da Silva, J.M.. "Photoinhibition in benthic diatom assemblages under light stress". Aquatic Microbial Ecology 70 1 (2013): 87-92. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84881453195&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3354/ame01648
  59. Domingues, N.; Matos, A.R.; da Silva, J.M.; Cartaxana, P.. "Response of the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum to photooxidative stress resulting from high light exposure". PLoS ONE 7 6 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84861727352&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0038162
  60. Vieira, S.; Utkin, A.B.; Lavrov, A.; Santos, N.M.; Vilar, R.; Da Silva, J.M.; Cartaxana, P.. "Effects of intertidal microphytobenthos migration on biomass determination via laser-induced fluorescence". Marine Ecology Progress Series 432 (2011): 45-52. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79959745393&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3354/meps09157
  61. Ruivo, M.; Amorim, A.; Cartaxana, P.. "Effects of growth phase and irradiance on phytoplankton pigment ratios: Implications for chemotaxonomy in coastal waters". Journal of Plankton Research 33 7 (2011): 1012-1022. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79959298993&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/plankt/fbr019
  62. Cartaxana, P.; Ruivo, M.; Hubas, C.; Davidson, I.; Serôdio, J.; Jesus, B.. "Physiological versus behavioral photoprotection in intertidal epipelic and epipsammic benthic diatom communities". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 405 1-2 (2011): 120-127. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79959354418&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jembe.2011.05.027
  63. Coelho, H.; Cartaxana, P.; Brotas, V.; Queiroga, H.; Serôdio, J.. "Pheophorbide a in Hydrobia ulvae faecal pellets as a measure of microphytobenthos ingestion: Variation over season and period of day". Aquatic Biology 13 2 (2011): 119-126. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052721515&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3354/ab00356
  64. Perkins, R.G.; Lavaud, J.; Serôdio, J.; Mouget, J.L.; Cartaxana, P.; Rosa, P.; Barille, L.; Brotas, V.; Jesus, B.M.. "Vertical cell movement is a primary response of intertidal benthic biofilms to increasing light dose". Marine Ecology Progress Series 416 (2010): 93-103. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77958466876&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3354/meps08787
  65. Serôdio, J.; Cartaxana, P.; Coelho, H.; Vieira, S.. "Effects of chlorophyll fluorescence on the estimation of microphytobenthos biomass using spectral reflectance indices". Remote Sensing of Environment 113 8 (2009): 1760-1768. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-65749102467&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.rse.2009.04.003
  66. Jesus, B.; Brotas, V.; Ribeiro, L.; Mendes, C.R.; Cartaxana, P.; Paterson, D.M.. "Adaptations of microphytobenthos assemblages to sediment type and tidal position". Continental Shelf Research 29 13 (2009): 1624-1634. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67549087780&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.csr.2009.05.006
  67. Cartaxana, P.; Mendes, C.R.; Brotas, V.. "Phytoplankton and ecological assessment of brackish and freshwater coastal lagoons in the Algarve, Portugal". Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management 14 3 (2009): 221-230. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70349501581&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1440-1770.2009.00405.x
  68. Paulo Cartaxana; João Serôdio. "Inhibiting diatom motility: a new tool for the study of the photophysiology of intertidal microphytobenthic biofilms". Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 6 9 (2008): 466-476. https://doi.org/10.4319%2Flom.2008.6.466.
    10.4319/lom.2008.6.466
  69. Cartaxana, P.; Brotas, V.; Serôdio, J.. "Effects of two motility inhibitors on the photosynthetic activity of the diatoms cylindrotheca closterium and pleurosigma angulatum". Diatom Research 23 1 (2008): 65-74. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-43549089038&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  70. Caramujo, M.-J.; Mendes, C.R.B.; Cartaxana, P.; Brotas, V.; Boavida, M.-J.. "Influence of drought on algal biofilms and meiofaunal assemblages of temperate reservoirs and rivers". Hydrobiologia 598 1 (2008): 77-94. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-37549002044&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10750-007-9141-y
  71. Carlos R. Mendes; Paulo Cartaxana; Vanda Brotas. "HPLC determination of phytoplankton and microphytobenthos pigments: comparing resolution and sensitivity of a C18and a C8method". Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 5 10 (2007): 363-370. https://doi.org/10.4319%2Flom.2007.5.363.
    10.4319/lom.2007.5.363
  72. Gameiro, C.; Cartaxana, P.; Brotas, V.. "Environmental drivers of phytoplankton distribution and composition in Tagus Estuary, Portugal". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 75 1-2 (2007): 21-34. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34548418454&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2007.05.014
  73. Brotas, V.; Mendes, C.R.; Cartaxana, P.. "Microphytobenthic biomass assessment by pigment analysis: Comparison of spectrophotometry and High Performance Liquid Chromatography methods". Hydrobiologia 587 1 (2007): 19-24. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34250747875&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10750-007-0680-z
  74. Cartaxana, P.; Mendes, C.R.; Van Leeuwe, M.A.; Brotas, V.. "Comparative study on microphytobenthic pigments of muddy and sandy intertidal sediments of the Tagus estuary". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 66 1-2 (2006): 225-230. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-28844441686&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2005.08.011
  75. C. Gameiro; P. Cartaxana; M.T. Cabrita; V. Brotas; Gameiro, C.; Cartaxana, P.; Cabrita, M.T.; Brotas, V.. "Variability in Chlorophyll and Phytoplankton Composition in an Estuarine System". Hydrobiologia 525 1-3 (2004): 113-124. https://doi.org/10.1023%2Fb%3Ahydr.0000038858.29164.31.
    10.1023/b:hydr.0000038858.29164.31
  76. Cartaxana, P.; Jesus, B.; Brotas, V.. "Pheophorbide and pheophytin a-like pigments as useful markers for intertidal microphytobenthos grazing by Hydrobia ulvae". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 58 2 (2003): 293-297. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0142183525&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0272-7714(03)00081-7
  77. Cartaxana, P.; Brotas, V.. "Effects of extraction on HPLC quantification of major pigments from benthic microalgae". Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 157 3 (2003): 339-349. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0038607528&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1127/0003-9136/2003/0157-0339
  78. Cartaxana, P.; Catarino, F.. "Nitrogen resorption from senescing leaves of three salt marsh plant species". Plant Ecology 159 1 (2002): 95-102. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036246141&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1023/A:1015595430010
  79. Cartaxana, P.; Lloyd, D.. "N2, N2O and O2 profiles in a Tagus estuary salt marsh". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 48 6 (1999): 751-756. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032767570&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1006/ecss.1998.0475
  80. Cartaxana, P.; Cacador, I.; Vale, C.; Falcao, M.; Catarino, F.. "Seasonal variation of inorganic nitrogen and net mineralization in a salt marsh ecosystem". Mangroves and Salt Marshes 3 2 (1999): 127-134. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032726020&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1023/A:1009941219215
  81. Cartaxana, P.; Catarino, F.; P. Cartaxana; F. Catarino. "Allocation of nitrogen and carbon in an estuarine salt marsh in Portugal". Journal of Coastal Conservation 3 1 (1997): 27-34. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-8744232100&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/BF02908176
Newsletter article
  1. Cartaxana, P, Calado, R., Cruz, S.. "HULK: Resolvendo o Enigma de Cloroplastos Funcionais em Células Animais", Portugala - Boletim do Instituto Português de Malacologia, 2018
Newspaper article
  1. Cartaxana, P, Cruz, S. "Lesmas Marinhas Fotossintéticas", Diário de Aveiro, 2019
Preprint
  1. Cartaxana, Paulo; Rey, Felisa; Lekieffre, Charlotte; Lopes, Diana; Hubas, Cedric; Spangenberg, Jorge; Escrig, Stephane; et al. "Photosynthesis from stolen chloroplasts increases sea slug reproductive fitness". 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.11.448027.
    10.1101/2021.06.11.448027
Report
  1. Hooker et al.. 2012. NASA Technical Memorandum - The Fifth SeaWiFS HPLC Analysis Round-Robin Experiment (SeaHARRE-5).
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Static and dynamic aspects of nitrogen cycling in a Tagus estuary salt marsh". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa, 1999.
Translation
  1. George Gamow, Russel Stannard. O Novo Mundo do Sr. Tompkins / The New World of Mr. Tompkins. Lisboa, Portugal: Gradiva. 2005.
    Published
  2. Richard Dawkins. Decompondo o Arco-Íris / Unweaving the Rainbow. Lisboa, Portugal: Gradiva. 2000.
    Published
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/18 Algas Marinhas: Biologia, Gastronomia e Biotecnologia Desafios do Mar Português - O Legado de Mário Ruivo
Câmara Municipal de Ílhavo (Ílhavo, Portugal)
2022/05/13 Algas Que Se Comem Encontro Com o Cientista - Projeto Mar Azul
Escola Ciência Viva Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023 - 2027 Light preferences and photoprotection in tropical solar-powered sea slugs
Co-supervisor of Lina Marcela
Marine Biology (PhD)
Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico Facultad de Ciencias, Mexico
2022/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Valorisation of macroalgae for food and high-value products
Supervisor of Ana Cecilia Rigueti de Resende
Biotecnologia (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Effects of ocean warming and bleaching on the performance of a stenophagous nudibranch
Co-supervisor of Ruben Xavier Grave da Silva
Biologia (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Kleptoplasty in Sacoglossa sea slugs: Retention mechanisms and benefits
Co-supervisor of Carlos Enrique Paya
Bioquímica (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020 - 2024 Mucus of Sacoglossa sea slugs: Contribution of kleptoplast photosynthesis, biochemical characterization and adhesive properties
Supervisor of Diana Domingues Lopes
Bioquímica (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/10/01 - 2023/12/04 Photophysiology of potential chloroplast macroalgal donors to the sea slug Elysia viridis and its kleptoplasts
Co-supervisor of Ana Margarida Marques Fernandes
Biologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/06/01 - 2022/06/01 Life cycle and cultivation of the Sacoglossan Elysia crispata
Supervisor
Master Universitario en Cultivos Marinos (Master)
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
2021/04/15 - 2022/05/14 Effects of light on the photobiology and growth of the commercially valuable macroalgae Codium tomentosum
Supervisor of Dr. Patrícia Martins
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2020/11/30 Effects of light on the photobiology and growth of the commercially valuable macroalgae Codium tomentosum
Supervisor of Dr. Anthony Lopes Moreira
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Prevalence and photobiology of photosynthetic endosymbionts of Exaiptasia diaphana in Berghia stephanieae
Co-supervisor of Ruben Xavier Grave da Silva
Biologia Marinha Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Effects of light on the photobiology and growth of the commercially valuable macroalgae Codium tomentosum
Supervisor of Rúben Filipe Nascimento Marques
Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Effects of food availability and irradiance on photosynthesis and reproductive investment of sea slug Elysia viridis
Co-supervisor of Mariana Ribeiro
Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2012 - 2015 Photosynthetic metabolism in microphytobenthos: modulation by temperature and dissolved inorganic carbon
Supervisor of Sónia Catarina Reis Vieira
Biologia (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012 - 2014 Estuarine phytobentic communities studied by Laser-Induced-Fluorescence
Supervisor of Dr. Carla Alexandra Lapa Pereira Gameiro
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010 - 2011 Photoprotection and photoinhibition in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Supervisor of Nuno Manuel Cardoso Domingues
Biologia Celular e Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Characterization by HPLC of phytoplankton and microphytobenthos photosynthetic pigments
Supervisor of Mickael Philippe Marquês Ruivo
Ecologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2021/07/05 - 2021/07/05 Organizer of the Workshop Marine Photosynthetic Pigments as part of the Lipids for the Ocean 2021 International Conference (2021/07/05 - 2021/07/07)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2019 Effects of light on the photobiology and growth of the commercially valuable macroalgae Codium tomentosum
Supervisor
Rúben Filipe Nascimento Marques (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017 Ecology of microphytobenthos in intertidal sediments: biological and biogeochemical interactions
(Thesis) Main arguer
Julio Bohórquez Ferrando (PhD)
Universidad de Cádiz, Spain
2016 Photosynthetic metabolism in microphytobenthos: modulation by temperature and dissolved inorganic carbon
Supervisor
Sónia Catarina Reis Vieira (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2011 Photoprotection and photoinhibition in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Supervisor
Nuno Manuel Cardoso Domingues (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010 Microphytobentos vs Hydrobia: trophic coupling in estuarine environment
Thesis Member
Helena Isabel Soares Dinis Coelho (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2010 Motilidade celular e produção de exopolissacarídeos em diatomáceas
(Thesis) Main arguer
Sílvia Maria Cordeiro Pereira (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2010 Characterization by HPLC of phytoplankton and microphytobenthos photosynthetic pigments
Supervisor
Mickael Philippe Marquês Ruivo (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009 Fitoplâncton do estuário do Tejo (Portugal): dinâmica sazonal, interanual e produção primária
Thesis Member
Carla Alexandra Lapa Pereira Gameiro (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2023/06/09 - Current Coordinator of the Marine Biotechnology and Aquaculture Research Group
Coordinator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019 - 2020 Biotecnologia Azul Biologia Marinha Aplicada (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2011 - 2012 Produção Primária Marinha Ecologia Marinha (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010 - 2011 Fisiologia Vegetal Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009 - 2011 Ecologia Geral Energia e Ambiente (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009 - 2011 Ecologia Geral Meteorologia, Oceanografia e Geofísica (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Produção Primária Marinha Ecologia Marinha (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Fisiologia Vegetal Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021/07/01 - Current Biology (2079-7737) MDPI

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2017 - 2017 Project evaluator in Biological Sciences, panel Biodiversity and Ecology Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen, Belgium