RICARDO MANUEL FERNANDES DA COSTA (9B15-24E2-13D3)

Curriculum Vitae

RICARDO MANUEL FERNANDES DA COSTA

Ricardo MF da Costa, PhD (Biology / Biochemistry), is an Assistant Researcher specialising in Phytochemicals and Plant Structural Biochemistry, with a focus on addressing phytopathology challenges and valorising plant materials as sustainable resources. Since 2020, Ricardo has been part of the Molecular Physical-Chemistry Research Unit (QFM-UC) at the University of Coimbra, where he applies an interdisciplinary approach to tackle critical scientific issues in plant biochemistry, natural products, and biomass valorisation. Key Research Areas: (A) Phytopathology: plant cell wall-mediated mechanisms which influence disease progression and host resistance, particularly in agroforestry species. His work aims to uncover the molecular basis of plant-pathogen interactions and how plant cell wall composition impacts resistance. This knowledge supports the development of disease mitigation strategies and improved, resistant plant genotypes. (B) Natural Products: identification, characterisation, and application of bioactive compounds derived from plant biomass for human health, nutraceuticals, and sustainable agriculture. His research focuses on optimising processes to enhance the utility of plants as reliable sources of natural products. (C) Lignocellulosic Biomass: the work in biomass valorisation centres on reducing the recalcitrance of the plant cell wall to saccharification and fermentation, with a focus on biorefinery applications. The improved understanding of lignocellulosic structures fosters the development of value-added biobased products and sustainable materials. Currently, Ricardo also serves as the Principal Investigator (PI) of the PineWALL Project (FCT - PTDC/ASP-SIL/3142/2020; https://doi.org/10.54499/PTDC/ASP-SIL/3142/2020). This project investigates how pine cell wall composition and structure determine resistance to the pinewood nematode, the causative agent of pine wilt disease. Ricardo's versatility as a researcher is demonstrated by his contributions to diverse projects, including the discovery of novel enzymes through metagenomic screening and the identification of biomarkers for the early diagnosis of human pulmonary diseases. His interdisciplinary expertise underscores his capacity to adapt and innovate across multiple domains of life sciences.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: RICARDO MANUEL FERNANDES DA COSTA

Citation names

da Costa, Ricardo MF

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 9B15-24E2-13D3
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5426-412X
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=ghG5hrwAAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id: ABG-6529-2021
Scopus Author Id: 58056668800

Email addresses

rmfdcosta@uc.pt (Personal)

Telephones

Telephone

(+351) 239852084 Ext.: 264344 (Professional)

Addresses

Molecular Physical - Chemistry R&D Unit (QFM), Rua Larga, 3004-535, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://apps.uc.pt/mypage/staff/uc43795/en (Professional)
http://qfm.uc.pt/rcosta/ (Professional)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5426-412X (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
Medical and Health Sciences - Other Medical Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English (Mother tongue)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Elementary (A2)
French	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2023/08 - 2023/08 Concluded	Machine Learning Summer School (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Major in Machine Learning Eigenvector Research, Inc., United States
2011 - 2016 Concluded	PhD in Life Sciences (Biochemistry / Biology) (Doctor of Philosophy) Major in Plant Cell Wall Biology University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom "Constructing a Comprehensive Picture of Miscanthus Cell Wall to Advance its Deconstruction" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2009 - 2011 Concluded	MSc in Plant Biodiversity and Biotechnology (Mestrado) Major in Plant Biotechnology Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Analysis of chemical and ultrastructural profiles of Olea europaea cultivars for taxonomic purposes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2004 - 2008 Concluded	Biologia (Licenciatura) Major in BSc in Biology Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/09 - Current	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/10 - 2023/10	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/07 - 2020/10	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/02/09 - 2020/03/01	Visiting Researcher (Research)	University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom

2018/11 - 2018/12	Visiting Researcher (Research)	University of York Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, United Kingdom

2016/05/01 - 2017/07/08	Postdoc (Research)	University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom

2013/09 - 2013/12	Visiting Researcher (Research)	University of Georgia Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, United States

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2014/09 - 2014/10	University Representative at Student Recruitment Exhibitions in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Recife)	Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom

2013/09 - 2013/10	University Representative at Student Recruitment Exhibitions in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia)	Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/09 - Current	Linking pine cell wall composition and structure to pinewood nematode resistance under climate change PTDC/ASP-SIL/3142/2020 Principal investigator Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/03 - Current	Value2Prevent - Valorização da biomassa florestal como ferramenta na gestão do risco de incêndio floresta PCIF/GVB/0057/2019 Researcher SerQ Centro de Inovação e Competências da Floresta, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/02/09 - 2020/03/01	STSM title: Valorisation of Lignocellulose to Address Ecological and Economical Concerns in Portugal - Biological Pretreatments as a Lignin-First Approach ECOST-STSM-Request-CA17128-46098 Researcher University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Concluded
2016/04 - 2018/07/08	Optimized laccase systems for high-value bio-plastics production from biomass (OXYPOL) ERA-IB 5th Joint call, Grant no 14071 Post-doc University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom	ERA-Net Cofund scheme Concluded
2016/07/08 - 2017/07/08	Identification and Validation of Low Cost, High Throughput Microbial and Metabolite Biomarker Assay for Lung Cancer Status, Stage and Type (Tenovus) 12379 Post-doc University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom	Tenovus Cancer Care Concluded
2014/08/04 - 2016	Transnational approaches to resolving biological bottlenecks in macroalgal biofuel production (SuBBSea) BBSRC - BB/K020552/1 Post-doc University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom	UK Research and Innovation Concluded
2012 - 2016	BEACON - A Biorefining Centre of Excellence for Wales 8056 PhD Student Fellow University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom Bangor University, United Kingdom Swansea University, United Kingdom	European Regional Development Fund Welsh European Funding Office Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Laboratório para a Sustentabilidade do Uso da Terra e dos Serviços dos Ecossistemas LA/P/0092/2020 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/06/01 - 2024/05/31	A relevância da composição e estrutura da parede celular para a resistência ao nemátode da madeira do pinheiro em cenários de alterações climáticas PTDC/ASP-SIL/31231/2017 Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/03/01 - 2024/02/29	VALUE2PREVENT - Added value of forest biomass as a tool in forest fire risk management PCIF/GVB/0057/2019 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal Instituto para a Sustentabilidade e Inovação em Estruturas de Engenharia, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal SerQ Centro de Inovação e Competências da Floresta, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/10 - 2022/10	VIBSonCANCER - Molecular Diagnosis of Cancer by Vibrational Spectroscopy C491215625-00083205 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2017/07/10 - 2022/10	Valorisation of the Natural Endogenous Resources of the Centro Region - ReNATURE CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000007 / Ref: SAICT 000007 ReNATURE Post-doc Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Centre for Functional Ecology UID/BIA/04004/2019 Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2023/03 - Current	CAPES-PrInt-UNESP project: Exploring Multidisciplinary Approaches for the Development of Phytotherapeutic Agents PROPG 02/2019 (edital) Researcher Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - Câmpus de Assis, Brazil Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal	CAPES-PrInt Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - Câmpus de Assis Ongoing
2020/10 - 2022/10	IDEAS4life - The valorization of endogenous maritime plants as novel food ingredients and/or nutraceuticals C493053224-00089325 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Química-Física Molecular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2017/07/08 - 2022/10	Inpactus - Innovative Products and Technologies from Eucalyptus POCI-01-0247-FEDER-021874 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal RAIZ - Forest and Paper Research Institute (The Navigator Company), Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	da Costa, Ricardo MF; Barrett, William; Carli, José; Allison, Gordon G.. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Analysis of Plant Cell Walls by Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy". In Methods in Molecular Biology, edited by Popper, Zoe, 297-313. New York, United States: Springer New York, 2020. Published • 10.1007/978-1-0716-0621-6_16
Conference abstract	Marques, M. Pedro; Landim, Euclides; Varela, Carla; MARQUES, JOANA; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Carvalho, Aida; Oliveira, Paulo J.; Cabral, Célia. "Valorization of the neglected species Verbascum pulverulentum Vill. from Côa Valley for possible cosmetic applications". Paper presented in III Bio.Natural 2023 - Bioactive Natural Products Research Conference, Lisbon, 2023. Accepted da Costa, Ricardo MF; Fonseca, Luís; Hugo Silva; Joana M.S. Cardoso; Abrantes, Isabel; Campelo, Filipe; Vieira, Joana; et al. "Linking pine cell wall composition and structure to pinewood nematode resistance.". Lisboa, 2022. Published da Costa, Ricardo MF; Carvalho, Maria Graca ; Canhoto, Jorge. "Valorisation of Lignocellulosic Biomass - Could it Be a Tool for Prevention of Severe Wildfires?". Paper presented in TERRAenVISION Environmental Issues Today: Scientific Solutions for Societal Issues, Barcelona, 2018. Accepted
Conference poster	Marques, Mário Pedro; Euclides Landim; Varela, Carla; Marques, Joana; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Luís A. E. Batista de Carvalho; Silva, Ana Cristina Rosa da; et al. Corresponding author: Marques, Mário Pedro. "Valuing the medicinal flora of Côa valley (Portugal) through the development of new plant- based cosmetics". Paper presented in 72nd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA), 2024. Marques, Mário; Varela, Carla; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Luís A. E. Batista de Carvalho; Silva, Ana Cristina Rosa da; Cruz, Maria Teresa; Dias, Maria Inês; et al. "Are the hydroethanolic extracts from Côa Valley aromatic plants a promising source of cosmetic bioactive ingredients?". Paper presented in COSMETINNOV - The Next Gen of Beauty, 3rd ed., 2024. Silva, Hugo; Cardoso, Joana M. S.; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Abrantes, Isabel; Fonseca, Luís. "Bursaphelenchus arthuri from Pinus pinea in Portugal". Paper presented in 35th Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists, 2024. Marques, M.P.; Varela, Carla; Marques, Joana; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Batista de Carvalho, Luís A. E.; Silva, Ana; Cruz, M. T.; et al. "Searching for cosmetic ingredients in strawberry-tree leaves' and turpentine-tree fruits' extracts". Paper presented in IV Metabolism, Ageing & Disease (MAD) Meeting - Disease and Therapeutics: from the Past to the Future, 2024. Marques, Mário P.; Euclides Landim; Joana Marques; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Luis Baptista de Carvalho; Dias, Maria Inês; Barros, Lillian; et al. "Cistus Species from Côa Valley: a Source of Antioxidants for Natural-based Cosmetics". Paper presented in Mitochondria in Aging, Cancer and Cell Death (MAC), 2023. Marques, Mário; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Célia Cabral. Corresponding author: Marques, Mário. "Côa Valley's medicinal plants as potential cosmetic ingredients: cytotoxic and antioxidant assessment". Paper presented in 71st International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA). Dublin, Ireland, 2023. da Costa, Ricardo MF. "The XVIth Plant Cell Wall Meeting. Málaga, Spain". Paper presented in The XVIth Plant Cell Wall Meeting, 2023. Foubert-Mendes, Sara; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Luís M. B. Fonseca; Sílvia Coimbra. Corresponding author: Sílvia Coimbra. "Pine wilt disease affects xylem cell walls of Pinus pinaster but not of Pinus pinea". Paper presented in The XVIth Plant Cell Wall Meeting, 2023. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Fonseca, Luís; Hugo Silva; Joana MS Cardoso; Abrantes, Isabel; Campelo, Filipe; Marques, MPM; et al. "The PineWALL project – Linking pine cell wall composition and structure to pinewood nematode resistance". 2023. Daniela Silva; da Costa, Ricardo MF. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Spectrochemical analysis of seasonal and sexual variation of antioxidants in Corema album (L.) D. Don leaf extracts". Paper presented in 15ENQF – 15th National Physical Chemistry Meeting, 2023. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Silva, Hugo; Luís Fonseca; Joana Moura e Sá Cardoso; Isabel Maria de Oliveira Abrantes. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Bursaphelenchus species diversity associated with a declining Pinus pinea". Paper presented in The IUFRO All-Division 7 2022 Conference. Lisbon, Portugal, 2022. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Luís Fonseca; Joana Moura e Sá Cardoso; Joana Vieira; Filipe Campelo; Isabel Maria de Oliveira Abrantes. "Bursaphelenchus spp. inhabitants of a centennial Pinus pinea tree of public interest". Paper presented in Seventh International Congress of Nematology, 2022. da Costa, Ricardo MF. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "PineWALL Project: Linking pine cell wall composition and structure to pinewood nematode resistance under climate change". Paper presented in Seventh International Congress of Nematology, 2022. Marques, Mário; Canhoto, Jorge; da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Monitoring of ripening-derived morphology and chemical modifications in the cell wall of Arbutus unedo L. fruits". Paper presented in 4º Encontro - Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas, 2020. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Isabel Abrantes (ORCID 0000-0002-8761-2151); Joana Vieira (ORCID 0000-0003-1021-4101); Felipe Campelo (ORCID 0000-0001-8432-4325); Joana MS Cardoso (ORCID 0000-0002-6594-4892); Luís Fonseca (ORCID 0000-0001-7405-8916). "Bursaphelenchus spp. associated with a centennial Pinus pinea tree of public interest at the University of Coimbra". Paper presented in 7th International Congress of Nematology (ICN), 2020. Marques, Mário Pedro da Silva; Martins, João Filipe da Silva; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Canhoto, JM. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Study of physiological and biochemical events leading to vitrification of Arbutus unedo L. cultured in vitro for the development of improved food biotechnology methods". Paper presented in MICROBIOTEC19, Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Coimbra, Portugal, 2019. da Costa, Ricardo MF. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Desirable plant cell wall traits for higher quality lignocellulosic biomass from Miscanthus". Paper presented in The XVth Plant Cell Wall Meeting. Cambridge, UK, 2019. da Costa, Ricardo MF. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Valorisation of lignocellosic national resources to address ecological and economical concerns in Portugal". Paper presented in The XVth Plant Cell Wall Meeting. Cambridge, UK, 2019. da Costa, Ricardo MF. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Valorisation of lignocellulose to address ecological and economical concerns in Portugal". Paper presented in EUBCE 2019 – 27th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. Portugal, 2019. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Bosch, Maurice; Batista Carvalho, Luis; Ferreira, Paulo; Simister, Rachael; Gomez, Leonardo D; Carvalho, Maria Graca ; et al. "Valorisation of Lignocellulose to Address Ecological and Economical Concerns in Portugal". Paper presented in 4th LBNet International Conference, Cheshire, UK, 2019. 10.13140/RG.2.2.19004.08329 da Costa, Ricardo MF; Pattathil, Sivakumar; Avci, Utku; Winters, Ana; Hahn, Michael G.; Bosch, Maurice; da Costa, Ricardo MF. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Desirable Miscanthus Cell Wall Traits for Higher Quality Lignocellulosic Biomass". Paper presented in 4th LBNet International Conference, Cheshire, UK, 2019. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.32837.50404 Villarroel, N; Albarran-Velo, J; Nguyen, G S; Wentzel, Alexander; Lavandera, I; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Fernandez-Fuentes, N; et al. "Evaluation of novel laccases and mediators using a dye decolourisation assay". Paper presented in 4th LBNet International Conference, 2019. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Ana Winters. Corresponding author: Ana Winters. "Release of low molecular weight products from Kraft lignin using a laccase-mediator system". Paper presented in LBNet 4th International Conference. Cheshire, UK, 2019. da Costa, Ricardo MF. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Nutrient and drought stress: implications for phenology and biomass quality in Miscanthus". Paper presented in LBNet 3rd International Conference. Cheshire, UK, 2018. da Costa, Ricardo MF. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Valorisation of lignocellulosic biomass – Could it be a tool to prevent severe wildfires?". Paper presented in XXIV TECNICELPA Conference. Aveiro, Portugal, 2018. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Carvalho, Maria Graca ; Ferreira, Paulo; Canhoto, Jorge. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Valorisation of Lignocellulosic Biomass – a Tool to Prevent Severe Wildfires?". Paper presented in LBNet 3rd International Conference. Cheshire, UK, 2018. 10.13140/RG.2.2.28231.55208 Ana Winters; Joe A Gallagher; David Walker; da Costa, Ricardo M. F.; Alexander Wentzel; Vicente Gotor-Fernández; Iván Lavandera; et al. Corresponding author: Ana Winters. "Release of low molecular weight products from Kraft lignin using a laccase-mediator system". Paper presented in 40th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals. Clearwater Beach, Clearwater, FL, USA, 2018. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Winters, Ana; Bosch, Maurice. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Analysis of the plant cell-wall glycome to optimise bioenergy and biorefining applications of biomass feedstocks". Paper presented in Monogram Network Workshop. Aberystwyth, UK, 2012.
Journal article	Luís FONSECA; Hugo SILVA; Joana M.S. CARDOSO; Ricardo M.F. DA COSTA; Filipe CAMPELO; Joana VIEIRA; Isabel ABRANTES. "Aphelenchoididae nematodes in a centennial Pinus pinea tree, and a review of Bursaphelenchus species from this host". Phytopathologia Mediterranea (2025): https://doi.org/10.36253/phyto-15829. 10.36253/phyto-15829 Hugo SILVA; Joana M.S. CARDOSO; Ricardo M.F. DA COSTA; Isabel ABRANTES; Luís FONSECA. "Molecular and morphological characterisation of a new record of Bursaphelenchus arthuri (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from a new host, Pinus pinea, in Europe". Phytopathologia Mediterranea (2024): https://doi.org/10.36253/phyto-15625. 10.36253/phyto-15625 Ricardo M. F. da Costa; Bruno Almeida; António Portugal; Rachael Simister; Leonardo D. Gomez; Ana L. Winters; Barbara D. Hauck; et al. "Reduced Recalcitrance and Improved Pulp Properties in Eucalypt Woods Pretreated with White-Rot Fungi and Mild Alkali". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2023): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c03325. 10.1021/acs.iecr.3c03325 da Costa, Ricardo MF; Mário Pedro Marques; Célia Cabral. Corresponding author: Célia Cabral. "Côa Valley's medicinal plants as potential cosmetic ingredients: cytotoxic and antioxidant assessment (P-220)". Planta Medica 89 14 (2023): 1276-1437. https://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-013-58620. Open access • Published Silva, Hugo; Cardoso, Joana M. S.; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Abrantes, Isabel; Fonseca, Luís. Corresponding author: Fonseca, Luís. "Potensaphelenchus stammeri (Körner, 1954) Gu, Liu, Abolafia & Pedram, 2021 (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from Pinus pinea Linnaeus, 1753 in Portugal". Forests 14 5 (2023): 962. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f14050962. Open access • Published • 10.3390/f14050962 Silva, Daniela J. S. ; Santos, João A. V. ; Pinto, Joana C. N. ; Llorent-Martínez, Eulogio J.; Castilho, Paula C.; Batista de Carvalho, Luís A. E.; Marques, Maria Paula M.; et al. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Spectrochemical analysis of seasonal and sexual variation of antioxidants in Corema album (L.) D. Don leaf extracts". Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 299 (2023): 122816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2023.122816. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.saa.2023.122816 Silva, Hugo; Cardoso, Joana M. S.; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Abrantes, Isabel; Fonseca, Luís. "Potensaphelenchus stammeri (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from Pinus pinea in Portugal". Forests (2023): Published • https://doi.org/10.3390/f14050962 Rito, Miguel; Marques, Joana; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Correia, Sandra; Lopes, Tércia; Martin, Daniel; Canhoto, Jorge M. P. L.; Batista de Carvalho, Luís A. E.; Marques, Maria Paula M.. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Antioxidant Potential of Tamarillo Fruits-Chemical and Infrared Spectroscopy Analysis". Antioxidants 12 2 (2023): 536. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antiox12020536. Open access • Published • 10.3390/antiox12020536 da Costa, Ricardo MF; Bosch, Maurice; Simister, Rachael; Gomez, Leonardo D.; Canhoto, Jorge M.; Batista de Carvalho, Luís A. E.. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Valorisation Potential of Invasive Acacia dealbata, A. longifolia and A. melanoxylon from Land Clearings". Molecules 27 20 (2022): 7006. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27207006. Published • 10.3390/molecules27207006 Martín, Daniel; Santos, Inês P.; Monteiro, Pedro; Amaral, Joana; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Martín-Garcia, Jorge; Batista de Carvalho, Luís A. E.; Marques, Maria Paula M.; Pinto, Glória. "Unravelling pine response to Fusarium circinatum through Raman spectroscopy". Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 53 12 (2022): 2086-2099. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jrs.6446. Published • 10.1002/jrs.6446 Marques, Mário Pedro; Martin, Daniel; Bosch, Maurice; Martins, João; Biswal, Ajaya K; Zuzarte, Mónica; de Carvalho, Luís Batista; Canhoto, Jorge; da Costa, Ricardo MF. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Unveiling the compositional remodelling of Arbutus unedo L. fruits during ripening". Scientia Horticulturae 303 (2022): 111248. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2022.111248. Published • 10.1016/j.scienta.2022.111248 da Costa, Ricardo MF; Winters, Ana; Hauck, Barbara; Martín, Daniel; Bosch, Maurice; Simister, Rachael; Gomez, Leonardo D.; Batista de Carvalho, Luís A. E.; Canhoto, Jorge M.. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Biorefining Potential of Wild-Grown Arundo donax, Cortaderia selloana and Phragmites australis and the Feasibility of White-Rot Fungi-Mediated Pretreatments". Frontiers in Plant Science 12 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.679966. Open access • Published • 10.3389/fpls.2021.679966 López-Malvar, Ana; Santiago, Rogelio; Malvar, Rosa Ana; Martín, Daniel; Pereira dos Santos, Inês; Batista de Carvalho, Luís A. E.; Faas, Laura; Gómez, Leonardo D.; da Costa, Ricardo MF. "FTIR Screening to Elucidate Compositional Differences in Maize Recombinant Inbred Lines with Contrasting Saccharification Efficiency Yields". Agronomy 11 6 (2021): 1130. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11061130. Open access • Published • 10.3390/agronomy11061130 Marques, Mário P.; Martins, João; de Carvalho, Luís A. E. Batista; Zuzarte, Mónica R.; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Canhoto, Jorge. "Study of physiological and biochemical events leading to vitrification of Arbutus unedo L. cultured in vitro". Trees 35 1 (2020): 241-253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-020-02036-0. Published • 10.1007/s00468-020-02036-0 da Costa, Ricardo MF; Love, Katie; Beckmann, Manfred; Morley, Anna; Bhatnagar, Rahul; Maskell, Nick; Mur, Luis AJ; Lewis, Keir E. "Metabolomics differentiate cancer from non-cancer pleural effusions based on steroid lipids and acyl carnitines". medrxiv (2020): https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.27.20162958. Open access • Published • 10.1101/2020.07.27.20162958 Paiva de Carvalho, Hugo; Sequeira, Sílvia Oliveira; Pinho, Diogo; Trovão, João; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Egas, Conceição; Macedo, Maria Filomena; Portugal, António. "Combining an innovative non-invasive sampling method and high-throughput sequencing to characterize fungal communities on a canvas painting". International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 145 (2019): 104816. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2019.104816. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.ibiod.2019.104816 da Costa, Ricardo MF; Pattathil, Sivakumar; Avci, Utku; Winters, Ana; Hahn, Michael G.; Bosch, Maurice. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Desirable plant cell wall traits for higher-quality miscanthus lignocellulosic biomass". Biotechnology for Biofuels 12 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13068-019-1426-7. Open access • Published • 10.1186/s13068-019-1426-7 da Costa, Ricardo MF. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Parede Celular Vegetal". Revista de Ciência Elementar 7 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.24927/rce2019.006. Open access • Published • 10.24927/rce2019.006 Paiva de Carvalho, Hugo; Mesquita, Nuno; Trovão, João; Fernández Rodríguez, Santiago; Pinheiro, Ana Catarina; Gomes, Virgínia; Alcoforado, Ana; Gil, Francisco; Portugal, António. "Fungal contamination of paintings and wooden sculptures inside the storage room of a museum: Are current norms and reference values adequate?". Journal of Cultural Heritage 34 (2018): 268-276. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2018.05.001. Published • 10.1016/j.culher.2018.05.001 • Editor da Costa, Ricardo MF; Simister, Rachael; Roberts, Luned A; Timms-Taravella, Emma; Cambler, Arthur B; Corke, Fiona M K; Han, Jiwan; et al. "Nutrient and drought stress: implications for phenology and biomass quality in miscanthus". Annals of Botany 124 4 (2018): 553-566. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcy155. Open access • Published • 10.1093/aob/mcy155 da Costa, Ricardo MF; Pattathil, Sivakumar; Avci, Utku; Lee, Scott J.; Hazen, Samuel P.; Winters, Ana; Hahn, Michael G.; Bosch, Maurice. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "A cell wall reference profile for Miscanthus bioenergy crops highlights compositional and structural variations associated with development and organ origin". New Phytologist 213 4 (2016): 1710-1725. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.14306. Published • 10.1111/nph.14306 da Costa, Ricardo MF; Allison, Gordon; Bosch, Maurice. Corresponding author: da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Cell Wall Biomass Preparation and Fourier Transform Mid-infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy to Study Cell Wall Composition". BIO-PROTOCOL 5 11 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.21769/bioprotoc.1494. Open access • Published • 10.21769/bioprotoc.1494 da Costa, Ricardo MF; Lee, Scott J.; Allison, Gordon G.; Hazen, Samuel P.; Winters, Ana; Bosch, Maurice. "Genotype, development and tissue-derived variation of cell-wall properties in the lignocellulosic energy crop Miscanthus". Annals of Botany 114 6 (2014): 1265-1277. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcu054. Open access • Published • 10.1093/aob/mcu054
Thesis / Dissertation	da Costa, Ricardo Manuel Fernandes. "Constructing a Comprehensive Picture of Miscanthus Cell Wall to Advance its Deconstruction". PhD, University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2160/43553. da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Analysis of chemical and ultrastructural profiles and Olea europaea cultivars for taxonomic purposes / Caracterização do perfil fenólico e da ultraestrutura do polén de cultivares de Olea europaea L. como contributo para uma classificação varietal". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/20275.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/07/13	Valorization of the neglected species Verbascum pulverulentum Vill. from Côa Valley for possible cosmetic applications	Bioactive Natural Products Research Meeting Bio.Natural (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/09/06	PineWALL - Linking pine cell wall composition and structure to pinewood nematode resistance	The IUFRO All-Division 7 2022 Conference IUFRO (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/11/13	Valorisation of Lignocellulose to Address Ecological and Economical Concerns in Portugal	LignoCOST Co-located joint Working Groups + 3rd MC meeting COST Action CA17128 - Establishment of a Pan-European Network on the Sustainable Valorisation of Lignin (Régua, Portugal)
2019/11/13	Valorisation of lignocellulose to address ecological and economical concerns in Portugal	CA17128 LignoCOST Co-located workshop and 3rd MC meetings CA17128 LignoCOST (Régua, Portugal)
2018/05/10	Valorização Energética e Material de Resíduos Lenhinocelulósicos	Ciclo de Conferências do Pinhal Interior - Gestão e Controlo de Riscos no Pinhal Interior Universidade de Coimbra & serQ - Centro de Inovação e Competências da Floresta (Sertã, Portugal)
2018/01/27	Valorisation of vegetable biomass - could it be a tool for prevention of severe wildfires?	TERRAENVISION 2018 TERRAENVISION (Barcelona, Spain)
2016/02/17	A Comprehensive Picture of Miscanthus Cell Wall to Optimise its Deconstruction	LBNet 1st International Conference “Construction and deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass” LBNet, University of York (Pott Shrigley, Cheshire , United Kingdom)
2016/02/17	Constructing a comprehensive picture of Miscanthus spp. cell wall to advance its deconstruction	LBNet 1st International Conference "Construction and deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass" LBNet (Cheshire, United Kingdom)
2015/03/09	Constructing a Comprehensive Picture of the Miscanthus Cell Wall to Advance its Deconstruction	"Using systems and synthetic biology to tailor plant cell walls for a better future - Part I" Newton Fund and FAPESP, University of São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)
2015/01/10	Constructing a comprehensive picture of the Miscanthus cell wall to advance its deconstruction	Plant & Animal Genome Conference (PAG XXIII) PAG (San Diego, United States)
2013/07/07	Miscanthus spp. cell-wall analysis for bioenergy and biorefining optimisation	XIIIth Cell Wall Meeting INRA, University of Nantes (Nantes, France)
2013/03/21	Analysis of the plant cell-wall glycome to optimise bioenergy and biorefining applications of biomass feedstocks	Early Career Researchers Bioenergy Symposium Lancaster Environment Centre (Lancaster, United Kingdom)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023 - Current	Pinus spp. cell wall compositional characterisation (lignin) and nematode in vitro culturing Supervisor	Project (Scientific initiation) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023 - Current	Linking pine cell wall composition and structure to pinewood nematode resistance under climate change Supervisor	Dissertation (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022 - Current	Linking pine cell wall composition and structure to pinewood nematode resistance under climate change (PineWALL - MSc research scholarship) Co-supervisor	MSc Grant (Specialization course) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 - Current	Development of new bioproducts (ReNATURE - MSc research scholarship) Supervisor	MSc Grant (Specialization course) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020 - Current	Tamarillo breeding: better plants for better products (BP4BP - MSc research scholarship) Supervisor	MSc Grant (Specialization course) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022 - 2023	Study of new nutraceutical compounds derived from endogenous plants from the Centro region of Portugal - derived from "camarinha" (Corema album) II Supervisor	Project (Scientific initiation) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022 - 2023	Linking pine cell wall composition and structure to pinewood nematode resistance under climate change Supervisor	Project (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 - 2022	Study of new nutraceutical compounds derived from endogenous plants from the Centro region of Portugal - derived from "camarinha" (Corema album) I Supervisor	Project (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 - 2020	Extraction and fractionation of crowberry and tamarillo leaves for biological activity screening Supervisor	Dissertation (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Analysis of the composition and structure of lignocellulosic biomass, with particular focus on determining the total carbohydrate content of the cell wall Supervisor	Estágio profissionalizante da Licenciatura em Biotecnologia (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Correlation of lignin and saccharification contents in invasive grass species Supervisor	Estágio profissionalizante da Licenciatura em Biotecnologia (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Monitoring of ripening-derived composition and morphology modifications in Arbutus unedo L. fruits, and characterization of vitrified tissues Supervisor	Dissertation (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017 - 2019	Análise morfológica e bioquímica da cana-de-açúcar (Saccharum officinarum L.) adubada com vinhaça concentrada e suas implicações económicas Co-supervisor	Biociências (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/06/18 - 2023/06/22	The XVIth Plant Cell Wall Meeting Conference	The XVIth Plant Cell Wall Meeting Universidad de León, Spain Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Spain
2022/09/06 - 2022/09/09	The IUFRO All-Division 7 2022 Conference Conference	International Union of Forest Research Organizations, Austria
2019/11/13 - 2019/11/14	CA17128 LignoCOST Co-located workshop and 3rd MC meetings Meeting	lignoCOST (CA17128) - EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020, Belgium
2019/07/07 - 2019/07/12	The XVth Plant Cell Wall Meeting Conference	University of Cambridge Department of Chemistry, United Kingdom
2019/05/27 - 2019/05/30	EUBCE 2019 – 27th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Conference	ETA-Florence Energie Rinnovabili, Italy
2019/03/20 - 2019/03/22	LBNet 4th International Conference Conference	University of York Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, United Kingdom
2018/09/10 - 2018/09/15	Fifth IUFRO Working Party Conference Conference	"Clonal Trees in the Bioeconomy Age" International Union of Forest Research Organizations, Austria Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/05/16 - 2018/05/18	LBNet 3rd International Conference Conference	University of York Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, United Kingdom
2018/05/10 - 2018/05/10	Ciclo de Conferências do Pinhal Interior Conference	Ciclo de Conferências do Pinhal Interior - Gestão e Controlo de Riscos no Pinhal Interior Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal SerQ Centro de Inovação e Competências da Floresta, Portugal
2016/02/17 - 2016/02/19	LBNet 1st International Conference Conference	University of York Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, United Kingdom
2015/03/09 - 2015/03/12	Newton Fund and FAPESP Conference Conference	"Using systems and synthetic biology to tailor plant cell walls for a better future - Part I" Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil Newton Fund, United Kingdom Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil
2013/07/07 - 2013/07/12	The XIIIth Plant Cell Wall Meeting Conference	INRA Centre Angers-Nantes, France
2013/03/21 - 2013/03/22	Early Career Researchers - Bioenergy Symposium Conference	Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Lancaster Site, United Kingdom
2012/09/04 - 2012/09/07	Four days of conferences and workshops dedicated to the question of the scientific, technical and industrial culture of today and tomorrow. Invitation only. Conference	Journées Hubert Curien Université de Lorraine, France
2012/03/26 - 2012/03/28	Monogram Network Workshop Workshop	Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2023/12	Profiling the cell wall composition using CoMPP and analytical methods (Thesis) Main arguer	Eugene Badenhorst (Master) Stellenbosch University, South Africa
2023/11	PhD proposal presentation (Thesis) Arguer	Yuliya Dulyanska (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/07	Novos métodos de diagnóstico precoce de rejeição hepática - espectroscopia de infravermelho (FTIR) [BSc] (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Araújo (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/07	Novos métodos de diagnóstico precoce de rejeição hepática - espectroscopia de Raman [BSc] (Thesis) Main arguer	Matilde Parada (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/07	Estudo de novos compostos nutracêuticos baseados em plantas endógenas da região Centro de Portugal - derivados da camarinha [BSc] Supervisor	Daniela Jardim (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/12	Extraction and fractionation of crowberry and tamarillo leaves for biological activity screening Supervisor	Bruno Costa (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/11	Impacto do tratamento fúngico da madeira de eucalipto na branqueabilidade das pastas kraft produzidas (Thesis) Main arguer	Daniela Cardeira (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/09	Monitoring of ripening-derived composition and morphology modifications in Arbutus unedo L. fruits, and characterization of vitrified tissues Supervisor	Mário Marques (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/09	Análise morfológica e bioquímica da cana-de açúcar (Saccharum officinarum L.) adubada com vinhaça concentrada e suas implicações económicas [PhD proposal presentation] Supervisor	Patrícia Chiara Silvério (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/07	Breeding of Arbutus unedo L.: use of conventional and biotechnological tools to obtain tolerant genotypes against abiotic and biotic stresses [PhD proposal presentation] (Thesis) Main arguer	João Martins (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/07	Assays of In vitro germination of kiwi pollen (Thesis) Main arguer	José Marques (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2023 - Current	CA21138 - Joint effects of CLimate Extremes and Atmospheric depositioN on European FORESTs (CLEANFOREST)". https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA21138	Member
2019 - Current	"CA17128 - Establishment of a Pan-European Network on the Sustainable Valorisation of Lignin (LignoCOST)". www.lignocost.eu	Member
2019 - Current	"BBNet - Biomass Biorefinery Network". www.bbnet-nibb.co.uk	Member
2016 - 2019	"P2P: A Network of Integrated Technologies: Plants to Products". https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/82195/html/	Member
2015 - 2019	"LBNet - Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Network". www.lb-net.net	Member
2012 - 2016	The Society for Experimental Biology	Student Membership

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2023/03 - Current	Member of the Scientific Committee of the "Molecular Physical-Chemistry" R&D Unit - University of Coimbra (QFM-UC) Member	Universidade de Coimbra Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Química-Física Molecular, Portugal
2018/05 - 2018/09	5th IUFRO International Conference "Clonal Trees in the Bioeconomy Age" (Coimbra, Portugal; September 10-15, 2018) - Member of the Organisation Committee and Responsible for Graphic Design Member	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2018/01 - 2018/05/10	Ciclo de Conferências do Pinhal Interior. "Gestão e Controlo de Riscos no Pinhal Interior" Coordinator	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2017 - Current	Lectures on "Genetic manipulation of lignocellulosic biomass for bioenergy and bioproducts"; Plant Breeding course - MSc level. (senior lecturer: Prof Dr Jorge Canhoto, Univ. of Coimbra)	Plant Breeding (Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017 - Current	Lectures on "Plant Cell Wall Biochemistry"; Forest Biodiversity and Biotechnology course - MSc level. (senior lecturer: Prof Dr Jorge Canhoto, Univ. of Coimbra)	Forest Biodiversity and Biotechnology (Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017 - Current	Lectures on "Plant Cell Wall Biology"; Plant Development course - BSc level. (senior lecturer: Prof Dr Jorge Canhoto, Univ. of Coimbra)	Plant Development (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022 - 2023	Lectures on "Pinus cell wall and pinewood nematode infection"; Wood Biotechnology course - MSc level. (senior lecturer: Prof Dr Sílvia Coimbra, Univ. of Porto)	Wood Biotechnology (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023/03 - Current	Agronomy (Reviewer) (2073-4395)	MDPI
2023/02 - Current	Frontiers in Fungal Biology (Guest Editor) (2673-6128)	Frontiers
2022/04 - Current	Plants (Reviewer) (2223-7747)	MDPI
2021/06 - Current	Agriculture (Reviewer) (2077-0472)	MDPI
2021/03 - Current	Frontiers in Plant Science (Review Editor) (1664-462X)	Frontiers
2021/03 - Current	Foods (Reviewer) (2304-8158)	MDPI
2019/12 - Current	Energies (Reviewer) (1996-1073)	MDPI
2019/06 - Current	Sustainability (Reviewer) (2071-1050)	MDPI
2018/02 - Current	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant (Reviewer) (1054-5476)	Springer
2017/01 - Current	Frontiers in Plant Science (Reviewer) (1664-462X)	Frontiers
2016/08 - Current	Annals of Botany (Reviewer) (1095-8290)	Oxford University Press

Scientific expedition

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2020/02/03 - 2020/02/21	Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) financed by LignoCOST (CA17128) - Establishment of a Pan-European Network on the Sustainable Valorisation of Lignin. Workplan developed at the Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences (IBERS; https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/ibers) of Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK. Title: Valorisation of Lignocellulose to Address Ecological and Economical Concerns in Portugal - Biological Pretreatments as a Lignin-First Approach	lignoCOST (CA17128) - EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020, Belgium University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2020	Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) lignoCOST (CA17128) - EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020, Belgium

Other distinction

2020	Contracted Researcher Fellowship Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2011	PhD Student Fellowship Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom BEACON, United Kingdom