Rui Filipe Cereja (B418-AFBA-B017)

Curriculum Vitae

Rui Cereja

I completed my MSc at Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL) on the metal accumulation and consequent physiological stress on cuttlefish eggs with the master thesis entitled "Impact of metal contamination on early life history stages of common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)" delivered on 2012. In the following years, I participated in many environmental assessments, as well as a volunteer in the EccoWebs research team in the WarmingWebs and Bioplume projects in which we collected intertidal organisms for assessment of their CTMax and physiological stress. On 2017 I started my PhD in Marine Sciences at FCUL on the response of the phytoplankton community and estuarine water quality metrics to the spatial and temporal variations and to future variations under climate change scenarios. I completed the PhD on May of 2023 with the thesis entitled "Spatio-temporal variability of phytoplankton in the Tagus Estuary: implications to water quality". Currectly, I am a Postdoctoral fellow at IPMA for the Blue Bioeconomy pact - Algae Vertical project. I have published 18 articles in journals of which 17 were in journals indexed in scopus . My areas of research and interest include marine biology and ecology, water quality assessment, marine pollution and ecotoxicology.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Rui Filipe Cereja

Citation names

Cereja, Rui
Cereja, Rui F.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: B418-AFBA-B017
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7813-4592
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=pt-PT&user=izj_IaQAAAAJ
Scopus Author Id: 56669870300

Addresses

MARE - Marine and Environmental Science Centre. Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 L, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

http://www.mare-centre.pt/pt/user/331 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2017/04/01 - 2023/05/15 Concluded	Marine Sciences (Doutoramento) Major in Sem especialidade Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Phytoplankton in estuarine waters: assessment of temporal and spatial variability " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2010/09 - 2012/12 Concluded	Marine Ecology (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Impact of metal contamination on early life history stages of common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis): a biochemical approach" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16
2007/09 - 2010/07 Concluded	Environmental Biology - Marine area (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/03/15 - Current	Postdoc (Research)	Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
	Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2023/01/15 - 2024/03/15	Researcher (Research)	Sovena - Consumer Goods, Portugal
	Sovena - Consumer Goods, Portugal
2017/04/01 - 2022/12/31	Researcher (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal (...)
2014/08/01 - 2017/04/30	Researcher (Research)	IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
	IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2015/05/02 - 2017/04/01	Research Trainee (Research)	Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013/07/03 - 2014/07/27	Research Trainee (Research)	Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental, Portugal
	Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental, Portugal
2013/01/07 - 2014/06/01	Research Trainee (Research)	Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
	Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2013/07/01 - 2013/10/01	Research Trainee (Research)	Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

2010/05/01 - 2011/04/01	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Oceanografia, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Oceanografia, Portugal
2008/07/06 - 2008/07/11	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Oceanografia, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Oceanografia, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2013/04/09 - 2014/07/30	Private professor - Tutor for high school students of biology, geology, physics, chemistry and mathematics	Letras aos Palmos, Portugal

2014/04/14 - 2014/04/20	Biologist - Volunteer at the fisheries sampling campaign PNAB/DCF: PT-DEPM14-PIL. Collection of fish eggs and identification of captured fish	Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
	Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2012/08/15 - 2012/10/23	Instership biologist - Preparation and participation of ROV Luso and M@rbis missions in 2012 and three expositions of both EMEPC and Kit do Mar programs	Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental, Portugal

2012/06/08 - 2012/06/10	Volunteer - Preparation of the Estrutura de missão para a extensão da Plataforma Continental expositions on Volvo Ocean Race 2012 at Algés	Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental, Portugal

2009/02/01 - 2010/09/10	Aquarist/volunteer - Aquarium maintenance, animal feeding and provide prophylaxis against diseases in the quarantine animals	Aquário Vasco da Gama, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2024/03/15 - Current	Blue Bioeconomy Pact - Algae Vertical C644915664-00000026 Post-doc Fellow Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal	Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan Ongoing
2017/04 - 2021/05	Earthsystems PD/BD/135064/2017	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Instituto Dom Luiz LA/P/0068/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0068/2020 UID/GEO/50019/2019 Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023/01/15 - 2024/03/15	NEWPACK - A New Generation of Packaging Materials NEWPACK - A New Generation of Packaging Material PhD Student Fellow Sovena - Consumer Goods, Portugal	Ongoing
2021/09 - 2022/12	COASTNET - Portuguese Coastal Monitoring Network PINFRA/22128/2016 Research Fellow Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2017/09 - 2021/12	AQUASADO - Promoting Sustainable Aquaculture in the Sado Estuary MAR-02.01.01-FEAMP-0051 PhD Student Fellow Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal	Concluded
2017/05 - 2021/12	UBEST - Understanding the biogeochemical buffering capacity of estuaries relative to climate change and anthropogenic inputs PTDC/AAG-MAA/6899/2014 PhD Student Fellow Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal	Concluded
2015/11 - 2020/10	MESCLA - Melhoria da Avaliação do Estado das Massas de Água POSEUR-03-2013-FC-000001 PhD Student Fellow Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Vieira, V.; Lobo Arteaga, Jorge; Bartilotti, C.; Santos, R; Leitão-Silva, David; Veronez, A.; Marujo Neves, Joana; et al. "Anthropogenic tampering of riverine discharges affects seagrass beds biotopes and their ecosystem services". Istanbul, 2024. Vieira, V.; Lobo Arteaga, Jorge; Bartilotti, C.; Santos, R; Leitão-Silva, David; Veronez, A.; Marujo Neves, Joana; et al. "Anthropogenic interference with riverine discharges affects seagrass beds biodiversity and carbon sink". Barcelona, 2024. Dias, Marta; Ana Ferreira; Raúl Gouveia; Cereja, Rui; Vinagre, Catarina. "Individual and synergistic effects of warming and lower salinity on mortality, growth and regeneration following fragmentation of reef-forming corals". Paper presented in IMMR'18 \| International Meeting on Marine Research 2018, Peniche, 2019. Published • doi: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2018.06.00114
Conference paper	Biguino, B.; Sousa, Fátima; Sá, Carolina; Cruz, Joana P. C.; Giulia Sent; Heumüller, Joshua; Cereja, Rui; et al. Corresponding author: Biguino, B.. "Variability of temperature and chlorophyll in the Sado Estuary: integration of in situ observations and satellite data". Paper presented in 6.as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica/1.as Jornadas Luso-Espanholas de Hidrografia, Lisboa, 2020. Published
Conference poster	Cereja, Rui; Maulvault, Ana Luísa; Allen, P.; Aparício, L.. "NEWPACK - A new generation of packaging materials" - Innovative strategies to reduce plastic waste and associated ecological impacts in coastal aquaculture realms. Poster at the conference". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023.
Journal article	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 Vieira, Vasco M. N. C. S.; Santos, Rafael; Leitao-Silva, David; Veronez, Arthur; Neves, Joana M.; Nogueira, Marta; Brito, Ana; et al. "Seagrass space occupation efficiency is key for their role as ecosystem engineers and ecological indicators". Communications Earth & Environment (2024): https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01758-0. 10.1038/S43247-024-01758-0 Rui Cereja; Vanda Brotas; Ana C. Brito; Marta Rodrigues. Corresponding author: Rui Cereja. "Effects of droughts, sea level rise, and increase in outfall discharges on phytoplankton in a temperate estuary (Tagus Estuary, Portugal)". Regional Environmental Change (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02109-z. 10.1007/s10113-023-02109-z Rui Cereja; Joana P. C. Cruz; Joshua Heumüller; Bernardo Vicente; Ana Amorim; Frederico Carvalho; Sara Cabral; et al. "Short-Term Biochemical Biomarkers of Stress in the Oyster Magallana angulata Exposed to Gymnodinium catenatum and Skeletonema marinoi". Sci (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/57071007/. 10.3390/SCI5030030 Brito, Ana C.; Pereira, Humberto; Picado, Ana; Cruz, Joana; Cereja, Rui; Biguino, Beatriz; Chainho, Paula; et al. "Increased oyster aquaculture in the Sado Estuary (Portugal): How to ensure ecosystem sustainability?". Science of the Total Environment (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/54836308/. 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2022.158898 Rui Cereja; Paula Chainho; Vanda Brotas; Joana P. C. Cruz; Giulia Sent; Marta Rodrigues; Frederico Carvalho; Sara Cabral; Ana C. Brito. "Spatial Variability of Physicochemical Parameters and Phytoplankton at the Tagus Estuary (Portugal)". Sustainability (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/su142013324. 10.3390/su142013324 Cereja, Rui; Brotas, Vanda; Nunes, Susana; Rodrigues, Marta; Cruz, Joana P. C.; Brito, Ana C.. "Tidal influence on water quality indicators in a temperate mesotidal estuary (Tagus Estuary, Portugal)". Ecological Indicators (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53559140/. 10.1016/J.ECOLIND.2022.108715 Cereja, Rui. "Tidal and Physicochemical Effects on Phytoplankton Community Variability at Tagus Estuary (Portugal)". Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.675699. 10.3389/fmars.2021.675699 Nascimento, Â.; Biguino, B.; Borges, C.; Cereja, R.; Cruz, J.P.C.; Sousa, F.; Dias, J.; et al. "Tidal variability of water quality parameters in a mesotidal estuary (Sado Estuary, Portugal)". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85120178960&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1038/s41598-021-02603-6 Cereja, R.; Vinagre, C.; Silva, A.. "Unknown facts of the biology of Polybius henslowii – Effect of gender on claw morphology and diet". Journal of Sea Research 165 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85091240851&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.seares.2020.101953 Dias, M.; Ferreira, A.; Gouveia, R.; Cereja, R.; Vinagre, C.. "Corrigendum to “Mortality, growth and regeneration following fragmentation of reef-forming corals under thermal stress” [Journal of Sea Research Volume 141, November 2018, Pages 71–82](S1385110118300224)(10.1016/j.seares.2018.08.008)". Journal of Sea Research 158 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85081206524&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.seares.2020.101874 Cereja, R.. "Critical thermal maxima in aquatic ectotherms". Ecological Indicators 119 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85090854638&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106856 Vinagre, C.; Dias, M.; Cereja, R.; Abreu-Afonso, F.; Flores, A.A.V.; Mendonça, V.. "Upper thermal limits and warming safety margins of coastal marine species – Indicator baseline for future reference". Ecological Indicators 102 (2019): 644-649. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85063219858&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.03.030 Dias, M.; Ferreira, A.; Gouveia, R.; Cereja, R.; Vinagre, C.. "Mortality, growth and regeneration following fragmentation of reef-forming corals under thermal stress". Journal of Sea Research 141 (2018): 71-82. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85052984953&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.seares.2018.08.008 Cereja, R.; Mendonça, V.; Dias, M.; Vinagre, C.; Gil, F.; Diniz, M.. "Physiological effects of cymothoid parasitization in the fish host Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838) under increasing ocean temperatures". Ecological Indicators 95 (2018): 176-182. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85050294885&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.045 Vinagre, C.; Mendonça, V.; Cereja, R.; Abreu-Afonso, F.; Dias, M.; Mizrahi, D.; Flores, A.A.V.. "Ecological traps in shallow coastal waters-Potential effect of heat-waves in tropical and temperate organisms". PLoS ONE 13 2 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85041744958&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1371/journal.pone.0192700 Cereja, Rui. "Distribution and demography of the critically endangered Lisbon arched-mouth nase, Iberochondrostoma olisiponense". FISHMED, Fishes in Mediterranean Environments (2018): http://www.fishmedjournal.sibic.org/10.29094/FiSHMED.2018.002.pdf. 10.29094/FiSHMED.2018.002 Silva, A.C.F.; Shapouri, M.; Cereja, R.; Dissanayake, A.; Vinagre, C.. "Variations in crab claw morphology and diet across contrasting inter-tidal habitats". Marine Ecology 38 1 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85012201523&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/maec.12374 Cereja, R.; Mendonça, V.; Dias, M.; Madeira, D.; Vinagre, C.. "Effect of Anilocra frontalis parasitization on the thermal tolerance, acclimation capacity and condition of its fish host Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838)". Journal of Applied Ichthyology 33 4 (2017): 829-831. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019646489&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/jai.13403 Rosa, I.C.; Raimundo, J.; Lopes, V.M.; Brandão, C.; Couto, A.; Santos, C.; Cabecinhas, A.S.; et al. "Cuttlefish capsule: An effective shield against contaminants in the wild". Chemosphere 135 (2015): 7-13. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84930437109&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.03.050
Report	Sim-Sim, Manuela; Gordo, Leonel Serrano; Brotas, Vanda ; Caçador, Isabel; Cereja, Rui; Cruz, Joana P. C.; Duarte, Bernardo; et al. 2020. Monitorização dos ecossistemas terrestre e estuarino na envolvente à CTRSU de S. João da Talha.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/09	Physiological effects of Gymnodinium catenatum and Skeletonema marinoi blooms on the oyster Magallana angulata, an aquaculture perspective.	Aquaculture Europe 2023 European Aquaculture Association (Viena, Austria)
2023/05	Susceptibility to climate change of different taxa through latitude	Symposium on Human Impacts on Marine Functional Connectivity Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente (Sesimbra, Portugal)
2023/05	The effect of outfalls, sea level rise and reduction of river flow over chlorophyll-a and nutrient water quality indicators in the Tagus Estuary (Portugal)	Symposium on Human Impacts on Marine Functional Connectivity Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente (Sesimbra, Portugal)
2021/12	(Portuguese conference) Efeito das alterações climáticas sobre os indicadores de qualidade da água de um estuário mesotidal temperado - a influência do caudal fluvial e da subida do nível do mar	20º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Ponte de Lima, Portugal)
2020/12	(Portuguese conference) Suscetibilidade das métricas e índices de qualidade da água às variações de ciclo de maré em estuários: implicações para a monitorização	19º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Online, Portugal)
2020/11	Variability of temperature and chlorophyll in the Sado Estuary: integration of in situ observations and satellite data.	1as Journadas Luso-espanholas de hidrolografia Instituto de Oceanografia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/07	Tidal influence on the fitoplâncton comunity of Tagus estuary	15th Conference of the European Ecology Federation MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/11	(Portuguese conference) Variabilidade nas comunidades de fitoplâncton do estuário do Tejo devido aos ritmos de maré.	17º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2018/06	Ecological traps in shallow coastal waters – Potential effect of heat-waves in tropical and temperate organisms	4th International Simposium on The Effects of Climate Change on World Oceans (Washigton, United States)
2017/11/09	Synergetic effects between temperature and parasitization in the Pomatoschistus microps and Anilocra frontalis interaction	VII Congresso Ibérico de Ictiologia Centro de Ciencias do Mar (CCMAR) (Faro, Portugal)
2017/11/09	(Portuguese conference) Efeitos sinergéticos da parasitação de Anilocra frontallis no gobiídeo Pomatoschistus microps e do aumento da temperatura devido a alterações climáticas	16º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2015/06 - 2015/06	Organization of the "V congresso ibérico de ictiologia", in the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. Reception of the participants, presentation reception and management and management of coffee breaks e ludic activities. (2015/06 - 2015/06) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2008/06 - 2008/06	Organization of the "8th Larval Biology Symposium" a colaboration between IPIMAR-INRB and Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. Reception of the participants, reception and technical assistance to the presentations and management of the conference activities. (2008/06 - 2008/06) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023/10 - Current	Marine Drugs	MDPI
2023/10 - Current	Life	MDPI
2023/09 - Current	Journal of Marine Sciences	Hindawi
2023/04 - Current	Ocean and Coastal Research	Instituto Oceanográfico - Universidade de São Paulo
2022/09 - Current	Fish and Fisheries	Willey
2022/08 - Current	Marine Ecology Progress Series	Inter-Research Science Publisher

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2024/06/24 - 2024/07/12	(Portuguese internship) Efeito de contaminantes sobre culturas individuais e integradas de bivalves e macroalgas.	Tomás Branco
2024/06/24 - 2024/07/12	(Portuguese internship) Efeito de contaminantes sobre culturas individuais e integradas de bivalves e macroalgas.	Rodrigo Nunes