ANA PEDROSO DE LIMA COSTA (C012-D788-7FA7)

Curriculum Vitae

ANA PEDROSO DE LIMA COSTA

Sou bióloga marinha com mais de 10 anos de experiência em investigação em aquacultura, impulsionada por uma paixão pela sustentabilidade e inovação. Dedico-me a investigar desafios complexos, combinando o meu pensamento analítico com a minha criatividade, de forma a desenvolver soluções práticas. O meu trabalho é guiado por um forte sentido de propósito, centrado em contribuir para a segurança alimentar e promover o desenvolvimento sustentável da aquacultura. Valorizo ambientes colaborativos que promovam a empatia e a dedicação, bem como pessoas inspiradoras que ambicionam fazer a diferença.

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: ANA PEDROSO DE LIMA COSTA

Citation names

Costa, Ana P. L.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: C012-D788-7FA7
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0190-2298

Telephones

Mobile phone

917460825 (Personal)

Addresses

Armazém de Aprestos 6 Porto de Pesca de Peniche, 2520-630, Peniche, Peniche, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anaplcosta/ (Social media)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
Agrarian Sciences
Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Water Resources

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2025/04/09 Concluded	Gestão de Projetos (Outros) Speak & Lead, Portugal
2024/05/09 Concluded	Curso de Liderança (Outros) Speak & Lead, Portugal
2024/05/02 Concluded	Curso de Comunicação de Ciência (Outros) Speak & Lead, Portugal
2024/04/21 Concluded	Falar em Público (Outros) Speak & Lead, Portugal
2016/09 - 2020/12 Ongoing	Biologia e Ecologia das Alterações Globais (Doutoramento) Major in Biologia e Ecologia Marinha Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal "Corals as therapeutic alternatives for fish farms in a climate changing world" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017/03/17 Concluded	Realização de experimentação animal (Outros) Major in FELASA categoria B Direcção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária, Portugal Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2012/09 - 2015/05 Concluded	Biologia Marinha (Mestrado) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "The effect of light and heterotrophy in the ex situ culture of the soft coral Sarcophyton cf. glaucum" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16
2009/09 - 2012/07 Concluded	Ciências do Meio Aquático (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal	14

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/09/14 - 2024/02/17	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025/01/01 - Current	Scientific Director	SEAentia, Portugal

2022/04/04 - 2024/12/31	Project Manager	SEAentia, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2022/07/01 - Current	SEE2SEA - Innovative blockchain traceability technology and Stakeholders’ Engagement strAtegy for boosting Sustainable sEafood visibility, social acceptance and consumption in Europe 101060564 Other	European Commission Ongoing
2022/04/04 - Current	Vertical Fish (LowTrophAqua) C644915664-00000026 Other SEAentia, Portugal	European Union Governo da República Portuguesa Ongoing
2022/06/06 - 2024/04/30	NoviFEED – Novel tools for intelligent feeding management in Atlantic salmon and meagre farming PT-INNOVATION-0099 Other	EEA Grants Concluded
2022/04/04 - 2023/01/31	MP-RAS - Minimizing microplastic contamination in onshore (RAS) meagre farming PT-INNOVATION-0063 Project Manager SEAentia, Portugal	EEA Grants Governo da República Portuguesa Concluded
2022/04/04 - 2022/09/30	RAS for meagre growth MAR-02.01.01-FEAMP-0116 Other	European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Governo da República Portuguesa Concluded
2018 - 2021	NutriMo - Development of handmade diets for tilapia nutrition in community based aquaculture in Mozambique - Researcher Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal Universidade Lúrio Faculdade de Ciências de Saúde, Mozambique	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Aga Khan Development Network Ongoing
2018 - 2020	MAXIAQUA - Maximization of the strategies of control of a parasite in aquaculture of turbot MAR-02.02.01-FEAMP-0019 Researcher Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal	European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Governo da República Portuguesa Concluded
2018 - 2020	MolBiPack – Improvement of the packaging, transport and packing of bivalve molluscs: from catch to marketing MAR-01.03.01-FEAMP-0005 Researcher	European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Governo da República Portuguesa Concluded
2018 - 2020	BioDepura - Development of methodologies for depuration of bivalve molluscs suitable to the physiological requirements of each species MAR-02.01.01-FEAMP-0018 Researcher Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal	European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Governo da República Portuguesa Concluded
2015 - 2015	DepurPlus - Optimization of the depuration of bivalve molluscs 31.03.05.FEP.0065 Research Fellow Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal	European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Governo da República Portuguesa Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Silva, Davide A. M; Costa, Ana P. L.; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Pacheco, Mário; Soares, Amadeu M. V. M.; Rocha, Rui J. M.. "Measuring stress in cultured corals: should we use the same yardstick?". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2021, Madeira, 2021. Published Cícero, Laís H.; Patrício-Silva, Ana; Costa, Ana P. L.; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Silva, Davide A. M.; Soares, Amadeu M. V. M.; Rocha, Rui J. M.. "Effects of microplastics to the coral Zoanthus sociatus might be driven by polymer type in short-term exposure scenarios". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 19, Belin, 2019. Published Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Mussa, Jamen; Silva, Davide A. M.; Costa, Ana P. L.; Soares, Amadeu M. V. M.; Rocha, Rui J. M.. "Coral aquaculture: the influence of colony origin in the performance of cultured fragments in different artificial light conditions". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 19, Berlin, 2019. Published Silva, Davide A. M.; Mussa, Jamen; Costa, Ana P. L.; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Soares, Amadeu M. V. M.; Rocha, Rui J. M.. "Sinularia flexibilis aquaculture: does light matter?". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 19, Berlin, 2019. Published Rocha, Rui J. M.; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Pires, Sílvia F. S.; Costa, Ana P. L.; Pereira, Vitória; Silva, Davide A. M.; Bettencourt, Filipa; Matias, Domitília; Soares, Amadeu M. V. M.. "Marine bivalves produced in aquaculture: a nutritious food source or a potential public health risk?". Paper presented in 3rd International Conference on Food Contaminants, Aveiro, 2019. Published Rocha, Rui J. M.; Pires, Sílvia F. S.; Martins, Diogo; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Ofoegbu, Pearl U.; Pereira, Vitória; Costa, Ana P. L.; Soares, Amadeu M.V.M.. "Cockles harvesting, transport and packaging: how to improve the quality of product in consumers table". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2019, Berlim, 2019. Published Rocha, Rui J. M.; Costa, Ana P. L.; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Gravato, Carlos; Calheiros, José; Castro-Cunha, Manuela; Soares, Amadeu M. V. M.. "Oxidative stress responses and energy budget in diploid and triploid Oncorhynchus mykiss cultured in temperate regions". Paper presented in Aquaculture 2019, New Orleans, 2019. Published Rocha, Rui J. M.; Costa, Ana P. L.; Huet, Jeremy; Bem-Haja, Pedro; Silva, Isabel; Almeida, Hugo; Amada, Saide; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Soares, Amadeu M. V. M.. "Feasibility assessment of community-based Pinctada cf. margaritifera farming in Quiwia, Northern Mozambique". Paper presented in Aquaculture 2019, New Orleans, 2019. Published Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Pires, Sílvia F. S.; Costa, Ana P. L.; Conceição, Luís E. C.; Castro-Cunha, Manuela; Dias, Jorge; Calheiros, José; et al. "Methionine and threonine supplementation change rainbow trout capability to respond to water temperature increase". Paper presented in Aquaculture 2019, New Orleans, 2019. Published Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Bem-Haja, Pedro; Almeida, Hugo; Pereira, Vitória; Cabral, Marina; Marques, Catarina R; Pacheco, Mário; et al. "Optimization of depuration process of Ruditapes decussatus produced in C-grade areas to legally commercialization values". Paper presented in Aquaculture 2019, New Orleans, 2019. Published Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Silva, Carlos; Costa, Ana P. L.; Conceição, Luís E. C.; Castro-Cunha, Manuela; Dias, Jorge; Calheiros, José; et al. "Effects of essential amino acids on oxidative stress and energy allocation in rainbow trout under increased temperatures". Paper presented in VII Iberian Congress of Ichthyology (SIBIC), Faro, 2018. Published
Conference poster	Costa, Ana P. L.; Rito, João; Leite, Nuno; Alves, Diogo; Canhão, Patrícia; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Soares, Filipe; et al. "NoviFEED – Novel tools for inteligente feeding management in RAS corvina (Argyrosomus regius) farming". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe, 2023. Rocha, Rui J. M.; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Campos, Diana; Cícero, Laís H.; Costa, Ana P. L.; Silva, Davide A. M; Oliveira, Miguel; Soares, Amadeu M. V. M.; Patrício-Silva, Ana. "Do microplastics affect the cosmopolitan zoanthid Zoanthus sociatus, in a short-term exposure scenario? Responses at physiological and biochemical levels.". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting, 2020. Costa, Ana; Igor S. Bernardo; Davide A. M. Silva; Pedro Bem-Haja; Andreia C. M. Rodrigues; Jorge Dias; Catarina R. Marques; Amadeu M. V. M. Soares; Rui J. M. Rocha. "Tropical corals nutrition: are microencapsulated diets suitable to improve growth performance?". Paper presented in Aquaculture America, 2020. Rocha, Rui; Pires, Sílvia; Costa, Ana P. L.; Pereira, Vitória; Cabral, Marina; Matias, Domitília; Pacheco, Mário; Soares, Amadeu; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.. "Temperature effect on oxidative stress and depuration efficiency of different bivalve species produced in aquaculture". Paper presented in Aquaculture America 2020, 2020. Rocha, Rui; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Pereira, Vitória; Pires, Sílvia; Pacheco, Mário; Costa, Ana P. L.; Marques, Catarina; Soares, Amadeu. "Bivalve harvesting, transport and packaging: how to improve the quality of product in consumers table". Paper presented in Aquaculture America 2020, 2020. Ana P. L. Costa; Andreia C. M. Rodrigues; Filipa Bettencourt; Domitília Matias; Amadeu M. V. M. Soares; Rui J. M. Rocha. "Microbiological load of bivalve molluscs, cultured in class C areas, after a depuration process testing water temperatures". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe, 2019. 10.1061/40941(247)157 Costa, Ana; Andreia C. M. Rodrigues; Davide A. M. Silva; Catarina R. Marques; Amadeu M. V. M. Soares; Rui J. M. Rocha. "Do tropical corals get stressed due to shipping?". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe, 2019. Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Pires, Sílvia; Costa, Ana P. L.; Pereira, Vitória; Cabral, Marina; Matias, Domitília; Soares, Amadeu; Rocha, Rui. "Optimum water temperature boosts depuration efficiency changing oxidative stress status of different bivalve species". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe, 2019. Costa, Ana; Matos, Daniel A.; Andreia C. M. Rodrigues; Vitória Pereira; Sílvia F. S. Pires; Filipa Bettencourt; Domitília Matias; Amadeu M. V. M. Soares. "Biochemical status of Solen marginatus harvested in class C areas, after a depuration process testing water temperature and organism positioning in tanks". Paper presented in ICFC - International Conference on Food Contaminants, 2019. Pereira, Vitória; Ofoegbu, Pearl U.; Pires, Sílvia. F. S.; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Bem-Haja, Pedro; Almeida, Hugo; Cabral, Marina; et al. "Temperature effects on the depuration and shelf-life of Ruditapes decussatus from class C areas, to ensure food quality and safety". Paper presented in 3rd International Conference on Food Contaminants (ICFC), 2019. Pires, Sílvia. F. S.; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Martins, Diogo; Ofoegbu, Pearl U.; Pereira, Vitória; Pacheco, Mário; Costa, Ana P. L.; Soares, Amadeu M. V. M.; Rocha, Rui J. M.. "Quality of cockles can be affected by harvesting and transport techniques.". Paper presented in 3rd International Conference on Food Contaminants (ICFC), 2019. Pires, Sílvia; Martins, Diogo; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Ofoegbu, Pearl; Pereira, Vitória; Pacheco, Mário; Costa, Ana P. L.; Soares, Amadeu; Rocha, Rui. "Quality and safety of cockles can be affected by harvesting and transport techniques". Paper presented in 3rd International Conference on Food Contaminants - Challenges in Risk Assessment, 2019. Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Pires, Sílvia; Costa, Ana P. L.; Pereira, Vitória; Ofoegbu, Pearl; Bettencourt, Filipa; Matias, Domitília; et al. "Water temperature affects differently the depuration and oxidative stress status of two bivalve species". Paper presented in 3rd International Conference on Food Contaminants, 2019. Rocha, Rui; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Bem-Haja, Pedro; Pereira, Vitória; Costa, Ana P. L.; Marques, Catarina; Pacheco, Mário; Soares, Amadeu. "Ruditapes decussatus oxidative damage during commercialization period after a depuration process under different temperatures". Paper presented in Aquaculture 2019, World Aquaculture Society, 2019. Costa, Ana; Andreia C. M. Rodrigues; Luís E. C. Conceição; Carlos Gravato; José Calheiros; Manuela Castro-Cunha; Amadeu M. V. M. Soares; Rui J. M. Rocha. "Effect of temperature fluctuation during an annual cycle on oxidative stress and energy allocation biomarkers of diploid and triploid Oncorhynchus mykiss". Paper presented in 3rd AQUAIMPROVE Workshop, 2018. Moura, Joana; Azeredo, RIta; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Costa, Ana P. L.; Conceição, Luís E. C.; Dias, Jorge; Castro-Cunha, Manuela; Rocha, Rui J. M.; Costas, Benjamín. "Effects of dietary methionine and threonine supplementation on the immune status of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) under thermic stress". Paper presented in 31st congress of the ESCPB, Porto, Portugal, 2018. Azeredo, RIta; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Costa, Ana P. L.; Machado, Marina; Conceição, Luís E. C.; Dias, Jorge; Castro-Cunha, Manuela; Rocha, Rui J. M.; Costas, Benjamín. "Assessment of methionine and threonine dietary supplementation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to acute thermic stress". Paper presented in 31st congress of the ESCPB, Porto, Portugal, 2018. Gomes, Júlia; Costa, Ana P. L.; Conceição, Luís E. C.; Gravato, Carlos; Castro-Cunha, Manuela; Soares, Amadeu M. V. M.; Rocha, Rui J. M.; Silva, Virgília S. ; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.. "Evaluation of cellular energy allocation in Oncorhynchus mykiss exposed to thermal stress.". Paper presented in VII Iberian Congress of Ichthyology, SIBIC 2018, Faro, Portugal, 2018.
Journal article	João Silvestre; Sílvia Pires; Vitória Pereira; Miguel Colaço; Ana Costa; Amadeu Soares; Domitília Matias; et al. "Meeting the Salinity Requirements of the Bivalve Mollusc Crassostrea gigas in the Depuration Process and Posterior Shelf-Life Period to Improve Food Safety and Product Quality". Water 13 8 (2021): 1126-1126. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13081126. 10.3390/w13081126 Ana P.L. Costa; Davide A.M. Silva; Andreia C.M. Rodrigues; Catarina R. Marques; Amadeu M.V.M. Soares; Rui J.M. Rocha. "Species-specific oxidative stress responses and cellular energy allocation after coral shipping". Aquaculture Reports 19 (2021): 100623-100623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2021.100623. 10.1016/j.aqrep.2021.100623 Andreia C. M. Rodrigues; Carlos Gravato; Carlos J. M. Silva; Sílvia F. S. Pires; Ana P. L. Costa; Luís E. C. Conceição; Paulo Santos; et al. "Seasonal Temperature Fluctuations Differently Affect the Immune and Biochemical Parameters of Diploid and Triploid Oncorhynchus mykiss Cage-Cultured in Temperate Latitudes". Sustainability (2020): https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218785. 10.3390/su12218785 Costa, Ana. "Do microplastics affect the zoanthid Zoanthus sociatus?". Science of The Total Environment (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136659. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136659 Ana P.L. Costa; Ricardo Calado; Bruna Marques; Ana I. Lillebø; João Serôdio; Amadeu M.V.M. Soares; Ester A. Serrão; Rui J.M. Rocha. "The effect of mixotrophy in the ex situ culture of the soft coral Sarcophyton cf. glaucum". Aquaculture 452 (2016): 151-159. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.aquaculture.2015.10.032. 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2015.10.032

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/04/09	SEAentia: Next Steps in Innovation	Transnational Blue Bioeconomy Bootcamp BlueBio Clusters
2024/08/27	NoviFEED - New Tools for Precision Feeding of Corvina in RAS (Argyrosomus regius)	AQUA24 (Copenhaga, Denmark)
2024/08/27	SEA2SEE – Traceability from farm to plate in meagre (Argyrosomus regius) RAS aquaculture	AQUA24 (Copenhaga, Denmark)
2024/07/02	SEAentia Growth Challenges	BlueBio Clusters - Atlantic Bootcamp BlueBio Clusters
2022/09/28	Minimizing Microplastic Contamination in Onshore (RAS) Meagre Farming	Aquaculture Europe (Rimini, Italy)
2019/10/10	Testing different prototype diets for coral aquaculture . Aquaculture Europe, 7 – 10 October, Berlin, Germany	Aquaculture Europe European Aquaculture Society (Berlim, Germany)

Distinctions

Award

2019	Travel Grant