Curriculum Vitae
Ana Isabel Santos de Sousa
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ana Isabel Santos de Sousa
Citation names
- Isabel S. Sousa
- S. Sousa, Isabel
- Isabel Santos de Sousa
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- E61D-F9AC-5840
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-1350-8888
Email addresses
- isabellsousa011@gmail.com (Professional)
Addresses
- Centro de Astrofísica da Unviersidade do Porto, Rua das Estrelas, 4150-762, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabel-s-sousa-696129207/ (Social media)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
- Engineering and Technology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) |
| Italian | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2023/09 - 2025/10
Concluded
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Bioengineering (Mestrado)
Major in Molecular Bioengineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal "Sustainable Space Habitats: Cyanobacterial Biomass as Feedstock for Fungal Biotechnology" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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19/20 |
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2020/09 - 2023/07
Concluded
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Bioengineering (Licenciatura)
Major in Molecular Bioengineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal |
18/20 |
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2017
Concluded
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Curso Básico de Música (Outros)
Major in Violino
Academia de Música de Paços de Brandão, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/02 - Current | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
| Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal | ||
| 2024/09 - 2025/02 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata Dipartimento di Biologia, Italy |
| Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata Dipartimento di Biologia, Italy | ||
| 2023/09 - 2024/08 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal | ||
| 2022/09 - 2023/08 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal | ||
| 2021/07 - 2021/08 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
Outputs
Publications
| Conference abstract |
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| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2025/11 | Astrobiologia: à procura de vida fora da Terra | Espaço vai à Escola
Ciência Viva (Portugal)
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| 2025/10/22 | Sustainable Space Habitats: Cýanobacterial Biomass as Feedstock for Fungal Biotechnology | Space Factor of the EANA Conference 2025
European Astrobiology Network Association (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2025/05 | Game of Microbes - A Song of Ice and Life in the Solar System | Fantasy Basel
Fantasy Basel (Basel, Switzerland)
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| 2025/02 | Antarctica’s Dry Valleys as a planetary analogue for Mars: implications for potential life forms | 1º Grande Encontro de Bolseiros
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2023/07 | A.N.T. - Acetylenotrophy oN Titan? Comparison between mass spectra of acetylenotrophic bacteria on Earth and the Dragonfly Mission results | 2023 Josep Comas i Sola International Summer School in Astrobiology: Searching for Life on Ocean Worlds
Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB) and the NASA Astrobiology Program (Santander, Spain)
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| 2023/05 | Bioprospecting marine actinobacteria for the discovery of new antibiotics | Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto (IJUP), Porto, 2023
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2022/12 | Lunar Gateway Drugs and First Aid Kit Proposal | Human Space Physiology Training Course 2022
European Space Agency (ESA) (Libin, Belgium)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/02 - 2025/05 | Astrobiologia: Entre Estrelas e Microorganismos (2025/05)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
| 2024/04 - 2024/09 | Biomédicas Youth School 2024 (2023/07 - 2023/07)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2024/05 - 2024/05 | International School of Astrobiology 2024
Workshop
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AbGradE - Astrobiology Graduates in Europe, Italy
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| 2024/03 - 2024/03 | XV Symposium on Bioengineering
Symposium
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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| 2023/11 - 2023/11 | XV National Conference of Polar Sciences
Conference
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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| 2023/09 - 2023/09 | Blue Think Conference 2023
Conference
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Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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| 2023/07 - 2023/07 | XIX International School of Astrobiology "Josep Comas i Solà": Searching for Life on Ocean Worlds
Workshop
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Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Spain
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| 2022/11 - 2022/12 | ESA Academy’s Human Space Physiology Training Course
Workshop
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European Space Security and Education Centre (ESEC), Belgium
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| 2022/09 - 2022/09 | Coimbra Space Summer School
Workshop
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Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal
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| 2022/03 - 2022/03 | XIII Symposium on Bioengineering
Symposium
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/09 - Current | Núcleo de Jornalismo Académico do Porto | 1st Secretary of the General Assembly Board |
| 2023/09 - 2024/08 | Associação BYSchool | Member of the Logistics Department |
Distinctions
Award
| 2025 | 1st place at the Space Factor Contest, EANA 2025
European Astrobiology Network Association, Italy
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| 2025 | Best Oral Presentation in Global Changes and Ecosystem Services at the Blue Think Conference
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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| 2024 | 2nd Best Poster Presentation at the 1st International Astrobiology School
AbGradE - Astrobiology Graduates in Europe, Italy
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| 2017 | Rotary Best Student
Rotary Club de Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
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| 2015 | First Honorable Mention in the sector "Innovation Service"
Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição, Portugal
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| 2014 | INOVA! Criativity Award
Direção Geral da Educação, Portugal
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Other distinction
| 2023 | Gulbenkian New Talents Scholarship
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
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| 2022 | Blue Young Talent Scholarship
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Madeira, Portugal
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| 2020 | Academic Merit Diploma
Colégio Internato dos Carvalhos, Portugal
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| 2018 | Academic Merit Diploma
Colégio Internato dos Carvalhos, Portugal
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