Curriculum Vitae
Clara Ângela Magalhães Loureiro
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Clara Ângela Magalhães Loureiro
Citation names
- Loureiro, Clara
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- F710-BF94-0AAB
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-3972-0078
Websites
- https://okeanos.uac.pt/user-79 (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Oceanography
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| English | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) |
| French | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | |
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2026 - 2026
Concluded
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Plankton Taxonomy from Quantitative Imaging Devices (using EcoTaxa) (Outros)
European Marine Biological Resource Centre Belgium, Belgium
European Marine Biological Resource Centre, France |
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2024/01/08 - 2024/01/12
Attended
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JuliaEO24: Global Workshop on Earth Observation with Julia (Outros)
Major in satellite remote sensing
Atlantic International Research Centre, Portugal
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2023/07/17 - 2023/07/21
Concluded
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Alseamar SeaExplorer Training Course (Outros)
Major in Operational Oceanography
ALSEAMAR, France
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2022/02/10
Concluded
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Ciencias do Mar (Doutoramento)
Major in Microbial Oceanography
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
"Azores Oceanic Microbes:understanding the structure and dynamics of microbial communities through ocean space and time scales" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aproved with Distinction and Unanimous Praise |
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2021/10 - 2021/10
Concluded
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Glider School Plocan, IX edition (Outros)
Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias, Spain
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2019/06 - 2019/07
Concluded
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Summer School: ”5th summer school on Ocean Remote Sensing Synergy”. (Outros)
IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, United States
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2017/05 - 2017/06
Concluded
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Collaborative internship: PhD microbial sample preparation for molecular analysis. (Outros)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
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2016/11 - 2016/12
Concluded
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Research training: “North South Atlantic Training transect 2016”. (Outros)
Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Germany
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2016/04 - 2016/04
Concluded
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Course: “Sample preparation for molecular analysis” (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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2015/05 - 2015/06
Concluded
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Research Training: “Microbial and Geochemical Oceanography in Upwelling Ecosystems” (Outros)
University of Namibia - Sam Nujoma Campus, Namibia
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2015/03 - 2015/03
Concluded
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Workshop: “Micro B3 OSD Analysis Workshop 2015” (Outros)
European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom
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2014/05 - 2014/06
Concluded
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Summer School: “From Sampling to Analyzing Microbial Diversity and Function Micro B3 Summer School” (Outros)
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Greece, Greece
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2013/07 - 2013/08
Concluded
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ERASMUS Summer Course: “Formation of Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Training in Earth Observation” (Outros)
University of Leicester, United Kingdom
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2012/08 - 2012/10
Concluded
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Scientific Internship: "North Atlantic Virus Infection of Coccolithophore Expedition Internship" (Outros)
Rutgers University New Brunswick, United States
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2011/06 - 2011/07
Concluded
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Summer Course: Microbial Oceanography: The Biogeochemistry, Ecology and Genomics of Oceanic Microbial Ecosystems (Outros)
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, Bermuda
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2008
Concluded
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Biologia Marinha (Licenciatura)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
"Microbial planktonic communities characterization in sea surface waters at South of Pico Island, using molecular techniques" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2025/10 - 2028/09 | Science and Technology Management | Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal |
| Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal | ||
| 2022/03 - 2024/04 | Science and Technology Management | Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal |
| Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2013 - 2022 | PhD Student Fellowship | Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal |
| Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal | ||
| 2021/10 - 2021/11 | Research Scientist | Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal |
| Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal | ||
| 2018/04 - 2021/10 | Research Scientist | Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal |
| Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal | ||
| 2014/06/21 - 2016/06/21 | OSD initiative: member of the coordinaton team of the logistics for preparation of the sampling site at Faial Island | Universidade dos Açores, Portugal |
| 2014/07/23 - 2014/08/07 | Assistant lecturer in the “FORMAT-EO ERASMUS Summer Course 2014: Applications of RS in marine/coastal and atmosphere” | University of Leicester, United Kingdom |
| 2010/03/01 - 2012/03/01 | Research Scientist | Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal |
| Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2025/11 - 2028/10 | PIRATE – Powering Innovation in Marine Pollution Management and Ocean Conservation Through Research and Technology in the
Azores
ACORES2030-2024-13
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal
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| 2020 - 2022 | BIOMETORE: Biodiversity in seamounts: the Madeira-Tore and Great Meteor
Researcher
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
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EEA Grants
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2025/10 - 2028/09 | MicroSent | Microbial Sentinels: Harnessing Data Science and Ecosystem Insights for Sustainable Coastal and Ocean Management
Principal investigator
Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
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European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing
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| 2025/06 - 2026/12 | AIMOS | Azores Integrated modelling for Ocean Sustainability
Researcher
Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal |
GIP Mercator Océan
Ongoing
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| 2022/03 - 2024/04 | PDP2 Atlantic Observatory - Data and Monitoring Infrastructure
Scientific Officer
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EEA Grants
Concluded
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| 2020/09/14 - 2023/09/14 | Projecto Constelação MAGAL: “Definindo o pilar de uma constelação futura para monitorização do Oceano e das Alterações Climáticas,
baseada em dados de altimetria de radar combinados com medições da gravidade e da temperatura e salinidade do Oceano” (Setting
the cornerstone of a future ocean and clim
PID/CND/2019/110
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal
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Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2022/04 - 2023/04 | COAST: COnservation of mArine ecosystems around Santo AnTão, Cabo Verde: implications for policy and society
Researcher
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Ongoing
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| 2016/06/01 - 2019/12/31 | WAVEBUOY: "Wave-powered oceanographic buoy for long term deployment"
PTDC/MAR-TEC/0914/2014
Research Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2012 - 2015 | MicroB3: Microbial Biodiversity, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
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European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Concluded
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| 2009 - 2010 | CONDOR - Observatory for a Long Term Study and Monitoring of Azorean Seamount Ecosystems
PT0040
Oceanography Team Member
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
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EEA Grants
Concluded
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| 2005 - 2007 | AWP Azores Waters - Project Proposal for application of the 454 technology to surface waters from the Azores Current/Front
system
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
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W M Keck Foundation
Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2020 - Current | MAGAL constellation: Setting the cornerstone of a future ocean and climate change monitoring constellation, based on radar
altimeter data combined with gravity and ocean temperature and salinity measurements
Researcher
Efacec Power Solutions, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal |
Ongoing
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| 2023/03 - 2023/06 | MAGAL Constellation – Defining the pillar of a future constellation for monitoring the Ocean and Climate Change project
Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia European Regional Development Fund Concluded
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| 2017/11/04 - 2021/11/03 | iFADO: Innovation in the framework of the Atlantic deep ocean
Science and Technology Management Fellow
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal |
European Union
Concluded
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| 2017/01/01 - 2021/01/31 | MARINE-EO Bridging Innovative Downstream Earth Observation and Copernicus enabled Services for Integrated maritime environment,
surveillance and security
Researcher
Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal |
Concluded
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| 2015 - 2015 | DIAPICNA: "Diazotrophic Pico-Cyanobacteria in the North Atlantic open ocean: their abundance and importance as a source of
new nitrogen at the Azores Front/Current"
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Researcher
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European Union
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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Other
| Other output |
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Activities
Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2025 - 2025 | Temporal Variability of Microplastics in the Marine Ecosystem: Sediment and Water Column Sampling at Depth from Porto Pim,
Horta, Faial Island, Azores.
Co-supervisor
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University of the West of England, United Kingdom
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| 2025 - 2025 | Quantifying Microplastic Pollution and Assessing the Presence of Invasive Algae in the Marine Ecosystem of the Azores.
Co-supervisor
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University of the West of England, United Kingdom
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2025/05 - 2025/05 | Organization of the workshop “Imaging the Invisible: Plankton Diversity & Discovery in Azorean Waters”, a hands-on training
on plankton imaging technologies. It covered PlanktoScope assembly and operation, coastal sampling, image acquisition, and
classification using EcoTaxa. Led by Adélaïde Perruchon (LOV, France), it strengthened capacity in marine microbiodiversity
monitoring and supported standardized, open-source ocean observation approaches. (2025/05/05 - 2025/05/07)
Workshop (Other)
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Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal |
| 2025 - 2025 | Participation in the Marine Robotics Summer School (MRSS) in the Azores, a joint initiative of OKEANOS (UAc), MIT, University
of Porto (LSTS), +Atlantic CoLAB and EMA. Contributed to organization and coordination from the OKEANOS side, including logistics,
field activities, and scientific components, alongside hands-on work in marine robotics, oceanographic data collection, and
mission-based ecosystem monitoring (2025/07 - 2025/07)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal |
| 2024/11/06 - 2024/11/08 | OceansXchange: A Partner Forum to Advance a Canada-Azores Transatlantic Joint Programming Initiative in Citizen Science Coastal
Monitoring and Training for the Marine Tourism Sector in the Azores (2024/11/06 - 2024/11/08)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
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CEFS - Coastal Explorer Field School, Canada EMA - Escola do Mar dos Açores , Portugal |
Scientific expedition
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2022/04/21 - 2022/05/04 | Research Scientist, COAST-OCE-2024-P01, COAST Project | Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
| 2018/08/27 - 2018/10/02 | Research Scientist | M150 | "BIODIAZ Project: Biodiversity of the Azores" | RV Meteor | Cruise sampling support; Biological sampling for prokaryotes (collection, filtration and storage), phytopigments, nutrients, microplastics; Physical sampling (CTD's). | |
| 2018/05/02 - 2018/05/27 | Research Scientist | POS523: observational program of the "TRR 181: Energy Transfers in Atmosphere and Ocean" | RV Poseidon | Cruise sampling support; Biological sampling for prokaryotes (collection, filtration and storage), phytopigments, nutrients; Physical sampling (CTD's and ADCP). | |
| 2016/11/12 - 2016/12/12 | Research Student | NoSoAT2016 | PS-102 "North South Atlantic Training Transect 2016" | financed through the Nippon Foundation through a collaboration between the Alfred Wagner Institute (AWI), the Strategic Marine Alliance for Research and Training (SMART), Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) | RV Polarstern | |
| 2016/09/11 - 2016/09/28 | Research Scientist | BIOMETORE cruise | "Biodiversity in seamounts: the Madeira-Tore and Great Meteor)" | NI Noruega | Cruise sampling support; Biological sampling for prokaryotes (collection, filtration and storage), phytopigments, nutrients, microplastics; Physical sampling (CTD's). | |
| 2015/09/14 - 2015/10/01 | Research Scientist | BIOMETORE cruise | "Biodiversity in seamounts: the Madeira-Tore and Great Meteor" | NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho | Cruise sampling support; Biological sampling for prokaryotes (collection, filtration and storage), phytopigments, nutrients, microplastics; Physical sampling (CTD’s). | |
| 2015/05/11 - 2015/05/19 | Research Student | MOM cruise | "Monitoring Observation Program" | RV Mirabilis | Cruise sampling support; Biological sampling for prokaryotes (collection, filtration and storage); Physical sampling (CTD's). | |
| 2011/07/25 - 2011/08/03 | Research Scientist | DIAPICNA Cruise | "Diazotrophic pico-cyanobacteria in the North Atlantic open ocean: their abundance and importance as a source of new nitrogen at the Azores Front/Current" NRP Dom Carlos| Cruise organization, plan and logistics; Biological sampling (collection, filtration and storage) for bacterioplankton, phytoplankton, large pico plankton, pigments, nutrients, DIC and POM. Physical sampling (CTD’s). | |
| 2010/10/19 - 2010/10/20 | Research Scientist | CONDOR-OCE-2010-O02 | "CONDOR-Observatory for long-term study and monitoring of azorean ecosystems" | RV Arquipelago | Cruise organisation, plan and logistics; Biological sampling (collection, filtration and storage) for bacterioplankton, phytoplankton, large pico plankton, pigments, nutrients, DIC and POM; Physical sampling (CTD’s). | |
| 2010/07/13 - 2010/07/16 | Research Scientist | CONDOR-OCE-2010-V01 | "CONDOR-Observatory for long-term study and monitoring of azorean ecosystems" | RV Arquipelago | Cruise organisation, plan and logistics; Biological sampling (collection, filtration and storage) for bacterioplankton, phytoplankton, large pico plankton, pigments, nutrients, DIC and POM; Physical sampling (CTD¿s). | |
| 2010/06/01 - 2010/06/01 | Research Scientist | ARQDAÇO-32-P10 | "Demersais project - Annual monitorization of the demersal and depth fish abundance of the Azores)" | RV Arquipelago | Demersal fish identification and biological sampling including biometrics, organ and tissue sampling for analyses (e.g. maturation ages, stomach contents, DNA, aging structures), tag and release. | |
| 2010/05/19 - 2010/05/21 | Research Scientist | ARQDAÇO-32-P10 | "Demersais project - Annual monitorization of the demersal and depth fish abundance of the Azores)" | RV Arquipelago | Demersal fish identification and biological sampling including biometrics, organ and tissue sampling for analyses (e.g. maturation ages, stomach contents, DNA, aging structures), tag and release. | |
| 2010/03/29 - 2010/03/31 | Research Scientist | CONDOR-PAC-Mar10 | "CONDOR-Observatory for long-term study and monitoring of azorean ecosystems" | RV Arquipelago | Hydroacoustic cruises on Condor and Princesa Alice Seamounts with water sampling collection through bongo nets for zooplankton and phytoplankton counting and characterisation | |
| 2010/03/10 - 2010/03/11 | Research Scientist | CONDOR-OCE-2010-P01 | "CONDOR-Observatory for long-term study and monitoring of azorean ecosystems" | RV Arquipelago | Cruise organisation, plan and logistics; Mooring deployment and retrieval; Biological sampling (collection, filtration and storage) for bacterioplankton, phytoplankton, large pico plankton, pigments, nutrients, DIC and POM; Physical sampling (CTD¿s). | |
| 2008/07/21 - 2008/07/25 | Research Student | LAMAR-OCE-2008-V01/DEECON-OCE-2008-V02 | Large Scale and Mesoscale dynamics of the Azores region from remote sensing and in situ data an their effect on biological productivity | RV Arquipelago | Cruise organization, plan and logistics; Mooring deployment and retrieval; Biological sampling (collection, filtration and storage) for bacterioplankton, phytoplankton, large pico plankton, pigments | |
| 2008/07/03 - 2008/07/08 | Research Student | DEECON-30-V08 | RV Arquipelago | Biological sampling (collection, filtration and storage) for bacterioplankton, phytoplankton, large pico plankton, pigments, nutrients, DIC and POM; Physical sampling (CTD’s. Demersal fish identification and biological sampling including biometrics, organ and tissue sampling for analyses (e.g. maturation ages, stomach contents, DNA, aging structures), tag and release. |
Distinctions
Other distinction
| 2016 | Trainee full support (travel, fee and attendance) for participation in the NoSoAT 2016 - Nippon Foundation |
| 2015 | Student full support (travel, fee and attendance) for participation in the RGNO 2015 - Namibia, Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) |
| 2013 | Doctoral Grant (PhD), Azores Regional Fund of Science and Technology (FRCT)
Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2012 | Internship award for 2 months at the Rutgers University, USA
Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
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| 2011 | Student full support (travel, fee and attendance) for BIOS Summer Course attendance, Gordon and Betty-Moore Foundation.
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, United States
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| 2011 | Student travel award (travel) for BIOS Summer Course attendance
Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
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