Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Carla Santos
Citation names
- Santos, Carla S.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- F715-AACD-9820
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-6708-5550
- Researcher Id
- L-5924-2019
Knowledge fields
- Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Agriculture
- Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Environmental Biotechnology
- Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology - Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Biotechnology
- Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies - Food and Beverages
- Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Soil Science
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2012/04 - 2017/07
Concluded
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Biotecnologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Área de especialidade: Ciência e Engenharia do Ambiente
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
"Unravelling the molecular and physiological components that contribute to iron deficiency chlorosis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18/20 |
2008/10 - 2011/05
Concluded
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Microbiologia (Mestrado)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
"IDENTIFICATION OF GENES DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED IN P. pinea AND P. pinaster AFTER INFECTION WITH THE PINE WOOD NEMATODE
(PWD) USING THE SSH TECHNIQUE" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17/20 |
2005/09 - 2008/07
Concluded
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Biociências (Licenciatura)
Major in Microbiologia
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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14/20 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2021/12/01 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal |
2017/10/01 - 2021/09/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal |
2019/12/03 - 2019/12/20 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Slovakia |
2016/08 - 2017/09 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal |
2016/02 - 2016/03 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung Gatersleben, Germany |
2013/12/01 - 2013/12/15 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Misión Biológica de Galicia, Spain |
2011/04 - 2012/03 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal |
2010/03 - 2011/03 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/02 - 2022/04 | Expert - Horizon Europe (HORIZON) Evaluation | Research Executive Agency, Belgium |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2021 - Current | RADIANT - Realising Dynamic Value Chains for Underutilised Crops
101000622
Researcher
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
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2020 - 2022 | LeguCon - Consórcio para as Leguminosas: aumento da produção de leguminosas para um consumo mais sustentável
238442
Principal investigator
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
2017 - 2021/09 | TRUE-TRansition paths to sUstainable legume-based systems in Europe
727973
Post-doc Fellow
The James Hutton Institute, United Kingdom
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European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Environment |
2019 - 2020 | CLIMACROP: Studying combined climate change effects on crop plants – a collaborative approach
DRI ESLOVAQUIA 5160
Other
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2018 - 2018 | FERRARI: Root phenotyping for better growth and Fe nutrition in soybean (Glycine max L.)
FERRARI - ID 110
Other
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European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development |
2016 - 2017/09 | FERPLANT: (Fe)rrying plants to prevent chlorosis
PTDC/AGRPRO/3515/2014
Research Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. |
2011 - 2012/03 | IMPROVIRON: IMproved PROductiVity and IRON nutrition in legume grains
PTDC/AGR-GPL/102861/2008
Research Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. |
2010 - 2011 | A Biotechnological Answer to the Pine Wood Nematode
IFAP-FFP
Research Fellow
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2020 - 2025 | INCREASE (Intelligent Collections of Food Legumes Genetic Resources for European Agrofood Systems)
SEP-210571680
Team member
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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European Commission |
2021 - 2023/08 | The Global Bean - Promoting legumes in a European One-Health-Strategy
EURENI_21_D_014
Team member
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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Bundesministerium für Umwelt Naturschutz und Nukleare Sicherheit |
2022 - 2023/06/30 | Cellulose-based iron nanofertilizers for sustainable growth of soybean plants
EXPL/QUI-QIN/0411/2021
Team member
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2016 - 2019 | NUTRI4CAST: Nutritional forecasting towards mitigating the impact of climate change on legume nutrition
PTDC/AGRPRO/3972/2014
Other
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2012 - 2015 | IDC: Unravelling the Molecular and Physiological Components that Contribute to Iron Deficiency Chlorosis
PTDC/AGR-GPL/118772/2010
PhD Student Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. |
2012 - 2014 | Characterization of the pinewood nematode / Pinus system: a phytochemical and histopathological approach
PTDC/AGR-CFL/120184/2010
Other
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2012 - 2014 | Cluster assessment on novel susceptibility traits of Pinus to Bursaphelenchus xylophilus: interpopulational genetic variability
and the role of induced defences
CRUP- Ação Integrada Luso espanhola, ref.ª E-169/12
Other
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Journal issue |
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Magazine article |
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Newspaper article |
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Report |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2021/11/09 | Alimentos, planeta e saúde: a dieta que os une | X Jornadas da Gastronomia - Alimentação do século XXI
Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Ciências de Nutrição da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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2021/07/07 | Insights into the biochemical and genetic responses of strawberry to more sustainable nutritional regimes. | XXIV Meeting of the Spanish Society of Plant Biology XVII Spanish Portuguese Congress on Plant Biology |
2021/06/26 | LeguCon - https://climate.foodwithconscience.com/speakers/carla-s-santos/ | Summit Food with Conscience - Desafios Alimentares Globais
Food With Conscience
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2021/05/26 | Novel Food Innovations https://vimeo.com/555651375 | Legumes’ role post-COVID-19: reorienting the focus of policy on legume-based food and feed system. EU Green Week 2021.
Environmental Social Science Research Group (Online, Hungary)
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2021/04/27 | The importance of child-tailored legume-based products in the adoption of sustainable diets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpkWNeMp-28 | The diversity of end uses for legumes – European Legumes in Transition
TRUE and LEGVALUE projects (Portugal)
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2019/11/29 | Expressão de genes e nutrição mineral em Fragaria ananassa cv. Portola. | Seminário Straberry+: Novas abordagens para impulsionar a qualidade do morango desde o campo até à indústria
GreenUP - Campus Agrário de Vairão da Universidade do Porto (Vairão, Portugal)
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2019/09/18 | The role of legume product development and consumption on transitioning towards a nutrition-friendly sustainable diet. | European Conference on Crop Diversification
(Budapest, Hungary)
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2019/04/24 | The importance and impact of new product development including legume grains. | BioTalks
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Porto, Portugal)
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2017 | ICP as an essential tool for understanding plants' nutritional trafficking | Perkin Elmer: INstruments of Change INTour
Perkin Elmer (Porto, Portugal)
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2015 | The impact of iron deficiency chlorosis on the tetrapyrrole and antioxidative systems in soybean plants (Glycine max L.). | Eucarpia International Symposium on Protein Crops, V Meeting AEL
Eucarpia (Pontevedra, Spain)
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2014 | The risks: Plagues and diseases. The pinewood nematode in Portugal. | Association for competitiveness of Forestry Industry Meeting
Balcão Florestal Nacional (Porto, Portugal)
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2011 | Searching for resistance genes to the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, in pine using subtractive suppression hybridization and high throughput sequencing | XLIII ONTA Annual Meeting
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2011 | Utilization of SSH technique for the detection of differentially expressed defense genes against pinewood nematode. | II Reunión Científica de Sanidad Forestal
Universidade da Extremadura (Plasencia, Spain)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2021/09/01 - Current | Exploring breeding options for nutrition and WATer Use efficiency in Pea [FCT scholarship - 2021.08330.BD]
Co-supervisor of Maryam Bagheri
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Biotechnology with specialization in Environmental Sciences and Engineering (PhD)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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2021/06 - Current | Bean and chickpea innovation and valorisation for sustainable agri-food systems
Supervisor of Rosa Moreira
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Biotechnology with specialization in Environmental Sciences and Engineering (PhD)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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2019/07 - 2021/02 | Understanding the impact of climate change on legume nutrition via ´omics´ and microbiome approaches
Co-supervisor
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Microbiologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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2019/09 - 2020/12 | Application of a biostimulant in Fragaria x ananassa Duch: molecular analysis of different plant cultivars and production
systems
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia Agronómica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2018/09 - 2019/06 | Development of a new lentil enriched food product
Co-supervisor
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Tecnologia e Ciência Alimentar (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2018/09 - 2019/06 | Microbiological safety analysis of new legume enriched food products
Co-supervisor
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Microbiologia (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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2018/02 - 2018/12 | The potential role of pea in improving barley nutrition in intercrop
Co-supervisor
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Microbiologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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2017/09 - 2018/11 | Study of the effect of a new chelating agent application in the prevention of iron deficiency chlorosis development in legume
plants
Supervisor
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Engenharia Agronómica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2018/03 - 2018/10 | Understanding the drivers and barriers for legume uptake by farmers in Europe: ScoFu product development
Co-supervisor
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Sustainable Management of Food Quality (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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2016/05 - 2016/12 | Multispectral technology for early detection of iron deficiency: a case study
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia Agronómica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2014/10 - 2016/01 | Chitosan as a biocontrol agent of the pine wood disease
Co-supervisor
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Microbiologia (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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2015/02 - 2015/09 | Study of the efficacy of a new chelate in iron deficiency chlorosis prevention in soybean plants
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia Agronómica (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2015/02 - 2015/07 | Biofertilizer based on Cunninghamella elegans chitosan in the prevention of iron deficiency chlorosis in Glycine max L. and
Phaseolus vulgaris L.
Co-supervisor
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Microbiologia (Degree)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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2014/10 - 2015/06 | Influence of chitosan in Pine Wilt Disease: study of the induction of plant defence genes
Co-supervisor
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Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2014/10 - 2015/06 | Evaluation of chitosan as a biocontrol agent against pine wood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)
Co-supervisor
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Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2012/03 - 2014/06 | Physiological and molecular study of the mineral nutrients content in two legume crops
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia Alimentar (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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2013/01 - 2014/03 | Study of Fe uptake systems in two different rice cultivars
Co-supervisor
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Microbiologia (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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2011/03 - 2011/07 | Root iron reductase and agarose localization assays for transcriptome analysis
Co-supervisor
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Microbiologia (Degree)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2021/11/25 - 2021/11/25 | Organization and lecturer of the workshop "O contributo das leguminosas para o planeta e a saúde".
This activity was developed in scope of the "Semana da Ciência e da Tecnologia 2021" open for the general public.
https://www.cienciaviva.pt/semanact/2021/eventos.php?accao=showactivities&id_activity=1388 (2021/11/25 - 2021/11/25)
Workshop
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Ciência Viva, Portugal |
2021/09/27 - 2021/09/29 | RADIANT Kick-off Meeting: The RADIANT Project Kick-off Meeting and General Assembly held on September 27-29th, 2021 in Porto,
Portugal, at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, bringing all project partners together. The scope and structure of the project
were reviewed, its overall management concepts, the detailed work plans of the individual work packages, and, crucially, a
common understanding of the interconnections between the work packages by all participating partners was aligned. (2021/09/27 - 2021/09/29)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal |
2021/03/25 - 2021/03/25 | 'Technical Guidance for Chickpea Growth and Development' - this event was organized in partnership with the chickpea producer
José Azoia, from Egocultum, and Lusosem. It consisted of a presentation of the technical aspects associated with chickpea
production in Portugal. (2021/03/25 - 2021/03/25)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal |
2021/01/28 - 2021/01/28 | Webinar LeguCon 2021: organiser of the event; this half-day, online event consisted of a cycle of presentations about the
role of legumes in healthy and sustainable agricultural systems and a final round table of discussions on how to promote Portuguese
farmers to increase the inclusion of these crops in their lands. The full video of the event is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g2-_XfJtA4&t=688s
(2021/01/28 - 2021/01/28)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal |
2019/07/09 - 2019/07/09 | 2nd Mediterranean Legume Innovation Network workshop: member of the organizing committee; event focused on “Consumer Transition:
to more-sustainable legume-based diets”. Jointly organized by the Faculty of Biotechnology at Universidade Católica Portuguesa
and EUREST, this networking event aimed to bring together all stakeholders interested in the emerging topic of short supply
chains and sustainable diets. (2019/07/09 - 2019/07/09)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2021/05/18 - 2021/05/19 | This two-day scientific workshop included training on competencies needed for the implementation of sensor technologies systems
in as well affordable small scale and high-tech large-scale settings, on the use of robotics and automation to collect phenotypic
data in controlled conditions such as climate rooms and greenhouses, plus on for large scale screening using drones and unmanned
vehicles on the experimental field.
Workshop
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Sensing tools: From handheld to Large Scale
Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2021/12/10 | Effects of the application of silicon on tomato plants (cv microtom) subjected to combined water and nitrogen stress
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Arthur Rodrigues Marques (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2021/12/02 | Estratégias sustentáveis para o aumento da eficiência do uso da água e de azoto em tomate (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Franscisco Eduardo Silva Costa e Sá (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2020/11 | Marker assisted selection, fine mapping and identification of candidate genes for three major traits of Prunos persica L.
(Batsh)
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Carolina Ribeiro Campos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Geociências Ambiente e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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2019/12 | Efeitos de stress combinado de água e azoto em tomate na variedade Micro-Tom
(Thesis) Main arguer
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David Gabriel Campos de Sousa (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2017/12 | Avaliação dos mecanismos de suscetibilidade de diferentes cultivares de Actinidia spp. ao cancro bacteriano do kiwi
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Pedro Emanuel Brás (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2021/10 - 2021/12 | Tutor in the Curricular Unit "Topics of Biotechnology" | Bioengenharia (Licenciatura) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal |
2021/11/25 - 2021/11/25 | Invited Lecture - "Innovations in agrifood sector: from gene to bean. Part II: The role of legumes in food innovation and climate change mitigation" | Environmental Sciences and Management (Master) | University of Saint Joseph, Macau SAR China |
2021/04 - 2021/06 | Lecturer in Molecular Genetics | Microbiologia (Licenciatura) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal |
2020/10/14 - 2020/12/16 | Tutor in the Curricular Unit "Topics of Biotechnology" | Bioengenharia (Licenciatura) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal |
2020/10/22 - 2020/10/22 | Invited Lecture - "Biotechnology - from plant nutrition to biofortification" | Biotechnology (Master) | Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, India |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2021/12/15 | Projeto RADIANT e LeguCon: Agrobiodiversidade e leguminosas para um mundo mais sustentável | Green Purpose |
2021/10/04 | LeguCon - mais leguminosas para uma agricultura sustentável | Sic Notícias |
2021/08/13 | Projeto de produção de leguminosas promove agricultura sustentável | WattsOn |
2021/08/06 | LeguCon: Agricultura sustentável de mãos dadas com a reabilitação social em Ílhavo | Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
2021/03 | O que se está a fazer em prol das leguminosas em Portugal? | Agrotec, vol 38 - pp. 56 |
2021/02/05 | Católica no Porto impulsiona rede para valorizar leguminosas | O Jornal Económico |
2019 | Written interview about my PhD path, obstacles and awards. Publication of my PhD thesis abstract. | Frutas, Legumes e Flores |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2021/07/12 - Current | Telejornal nacional 'J1-TVI' | Projeto LeguCon desafia a cultivo de leguminosas |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2020/11 - Current | Animals (2076-2615) | MDPI AG |
2020/09 - Current | Processes (2227-9717) | MDPI AG |
2020/08/11 - Current | Frontiers in Plant Science (1664-462X) | Frontiers Media SA |
2020/08 - Current | Biology | MDPI |
2020/07/10 - Current | International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences (2469-7877) | Science Publishing Group |
2020/07 - Current | Molecules (1420-3049) | MDPI AG |
2020/06 - Current | Energies (1996-1073) | MDPI AG |
2020/01 - Current | International Journal of Fruit Science (1553-8621) | Informa UK (Taylor & Francis) |
2019/12 - Current | Agronomy (2073-4395) | MDPI AG |
2019/10 - Current | Sustainability | MDPI |
2019/09 - Current | Functional Plant Biology (1445-4408) | CSIRO Publishing |
2019/09 - Current | Agriculture | MDPI |
2019/08 - Current | Foods (2304-8158) | MDPI AG |
2019 - Current | Plants (2223-7747) | MDPI AG |
2019 - Current | International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1422-0067) | MDPI AG |
2019 - Current | Crop and Pasture Science (1836-0947) | CSIRO Publishing |
2017 - Current | Frontiers in Plant Science (1664-462X) | Frontiers Media SA |
2016 - Current | Crop Science (1435-0653) | Crop Science Society of America |
Distinctions
Award
2021 | Top performer at CBQF
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
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2019 | Innovation Award at InnovationTrack - Northern AgroFood-Environment Innovation
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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2019 | Winner of CESIM Global Challenge – Business Simulation System
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal
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2019 | Winner of NEWFOOD – Food Technologies Valorization
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
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2018 | Accésit Award for Best PhD Thesis of the XX edition of Tesis Doctoral
Fertiberia, Spain
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2015 | 2nd Place Award of the 4th edition of University Contest CAP – Grow your future 2015
Confederação dos Agricultores de Portugal, Portugal
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2014 | 1st Place Award for Student Poster Presentation
Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Canada
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Other distinction
2019 | Top10 Finalist at Ecotrophelia Portugal
Associação Integralar Intervenção de Excelência no Sector Agro-Alimentar, Portugal
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2014 | Semi-finalist of the 5th edition of Angelini University Award
Morada Angelini Farmacêutica Lda, Portugal
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