Associate Professor

• Aug 2019 - Present

Deputy Manager

• Dec 2019 - Sep 2021

Responsible for molecular diagnosis, cell culture and analytical chemistry departments. Responsible for molecular diagnosis, cell culture and analytical chemistry departments.

Senior Researcher

• Feb 2009 - Aug 2019

I worked in different positions: as a researher in Toxicology, Tuberculosis - Ruam and Paratuberculosis Diagnostic, Poultry Disease Laboratories, and a responsible of the Sample Acceptance and Reporting Department. Experiences: -Determination of persistent organic pollutants (POP) in environmental samples (water, sediment, other matrices); POP determination in food (meat, milk, honey, egg, fish and poultry tissues), animal originating food products (yoghurt, salami and sausage) and biological samples (such as invertebrates and fish) using analytical chromatographic techniques. -Development/optimization and validation of methods. -Serologic tests: ELISA, hemaglutination inhibition (HI), complement fixation (CF) -Molecular analysis: Conventional and realtime PCR. -Microbiological application: Isolation and conventional identification; antimicrobial susceptibility tests (dilution and disk diffusion), agglutination tests. -Virological applications: Virus propagation (in embryonated chicken eggs). -Cell culture: Prepare primer cell culture from different tissues; applying chemicals to cell lines. -Device experiences: Gas chromatography (GC) with MS, MS/MS, ECD, FID, FPD dedectors; liquid chromatography (HPLC) with MS, MS/MS, DAD, FD dedectors, spectrophotometer, gel electrophoresis, LightCycler 480 II qPCR. Show less

Guest Researcher

• Dec 2016 - Dec 2017

-Risk assessment by qualitative and quantitative methods, -Ecotoxicologic effects of emerging contaminant -Screening tests: Measuring acute toxicities of POPs on indicator species (such as bacteria- V. fischeri, algea- R. subcapitata, C. vulgaris, C. obliguus, diatoms- Phaeodactylum tricornutum, crustacea - D. magna, C. dubia, plants- Solanum lycopersicum, L. sativum, earthworms and fish species- Danio rerio, Poecilia reticulata) and endocrine disrupting effects (yeast estrogen screen assays (YES) using Saccharomyces cerevisiae) Show less

Official Veterinar

• Sep 2005 - Feb 2009

Veterinary Surgeon

• 2003 - 2004

Key point of contact between pharmaceutical and medical companies and healthcare professionals, promoting product awareness, answering queries, providing advice and introducing new products. Key point of contact between pharmaceutical and medical companies and healthcare professionals, promoting product awareness, answering queries, providing advice and introducing new products.

Veterinarian

• Sep 2000 - Jul 2001

Carry out sampling, testing, measuring, recording and analysing of results as part of a scientific team. Specifically, I worked on the detection of mycotoxins and biologic agents in poultry feed. Carry out sampling, testing, measuring, recording and analysing of results as part of a scientific team. Specifically, I worked on the detection of mycotoxins and biologic agents in poultry feed.