Experience

University of Lisbon

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Integrated in the Fruit Functional Genomic & Biotechnology group, I am working on MiDiVine (Innovative Approaches Promoting Functional Microbial Diversity for a Sustainable Grapevine Health and Productivity in Vineyard Systems of Mediterranean Areas) project. Integrated in the Fruit Functional Genomic & Biotechnology group, I am working on MiDiVine (Innovative Approaches Promoting Functional Microbial Diversity for a Sustainable Grapevine Health and Productivity in Vineyard Systems of Mediterranean Areas) project.



Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

• Jena, Germany

• PHD Candidate

  • Jul 2015 - Jan 2022

  Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, EU2020 - "Algal Microbiome: Friends and Foes" programme. The development and morphology of the green macroalgae Ulva mutabilis is strictly dependent on morphogens released by two bacteria, Maribacter sp. and Roseovarius sp. My project aims to understand the molecular mechanisms that regulate the Ulva development under external stimuli such as bacterial morphogens using Transcriptomics and Metabolomics techniques. In parallel, the project was also focused on the characterization of the bacterial community diversity and composition of macroalgae aquaculture at a commercial scale with amplicon sequencing using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) methodology. Show less



CCMAR

• Faro e Região, Portugal

• Assistant Research Scientist

  • Oct 2011 - Jun 2015

  Expertise: 1) Algal growth biomass and waterborne extracts. Monitor physiology of fish larvae (Sparus auratus). 2) Microbiological analysis: cultivation and isolation of aquaculture bacterial strains, quantification of bacteria using genetic markers through flow cytometry, evaluate bacterial diversity and richness using molecular techniques (PCRs, DGGE-PCRs, 545 Pyrociquencing). Bacterial inhibition tests. Data analysis and periodical reports. 3) Supporting the scientific team with planning, preparation, execution of field sampling in lagoon, sea shore and underwater environments, and samples conditioning for biological (also microbiology) and chemical analysis. Show less



University of Naples Federico II

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Evaluation of biomarkers variability of Posidonia oceanica on several spatial scales

  • May 2008 - Nov 2008

  Expertise: physiology of marine organisms reared in aquaculture: phyto- and zoo-plankton (rotifers and artemia), fish larvae and alive food. Evolution of marine organisms. Techniques used in aquaculture: (phyto- and zoo-plankton cultures) practical workshops in aquaculture company (Panittica Pugliese s.r.l.). Plant and Animal Biology. Inorganic and Organic Chemistry. Expertise: physiology of marine organisms reared in aquaculture: phyto- and zoo-plankton (rotifers and artemia), fish larvae and alive food. Evolution of marine organisms. Techniques used in aquaculture: (phyto- and zoo-plankton cultures) practical workshops in aquaculture company (Panittica Pugliese s.r.l.). Plant and Animal Biology. Inorganic and Organic Chemistry.