Experience

CIIMAR

• Portugal
• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Junior Researcher

  • Jun 2023 - Present



Freelance (Self employed)

• Writing and Editing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance Editor

  • Nov 2022 - Present



University of Aberdeen

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Honorary research fellow

  • Jan 2020 - Dec 2022

  Honorary research fellow in the project “Risk factors for escalating Saprolegniosis outbreaks in aquaculture”. Role: state-of-the-art transcriptomic using Nanopore technology

• Research Fellow

  • Jun 2015 - 2020

  Research fellow in the project “Risk factors for escalating Saprolegniosis outbreaks in aquaculture”.Funded by BBSRC Link scheme. Role: microbiology, transcriptomic, phylogenetic, molecularbiology. Student supervision. Project managing.Research fellow in the project “Impact of climate change on infection of salmonid fish withSaprolegnia” funded by BBSRC/NERC. Role: microbiology, qPCR, phylogenetic, molecularbiology – diagnostic tool development.



University of Aberdeen

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 2010 - Nov 2014

  PhD integrated in the SAPRO project funded by Marie Curie EU-ITN and supervised by Prof. Pieter van West. Role: microbiology, molecular biology, proteomics. PhD integrated in the SAPRO project funded by Marie Curie EU-ITN and supervised by Prof. Pieter van West. Role: microbiology, molecular biology, proteomics.



KTH Royal Institute of Technology

• Sweden
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant - secondment

  • Jul 2011 - Sep 2011

  Quantification of cell wall glycoproteins in Saprolegnia parasitica. Development of Saprolegnia parasitica transformation methodology. Work supervised by Prof. Vincent Bulone. Role: gene expression, proteomics. Quantification of cell wall glycoproteins in Saprolegnia parasitica. Development of Saprolegnia parasitica transformation methodology. Work supervised by Prof. Vincent Bulone. Role: gene expression, proteomics.



Universidade de Coimbra

• Portugal
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Apr 2010 - Sep 2010

  Pochonia chlamydosporium as a biological control method against Meloidogyne sp. nematode under the supervision of Prof. Dr Isabel Abrantes. Role: microbiology, cultures maintenance. Pochonia chlamydosporium as a biological control method against Meloidogyne sp. nematode under the supervision of Prof. Dr Isabel Abrantes. Role: microbiology, cultures maintenance.



Universidade de Aveiro

• Portugal
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Masters Student

  • Sep 2007 - Jul 2009

  Masters in microbiology uncovering the biotechnological potential of fungi from the Botryosphaeriaceae family. Work supervised by Prof. Antonio Correia, Dra Cristina Esteves. Role: microbiology, enzymology, proteomics Masters in microbiology uncovering the biotechnological potential of fungi from the Botryosphaeriaceae family. Work supervised by Prof. Antonio Correia, Dra Cristina Esteves. Role: microbiology, enzymology, proteomics



Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia

• Farming
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Undergraduate Student

  • May 2005 - Nov 2005

  Biocontrol of crops using Bacillus sp. . Altino Choupina (Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal) and Dr Rose Monnerat (Embrapa, Brazilia, Brazil). Role: microbiology, cultures maintenance (bacteria, diptera and coleoptera). Biocontrol of crops using Bacillus sp. . Altino Choupina (Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal) and Dr Rose Monnerat (Embrapa, Brazilia, Brazil). Role: microbiology, cultures maintenance (bacteria, diptera and coleoptera).



Instituto Politécnico de Bragança

• Education Administration Programs
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Undergraduate Research Fellow

  • 2003 - 2004

  Characterisation of Trás-os-Montes (north of Portugal) region pollen collections. Supervised by Prof. Maria Leticia Fernandes. Role: microscopy. Characterisation of Trás-os-Montes (north of Portugal) region pollen collections. Supervised by Prof. Maria Leticia Fernandes. Role: microscopy.