Master in Oncology (ICBAS), PhD student Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS). Area of interest: effects of seaweed compounds in breast cancer.

Master in Aquatic Biology with concentration area in fish parasitology (taxonomy and ecology). PhD student in Biology at the biology department of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto. Research fellow by CIIMAR. Develops research in marine fish parasitology within the scope of the project “Pact of Blue Bioeconomy”.

Fernando Durães obtained his MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2014 at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto. He has worked as a Research Grantee in a financed project related to the synthesis of bioactive compounds with capability to circumvent antimicrobial resistance, at the Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry Group, CIIMAR. Fernando Durães is currently a PhD student in the same group, and is pursuing the synthesis of new compounds with antimicrobial activity and bacterial efflux pump modulation, both in clinically relevant bacteria and in Cyanobacteria.

Fernando is from Campina Grande-PB, Brazil and holds a degree in Biological Sciences by the State University of Paraíba. Got his master degree from PPGEC/UEPB, investigating the morphological variability of sagittal otoliths of Atherinella brasiliensis between a positive and a hypersaline estuary. Currently, his PhD research is in progress at PPGEC/UEPB through an academic exchange, sponsored by CAPES/LEP-UEPB in collaboration with CIIMAR. His study analyzes the microchemical profiles of Centropomus undecimalis and Lutjanus jocu otoliths, in estuarine lagoons from Paraíba coastline, which will help delimiting nursery areas and their contribution to the fish stocks in that region.

Fernando Tuya is Associate Professor (“Profesor Titular”) at the Universidad de Las Palmas de G.C., since February 2018, after a “Ramón y Cajal” (2010-2015) tenure-track position and two postdoctoral positions at the Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University (Australia, 2006-2008) and CIIMAR, Universidade do Porto (Portugal, 2009-2010). In 2015, I was awarded the I3 certification by the MINECO, according to the merits obtained in the first 4 years of the “Ramón y Cajal” tenure-track position.

Motivation of research: the necessity of searching for models that aim to explain patterns in the organization of benthic marine assemblages through ecosystems across different scales of space, time and taxonomy. More specifically, my research focuses in ecological interactions in and around marine habitats to tease apart the often-complex interactions that cause patterns of species distributions in nature. This approach allows transferring basic ecological knowledge into the sustainable management of marine ecosystems.

Fernando Veloso-Gomes is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), President of the Water Resources Institute (IHRH) and Director of the PhD Program of Environmental Engineering (PDEA / FEUP). He received his degree in Civil Engineering in 1973 (FEUP), his MSc in 1974 – Naval Architecture / Ocean Engineering (University College London), his PhD in 1981 (FEUP / LNEC) and his Aggregation in 1996 (FEUP) – Coastal Engineering / Coastal Management (FEUP). His research interests focus on integrated coastal zone management, coastal structures, harbor planning, coastal and harbor modelling. He has supervised 19 PhD thesis and about 80 MSc thesis.

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health (2023) from the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, and I am currently in the second year of the Master’s Degree in Toxicology and Environmental Contamination at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar of the University of Porto and the Faculty of Sciences of the University from Porto. In the current academic year I am developing a dissertation focusing on the behavioral analysis of zebrafish larvae exposed to emerging pharmaceuticals.

Filipa Rodrigues earned her degree in Biochemistry and completed her master’s in applied Biochemistry in 2022, at the University of Madeira. Currently, Filipa is a researcher at the Laboratory of Biomaterials, Bioanalysis, and Biotechnology of the University of Madeira/CIIMAR. Her research focuses on the use of exopolysaccharides extracted from microalgae and cyanobacteria to create innovative sustainable coatings. Filipa is committed to developing eco-efficient alternatives that can replace traditional, non-recyclable disposable materials, to promote environmental sustainability and improve food safety.

Filipe Castro is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto and PI of the team in Animal Genetics and Evolution. Among the group’s various research focuses are Comparative Genomics, Physiology and Evolution, Bioinformatics and the Anthropocene.

Filipe Coutinho graduated in Biology in 2009 at Aveiro University and obtained his PhD in Biology in 2017 from the Faculty of Sciences of Porto University. He is currently post-doc researcher at CIIMAR. His main research interest is centered in the potential of dietary amino acid supplementation as a strategy to enhance fish growth performance, health and welfare in aquaculture farms.

Filipe Godoi is a PhD student in Physiology/Environmental toxicology at São Paulo University and a mobility PhD student at CIIMAR-UP. B.Sc in Biology MSc in Physiology São Paulo University, LASAC vice chair and member of the directive board at SETAC Latin America. His research aims to investigate the endocrine disruptors chemicals including emerging contaminants and their multiple biological effects in non-target animals.

Degree in Biochemistry (Porto), Master in Applications in Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology (Porto) and with skills and experience in entrepreneurship acquired in the HiTech 2022 programme. I did an internship in the area of Blue Biotechnology, namely the isolation of bioproducts for human health of economic interest and respective testing in model animals, in a business context at Fykia Biotech Lda., spin-off of CIIMAR.

Filipe da Costa Miranda is a researcher at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (Portugal) who graduated from the same institution. He developed his master thesis project on the topic of scour around co-located marine energy harvesting technologies, as part of the project “POSEIDON – Damage Prediction and Design of Scour Protection in Complex Foundations for Marine Renewable Energy”. After graduating, he continued as a research fellow at the IHRH – Hydraulics and Water Resources Institute in the project “Aquabreak – Aquaculture Living Breakwater for Coastal Protection and Sea Decarbonization” in a joint venture with HAEDES Portugal, Lda., while still collaborating in the POSEIDON project.

Postgraduate researcher with Biology and Biochemistry backgrounds. Involved in research mostly focused in animal adaptation and development, within cephalopods and fishes, and the potential implications of these factors in the organisms’ evolution.

Filipe is a Chartered Coastal Scientist/Engineer with over 15 years’ experience working in Europe, South America, Africa and the Middle East on a variety of ocean, coastal and port engineering projects. Previous experience in consultancy includes planning, design and tender preparation for intakes and outfalls, small harbours and marinas, ports, LNG and crude oil terminals, coastal structures, artificial islands, navigation and mooring studies, numerical modelling of coastal processes and field data collection. Filipe worked for the government and private sectors in both engineering and research projects. He is currently working at the American University of Sharjah where he conducts research in the fields of ocean and coastal engineering.

Flavio Oliveira graduated in Biological Sciences from the Anhanguera University of Bauru (Brazil) in 2015 and Master’s degree in Biology and Water Quality Management by Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto in 2017. Between 2018 and 2023 he was a member of Blue Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology Culture Collection (LEGE-CC). He started the Doctor’s Degree in Marine Biotechnology and Aquaculture in 2022. Main research focus on cyanobacteria diversity, and molecules with biotechnological applications. Participated in more than 5 projects.

Francisca Carvalhal obtained her BSc in Biochemistry in 2015 at Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, and her MSc in Pharmaceutical Chemistry in 2017 at Faculty of Pharmacy of the same University. After her graduation, she worked as a Research Grantee in a competitive project concerning synthesis of new bioactive compounds at CIIMAR. In 2019, she was awarded a scholarship from FLAD for an internship at Harvard Medical School to learn molecular biology techniques for high-throughput screening. Francisca is currently a PhD student at the Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry group at CIIMAR and is pursuing the discovery of new broad-spectrum antiviral compounds.

Francisca Oliveira obtained a BSc degree in Biology by Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (2023). Currently, she is pursuing a Master’s in Cellular and Molecular Biology and doing an internship at CIIMAR, with support from a BYT+ scholarship and joining the “Microbial Biodegradation and Bioprospection” research group.

Francisca Silva-Brito, graduated in Biology (2012) from ICBAS-University of Porto, holds a M.Sc degree (2014) in Aquaculture and a Ph.D degree (2021) in Animal Science granted by ICBAS-University of Porto. She is currently working in A2S team in the framework of the project MICROBOOST. Her main research interests are focused on looking for sustainable dietary strategies to improve immunity and stress response of farmed fish.

Proactive marine ecologist with more than 25 years of experience in the research coastal ecosystems. My research primarily involves experimental ecology and modeling tools to understand and predict the effects of global changes on coastal populations and ecosystems, from both structural and functional perspectives.
Keywords:
Marine Ecology, Coastal ecosystems, Climate change, Biodiversity, Ecosystem functioning, Marine Forests, Biological invasions, Phycology.
Head of the Benthic Ecology Team at CIIMAR since 2020.

Francisco Baldó, graduated in Biology (University of Seville) and Marine Sciences (University of Cadiz) and holds a PhD in Marine Sciences (University of Cadiz), is a Senior Scientist at the Cadiz Oceanographic Centre of the Spanish Oceanographic Institute (IEO), CSIC. Currently, his main scientific motivation is to try to understand the biodiversity of marine ecosystems from an eco-evolutionary perspective and to contribute to their conservation, favoring the sustainable management of fishery resources from an ecosystem approach. Individual-based theoretical models of the Guadalquivir estuarine food web formed the basis of his doctoral thesis. He has worked extensively in the Gulf of Cadiz and the Gran Sol fishing ground, but also in the Cantabrian Sea, Newfoundland, Patagonia and Antarctica. Particularly interested in initiatives aimed at improving knowledge of the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems in the long term, he has developed and led research on the deep-sea ecosystems of the Porcupine Bank, in Irish waters, where since 2008 he has led an annual oceanographic research cruise, currently funded by the European Union through the PORCUDEM project, of which he is the PI.

Francisco Camacho has a degree in Biochemistry and is presently enrolled in the Master’s in Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology, from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto. He will be working on his dissertation at CNP, focusing on the discovery of natural products linked to the interactions between cyanobacteria and amoebae.

Francisco Pinto da Cunha graduated in Marine Biology at the University of Algarve in 2020 and holds a Masters in Marine Sciences – Marine Resources, Fisheries and Aquaculture specialization (2023), at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS) of the University of Porto. Right now, his research focuses on fish immunology applied to aquaculture, with a particular interest in improving aquaculture production, fish welfare and health through nutritional approaches and understanding pathogen-fish interactions.

Francisco Pascoal is a researcher at CIIMAR, focusing on the ecology of the microbial raer biosphere and the study of microbiomes in the Arctic, supported by data science tools, including machine learning. Francisco holds a PhD in Biology from the University of Porto, a Master’s degree in Microbiology from the University of Lisbon, and a Bachelor’s degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology from NOVA University Lisbon.

Francisco Taveira Pinto is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Director of the Hydraulics Water Resources and Environment Division of DEC-FEUP, Member of the board of the Water Resources Institute and President of the Portuguese Water Resources Association. He received his degree in Civil Engineering in 1989, his PhD in 2002 in Civil Engineering – Coastal Engineering and his Aggregation in 2007 all at FEUP. His research interests focus on coastal structures, physical modelling, coastal management, coastal dynamics and sea energy. He is author of more than 70 scientific publications in international journals.