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Joana Patrícia da Silva Santos

Joana Patrícia da Silva Santos

PhD Student

  • Author Name : Santos J.
  • Doctoral Programme: Biology
  • Thesis title: Nanotechnology risk assessment – a global ecotoxicological approach for innovative polysaccharide/silica hybrid nanomaterials
  • Supervisor: Vera Maria; Ana Daniel-da-Silva; Ângela Barreto

  • Researcher ID:
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-1685-031X
  • Ciencia ID: 0E10-6ABC-D187
  • Department: Department of Biology
  • Research Group: Stress Biology (SB)
  • Thesis title: Nanotechnology risk assessment – a global ecotoxicological approach for innovative polysaccharide/silica hybrid nanomaterials Supervisor: Vera Maria; Ana Daniel-da-Silva; Ângela Barreto Category: BO Grant type: BD Funding entity: FCT Grant reference: 2021.04771.BD Start date: 2022-01-01 End date: 2026-01-01


Research interests

Silica hybrid nanomaterials for water remediation
Effects of nanomaterials on aquatic and soil organisms
Nanoplastics effects individually or in complex mixtures
Effects of pollutants on embryonic development and transference of tolerance between descendants
Climate change and effects of environmental factors on anthropogenic factors tolerance
Biomarkers as tools in ecotoxicological studies

Academic degrees

Ongoing: PhD in Biology, University of Aveiro.
Thesis: "Nanotechnology risk assessment – a global ecotoxicological approach for innovative polysaccharide/silica hybrid nanomaterials". Supervisors: Dr. Vera Maria; Dr. Ana Daniel-da-Silva; Dr. Ângela Barreto.

July 2018: Master in Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, University of Aveiro.
Dissertation: "Effects of sub-lethal heat shock in the tolerance of Danio rerio embryos to cadmium exposure". Supervisors: Dra. Inês Domingues and Dr. João Pestana.

June 2016: Degree in Biology, University of Aveiro.

Scientific activities

* 1 January 2022 - present: PhD student in Biology doctoral programme from University of Aveiro.

* 1 February 2019 - 31 December 2021: Research Fellowship in the project "UNRAvEL – Understanding the Mechanisms of Toxicity of NanomateRials – EnvironmentaL impact Assessment" (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029035), Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro.

Publications

Projects

UNRAvEL – Understanding the Mechanisms of Toxicity of NanomateRials – EnvironmentaL impact Assessment See more

Scientific Supervision


CESAM Funding: UIDP/50017/2020 + UIDB/50017/2020 + LA/P/0094/2020

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