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Rosa de Fátima Lopes de Freitas

Rosa de Fátima Lopes de Freitas

Assistant Professor with Habilitation

  • Researcher ID: A-7539-2012
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-4900-3897
  • Ciencia ID: BE18-A4AE-224F
  • Department: Biology
  • Research Group: Environmental Changes, Hazards & Conservation (ECHC)
  • ISI Web of KnowledgeSM search factor: A-7539-2012 AU=(Freitas R and Quintino V) AND AD=(Aveiro)

Research interests

• Application of traditional (physiological and biochemical) and innovative (transcriptomics, metabolomics - RMN and GCxGC ToFMS) methodologies to evaluate the toxic impacts derived from climate change and higher availability of classic to emergent contaminants.
• Ecotoxicity of traditional elements, pharmaceuticals, carbon based nanoparticles, micro and nanoplastics, regulated and emergent toxins in aquatic systems
• Interactions and effects of different climate change scenarios with emergent pollutants
• The impacts of climate change on bivalves infection
• Performance of native vs invasive species: ecological, socio-economic and health concerns

Academic degrees

2020 - Habilitation, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro
2005 - PhD Biology (aprovada), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro
2005- 4th year Degree in Biology and Geology, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro
1999 - MSc Ciências das Zonas Costeiras (aprovada), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro
1997 – Degree in Biology (14), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro

Scientific activities

set 2020 - present: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro
jan 2019 - set 2020- Assistant researcher, position funded by national funds (OE), through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in the scope of the framework contract foreseen in the numbers 4, 5 and 6 of the article 23, of the Decree-Law 57/2016, of August 29, changed by Law 57/2017, of July 19.

Nov 2017-jan 2019 -Assistant Researcher, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro
Funding: Integrated Programme of SR&TD “Smart Valorization of Endogenous Marine Biological Resources Under a Changing Climate” (reference Centro-01-0145-FEDER-000018), co-funded by Centro 2020 program, Portugal 2020, European Union, through the European Regional Development Fund.

2015 – Oct 2017 - Invited Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro

2014 – Oct 2017 - Post-Doc, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro SFRH/BPD/92258/2013
Funding: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2012 (Oct) – 2014 (Oct) – Assistant Researcher, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro
Funding: CESAM- University of Aveiro

2006 (Oct) – 2012 (Oct) – Assistant Researcher, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro
Funding: Programa Ciência - FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2006 (Jan–Oct) - Post-Doc, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro SFRH/BPD/20451/2004
Funding: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2001-2004: PhD grant, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro SFRH/BD/769/2000
Funding: Programa PRAXIS XXI (former FCT)

2000: PhD grant Department of Biology, University of Aveiro
Funding: Centro das Zonas Costeiras e do Mar, UA

1998-1999: MSc Grant, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro SFRH/BM/17723/98
Funding: Programa PRAXIS XXI (former FCT)

Others

- reviewer of more than 20 ISI journals

- member of international panels for projects evaluation (PRIN 2017, funded by the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research; Croatian Science Foundation; French National Research Agency; National Geographic

- AWARD: Bolsista Jovem Talento - 2014
Funded by: CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Brasil

Publications

WoS Papers (256) Other Papers (3) Books (1) Book Chapter (3) Thesis (11) Communications (157) Other Publications (0) Reports (6)

Projects

In Progress (0) Concluded (21)
DepurD - Monitoring and decontamination systems for the sustainable exploitation of bivalve molluscs on the Portuguese coast See more
COACH - COoperative approACH applied to conservation and management of cockles See more
FISHAQU - Knowledge Exchange in sustainable Fisheries management and Aquaculture in the Mediterranean region See more
NutriMo - Development of handmade diets for tilapia nutrition in community based aquaculture in Mozambique See more
Trace elements biogeochemistry in marine systems: interplay of climate change and biological influence See more
BISPECIAI - BIvalves under Polluted Environment and ClImate chAnge See more
Rem-Aqua - Photosensitized degradation as a remediation process for the removal of pharmaceuticals from aquaculture effluents See more
ECO-R-Pharmplast - Ecotoxicity of realistic combinations of pharmaceutical drugs and microplastics in marine ecosystems See more
NIPOGES - Current status of the Manila clam populations of the Ria de Aveiro, lagoon of Óbidos and estuaries of Tagus and Sado - scientific bases for a sustainable management of the resource See more
COCKLES - Co-Operation for Restoring Cockle Shelfisheries and its Ecosystem Services in the Atlantic Area See more
ASARISAFE - Safety and sustainable management of valuable clam product in Portugal and China See more
SmartBioR - Smart Valorization of Biological Marine Resources See more
Toxicity responses of molluscs to nanomaterials: the environmental impact from nanotechnology See more
The microbiota of two bivalve species of economical relevance, Cerastoderma edule (common cockle) and Ruditapes philippinarum (manila clam): mode of association and transmission in sympatry situations See more
Inventory, dynamics and impact of the parasites trematodes and bacteria in bivalves of high economic importance in Portugal See more
LTER-RAVE - Long term monitoring in the Ria de Aveiro: towards a deeper understanding of ecological, environmental and economic processes See more
Environmental monitoring of the Guia marine outfall See more
Benthic monitoring of dredging and disposal areas off Ria de Aveiro See more
MeshAtlantic: Mapping Atlantic area seabed habitats for better marine managment See more
EEMA - Ecological quality status of coastal and transitional waters See more
ACOSHELF - Coastal shelf ecosystems studies using acoustics See more

Scientific Supervision

In progress (7) Concluded (55)
PhD (Main Supervisor): Alessia Cuccaro (CESAM member)
PhD (Main Supervisor): Vanessa Alexandra Teixeira de Sá Queirós (CESAM member)
PhD (Main Supervisor): Angela Augusta Soares de Almeida (CESAM member)
PhD (Main Supervisor): Maria Madalena da Silva Andrade (CESAM member)
PhD (Main Supervisor): Carla Patrícia da Silva Leite (CESAM member)
PhD (Main Supervisor): Matilde Vieira Sanches (CESAM member)
PhD (Co-supervisor): João Pedro Dias Pinto (CESAM member)
Master (Main Supervisor): Ângela Almeida (not a CESAM member)
Master (Main Supervisor): Vanessa Carregosa (not a CESAM member)
Master (Main Supervisor): Madalena Andrade (not a CESAM member)
Master (Main Supervisor): Rui Costa (not a CESAM member)
Master (Main Supervisor): - Francesca Coppola (not a CESAM member)
Master (Main Supervisor): Vanessa Carregosa (not a CESAM member)
Master (Main Supervisor): Vanessa Carregosa (not a CESAM member)
Master (Main Supervisor): Carla Leite (not a CESAM member)
Master (Main Supervisor): Simão Correia (not a CESAM member)
Master (Main Supervisor): Carla Leite (not a CESAM member)
Master (Co-supervisor): Renato José Braz Mamede (CESAM member)
Master (Co-supervisor): Fernando António Francisco Ricardo (CESAM member)
Master (Co-supervisor): Diana Branco (not a CESAM member)
Master (Co-supervisor): Paulo Cardoso (not a CESAM member)
Master (Co-supervisor): Márcia Silva (not a CESAM member)
Pesquisa (Main Supervisor): Joana Nunes (not a CESAM member)
Pesquisa (Main Supervisor): Patrícia Oliveira (not a CESAM member)
Pesquisa (Main Supervisor): Simão Correia (not a CESAM member)
Pesquisa (Main Supervisor): Guilherme Amaral (not a CESAM member)
Pesquisa (Main Supervisor): Miguel Bastos (not a CESAM member)
Pesquisa (Main Supervisor): Miguel Ribeiro (not a CESAM member)
Pesquisa (Main Supervisor): Riccardo Minichino (not a CESAM member)
Licenciatura em Biologia - pesquisa anual (Main Supervisor): Luís Gaspar (not a CESAM member)
Estágio (Main Supervisor): Simão Correia (not a CESAM member)
Estágio (Main Supervisor): Joana Nunes (not a CESAM member)
Bolseira de Investigação (Main Supervisor): Angela Augusta Soares de Almeida (not a CESAM member)
Projecto (Lic Biotecnologia) (Main Supervisor): Diogo Cruz (not a CESAM member)
Estágio (Main Supervisor): Patrícia Oliveira (not a CESAM member)
Projecto (Lic. Biotecnologia) (Main Supervisor): Miguel Teixeira (not a CESAM member)
Pesquisa (Main Supervisor): Rita Sousa (not a CESAM member)
Pesquisa (Main Supervisor): Alexandre Ribeiro (not a CESAM member)
Bolseira projeto ASARISAFE (Main Supervisor): Madalena Andrade (not a CESAM member)
Bolseira projeto ASARISAFE (Main Supervisor): iSilvana Costa (not a CESAM member)
Pesquisa (Co-supervisor): Andreia Rocha (not a CESAM member)
Licenciatura em Biologia - pesquisa anual (Co-supervisor): Matilde Sanches (not a CESAM member)
Projecto (Lic Bioquímica) (Co-supervisor): Daniel Vidal (not a CESAM member)
PhD (Main Supervisor): Luísa Virgínia de Sousa Magalhães (CESAM member)
PhD (Main Supervisor): Angela Augusta Soares de Almeida (CESAM member)
PhD (Main Supervisor): Renato José Braz Mamede (CESAM member)
PhD (Main Supervisor): Anthony Peter Moreira (CESAM member)
PhD (Main Supervisor): Cátia Sofia Velez Silva (ex-CESAM member)
PhD (Main Supervisor): Francesca Coppola (CESAM member)
PhD (Main Supervisor): Lucia De Marchi (CESAM member)
PhD (Co-supervisor): Silvia Breda (not a CESAM member)
PhD (Co-supervisor): José António da Costa Santos (ex-CESAM member)
PhD (Co-supervisor): Roberta Socoowski Britto (not a CESAM member)
Post-doc (Main Supervisor): Stefania Chiesa (ex-CESAM member)
Post-doc (Main Supervisor): Adília da Conceição Marques de Oliveira Pires (CESAM member)
Post-doc (Main Supervisor): Adília da Conceição Marques de Oliveira Pires (CESAM member)
Post-doc (Main Supervisor): Roberto Carlos Domingues Martins (CESAM member)
Post-doc (Main Supervisor): Julieta Sturla Lompré (not a CESAM member)
Post-doc (Co-supervisor): Roberto Carlos Domingues Martins (CESAM member)
Post-doc (Co-supervisor): Adília da Conceição Marques de Oliveira Pires (CESAM member)
Post-doc (Co-supervisor): Roberto Carlos Domingues Martins (CESAM member)
Post-doc (Co-supervisor): Roberto Carlos Domingues Martins (CESAM member)

DOMAIN OF SPECIALIZATION AND INVESTIGATION

Main objective:  Study the alterations induced in invertebrate species due to climate change (pH, salinity and temperature), classical and emergent contaminants


Biological models: Bivalves (clams, cockles, mussels, oysters) and polychaetes as sentinel and bioindicator species


Responses: Biochemical markers: oxidative stress, metabolic activity, energy reserves, neurotoxicity; Physiological markers: regenerative capacity of polychaetes; larval development of bivalves; Genotoxic markers: genes expression.


 


Other topics of interest:



  • Trematode parasites in bivalves;

  • Native vs invasive bivalves: Ecological, economic and health concerns (PTWI)

  • Population genetics, biogeography, phylogenetics, hybridization of clams

  • Marine benthic communities: Identification, characterization and mapping of marine benthic habitats


 

Academic and Scientific activities

TEACHING ACTIVITY (2020/2021):


1º CICLO: Fundamentos de Ecologia; Ecologia das Alterações Globais


2º CICLO: Biotecnologia Azul; Biologia, Ecologia e Conservação de Zonas Costeiras


CURSOS AVANÇADOS:Global change in transitional environments. Department of Biology & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, july 12-16. Organized by Rosa Freitas & Eduarda Pereira. Theoretical/Practical (120 hours) (6 ects)


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:


Conferences


2021- Organizing committee Rui Rosa, Joaquim Reis e Rosa Freitas - SESSION:  Impact of anthropogenic pressures on marine and estuarine molluscs – 9th EUROMAL 2021, 5-9 September, Prague, Czech Republic, (online) & Congresso Português de Malacologia, 9-10 September, Porto, Portugal (semi-presencial).


2019 – Organizing committee - CONTRIBUTED SYMPOSIA: Oxidative stress in aquatic ecosystems: Integrating responses to multiple stressors. 10th International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (ICCPB2019) - Mechanisms and evolutionary processes, 5-9 August, Ottawa, Canada.


2019 - Organizing committee - SESSION: From genes to behaviour: acclimation mechanisms with potential use as biomarkers in disturbed coastal habitats (cell and animal biology) – Society of Experimental Biology Meeting (SEB Meeting), 2-5 July, Seville, Spain.


2019 - Chair: SEB Meeting, SESSION: From genes to behaviour: acclimation mechanisms with potential use as biomarkers in disturbed coastal habitats, 2-5 July, Sevilha, Espanha.


2019 – Organizing committee - Seminar on Quality concepts in laboratories, 5 June, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal.


2019 – Organizing committee - Seminar on Tecnhnologies towards water reuse part 2: biosorbents, 3 April, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal.


2019 – Organizing committee - Seminar on Tecnhnologies towards water reuse part 1: nanomaterials, 27 February, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal.


2016- Chair: 30th European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (ESCPB) Congress, 4-7 September, Barcelona, Espanha. Session: Oceans & human health: acidification.


2013 –– Organizing committee - MeshAtlantic Final Conference. 15-17 September, Aveiro, Portugal.


2011 – Organizing committee - EUROLAG- European Coastal Lagoons Symposium. 25-30 July, Aveiro, Portugal.


ATIVIDADE EDITORIAL - GUEST EDITOR


2021 - Guest Editor: Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991) – Special Issue: Nanomaterials Towards Environmental Protection: Applications and Threats to Aquatic Systems


2020 - Guest Editor: Science of The Total Environment – Special Issue: Rare earth elements in the aquatic environment: current knowledge and future perspectives.


2019 - Guest Editor: Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050) - Special Issue: Interactions and Effects of Different Climate Change Scenarios with Emergent Pollutants


2019 - Guest Editor: Environmental Science and Pollution Research (ISSN: 0944-1344-Print; 1614-7499-Online) – Special Issue: CEEC19


2015 - Guest Editor: Journal of Sea Research - Special Issue MeshAtlantic Final Conference


2012 - Guest editor: Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science - Special Issue Eurolag Conference


OUTREACHING ACTIVITIES:


Academia de Verão, Universidade de Aveiro: Os bivalves também têm stresse?

PERSONAL DATA

Name: Rosa de Fátima Lopes de Freitas Birth date: 6th of March, 1976 Birthplace: Santo Tirso, Porto Marital Status: Married (2 children, Matilde and Vasco)

CESAM - Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar - Universidade de Aveiro

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

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