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Joana Luísa Pereira

Assistant Researcher

Author Name : Pereira J.L.

Researcher ID: A-5003-2009
ORCID: 0000-0001-7573-6184
Ciencia ID: 8718-5E74-F1E4
Department: Department of Biology
Research Group: Aquatic Toxicology & Risk Assessment (ATRA)

Research interests

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Risk Assessment
Extreme environments
Limnology
Invasive Species Management
Environmental Education

Academic degrees

09/05/2008 - Doctoral degree in Biology by the University of Aveiro, Portugal. Approved by Unanimity
2002 - Degree in Biology by the University of Coimbra, Portugal, Portugal. Mark: 16/20

Scientific activities

31/01/2019 - present: Contract Researcher under Decree-Law 57/2016 Art.23rd - Transitional Rule
01/06/2015 - 30/01/2019: Post-Doc fellow funded by FCT (grant ref SFRH/BPD/101971/2014)
01/01/2009 - 31/05/2015: Post-Doc fellow funded by FCT (grant ref SFRH/BPD/44733/2008)
01/01/2004 - 31/12/2007: PhD student funded by FCT (grant ref SFRH/BD/13682/2003)

Others

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
Since April 2020 - Coordinating Editor for Reviews and Special Issues for Ecotoxicology
2017-2018 - Editor SI Emerging advances and challenges in pesticide ecotoxicology, Ecotoxicology.
2014-2019 - Review Editor for the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science.
since July 2011 - Associate Editor for Pesticide Ecotoxicology for Ecotoxicology
since June 2010 - Editor-in-Chief of the outreach journal CAPTar
REVIEWING ACTIVITY
Since 2009 - Reviewer activity (https://publons.com/author/879876/joana-luisa-pereira#profile)
Since 2009 - Active reviewer for the national Journal CAPTar.

Publications

Projects

NYMPHE -New system-driven bioremediation of polluted habitats and environment See more

EPIBOOST - BOOSting excellence in environmental EPIgenetics See more

ConBio – Contaminación en un contexto de cambio global: interacciones que amenazan la biodiversidad See more

BESIDE - Institutional, BEhavioural, critical and adaptive economics towards SustaInable Development, management of natural capital and circular Economy See more

SPRINT - Sustainable Plant Protection Transition: A Global Health Approach See more

WinTherface - Mass exchange driven by wind and temperature in lake-wetland interfaces See more

PLANTA II- Role of salt-marsh plants in the mercury cycle under climate change scenarios: tracking the fate in light of toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic data See more

REFINECYANO - Using biorefinery to value cyanobacteria pigments See more

FIREMIX - Modelling the toxic effects of fire-related complex contaminant mixtures on benthic aquatic species See more

Developing efficient heating-sensing single nanoplatforms for intracellular imaging and controlled local hyperthermia See more

AQUAFIRE - Integrated assessment of wildfires impacts to aquatic ecosystems and human health See more

ReACT - Risk assessment in Fildes Peninsula: improving knowledge towards environmental protection ACTions in the Antarctica See more

Hg-PLANKTARCTIC - Unravelling interactions between phyto- and zooplankton and mercury cycling in Deception Island waters impacted by volcanic-mercury See more

SHIFT - Can we SHIFT to cost-effective bioassays with periphyton to enforce the risk assessment of pollutants in lotic ecosystems? See more

ToxMix - Toxicity of mixtures of alternative solvents with industrial potential See more

SYNCHRONY - SYNergies between industry and sCientific ResearcH fOr a sustainable development of NanotechnologY See more

FIRETOX -Toxic effects of wildfires on aquatic systems See more

ReaLISE – Derivation of Risk LImits for the Protection of Soil Ecossystem from emerging compounds See more

KARSTRISK – Impacts of contamination on karstic groundwater ecosystems See more

CONTROLCLAM: Sustainable approaches for the CONTROL of the invasive Asian CLAM Corbicula fluminea within waterdependent plants See more

CAPTAR-Science and Environment for All See more

Scientific Supervision

PhD (Main Supervisor): Telma Luísa Machado Veloso (CESAM member)

PhD (Co-supervisor): Beatriz Sales Bandarra (not a CESAM member)

Master (Main Supervisor): Libânia Sofia Seixas Queirós (not a CESAM member)

Master (Main Supervisor): Eduardo Anselmo (not a CESAM member)

Master (Main Supervisor): Guilherme de Abreu Jeremias (not a CESAM member)

Master (Main Supervisor): Júlia Leitão da Silva (not a CESAM member)

Master (Main Supervisor): Nuno Filipe Borges Aguiar (not a CESAM member)

Master (Main Supervisor): Susana Patrícia Ferreira da Silva (not a CESAM member)

Master (Main Supervisor): Ana Filipa Silva Domingues (not a CESAM member)

Master (Main Supervisor): Beatriz Lopes da Silva Dias Mano (not a CESAM member)

Master (Main Supervisor): Carlos Manuel Dias da Silva (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Vera Alexandra Félix da Graça Silva (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Sónia Cristina Prates Pinho (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Bruno José da Silva Oliveira (ex-CESAM member)

Pesquisa - Licenciatura (Main Supervisor): Ana Catarina Santos Fernandes (not a CESAM member)

Pesquisa - Licenciatura (Main Supervisor): João André Alves Barbosa (not a CESAM member)

Pesquisa - Licenciatura (Main Supervisor): Bárbara Luísa Cardoso Viana (not a CESAM member)

Graduation project (Main Supervisor): Eunice Estrela Magalhães Cardoso Queirós (not a CESAM member)

Graduation Project (Main Supervisor): Maria Carlota de Castro Vieira e Monteiro (not a CESAM member)

Pesquisa - Licenciatura (Main Supervisor): Ana Teresa Rocha (not a CESAM member)

Internship (Internal supervision) (Main Supervisor): João André Alves Barbosa (not a CESAM member)

Pesquisa (Main Supervisor): Daniel Hernâni Cunha Rodrigues Moreira (not a CESAM member)

Pesquisa (Licenciatura) (Main Supervisor): João Miguel Moreira Azinheira (not a CESAM member)

Projecto de Pesquisa (1º Ciclo - Biologia e Geologia) (Co-supervisor): Tiago Ribeiro (not a CESAM member)

Estágio (Co-supervisor): Jéssica Mota (not a CESAM member)

Pesquisa - Licenciatura (Co-supervisor): João Maximiano Cunha e Silva (not a CESAM member)

Pesquisa - Licenciatura (Co-supervisor): Miguel Martins (not a CESAM member)

Pesquisa - Licenciatura (Co-supervisor): Ana Filipa Ferreira Nogueira (not a CESAM member)

Pesquisa - Licenciatura (Co-supervisor): Sofia Ribeiro Cotton (not a CESAM member)

Projecto de Pesquisa (1º Ciclo - Biologia) (Co-supervisor): Andreia Cristina Ferreira de Carvalho (not a CESAM member)

Projecto de Pesquisa (1º Ciclo - Biologia) (Co-supervisor): Susana Pereira (not a CESAM member)

Graduation Internship (Co-supervisor): Eunice Estrela Magalhães Cardoso Queirós (not a CESAM member)

Estágio/Internship (Co-supervisor): Ana Teresa Rocha (not a CESAM member)

PhD (Main Supervisor): Libânia Sofia Seixas Queirós (ex-CESAM member)

PhD (Main Supervisor): Joana Isabel Marques dos Santos (CESAM member)

PhD (Co-supervisor): Ana Ré (CESAM member)

PhD (Co-supervisor): Cristiana do Carmo Duarte Mendes (ex-CESAM member)

PhD (Co-supervisor): Inês C. Rosa (ex-CESAM member)

PhD (Co-supervisor): Inês Adriana Patrunilho Efe Macário (CESAM member)

PhD (Co-supervisor): Sofia Cristina da Silva Oliveira (not a CESAM member)

PhD (Co-supervisor): Carlos Manuel Dias Silva (CESAM member)

PhD (Co-supervisor): Guilherme de Abreu Jeremias (CESAM member)

Other activities

EVALUATION PANELS
2020 - H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, European Commission; 2020 - H2020-SFS-04-2019-2020 – Inovation Action, European Commission; 2018 - PRELUDIUM research projects. Council of the National Science Centre, Poland; 2018 - H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, European Commission; 2018 - Australian Antarctic Program - Science Application, Round 2018/19.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES: collaboration in lecturing the courses 'Genetics and Evolution', 'Biomonitoring', 'Wetland Ecology', 'Biological and Molecular Evolution', 'Topics ad laboratories of Biology', 'Laboratories of Molecular and Cellular Biology', 'Integrated Natural Sciences', 'Aditional Scientific and Pedagogic Training for elementary school teachers', all in the University of Aveiro, since 2003; collaboraion in lecturing the course 'Pedagogic Inovation' (MSc in Sience Education, 2003), in the University of Coimbra; Secondary school teacher for Biology and Geology in 2001/2002 and in 2008.

ORGANISED CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS: Head of the Organizing Committee of the 10th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences – 25-26 October 2018, Aveiro, Portugal; Member of the Organizing Committee (head of the secretariat) of the 24th International Conference on Subterranean Biology – 20-24 August 2018, Aveiro, Portugal; Chairing of the session “Rational design of chemicals and pharmaceuticals and other input prevention measures towards sustainable technological development” in SETAC 25th Europe Annual Meeting – 3-7 May, Barcelona, Spain; Workshop “Freshwater invasive species: global problematic, research perspectives and sampling techniques”, 25-26 February 2015, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro; Workshop “The Asian clam and the zebra mussel in Portugal: invasion process, industrial infestation and pest management”, 23 July 2014, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Coimbra.

SCIENCE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: collaboration in diverse activities promoted by the Department of Biology of the University of Aveiro under the scope of the programme "Academia de Verão", in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015 e 2016; collaboration in the internship «Efeitos de alterações climáticas em populações de invertebrados: uma abordagem experimental», promoted by the Department of Biology of the University of Aveiro under the scope of the programme Ocupação Científica de Jovens nas Férias (funded by Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica e Tecnológica), in 2010.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: collaboration as a research technician in the Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology, Ecotoxicology and Risk (Department of Biology, University of Aveiro), in 2003 and 2008.