Mariana Silva
PhD Student
PhD STUDENTS
GROWING LIFE
Doctoral Program
PhD in Biology
Thesis title
Strategies for improving chestnut tree mycorrhization: enhancing the relation plant-fungi-helper bacteria
Supervisor
Teresa Lino Neto, Margarida Fernandes (CMEMS-UMinho) & Andreia Afonso (Deifil Technology Ltd.)
Funding Source
FCT
Start date (month/year)
01/01/2026
Duration (month)
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Dinis Alves
Doctoral Program
Doctorate in Materials Engineering
Thesis title
Advanced 3D printed multi-layered multi-functional hybrid membranes for wide range water remediation
Supervisor
Funding Source
FCT
Start date (month/year)
01/10/2024
Duration (month)
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Soraia Rodrigues
Doctoral Program
Doctorate in Biology
Thesis title
Hybrid living membranes for biodegradation of persistent antibiotics: a novel approach towards environmental remediation
Supervisor
Pedro Martins, Carlos Costa (Centre of Physics-UM) e Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez (Centre of Physics-UM)
Funding Source
FCT
Start date (month/year)
01/01/2026
Duration (month)
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Clara Alvarez Arantes
Doctoral Program
Doctoral Program in Molecular and Environmental Biology (PDBMA)
Thesis title
SYNDET: Development of a Biodetergent through synthetic biology
Supervisor
Funding Source
FCT
Start date (month/year)
01/10/2025
Duration (month)
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Pedro Costa
Doctoral Program
PDBMA
Thesis title
Effects of microplastic and nanoplastic pollution on host-parasite interactions: a case study with Daphnia magna and its microparasites
Supervisor
Bruno Castro & Justyna Wolinska (Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)/Freie Universitaet Berlin) & Lucia Maria das Candeias Guilhermino (CIIMAR)
Funding Source
FCT
Start date (month/year)
01/12/2023
Duration (month)
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Ana Rita Pimentão
Doctoral Program
PDBMA
Thesis title
Assessing impacts of conventional and new-generation fungicides on freshwater food-webs
Supervisor
Bruno B. Castro & Cláudia Pascoal & Fernanda Cássio
Funding Source
FCT
Start date (month/year)
01/12/2020
Duration (month)
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Filipe Tobana Nhanquê
Doctoral Program
PDBMA
Thesis title
Exploring DNA technology to improve monitoring and management of fisheries resources in Guinea-Bissau
Supervisor
Funding Source
FCT
Start date (month/year)
01/09/2024
Duration (month)
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Jesús Fernández
Doctoral Program
PhD in Biology (University of Porto)
Thesis title
Knowing and improving the ecological state of recreational marinas by using ecosystem engineers as nature-based solutions
Supervisor
Puri Veiga (CIIMAR), Marcos Rubal & Isabel Sousa-Pinto (FCUP; CIIMAR)
Funding Source
FCT
Start date (month/year)
01/09/2023
Duration (month)
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João Guimarães
PHD STUDENT
PhD STUDENTS
Doctoral Program
PDBMA
Thesis title
The Portuguese genomic signature: a genomic characterization of the genetic structure and ancestry of Portugal
Supervisor
Pedro Soares & Ana Bettencourt (LAB2PT, University of Minho) & Ana Maria Silva (University of Coimbra)
Funding Source
FCT
Start date (month/year)
01/11/2022
Duration (month)
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Pedro Fernandes
PHD STUDENT
PhD STUDENTS
Doctoral Program
PDBMA
Thesis title
Meta-species screening for genetic divergence and phylogeographic reconstruction in Atlantic marine fish species
Supervisor
Pedro Soares & Ana Bettencourt (LAB2PT, University of Minho) & Ana Maria Silva (University of Coimbra)
Funding Source
FCT
Start date (month/year)
01/01/2021
Duration (month)
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