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On this page, you can explore the research projects I am currently involved in, as well as those I have contributed to in the past. Here, I share an overview of my academic and professional collaborations, highlighting the topics, objectives, and impact of each project. This section reflects my ongoing commitment to advancing knowledge and contributing to meaningful research initiatives.
“My research explores how climate change and emerging contaminants shape the physiology and behaviour of marine organisms, with a particular focus on fishes.”
PROJECTS AS PI
Under Pressure: Evaluating the impacts of climate change and pollution on marine symbiotic relationships
This project addresses a critical gap in marine science by examining how combined stressors such as warming and contaminants disrupt mutualistic symbioses across taxa. The research integrates experimental ecophysiology and behavioural analysis to assess resilience and functional breakdown of biological partnerships.
The outcomes contribute to redefining how we understand resilience in complex biological systems under global change.
Funding: L’Oréal Portugal, FCT and National Commission for UNESCO | 15 000€
Role: Principal Investigator
Status: On-going
MicroToxFish: Global warming and the ability of microplastics to act as vectors for contaminants in fish early life stages: Within and transgenerational effects
This project investigates how microplastics and contaminants interact with rising temperatures to alter physiological integrity and behavioural performance in fish early life stages. By combining biomarker analysis, behavioural assays, and transgenerational approaches, the project identifies critical pathways through which pollution and climate change compromise survival and adaptive capacity.
This work provides novel insight into how future ocean conditions may shape fish populations and ecosystem resilience.
Funding: FCT | 2022.04136.PTDC | 249 231.90€
Role: Principal Investigator
Status: On-going
PROJECTS IN COLLABORATION IN THE LAST 5 YEARS
Integrating eco-physiology into species distribution models to forecast the effects of future ocean warming and oxygen depletion on fish larvae dynamics: tools for science-based advice
Funding: MARE Mini-grants | 4 000€
Role: MARE-Ulisboa team member
Status: Closed
FUTURELARVAE - Integrating physiological responses into species distribution models to forecast the effects of future ocean warming and oxygen depletion on fish larvae dynamics
Funding: Marie Sklodowska-Curie | 147 815,04€
Role: Team member
Status: Closed
NEXTGEN: Potential for multigenerational acclimation of fishes to ocean warming and acidification
Funding: FCT and FEDER | PTDC/CTA-AMB/31532/2017 | 234 000€
Role: Team Member
Status: Closed
CLIMATOXEEL: Combined effects of global climate change and neurotoxicants on the early ontogeny of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
Funding: FCT | PTDC/AAG-GLO/3795/2014
Role: Team Member
Status: Closed
TRANSFISH: Trangenerational acclimation of temperate fish species to climate change
Funding: FCT | PTDC/BIA-BMA/28647/2017
Role: Team Member
Status: Closed
EVOTOX: Evolution of harmful algae blooms under ocean aciditication and the cascading effects on coastal food-web dynamics
Funding: FCT | PTDC/ BIA-BMA /2817/2017
Role: Team Member
Status: Closed