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R&D Projects

Call for SR&TD Project Grants - 2020

Environmental Sciences Evaluation Panel - 2020

Coordination

Ralf Ebinghaus
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany

Evaluation

Annika Jahnke
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ Leipzig, Germany
Barbara Mazzolai
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
Crispin Halsall
Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Doris Abele
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center of Polar and Marine Research, Germany
Jozef Pacyna
AGH Uuiversity of Science and Technology, Norway
Lars-Eric Heimburger
CNRS - Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, France
Lutz Ahrens
Swedish Univeristy of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden
Milena Horvath
Jozef stefan Institute, Slovenia
Nicola Pirrone
CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Italy
Roland Kallenborn
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo and University Centre in Svalbard, Norway
Stephen Gerard Jennings
National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Volker Matthias
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany
Zhanyun Wang
ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Projects assigned

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0061/2020

Multiple assessment of antibiotics’ photoinduced degradation in waters from livestock and the surrounding environment: persistence, activity and remediation.
Carla Patrícia Gonçalves Silva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0112/2020

New generation of bio-based PLAstics as sustainable and eco-friendly solutions: pros and cons under realistic environmental scenarios
ANA LUÍSA PATRÍCIO SILVA
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0123/2020

Inputs and risks of plastic litter in the Portuguese Coast
Teresa Alexandra Peixoto Rocha Santos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0126/2020

Linking in vitro to in vivo toxicity of pharmaceuticals: an integrative approach
Maria Pavlaki
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0135/2020

Global synthesis of the impact of roads on mammals and implications for mitigation
Clara Bentes Grilo
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0154/2020

nextENM: Improving ecological niche modelling methods
Neftalí Sillero
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0325/2020

Testes baseados em abordagens ómicas para caracterizar e detectar contaminantes emergentes
SUSANA ALEXANDRA RODRIGUES CHAVES
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0405/2020

Developing EPIgenetic bioMARKers to support the environmental risk assessment of chemicals and contaminated sites
Joana Luísa Lourenço Estevinho Pereira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0475/2020

Four dimensional ecological cascades triggered by crayfish invasions in pristine habitats
Ronaldo Gomes de Sousa
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0489/2020

MARINE COASTAL SYSTEMS: NEW OLD THREATS
Rosa de Fátima Lopes de Freitas
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0517/2020

Real-time indoor air quality management by fibre-optic sensors
Susana Cristina Ribeiro Novais
INESC TEC - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência (INESC TEC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0551/2020

PHARM-SOLUTIONS: Pharmaceuticals in water resources under a global change scenario: challenges and solutions
Patrícia Alexandra Dias Brito Palma
Instituto Politécnico de Beja (IPBeja)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0608/2020

MICRObial bioCENOses in volcanic caves from pristine islands: potential for astrobiology, biotechnology and paleoenvironmental research
Ana Zélia Miller
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0632/2020

Portuguese Tagus Ecotoxicology of Metal Mixtures: an integrated approach from individual to fish communities and food safety.
João André Evaristo de Matos Gago
Instituto Politécnico de Santarém (IPSantarém)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0640/2020

A geostatistical framework integrating Open Data to model air pollution : From exposure assessment to burden of cardiovascular disease in Portugal
Manuel Luís Castro Ribeiro
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0661/2020

Impacts of deep-sea mining plumes on benthic ecosystem functioning
Teresa Paula Fernandes Amaro
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0682/2020

Innovative Fibres for Environmental Remediation
Virgínia Clara Teixeira Ferreira
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0705/2020

Smart-Ewaste: Eco-friendly recycling processes and a new life to obsolete cell phones.
Liliana Martelo
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0724/2020

Innovative technologies for monitoring and forecasting threatened salt marshes
Carina de Lurdes Bastos Lopes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0750/2020

Ecological Network for pollution and health assessment on the Marine Environment incorporating Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Filipe Rafael dos Santos Ceia
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0784/2020

From air to soil to flora – Origins, colonization patterns, and response to climate change of Cape Verde bryophytes
Maria Manuela Pinheiro Sim-Sim
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/0972/2020

Exploring the interaction of persistant pollutants and biofilms in portuguese freshwater bodies.
Maria Luisa Forte Marques Jordao
Associação para Investigação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Medicina (AIDFM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/1084/2020

InvASIAcrab - Integrated approach to assess the invasive potential and phenotypic plasticity to global changes in native and non-native crab species
Sara Calçada Novais
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/1086/2020

TIC-TAC - Testing effect-based tools to be integrated in aquatic coastal systems assessments
Tiago Filipe da Silva Simões
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/1228/2020

Bonsai - Unravelling the potential of BiOsynthesized Nanoparticles for their application in Sustainable AgrIcultural practices
Isabel Maria Cunha Antunes Lopes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/1405/2020

Platinum Transfer Reactivity and Effects in an Anthropogenically Impacted Coastal Environment
Melina Abdou
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/1425/2020

Co-responsibility for marine litter in Madeira island
SANDRA SOFIA FERREIRA DA SILVA CAEIRO
Universidade Aberta (Uab)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/1491/2020

Composition and Sources of Inhalable Urban Organic Air Particles and their Inflammatory and Oxidative Effects
REGINA MARIA BRANDÃO DE OLIVEIRA DUARTE
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/1524/2020

Potentially harmful contaminants in house dust and human exposure to hazardous agents in the home environment: a citizen-science approach.
Amélia Paula Marinho Reis
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/1653/2020

Antimicrobial photoinactivation and phototransformation of chemical contaminants in wastewaters: an effective approach with low environmental impact.
Maria Adelaide de Pinho Almeida
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/1713/2020

Circular economy applied to industrial wastewaters and landfill leachates
Annabel Dias Barrocas Fernandes
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/1720/2020

Socio-hydrogeological integrated approach in the mitigation of nitrate contamination and salinization in groundwater and surface water resources - Algarve Basin, Faro –Tavira sector
Paula Maria Mimo Carreira Paquete
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/1754/2020

New ecological relevant cell lines as ecotoxicological tools for hazard assessment of pollutants
Tânia Daniela Silva Vidal
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/1767/2020

Toxicological Mechanisms of Nanoplastics and associated chemicals: from gastro-intestinal inflammation to systemic effects
Marta Susana Silvestre Gouveia Martins
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/1815/2020

Life Cycle Assessment of aquaculture production using optimal diets: the case of Mediterranean productions
Belmira de Almeida Ferreira Neto
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/1830/2020

The status of peatlands in the Azores, from a paleoecological perspective
Martin Souto Souto
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/1842/2020

Sustainable Nanomaterials for Monitoring of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species at the Air-Water Interface in Marine Systems
Eliana Filipa Carrinho Simões
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/1945/2020

Piloting Innovative Results-based Indicators as an Incentive for farmers to provide environmental results in systems with high natural value
Mª Helena Guimarães
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/1955/2020

ECO-CORONA: Exploring the Corona fOrmation in COmplex matRices - nanOmaterials aNd microplAstics
Luís André Lima da Gama Mendes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2000/2020

Deciphering the neurobehavioral basis of the European eel freshwater migration under anthropogenic pressures as a path for conservation
Patrícia Alexandra Oliveira Pereira Kowalski
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2105/2020

Vulnerability of coastal aquatic ecosystems biodiversity to groundwater scarcity: today and tomorrow
ANA CATARINA FERREIRA DA SILVA
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2117/2020

Maximizing ecosystem services supply of coastal lagoons in times of climatic uncertainty
Sara Cristina Ferreira Marques Antunes
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2121/2020

NIAF technology: giving Nature an helping hand to fight marine biofouling with synthetic Nature-Inspired AntiFoulants
Marta Correia da Silva
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2123/2020

CONTROLVESPA - Development of strategies for the CONTROL of VESPA velutina invasion
José Paulo Filipe Afonso de Sousa
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2137/2020

DinoRisk: The possible adverse effects of dinoflagellate toxic compounds on marine ecosystems and human health: the Gymnodinium catenatum case study
Elsa Teresa Santos Rodrigues
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2289/2020

WaterOMICs, One-Water Metagenome: Insight of the urban water cycle
Ivone Vaz-Moreira
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2313/2020

Risk assessment of pesticide tank mixtures to non-target soil organisms
Tiago Natal da Luz
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2316/2020

AL-G-Films – Algae biofilms as pollution monitors and guardians of estuarine habitats
Ricardo Cruz de Carvalho
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2388/2020

COntribution of Biomass Burning to air pollution in Residential Areas
Margarita Guennadievna Evtyugina
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2425/2020

Understanding the chemical and physical properties of seawater turbidity on coral reef functioning and resilience.
Cleary Daniel
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2434/2020

Starfloat, a New Multifloat Spar Platform for Offshore Wind
André Miguel Duarte Pacheco
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2450/2020

Sustainable method for carbon dioxide removal from post-combustion streams: advanced synergistic membranes

Luís Manuel Cunha Silva
REQUIMTE - Rede de Química e Tecnologia - Associação (REQUIMTE-P)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2458/2020

STREAMcity - Mapping urban streams ecosystem services and biodiversity to promote their restoration and cities sustainability
Maria João Feio
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2480/2020

NEST - NaturE-based solutions to overcome Salinization due to climate change in low-lying Terrestrial ecosystems
Càtia Venâncio
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2518/2020

Shedding light on freshwater ecosystems under environmental change and pollution
João Luís Teixeira Pestana
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2536/2020

Sources, occurrence and impacts of microplastics in freshwater systems
Nelson Abrantes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2544/2020

Unraveling the biogeochemical cycling of mercury in estuarine environments using stable mercury isotopes as source tracers
Rute Isabel Talhadas Cesário
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2566/2020

Assessing and improving the Ecosystem Services in Solar fields
Alexandra Rodríguez Pereiras
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2596/2020

Pluvial and fluvial flood forcast and alert system for urban area
LUÍSA MARIA GOMES PEREIRA
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2633/2020

Airports impacts on air quality and hEAlth: towards an inteGrated poLicy-making
Hélder Alexandre Relvas Paulo
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2638/2020

An automated surveillance system for invasive alien species using social media networks
Ana Sofia Vaz
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2773/2020

RealPollen - Towards new-generation methods for airborne pollen monitoring
Helena Isabel Ribeiro
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2830/2020

Novel analytical strategies for toxicological assessment of indoor and urban environments
Bruno André Fernandes de Jesus da Silva Nunes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2911/2020

A citizen-based approach to Mitigate Air Pollution episodes
Vera Augusta Moreira Rodrigues
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2927/2020

Electro-biotechnologies for soil treatment as a tool to fight the spread of antibiotic resistance
Paula Alexandra Rodrigues e Araújo Guedes
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2969/2020

Plastic removal and valorization of marine resources through new product development
Joao Pinto da Costa
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/2989/2020

COCKTAIL - EffeCt based toOls by prediCting biomarKers responses to environmenTAl and chemIcaL stressors in estuarine food webs
Ana Marta dos Santos Mendes Gonçalves
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3059/2020

Air Pollution in Luanda: Source Apportionment and Health Implications
Célia dos Anjos Alves
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3065/2020

Freshwater Bivalves at the edge: Adaptation genomics under climate-change scenarios
Elsa Froufe
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3070/2020

SEASTAKE - Stakeholder-driven Strategic Environmental Assessment
Tomás Augusto Barros Ramos
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3093/2020

NanoPlaNET – Nanoplastics toxicity assessment: from gene to personality
Marcelino Miguel Guedes de Jesus Oliveira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3120/2020

Risks versus benefits of nanopesticides under a climate change scenario - environmental impacts to non-target soil species
Susana Isabel Lopes Gomes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3180/2020

Efficacy of hospital effluents treatments in the degradation of psychiatric drugs
Inês Domingues
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3241/2020

NoisENSE - Noise Effects on Invertebrate Species in Estuaries
Daniel de Jesus Andrade e Crespo
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3252/2020

Assessing exposure to aiR Pollution using different URban mobility Options
Maria Alexandra Castelo Sobral Monteiro
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3256/2020

PERTINENT: ExPect the unexpEcted in enviRonmental nanoToxIcology – uNcover the intEractions at the Nano-bio interface for safe use of nanomaTerials


Vera Lúcia de Almeida Maria
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3288/2020

Understanding benthos resilience to emergent contaminants sourced by WWTP effluents
Fernando José Mendes Gonçalves
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3385/2020

Rainwater reuse after removal of contaminants by sustainable technology
Patrícia Sofia Matos dos Santos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3414/2020

Bio-based alternatives to traditional insecticides: what impact to aquatic ecosystems?
Maria Benedicta Agostinho Donas Botto Bordalo e Sa
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3515/2020

Ecological networks in warming climates: trophic and non-trophic interactions of stream communities
Joana Maria Sofio Martelo Callapez Martins
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3584/2020

e-GOTOX – Impact of GlObal climate change on TOXicity of nanomaterials in soil organisms – a multigenerational approach
Bruno Guimarães
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3592/2020

Integrating Ecosystem-Based Management Into Maritime Spatial Planning
Helena Calado
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3593/2020

REACT – towaRds a morE reAlistic sCenario: ecoToxicological impact of nanoplastics co-exposed with other contaminants at environmentally relevant concentrations
Ângela Maria Almeida Barreto
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3702/2020

GlObal change and BioloGical Invasions: Potamopyrgus antipodarum as a case study.
Ana Luísa Felgueiras de Brito Machado
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3708/2020

Unraveling the fate and impacts of post-fire contamination on Water supply reservoirs: contributions to a mandatory sustainability
Isabel Maria Alves Natividade Campos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3740/2020

A new circular and sustainable approach to remove toxic metals and antiviral drugs from wastewaters
Olinda Coelho Monteiro
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3766/2020

Potential and impacts of atmospheric decarbonization by alkalinity enhancement in intertidal environments
Isabel Maria de Paiva Pinto Mendes
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3777/2020

Nanoplastics in freshwaters: Ecological consequences under environmentally relevant scenarios
Diana Marina Gomes de Campos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3865/2020

Edible insects: From a sustainable food production to a food safety concern
Diogo Nunes Cardoso
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3875/2020

Blue carbon assessment and restoration in Portugal for climate change mitigation
Carmen B de los Santos
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3902/2020

Understanding the impacts of climate change and climate on cyanotoxins occurrence in Portuguese freshwater ecossystems
Cristiana Moreira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3919/2020

Understanding anthropogenic impacts in groundwater-dependent ecosystems
Ana Sofia Pereira Serrenho Reboleira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3942/2020

Environmental sustainability of zwitterions, a class of chemicals with multiple applications
Maria de Fatima Tavares de Jesus
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3963/2020

How Fair is the Air?
Myriam Alexandra dos Santos Batalha Dias Nunes Lopes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/3970/2020

BEAUTY: Big gEnome wide Applications for an ecotoxicology soil model – a knowledge base to Unravel mechanisms (nanopesTY_cides)
Mónica João Barros Amorim
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4032/2020

Design of biodegradable nanostructures for safe pesticide delivery: An innovative solution for sustainable agriculture
Tatiana Andreani
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4037/2020

Pharmaceuticals impact on estuarine and coastal trophic webs: a climate change scenario case study
Liliana João Gatões da Silva
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4046/2020

Mixture Toxicity of Polyfluoroalkyl substances to environmental and human health
Fabianne de Araújo Ribeiro
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4069/2020

URBAN-AIR Integrated assessment of particulate matter, including black carbon, in urban environment: in-situ measurements, modelling, and remote sensing.
Oxana Tchepel
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4192/2020

NextGenSDM - mainstreaming satellite Earth observations for a new generation of models and dynamic predictions to advance biodiversity monitoring globally
João Francisco Fernandes Gonçalves
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4325/2020

Functional biota modEl foR susTainable agrIcuLtural practicEs
Nuno Gonçalo de Carvalho Ferreira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4350/2020

BlueC et al - Net flux of greenhouse gases between coastal wetlands and the atmosphere: new evidences for the Blue Carbon paradigm
Ana Isabel Lillebö Batista
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4460/2020

Analysis and impact of pollutants photo-released from plastics and microplastics surfaces by sunlight in marine environments.
José Paulo da Silva
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4478/2020

PLASTIC-AIR - Microplastics in the atmospheric environment: sources, distribution and deposition
Mário Miguel Azevedo Cerqueira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4484/2020

Cadmium decontamination by using nano-cage proteins and cellular nano-compartments
Celia Romao
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4528/2020

It’s about Time – Extending the time frame for fish conservation research
Pedro Segurado
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4616/2020

Selvagens Islands: an emerging ‘hotspot’ of benthic harmful algal blooms

Pedro Reis Costa
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4718/2020

Sex and season-specific spheroids from juvenile brown trout primary hepatocytes as novel 3D cell models for predicting impacts of estrogenic and warming disruptions in fish
Tânia Vieira Madureira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4726/2020

Environmental trace element exposure and predisposition to develop neurodegenerative diseases: A transdisciplinary overview
Marina Marques da Silva Cabral Pinto Morgado Dinis
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4744/2020

Mercury Biogeochemistry, Fate and Impact in Permafrost Thaw Ecosystems 
João Alfredo Vieira Canário
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4769/2020

Siderophore conjugates used as Trojan Horses to overcome toxic metals contamination and drug resistance
Diana Isabel Soares Pereira Resende
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4817/2020

Environmental risk assessment of pharmaceutical compounds present in the EU Watch List
João Eduardo Aleixo Rodrigues
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4840/2020

Innovative Natural-Based Formulations for the Control of Aedes Aegypti in Iberoamerican Regions - InnForm
Mara Elga Medeiros Braga
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4850/2020

Destrinçando as interações complexas que regulam a qualidade e transparência da água em ecossistemas lênticos
Bruno Castro
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4867/2020

EcoS - Ecological and social services as a basis for a multifunctional territory: agricultural sustainability, lived landscape and community resilience
Paula Cristina de Oliveira Castro
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4911/2020

Knockout strategies to inactivate free extracellular DNA (KO-f-eDNA): implications in bio-contamination control
Olga Cristina Pastor Nunes
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/4946/2020

Connecting Atlantic and Arctic Oceans to Decipher Climate Change Impact on Plankton Microbiome Functions.
Catarina Maria Pinto Mora Pinto de Magalhães
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5052/2020

An integrative approach on the impacts of fungicides in non-target fungi and fungi-mediated processes under complex scenarios: linking field and mesocosm data
Ana Patrícia Domingues Cuco
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5055/2020

Biomarker discovery for risk assessment in the deep sea
Nélia Cristina da Costa Mestre
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5079/2020

Spatial decoupling of food webs by structural habitat changes – impacts on ecosystem services
Frederico Manuel Vaz Pontes Vitorino Mestre
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5106/2020

Promoting healthy indoor environments: endocrine-disrupting chemicals - an approach to future to protect cognitive development of school children
Klara Slezakova
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5110/2020

Eco-friendly flow regulation approach for the benefit of native fish and related ecosystem services in Mediterranean regions
Carlos Manuel Alexandre
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5141/2020

Lost fishing nets as a new pollutant - Environmental impacts and harmfulness evaluation
Marisa Almeida
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5145/2020

Metallic nanoparticles in vegetable crops: a multi-omics approach in the evaluation of their potential beneficial and adverse effects
Edgar Pinto
Instituto Politécnico do Porto (IPP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5207/2020

The geographical basis of the European Green Deal: coordinating biodiversity conservation, climate mitigation and socioeconomic policies under changing climate
Diogo André Alagador
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5258/2020

Emerging contaminants in value-added products derived from sewage sludge: a potential risk to the environment?
Idalina Aurélia Gomes Bragança
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5354/2020

Metal impacts on deep-sea microbial communities and function
Miguel Albergaria Furtado Semedo
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5363/2020

Ecotoxicogenomic footprint of nanoplastics as vectors of hydrophobic organic pollutants
Marisa Sárria Pereira Passos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5494/2020

Selective sequestration of metals from aquatic ecosystems using immobilised ligands based on the sweetener saccharin
Maria de Lurdes dos Santos Cristiano
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5567/2020

Nature-Based Solutions to promote biodiversity and water quality in cities aquatic ecosystems
MARIA CRISTINA SOUSA COUTINHO DE CALHEIROS E MENEZES
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5641/2020

Systematic Development of an efficient Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture System Configuration
Tânia Ribeiro Pereira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5645/2020

Interactive effects of Artificial Coastal Structures and anthropogenic disturbances on benthic assemblages.
Marcos Rubal García
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5684/2020

ALGTERNATIVE- ALGae Towards Energy and Recycling Nutrients in wAsTewater and CO2-rich gases for Increasing ValuE
Alberto José Delgado dos Reis
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5828/2020

Monitoring ecosystem services from space
Pedro Cabral
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5842/2020

PlasticTarget: Impacts of nano and microplastics on environmental and human health: cellular targets and molecular mechanisms
Fernanda Maria Fraga Mimoso Gouveia e Cassio
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5871/2020

Removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewater by subsurface flow constructed wetlands

Carlos Manuel Magalhães Afonso
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto (FF/UP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5878/2020

Transgenerational epigenetic-inheritance upon exposure to emerging pollutants: methods and strategies to improve environmental hazard and risk assessment
Maria Teresa Garrett Silveirinha Sottomayor Neuparth
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5940/2020

Presence of pharmaceuticals in seafood species under climate change scenarios: bioaccessibility and toxicity on human consumers.
TAINÁ GARCIA DA FONSECA
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/5985/2020

Use of freshwater and marine microalgae, in a mechanistic-based approach, to assess the ecotoxicity of nanoplastics
Eduardo Jorge Valente Soares
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6008/2020

Quercus suber cork ash: recycling and valorization
Bruno Valentim
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6052/2020

BioPrOSPer - PRevention and Online control tools of Siloxanes to enhance the PERformance of BIOgas units in WWTPs
Nuno Miguel Ratola Neto
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6066/2020

Optimization of rainwater harvesting systems (RWH) in the supply of rural and urban farming infrastructures
Luís Filipe Sanches Fernandes
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6214/2020

greenkinesis: a toolbox to optimize the use of cities green infrastructure to promote soft mobility in an urbanized world under climate change
Pedro Pinho
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6340/2020

Targeted delivery of metallic nanoparticles in estuaries for multiple outcomes of microbial ecosystem services
ANA MAFALDA SARAIVA BAPTISTA
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6429/2020

Transformation of organic waste into multicolor carbon quantum dots and their use as fluorescent materials in white LEDs.
João Manuel Martins Leitão
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6447/2020

Unveiling the effects of wild ungulates on soil ecosystems functioning in a changing climate.
Rita Tinoco Torres
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6491/2020

Ocean Plastic Debris Mapping and Identification
Eduardo Alexandre Pereira da Silva
INESC TEC - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência (INESC TEC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6587/2020

Estudo de eventos evolutivos adaptativos associados ao aumento do potencial patogênico em Aspergillus spp colonizando solos poluídos
Gustavo Henrique Goldman
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6629/2020

Assessing the self-sufficiency of natural resources at local scale as a driver for sustainability transition: the case of water-energy-food nexus
Julia Seixas
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6684/2020

Habitat mapping and vulnerability assessment of Cabo Verde marine ecosystems
Maria Marina Pais Ribeiro da Cunha
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6686/2020

Enantioselective ecotoxicity and bioaccumulation of psychoactive substances
Cláudia Maria Rosa Ribeiro
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, CRL (CESPU)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6765/2020

Risk analyses of introduction and expansion global pathways of invasive vertebrates
Iolanda Raquel Silva Rocha
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6790/2020

STOP - SURVEY TO PREVENT: A NOVEL ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE SURVEILLANCE APPROACH
Célia Maria Manaia Rodrigues
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6870/2020

Engaging Citizens in Communication and Information Sharing for Prevention and Fighting Forest Fires
António Avelino Batista Vieira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6875/2020

Lithium: from Removal to Recovery by 3D-Printing Adsorbents
Paulo Alexandre Mira Mourão
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6939/2020

Decision-makers models for coastal water quality monitoring in the north-west coast of Portugal using remote sensing and environmental data
Joaquim Carlos Gomes Esteves da Silva
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/6966/2020

SURF_SMART – Toxic metals in aquatic systems: SURFace chemistry approach for SMART in-situ sampling and flow-flow-based monitoring
António Osmaro Santos Silva Rangel
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/7058/2020

Extensive grazing for biodiversity conservation in Mediterranean landscapes
Vânia Andreia Malheiro Proença
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/7105/2020

Understanding the impact of indoor air quality on sleep quality
Nuno Canha
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/7117/2020

SOUND Checking the sustainability of low carbon options regarding energy and mineral resources use, land conservation and sustainable water systems
Sofia Gago da Câmara Simões
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/7155/2020

Building bridges for effective water quality monitoring in coastal and transitional waters using Big Data sources.
Sónia Cláudia Vitorino Cristina
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/7211/2020

Temporal Identities of Lagoa de Albufeira. Transdisciplinar ecological framework for organic societies.
Mônica Mesquita
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/7291/2020

Caution with recycled materials indoors
Gabriela Ventura Alves da Silva
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/7298/2020

DEEPFEED Deep diving or feeding deep?
Pedro Afonso Agostinho dos Santos
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/7415/2020

Road traffic as a large source of microplastics in the environment
Vânia Martins
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/7481/2020

Solar and visible light active degradation of agro-industrial wastewaters using supported metal-doped carbon quantum dots based on mine wastes.
Vanessa Santos Guimarães
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/7664/2020

How climate change shapes the microbial activity in contaminated sediments: implication to environmental risk assessment strategies.
Maria Helena Costa
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/7684/2020

Biosensor, a tool to detect saline intrusion in groundwaters for a sustainable use, under a climate change scenario
João Carlos Marques
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/7782/2020

Bioaugmentation and conjugative plasmid transference using bacteria from extreme environments to enhance biodegradation of recalcitrant pollutants in WWTP granular sludge
Jorge Carlier
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/7832/2020

Trajetórias evolutivas e exposição a contaminantes ambientais: avaliação, modelação e conservação
Raquel Ruivo
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/7853/2020

River basins as microplastic contamination pathways to the marine environment and the biodegradation potential of biofilms
Kalina Alexandrova Samardjieva
COFAC, Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural, CRL (COFAC)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/7948/2020

Deep-sea mining and climate change: new modeling tools in support of Environmental risk management
Miguel Santos
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/CTA-AMB/7984/2020

Animal longevity genomics: disentangling genetically-environmental strategies in a world of change
Agostinho Antunes
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)