Curriculum vitae

Name João António de Almeida Serôdio

Place and date of birth Porto, Portugal, 3 January 1967

Nationality Portuguese

Education

1999 – Ph.D in Biology (Ecology and Biosystematics), University of Lisbon

1993 – M.Sc. in Probability and Statistics, University of Lisbon

1989 – Degree in Biology, University of Lisbon


Research and professional experience

2002-present – Assistant Professor, University of Aveiro, Department of Biology

2000-2002 – Invited Assistant Professor, University of Aveiro, Department of Biology

1999-2000 – Post-Doctoral grant (FCT, Program PraxisXXI), Institute of Oceanography, University of Lisbon

1997-1998 – Research grant, project "NICE - Nitrogen Cycling in Estuaries" (MASTIII nº MAS3-CT96-004), Institute of Oceanography, University of Lisbon

1996-1997 – Ph.D grant (JNICT, Program Praxis XXI), Institute of Oceanography, University of Lisbon

1993-1996 – Ph.D grant (JNICT, Program PFMRH), Institute of Oceanography, University of Lisbon

1993 – Short-term grant, Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille (Marselha, França), French Embassy in Portugal.

1991-1992 – M.Sc. grant (JNICT, Program CIENCIA), University of Lisbon, Department of Statistics and Operational Research

Awards

IMAR - Institute of Marine Research– Luiz Saldanha Award (2001)

Reviewer for international journals

Aquatic Botany

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Archiv für Hydrobiologie
Biochemistry
Bioresource Technology

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

European Journal of Phycology

Hydrobiologia

Journal of Applied Phycology
Journal of Coastal Conservation

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Journal of Phycology

Limnology and Oceanography

Marine Biology

Marine Ecology Progress Series
Marine Environmental Research
Marine and Freshwater Research

Teaching

Marine Primary Productivity (MSc in Marine Biology)

Plant Physiology (Degree in Biology)

Biostatistics (Degree in Biology)
Biological Oceanography (MSc in Coastal Zone Sciences)

Plant Biodiversity (Degree in Biology)

Ecology (Degree in Biology)

Estuarine and Marine Ecology (Degree in Biology)

Supervision of postgraduate students

Postdocs

Martin Laviale, The behavioural photoprotection hypothesis: photobehaviour, photoacclimation and
photoinhibition susceptibility, 2011-2014, FCT grant BPD/CESAMPTDC/MAR/112473/2009

Jörg Frommlet, Sexual reproduction of zooxanthellae: an overlooked aspect of coral bleaching?, 2011-2014, FCT grant BPD/CESAM/PTDC/MAR/113962/2009
Sónia Cruz, Photobiology of photosynthetic symbioses: the photoprotective role of animal host photobehaviour and algal symbiont photophysiology against oxidative stress, 2011-2014, FCT grant BPD/74531/2010
Paulo Cartaxana, Photoprotection and photoinhibition of photosynthesis in estuarine diatoms, 2008-2009, FCT grant BPD/26637/2005

PhD students

Gisela Dionísio, Sun powered animals in changing oceans - effects of global climate change on the physiology and photobiology of marine photosynthetic symbioses, 2011-2014, FCT grant BD/73205/2010
Miguel Leal, Trophic plasticity in coral nutrition - its relevance for marine biotechnology and coral reef conservation, 2010-2013, FCT grant BD/63783/2009; co-supervisor: Ricardo Calado

Rui Rocha, Clonal production of coral nubbins – the sustainable approach to use endangered species in marine biotechnology research, 2009-2013, FCT grant SFRH/BD/46675/2008; co-supervisors: Ricardo Calado, Newton Gomes

João Ezequiel, Photoprotection, oxidative stress and photoinhibition in the estuarine microphytobenthos, 2008-2012, FCT grant SFRH/BD/44860/2008

MSc students

Cláudio Brandão, Life cycle of Symbiodinium
Ana Cadima, Estuaries as carbon sinks: the role of carbon sequestration in intertidal sediments

Organization of international scientific meetings

EMBS 38 – European Marine Biology Symposium, 38th edition, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Academic committees (Ph.D)

2010 - Helena Coelho, Ph.D degree, University of Aveiro

2009 - Carla Gameiro, Ph.D degree, University of Lisbon

2006 - Bruno Jesus, Ph.D degree, University of Lisbon

2004 - João Silva, Ph.D degree, University of Algarve