https://www.oceanexpert.org/expert/biotiago

ORCID : 0000-0002-1048-8009
ResearcherID : 0000-0002-1048-8009

Doctoral (PhD, ScD)

Research

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Fisheries, Aquaculture

Tiago Repolho is an assistant researcher at the Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente (MARE, Portugal) and an invited senior lecturer at the Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL, Portugal). He completed his BSc in Biology (2001), pursued an MSc in Biology and Marine Resources Management (2007), and a PhD in Marine Biology and Aquaculture. After completing a PhD in sea urchin aquaculture through FCT funding (2012), pursued an FCT-funded postdoctoral program (2014-2019), where he explored the potential of marine biota to adapt to a range of environmental drivers, including ocean warming, ocean acidification, and deoxygenation/hypoxia. Marine Sciences, specifically Marine Aquaculture and Climate Change, are areas of great interest to Tiago. Currently, he leads the Aqualabs group as its principal investigator (since 2022). Tiago endeavors to advance his career by bridging his aquaculture and global change biology expertise with his multidisciplinary knowledge in Biochemistry, Animal Physiology, and Seafood Safety. His scientific goal is to develop a sustainable aquaculture line of work to pioneer groundbreaking knowledge/technological advancements in this field and concomitantly contribute to future decision-making strategies focused on environmental sustainability and blue growth, in line with international initiatives (e.g. EU Blue Growth Strategy, the UN Agenda for Sustainable Development). Tiago has acted as PI (n=5), Co-PI (n=1), or team member (n=19) in 25 national/international R&D-funded projects. These projects have received funding from various sources (e.g. EU 5th FP, EU Maritime and Fisheries Fund, EU Regional Development Fund, FCT), which allowed him to secure > 1 M EUR (PI/Co-PI) and > 3.7 M EUR as a PhD team member. He has also been awarded grants and fellowships from prestigious organizations e.g. IOC-UNESCO, FCT, Company of Biologists, and others. These achievements prompt the establishment a robust international research network, furthering his work. He has published 49 international peer-reviewed papers, some in top-ranked journals (H-index: 27; Citations: 1752; Q1: 51%; Q2: 33%; Q3: 12%; Q4: 4%). His work has been recognized by renowned institutions e.g. the EU Commission and has gained media attention from sources like Discovery News. He has also presented 61 oral and 53 poster communications at national and international meetings. At his host institutions (MARE and FCUL), Tiago is a scientific committee member (MARE, since 2015), elected member of the Animal Welfare Committee (FCUL, since 2021), scientific officer for SCUBA diving activities (since 2015) and animal welfare (since 2021) at Laboratório Marítimo da Guia (Portugal). Currently, Tiago supervises 1 PhD and 3 MSc students (supervised 2 Postdocs, 5 MSc students, 7 MSc research scholars, 3 Erasmus+ interns, since 2016), performs advanced course training to PhD students (PhD programs: Biology and Marine Sciences, FCUL, since 2016), and experimental tutoring to MSc and PhD students (since 2012). Besides being an invited senior lecturer (BSc in Biology, MSc in Mar. Ecology, FCUL, since 2015), he also lectures at various educational levels (BSc, MSc) within other academic institutions (since 2004). Internationally, he is a member of the FMS editorial board, the Society for Open, Reliable, Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (SORTEE), and the GOA-ON Network. He has acted as evaluator and rapporteur to prestigious national (Portuguese Innovation Agency, since 2019) and international funding agencies (e.g. EU Research Executive Agency; US National Science Foundation; and the Dutch Research Council, since 2016), besides reviewing for international publishers (since 2011). His commitment is also science outreach-oriented (over 55 national and international activities since 2012). As an objective-driven professional, he is always looking to pursue new professional challenges and opportunities with academia and private partners.

North Atlantic Ocean

Aquaculture
Climate Change
Marine Aquaponics
Physiology
Biochemistry

English
Portuguese

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