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OceanExpert ID : 30405

Dr. Laura GUIMARÃES

Principal Scientist

Ecosystem Monitoring and Sustainability (EcoSignal, Group Leader), UNESCO Chair Ocean Expert (Chair Holder), Member of the OTGA RTC-Portugal (Regional Training Centre)

Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto

Work Location

Avenida General Norton de Matos s/n
Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões
4450-208 Matosinhos
Portugal

Nationality

Portugal

Email(s)

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Telephone

+351 960092707

Profile URL

https://www.oceanexpert.org/expert/30405

Persistent Digital Identifiers (UIDs)

ORCID : orcid.org/0000-0003-3360-3783

Highest Degree

PhD

Job Type

Research

Subject Area

Pollution

Activities

My expertise and research interests are in integrated chemical and biological monitoring of marine and estuarine systems, methods of diagnosis of environmental quality and health, investigation of metabolism and modes-of-action of environmental contaminants, application of biomarkers to assess animal health, effects-based evaluations for reuse of reclaimed water and cleaning of oil spills, ocean literacy. I have long teaching experience in graduation and post-graduation programmes, and professional development courses for school teachers.

Sea regions of study

North Atlantic Ocean

Skills

Environmental toxicology
Integrated ecosystems monitoring
Ocean literacy
Statistics

Working language(s)

English
French
Portuguese

Citation(s)

Google Scholar

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