Researchers & Students
| Stephanie Lopes Morais (PhD student) |
| Honey authentication: Development of innovative electrochemical (Bio)sensor to detect plants honey origin, fraud, safety and quality |
| Sustainable Chemistry student @ REQUIMTE |
| ongoing |
| (FCT grant: 2023.02829.BD) |
| Juliana Grigório Ramalho de Carvalho (MSc student) |
| Microplastics and Plastic- Related Chemicals: Emerging Contaminants in Food |
| Health Biochemistry student @ Escola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal |
| October 2023 - September 2024 |
| Joana Sofia de Sousa Correia (High school student) |
| Aplicação de métodos de biologia molecular para o estudo do mel |
| Chemical & Biological Analysis student @ Colégio de Gaia, Portugal |
| July 2023 - June 2024 |
| Wout Wille (BSc student) |
| Phenolic composition and antioxidant activity of Portuguese honeys from the "Parque Natural de Montesinho" |
| Chemistry student @ Odisee University of Applied Sciences, Belgium |
| February - June 2024 |
| Athanasia Giannaka (BSc student) |
| DNA based methods for Honey origin study |
| Chemistry student @ Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece |
| October 2023 - January 2024 |
| Mariana Alves Lamas (MSc student) |
| Valorization of autochthonous products from Natural Park of Montesinho for application in cosmetic industry (thesis) |
| Quality Control student @ Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal |
| December 2022 - November 2023 |
| Diana Isabel Ferreira Soares (MSc student) |
| Honey from the Natural Park of Montesinho: characterization and evaluation of contamination in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| Chemical Engineering student @ Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal |
| October 2022 - October 2023 |
| Inês Barbosa de Sousa Martins (MSc student) |
| Electrochemical sensor for the determination of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in honey |
| Chemical Engineering student @ Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal |
| October 2022 - October 2023 |
| Ariana Inês Nogueira Pereira (BSc student) |
| Monitorização da qualidade do ar no Parque Natural de Montesinho |
| Environmental Sciences and Technology student @ Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal |
| March - July 2023 |
| Beatriz Cartageno Batoca (High scool student) |
| Metodologias usadas na avaliação da qualidade do mel |
| Chemical & Biological Analysis student @ Colégio de Gaia, Portugal |
| June 2022 - July 2023 |
| Alicia Pereira Mota (BSc student) |
| Microplastics and associated chemicals in the environment |
| Chemistry student @ Université Paris-Saclay - Institut Universitaire de Technologie d'Orsay, France |
| April - June 2023 |
| Mariana Alves Lamas (MSc student) |
| Contaminant cocktails of high concern in honey: challenges, analytical methods and levels (seminar) |
| Quality Control student @ Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal |
| January, 2023 |
| Mónica Moreira de Sá Martins Oliveira (MSc student) |
| Multiple contaminants in honey: a challenge for analytical chemistry and human health |
| Health Biochemistry student @ Escola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal |
| September 2021 - December 2022 |
| Inês Martins Casal (MSc student) |
| Impacto do meio ambiente na composição do mel: um caso de estudo no Parque Natural de Montesinho |
| Chemical Engineering student @ Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal |
| October 2021 - November 2022 |
| Ariane Noronha de Carvalho Pereira (MSc student) |
| Microplásticos, aditivos e outros contaminantes em ambientes terrestres: um desafio emergente |
| Chemical Engineering student @ Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal |
| October 2021 - November 2022 |
| Leandro Magalhães (FCT grant - “Verão com Ciência 2022”) |
| Honey from Natural Park of Montesinho valorisation: DNA based methods for plant identification in honey |
| September 2022 |
| Juliana Grigório Ramalho de Carvalho (MSc student) |
| Microplastics and Plastic- Related Chemicals: Emerging Contaminants in Food (pre-project) |
| Health Biochemistry student @ Escola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal |
| September 2022 |
| Sithara Dhinethi Weeratunga (BSc student) |
| Presence of microplastics in Portuguese agricultural soils |
| Environmental Engineering student @ Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic |
| July - September 2022 |
| Rodrigo Souza Banegas (Postdoc researcher) |
| Desenvolvimento de um sensor para deteção de hidroximetilfufural (HMF), um indicador da qualidade e segurança do mel |
| Professor @ Instituto Federal Catarinense, Brazil |
| September 2021 - August 2022 |
| Justina Mikučiūnaitė (BSc student) |
| Botanical origin of honey from Natural Park of Montesinho: DNA extraction methods performance |
| Applied chemistry student @ Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania |
| June - July 2022 |
| Rui Sérgio Ribeiro Barbosa (BSc student) |
| DNA methods to identify plant species in Montesinho Natural Park honey |
| Medicinal Biotechnology student @ Escola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal |
| March - July 2022 |
| Ana Sofia da Silva Salema (High scool student) |
| Aplicação de métodos analíticos para a avaliação da qualidade de mel produzido no Parque Natural de Montesinho |
| Chemical & Biological Analysis student @ Colégio de Gaia, Portugal |
| July 2021 - July 2022 |
| Diogo Simões da Costa Dias (High scool student) |
| Caracterização de amostras de mel do Parque Natural de Montesinho |
| Chemical & Biological Analysis student @ Colégio de Gaia, Portugal |
| July 2021 - July 2022 |
| Freddy Mbene (DUT student) |
| Plastics in the environment: Analytical methods and challenges |
| Chemistry student @ Université Paris-Saclay - Institut Universitaire de Technologie d'Orsay, France |
| May - June 2022 |
| Mélina Bornet (BSc student) |
| Evaluation of NPM honey’s quality and its potential as a bioindicator for environmental quality |
| Ingénieur Génie de l’Environnement student @ UniLaSalle Rennes, France |
| November 2021 - January 2022 |
| Mariana Alves Lamas (FCT grant - “Verão com Ciência 2021”) |
| New reasons to care honey from the Natural Park of Montesinho: A bioindicator of environmental quality & its therapeutic potential |
| September 2021 |
| Joren Omblets (BSc student) |
| Honey from the Natural Park of Montesinho: screening of bioactive compounds and potential contaminants |
| Chemistry student @ Odisee University of Applied Sciences, Belgium |
| March - June 2021 |