Ricardo Melo

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Email: 
ramelo@ciencias.ulisboa.pt
URI: 
MARE - ULisboa
Role: 
Researcher
Qualifications: 
PhD
Research domain: 
Coastal Systems and Ocean
Research lines: 
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Biotechnology and Resources Valorisation
ORCID ID: 
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6995-2630
Scopus Author ID: 
http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7007027493
Researcher ID: 
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-1391-2012
ResearchGate: 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ricardo-Melo-2
Google Scholar: 
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZNCrw7UAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Personal page: 
https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/perfil/ramelo

Activity summary

Researcher in biology and ecology of seaweeds; management, cultivation of commercial species, novel biotechnological applications. Coordinator/ researcher in national and international R&D&I projects. Marine and estuarine flora expert, monitoring and ecological quality assessment for EU Water Framework and Marine Strategy Directives. Extensive teaching experience in phycology and algal biotechnology at various levels of advanced studies. Specialist member of the Portuguese Committee for IOC.

Highlights

Roadmap to sustainably develop the European seaweed industry Vanadium haloperoxidases from brown algae of the Laminariaceae family Global shortage of technical agars: back to basics (resource management) Non-indigenous species in Portuguese coastal areas, coastal lagoons, estuaries and islands Gelidium commercial exploitation: natural resources and cultivation Biological validation of physical coastal waters classification along the NE Atlantic region based on rocky macroalgae distribution Undaria pinnatifida (wakame) bioactivity: antioxidant, gastro-intestinal motility, cholesterol biosynthesis and liver cell lines proteome Long-term abundance patterns of macroalgae in relation to environmental variables in the Tagus estuary (Portugal)