Leonel Pereira

Leonel Pereira's picture
Email: 
leonel@bot.uc.pt
Pole: 
MARE - UCoimbra
Role: 
Researcher
Qualifications: 
PhD
Research group: 
Coastal Systems and Ocean
Research lines: 
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Environmental Risk
Biotechnology and Resources Valorisation
ORCID ID: 
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6819-0619
Scopus Author ID: 
http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7201962433
Researcher ID: 
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/M-3527-2013
ResearchGate: 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leonel_Pereira
Google Scholar: 
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=YrGbzsEAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT&oi=ao
Personal page: 
http://macoi.ci.uc.pt/
http://www1.ci.uc.pt/imar/unit/people/cvs/cv/l_t_pereira.php

Activity summary

Professor at the University of Coimbra. The main scientific interests are: Phycology, Marine Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Taxonomy, Bioinformatics and Databases, Environmental Assessment, Nutrition and Thalassotherapy. Published 29 papers in scientific journals and proceedings of events, has 14 book chapters and 8 books published. Has 34 items of technical production. Received 3 awards and / or honor. In their professional activities interacted with 61 researchers in co-authorship.

Highlights

Edible Seaweeds of the World. Science Publishers. Science Publishers’ (SP), An Imprint of CRC Press / Taylor & Francis Group. 448 pp. ISBN 9781498730471 Therapeutic and Nutritional Uses of Algae. Science Publishers’ (SP), An Imprint of CRC Press / Taylor & Francis Group. 560 pp. ISBN 9781498755382 Algas Marinhas da Costa Portuguesa - Ecologia, Biodiversidade e Utilizações. ISBN: 978-989-20-5754-5. Prémio do Mar Rei D. Carlos, Nota de Rodapé Editores, 341 p. Identification of selected seaweed polysaccharides (phycocolloids) by vibrational spectroscopy (FTIR-ATR and FT-Raman). Food Hydrocolloids 23(7): 1903–1909, ISSN: 0268-005X. DOI:10.1016/j.foodhyd.2008.11.014 The revised NMR chemical shift data of carrageenans. Carbohydrate Research 339: 369-383. A Review of the Nutrient Composition of Selected Edible Seaweeds. In Pomin, V.H. (ed.) Seaweed: Ecology, Nutrient Composition and Medicinal Uses. Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York, p.15-47. ISBN: 978-1-61470-920-6 Marine Macroalgae Assessment Tool (MarMAT) for intertidal rocky shores. Quality assessment under the scope of the European Water Framework Directive. Ecological Indicators 19: 39-47. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.09.006 Use of FTIR, FT-Raman and 13C-NMR spectroscopy for identification of some seaweed phycocolloids. Biomolecular Engineering 20: 223-228