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Teresa Cerqueira
Teresa is currently working with us with the position of Senior Scientist in the team.
Autobiography
I am an early-career researcher at the Okeanos Institute, University of the Azores. I began my scientific studies at the University of Porto with a degree in Biochemistry (2006). In 2010, I moved to the Azores and initiated my career in Marine Sciences, with the study of the biology and ecology of hydrothermal mussels and cold-water corals. In 2018 I completed my PhD in Marine Biology at the University of the Azores. The PhD work focused on the microbial ecology and chemosynthetic processes associated with deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields of the Azores region. Such studies provided me with a good background in marine (meta)genomics and with skills to develop investigations on ecological processes, especially related to deep-sea ecosystems.
Research interest
My research activities are centered in the knowledge of biological and ecological processes that occur in the deep sea. I am currently leading a FCT project in the field of marine metagenomics, that studies the role played by coral-associated microbes in mediating cold-water corals response to environmental induced stresses (e.g. ocean acidification and deep-sea mining), in aquaria. One of my current research interests is extending the use of new molecular-based tools as a mean to generate genetic data aiming to improve biodiversity and species delimitation studies in deep-sea ecosystems.
Peer-reviewed (publication DOIs only)
DOIs from your cruises & projects
From your cruises & projects
Projects
DEEP
On-going ProjectDEEP: Deep-sea Ecosystem Evaluation for Policy solutions
Funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.
2025.00366.AZO
BioProtect
On-going ProjectAdvancing area-based management tools to accelerate the protection and restoration of marine biodive...
Funded by European Union’s Horizon Europe
101157341
REDRESS
On-going ProjectRestoration of deep-sea habitats to rebuild European Seas
Funded by European Union’s Horizon Europe
101135492
MapGES2
On-going ProjectCharacterization of deep-sea habitats, for its mapping up to the outer limit of the Azores sub-area...
Funded by Regional Government of the Azores, EU, ACORES-14-62G4-FEDER-000001, PO Açores 2020, REACT-EU, ERDF
18/DRPM/2022, ACORES-14-62G4-FEDER-000001
Coral HotSpot
On-going ProjectThe Azores: a coral biodiversity hotspot and a coldspot of genomic information
Funded by FAM Foundation (Fundação Ana Mendonça)
FAM/GRANTS-2024_2025/05
CORHOLOA
ProjectThe role of the microbiome in sustaining deep-sea coral holobiont’s health and resilience in a chang...
Funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.
EXPL/CTA-AMB/1294/2021
HERMIONE
ProjectHotspot Ecosystem Research and Man’s Impact on European Seas
Funded by
Cruises
iMAR 2022
iMAR: Integrated assessment of the distribution of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem along the Mid-Atlanti...
7 scientific crew · 8 on board
OceanX 2023
Exploration and mapping of deep-sea biodiversity in the Azores on board the RV OceanXplorer
0 scientific crew · 8 on board · 1 collaborators
Location
Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas — Universidade dos Açores
Rua Prof. Doutor Frederico Machado, No. 4
9901-862 Horta, Portugal
Contact
Email: azoresdeepsea@gmail.com
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