Catarina Mendes
Catarina Mendes, MSc
Research fellow
Name: Catarina Batista Martins Mendes
ITQB NOVA – Genetics and Genomics of Plant Complex Traits (PlantX)
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Apartado 127, 2781-901 Oeiras – PORTUGAL
Tel: (351) 214 469 632 Fax: (351) 214 411 277
Keywords
Abiotic stress (Salt stress, Drought stress), Plant physiology, Photochemistry, Osmorregulation, Lablab purpureus, Zea mays
Academic qualifications
October 2023 - Present - Master degree in Science Communication, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier and Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
2020 - Master degree in Biology of Plant Resources, Faculty of Sciences and Instituto Superior de Agronomia, University of Lisbon, Portugal
2017 - Bachelor degree in Biology, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal
Professional experience
December 2023 - present: Research fellow (BI fellow) in the project “DIVINFOOD- Co-constructing interactive short and mid-tier food chains to value agrobiodiversity in healthy plant-based food”, Genetics and Genomics of Plant Complex Traits (PlantX) Laboratory, ITQB NOVA, Oeiras. Supervisor: Dr. Carlota Vaz Patto
September 2017 – December 2020: Master student. Thesis "Avaliação do fitness fisiológico da Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet cultivada em condições salinas”, colaboration between LEAF, MARE and BioISI Laboratory, Instituto Superior de Agronomia and Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon. Supervisors: Dr. Patrícia Vidigal and Dr. Bernardo Duarte.
