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FROM NATURE TO PRODUCTS, TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY.

Paula Baptista

Group: Socio-Ecological Systems
Phone: 273303332
E-mail: pbaptista@ipb.pt
ORCID: 0000-0001-6331-3731
Scopus Author ID: 14051688000

Career

  • Since 2022: Coordinator Professor at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (ESA-IPB), Portugal
  • 2010 - 2022: Adjunct Professor at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (ESA-IPB), Portugal
  • 2002 - 2010: Assistant Professor (2nd triennium) at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (ESA-IPB), Portugal
  • 1999 - 2002: Assistant Professor (1st triennium) at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (ESA-IPB), Portugal
  • 1998 - 1999: Assistant Professor (1st triennium) at the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco (IPCB), Portugal
  • 1996 - 1998: Equivalent to Assistant Professor at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal

Roles

  • Since 2020: Topic Coordinator of Sustainable Agriculture and Innovative Agro-food Chains at the Mountain Research Center of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (CIMO-IPB), Portugal
  • 2009 - 2017: Coordination of the Erasmus+ program of the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (ESA-IPB), Portugal
  • 2009 - 2015: Directorship of the Degree in Biotechnological Engineering / Biology and Biotechnology at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (ESA-IPB), Portugal

Qualifications

  • 2007 - PhD. in Science (Biology), University of Minho (UM), Portugal
  • 2000 - MSc. in Quality Control, University of Porto (UP), Portugal
  • 1996 - Graduation in Agriculture Engineering, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal

Awards and Honors

  • 2014 - Prize "Fundação Ilídio Pinho - Ciência na Escola”, 11st Edition
  • 2014 - Best Poster Award presented at the 3rd Simposium National Fruit Programme
  • 2012 - Prize "British Mycological Society to the best panel" in British Mycological Society Annual Scientific Meeting - Fungal Interactions
  • 2011 - Prize “José Passos de Carvalho” awarded by 9th National Meeting of Integrated Protection
  • 1998 - Prize "Eng.º António de Almeida 1997/1998", awarded by Fundação Eng.º António de Almeida
  • 1997 - National Engineering Award, awarded by the Order of Engineers

Interests

  • Crop protection / sustainable agriculture
  • Plant-microbe interactions with emphasis on endophytes
  • Metagenomic analysis of microbial community structure
  • Biological control of pests and diseases
  • Tri-trophic interaction

Projects:

BactoCast - Ecologia bacteriana para a produção de castanheiros
Funding body: Promove LA CAIXA
Reference: PD24-00063
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2025-01-01
End: 2028-12-31
MiOlive3 - Desenvolvimento de variedades de oliveira micropropagadas, micorrizadas e microenxertadas
Funding body: Compete 2030
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2024-10-01
End: 2027-09-30
LIFE SILFORE - Towards the conservation and management of resilient agroforestry system through silvopastoralism
Funding body: LIFE
Reference: LIFE21-CCA-ES-LIFE SILFORE
Principal Investigator:Marina Maria Pedrosa Meca Ferreira de Castro
Start: 2022-09-01
End: 2027-08-31
CyChest - Gestão integrada do ciclo do castanheiro no Parque Natural de Montesinho
Funding body: Promove LA CAIXA
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Maria Filomena Filipe Barreiro
Start: 2023-10-01
End: 2026-09-30
OliveCoFree - Estratégias inovadoras para reduzir o Cobre na proteção da oliveira contra doenças
Funding body: Promove LA CAIXA
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2023-10-01
End: 2026-09-30
OLIVE4FUTURE - Centenarian olive trees as a source of resilience in the face of climate change
Funding body: FCT - PTDC - Projectos em todos os domínios científicos
Reference: 2022.07247.PTDC
Principal Investigator:Nuno Miguel de Sousa Rodrigues
Start: 2023-03-01
End: 2026-02-28
Sustainolive - Azeite Biológico: implementação de estratégias inovadoras para a produção, valorização e consumo sustentáveis
Funding body: PRR 2020 - Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência
Reference: PRR-C05-i03-I-000187
Principal Investigator:Nuno Miguel de Sousa Rodrigues
Start: 2023-01-01
End: 2025-12-30
Bio4Med - Implementação de estratégias inovadoras para incremento da sustentabilidade em culturas perenes mediterrânicas
Funding body: PRR 2020 - Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência
Reference: PRR-C05-i03-I-000161
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2022-02-01
End: 2025-03-01
InOlive - Sistema de Monitorização Inteligente para Prevenção de Pragas no Olivak
Funding body: NORTE 2020 - Programa Operacional Regional do Norte
Reference: NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-072249
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2021-09-01
End: 2023-06-30
MIRRI-PT-Pólo Norte - Consórcio do norte da infraestrutura portuguesa de investigação em recursos microbianos
Funding body: NORTE 2020 - Programa Operacional Regional do Norte
Reference: NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-084445
Principal Investigator:José Alberto Cardoso Pereira
Start: 2021-03-01
End: 2023-06-30
OLIVECOA - Centenarian olive trees of Côa Valley region: rediscovering the past to valorise the future
Funding body: FCT - COA
Reference: COA/BRB/0035/2019
Principal Investigator:Nuno Miguel de Sousa Rodrigues
Start: 2020-07-01
End: 2023-06-30
Man4Health - New management strategies in olive groves for improving soil health and crop yield
Funding body: NORTE 2020 - Programa Operacional Regional do Norte
Reference: NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000060
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2021-03-01
End: 2023-06-28
BIOma - Soluções integradas de BIOeconomia para a Mobilização cadeia Agroalimentar
Funding body: PORTUGAL 2020 - COMPETE 2020 - Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização
Reference: POCI-1-0247-FEDER-046112
Principal Investigator:Lillian Bouçada de Barros
Start: 2020-07-01
End: 2023-06-03
INTOMED - Innovative tools to combat crop pests in the Mediterranean
Funding body: PRIMA
Reference: PRIMA/0002/2018
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2019-06-01
End: 2023-05-31
PRE-HLB - Preventing HLB epidemics for ensuring citrus survival in Europe
Funding body: HORIZON 2020
Reference: 917526
Principal Investigator:José Alberto Cardoso Pereira
Start: 2019-05-01
End: 2023-04-30
- Caraterização e valorização dos azeites do Douro
Funding body:
Provision of Services
Principal Investigator:Nuno Miguel de Sousa Rodrigues
Start: 2020-01-01
End: 2022-12-31
- Concurso de Azeites de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Funding body:
Provision of Services
Principal Investigator:Nuno Miguel de Sousa Rodrigues
Start: 2020-01-01
End: 2022-12-31
BioPest - Integrated strategies to fight against key pests in nut species
Funding body: PDR 2020 - Programa de desenvolvimento Rural 2014-2020 - 1.0.1 - Grupos operacionais
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Albino António Bento
Start: 2017-04-01
End: 2022-12-31
MicOLives - Exploiting plant induced resistance by beneficial fungi as a new sustainable approach to olive crop protection
Funding body: PORTUGAL 2020 - COMPETE 2020 - Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização
Reference: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031133
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2018-07-23
End: 2022-05-22
SuberControl - Influence of endosphere microbiome to control diseases in cork oak (Quercus suber L.)
Funding body: FCT - SAICT
Reference: PTDC/ASP-SIL/28635/2017
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2018-07-25
End: 2022-04-24
XF-ACTORS - Xylella Fastidiosa Active Containment Through a multidisciplinary-Oriented Research Strategy
Funding body: HORIZON 2020
Reference: PC0044
Principal Investigator:José Alberto Cardoso Pereira
Start: 2016-11-01
End: 2021-04-30
- Estudo multifuncional do Fluido Xilémico de cultivares portuguesas de oliveira e a sua relação com a s suscetibilidade à infeção por xylelle fastidiosa
Funding body: FCT - PTDC - Projectos em todos os domínios científicos
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2016-06-01
End: 2019-12-31
- Using three-way interactions between plants, microbes and arthropods to enhance crop protection and production
Funding body: COST - European Cooperation in Science & Technology
Reference: FA COST Action FA1405
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2015-01-01
End: 2019-12-31
- Endophytes in Biotechnology and Agriculture
Funding body: COST - European Cooperation in Science & Technology
Reference: FPS COST Action FA1103
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2014-01-01
End: 2018-12-31
OliveOld - Identificação e caracterização de oliveiras centenárias para a obtenção de produtos diferenciados
Funding body: PRODER - Medida 4.1
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2014-04-01
End: 2017-12-15
- Vine protection against pests and diseases in organic production method for obtaining organic wine
Funding body: PRODER - Medida 4.1
Reference:
Principal Investigator:José Alberto Cardoso Pereira
Start: 2014-01-01
End: 2016-12-31
RED/AGROTEC - Transboundary network Spain/Portugal of experimentation and transfer for the development of the agricultural and agro-food sectors
Funding body: POCTEP 2014-2020 - Programa de Cooperação Transfronteiriça Portugal – Espanha
Principal Investigator:Albino António Bento
Start: 2014-01-01
End: 2015-10-31
EndoBio - Isolation and selection of endophytic fungi from olive tree for the biological control of Colletotrichum acutatum and Verticillium dahliae
Funding body: FCT - PTDC - Projectos em todos os domínios científicos
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2013-07-01
End: 2015-06-30
HiCC - Biological Control by Hypovirulence Against Chestnut Blight in Portugal
Funding body: FCT - PTDC - Projectos em todos os domínios científicos
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Maria Eugénia Madureira Gouveia
Start: 2013-05-01
End: 2015-04-30
- Biological control of Chestnut Blight for maintenance of Castanea ecosystem
Funding body: PRODER - Medida 4.1
Principal Investigator:Maria Eugénia Madureira Gouveia
Start: 2012-05-01
End: 2015-04-05
COI - Sensorial evaluation and volatile fraction of olive oils from the Douro Valley region (North of Portugal)
Funding body: International Olive Council
Principal Investigator:José Alberto Cardoso Pereira
Start: 2014-09-01
End: 2015-03-31
PROTECTOLIVE - Olive crop protection in sustainable production under global climatic changes: linking ecological infrastructures to ecosystem functions
Funding body: FCT - PTDC - Projectos em todos os domínios científicos
Reference: EXCL/AGR - PRO/0591/2012
Principal Investigator:José Alberto Cardoso Pereira
Start: 2013-04-01
End: 2015-03-30
AGRINNDIF - Mejora de la competitividad del sector agrario de Castilla y León y Norte de Portugal através de la innovación y el desarrollo de productos diferenciados de alto valor
Funding body: POCTEP 2007-2013 - Programa de Cooperação Transfronteiriça Portugal – Espanha
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Albino António Bento
Start: 2011-01-01
End: 2014-06-30
- Efeitos do fungo Hypholoma fasciculare na Sustentabilidade de Soutos de Castanea sativa
Funding body: FCT - PTDC - Projectos em todos os domínios científicos
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2010-04-01
End: 2013-09-30
- Borra de Café: Programa de reconversão hortícola e implantações na qualidade e segurança dos vegetais produzidos
Funding body: FCT - PTDC - Projectos em todos os domínios científicos
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 2010-04-15
End: 2013-09-30
- Patterns and processes (neutral and adaptive) variation in hybrid zone of honey bee (Apis mellifera iberiensis) of Iberian peninsula: a population genetics approach integrating population genomics and landscape genetics
Funding body: FCT - PTDC - Projectos em todos os domínios científicos
Reference: PTCD/BIA-BEC/099640/2008
Principal Investigator:Maria Alice Pinto
Start: 2010-03-22
End: 2013-09-30
- Entomopathogenic fungi associated to olive pests: isolation, characterization and selection for biological control
Funding body: FCT - PTDC - Projectos em todos os domínios científicos
Reference:
Principal Investigator:José Alberto Cardoso Pereira
Start: 2010-04-01
End: 2013-03-31
- Padrões geográficos de diversidade genética da abelha melífera em Portugal (continente e Ilhas): a história contada pelo ADN mitocondrial
Funding body: PAN - Programa Apícola Nacional 2008-2010
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Maria Alice Pinto
Start: 2009-09-01
End: 2010-08-30
- Phytochemical and antioxidant characterization of Brassica oleraceae var. costata (tronchuda cabbage) in vivo and in vitro cultures
Funding body: POCI-FEDER
Reference: POCI/AGR/57399/2004
Principal Investigator:José Alberto Cardoso Pereira
Start: 2005-01-01
End: 2008-12-31
- Bioactive properties of wild edible mushroomes
Funding body: FCT - POCI
Principal Investigator:Isabel Cristina Fernandes Rodrigues Ferreira
Start: 2005-10-01
End: 2008-09-30
PIREFI - Estudios sobre protección integrada y recursos fitogenéticos en cultivos tradicionales de las regiones de Tras os Montes y Castilla y León
Funding body: INTERREG III A – Cooperação Transfronteiriça Portugal -Espanha
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Albino António Bento
Start: 2006-01-01
End: 2008-01-01
- Protection against olive tree pests on the consumer defense perspective
Funding body: AGRO - Programa Operacional Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural
Reference:
Principal Investigator:José Alberto Cardoso Pereira
Start: 2003-12-20
End: 2007-12-31
- Phytochemical and antioxidant characterization of Brassica oleraceae var. costata (tronchuda cabbage) in vivo and in vitro cultures
Funding body: Programa POCI 2010 – Medida V. 4 – Acção V.4.1
Principal Investigator:José Alberto Cardoso Pereira
Start: 2005-01-01
End: 2007-01-01
IBER-XYFAS - Red Iberoamericana para la Vigilancia de Xilella Fastidiosa
Funding body: CYTED - Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo
Reference:
Principal Investigator:José Alberto Cardoso Pereira
Start: 0000-00-00
End: 0000-00-00
- CAMo interactions
Funding body: COST - European Cooperation in Science & Technology
Reference: FA1405
Principal Investigator:Paula Cristina dos Santos Baptista
Start: 0000-00-00
End: 0000-00-00
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