Career

• Since 2021: Researcher (Project OleaChain: Skills for sustainability and innovation in the value chain of traditional olive groves in the Northern Interior of Portugal) at CIMO/IPB
• 2020 - 2021: Clinical and Scientific Communication Manager at Mybiome
• 2017 - 2020: Invited Adjunct Professor (full-time), Dietetics and Nutrition Degree, School of Health, University of Algarve, Portugal
• 2016 - 2016: Post-doc Researcher (COMPETE POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007440) at CNC.IBILI, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• 2012 - 2016: PhD Fellow (FCT - SFRH/BD/78367/2011), Department of Biochemistry FMUP/CINTESIS, Portugal. PhD visitor (October 2012-July 2013) at University of Reading, UK
• 2010 - 2011: Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, FMUP, University of Porto, Portugal

Qualifications

• 2016 - PhD in Metabolism, Clinic and Experimentation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal and University of Reading, UK
• 2009 - Degree in Nutrition Science, Faculty of Science of Food and Nutrition, University of Porto, Portugal

Awards and Honors

• 2019 - Honorable mention from XVI Congresso de Endocrinologia e Nutrição dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, 2019 attributed to the work: "Energetic needs in Ventilated Patients - Indirect Calorimetry versus Predictive equations"; Melo A, Eleutério MJ , Carvalho R, Costa H, César R , Meireles M.
• 2015 - Travel award from ICPH- 7th International Conference on Polyphenols and Health attributed to the work “Anthocyanin modulation of microglia M1/M2 phenotype and effect on neuronal differentiation and synaptic plasticity” Meireles M, Marques C, Norberto S, Fernandes I, Mateus N, Faria A, Calhau C;

Interests

• Sustainable diets
• Polyphenols and health
• Food consumers behaviour