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Biography
Marta Vasconcelos completed an undergraduate degree in Biology in 2000 by Universidade de Lisboa, and a PhD in Biotechnology in 2003 by Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and by the International Rice Research Institute (Philippines). From 2003-2008 she was an Associate Researcher at the Children´s Nutrition Research Center (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA). She is Deputy Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF) at Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP). She is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Biotechnology (UCP) and she is a Visiting Researcher at Universidade do Porto. She has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals. She has completed the supervision/co-supervision of 6 PhD thesis and is currently supervising/co-supervising 8 PhD thesis. In her professional activities, she has interacted with 283 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. In particular, she has a long and successful track record in coordination and participation in projects dealing with crop diversification, value chains, plant nutrition, and genetic resources. She is the coordinator of the H2020 project RADIANT (2021-2025). She is the deputy coordinator of the Horizon Europe project COUSIN (2024-2029) and her group coordinates the Horizon project legumES (2024-2028). She was the Deputy Coordinator of the H2020 project TRUE (2017-2021). She is a participant of STARGATE, H2020-SFS-2019-2 (2021-2024), a participant of the H2020 project INCREASE (H2020-SFS-2019-2 RIA 2020-25); a participant in SYSTEMIC« ERA-HDHL, JPI-OCEANS and FACCE-JPI; 2020-25); and member of the International Advisory Board of several International projects. She is currently the acting president of the International Plant Nutrition Council. She has received 16 awards and/or honors.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
Keywords
- S Agriculture (General)
- Legumes
- Resilience
- Diversification
- Sustainability
- Nutrition
- QK Botany
- Genetics
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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LAND: Integrated approach for Legume promotion and sustAinable value chaiNs Development
Santos, C. S. D., Vasconcelos, M., Pinto, E., Silva, M. N. D., Moreira, R. M. D., Styles, D., Barata, A. M., Vaz, M. & Pereira, M. D. G.
1/03/23 → 28/02/26
Project: Research
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BE@T: Bioeconomia para têxtil e vestuário
Pintado, M. M., Oliveira-Silva, P., Oliveira, A. L., Vasconcelos, M., Tavaria, F. & Couto, J. A.
1/07/22 → 1/07/25
Project: Research
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VIIAFOOD: Plataforma de Valorização, Industrialização e Inovação comercial para o AgroAlimentar
Pintado, M. M., Monteiro, M. J., Martins, A. P., Correia, M., Gomes, A. M., Teixeira, P., Hogg, C., Silva, C. L. M., Pinto, E., Vasconcelos, M., Ferreira, J., Oliveira-Silva, P., Melo, A. & Brassesco, M. E.
1/10/21 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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RADIANT: RADIANT: ReAlising DynamIc vAlue chaiNs for underuTilised crops
Vasconcelos, M., Pinto, E., Santos, C. S. D., Silva, M. N. D. & Cortez, J.
1/09/21 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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STARGATE: Sensors and daTA tRaininG towards high-performance Agri-food sysTEms
Pintado, M. M., Vasconcelos, M., Cortez, J. & Brassesco, M. E.
1/01/21 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Advanced nanofertilizers for iron uptake in calcareous alkaline soils
Pinho, S., Santos, C., Rangel, M., Vasconcelos, M., Reis, S. & Moniz, T., Nov 2023. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Biological nitrogen fixation by soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.), a novel, high protein crop in Scotland, requires inoculation with non-native bradyrhizobia
Maluk, M., Giles, M., Wardell, G. E., Akramin, A. T., Ferrando-Molina, F., Murdoch, A., Barros, M., Beukes, C., Vasconçelos, M., Harrison, E., Daniell, T. J., Quilliam, R. S., Iannetta, P. P. M. & James, E. K., 22 Jun 2023, In: Frontiers in Agronomy. 5, 16 p., 1196873.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Challenges in pea breeding for tolerance to drought: status and prospects
Bagheri, M., Santos, C. S., Rubiales, D. & Vasconcelos, M. W., Sept 2023, In: Annals of Applied Biology. 183, 2, p. 108-120 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Combined effect of elevated CO2 and Fe deficiency on common bean metabolism and mineral profile
Deuchande, T. & Vasconcelos, M., 15 Apr 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Plant and Soil. 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Conceptualisation of an ecodesign framework for sustainable food product development across the supply chain
Silva, B. Q., Vasconcelos, M. W. & Smetana, S., 30 Mar 2023, In: Environments. 10, 4, 17 p., 59.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)5 Downloads
Prizes
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Best Poster Award at the XIX Plant Nutrition Colloquium
Bagheri, Maryam (Recipient), Santos, Carla Sancho dos (Recipient), Sousa, Clara Cecília Santana (Recipient) & Vasconcelos, Marta (Recipient), 22 Aug 2022
Prize: Other distinction
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Kombu: Mito ou Realidade
Carla Sancho dos Santos (Co-supervisor) & Marta Vasconcelos (Supervisor)
15 Feb 2023 → 26 Jun 2023Activity: Supervision
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Evaluator for Mozambique Ministry of Science
Marta Vasconcelos (Main Examiner)
2022Activity: Examination
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Grant application proposal NWO Talent Programme – Vidi scheme
Marta Vasconcelos (Main Examiner)
2022Activity: Examination
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Evaluation of NZ9 OPUS and OPUS LAP projects for National Science Center, Poland
Marta Vasconcelos (Main Examiner)
2022Activity: Examination
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Intraspecific effects of short-term elevated atmospheric CO2 in yield and nutritional profile of Phaseolus vulgaris
Marta Vasconcelos (Speaker), Rafael Diogo Caldeira Duarte (Speaker), Marta Nunes da Silva (Speaker), Juan Quirós-Vargas (Speaker) & Onno Muller (Speaker)
2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Press/Media
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LeguCon: Agricultura sustentável de mãos dadas com a reabilitação social em Ílhavo
Carla Sancho dos Santos, Marta Vasconcelos & Rosa Marisa Duarte Moreira
6/08/21
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