Joana Marujo Neves
PhD Candidate at NOVA FCT
I am an environmental scientist with interdisciplinary training in Biology (BSc) and Environmental Engineering (MSc). I am currently completing a PhD in Environment and Sustainability at NOVA University Lisbon. My research focuses squarely on estuarine and coastal ecosystems. I integrate classical taxonomy, molecular techniques (e.g. DNA metabarcoding) and bioinformatics to assess macrobenthic communities and environmental health. I am experienced in field sampling, ecotoxicological assays, sediment analysis, and microbial community profiling using HTS data. I am proficient in R, and other analytical tools. I am the co-author of several peer-reviewed publications in marine ecology and environmental monitoring.