Leonel Pereira

Leonel Pereira has a degree in Biology (Scientific branch), a PhD in Biology (specialty Cell Biology) and a Habilitation on Biosciences, specialty in Biotechnology, from the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra, where he is currently Associate Professor, and Master’s Degree in Biodiversity and Plant Biotechnology Coordinator. In addition to teaching at this university, he is an integrated researcher at CFE – Centre for Functional Ecology: Science for People & Planet. His interests focus mainly on the areas of Marine Biodiversity (algae), Marine Biotechnology (algae bioactive compounds) and Marine Ecology (environmental assessment). He is, since 2008, the author and editor of the electronic publication MACOI – Portuguese Seaweeds Website (http://www.flordeutopia.pt/macoi/), since 2018 he is a member of the editorial board of the scientific journals Marine Drugs an Applied Sciences, he is editor of several special issues of scientific journals (Journal of Applied Phycology, Botanica Marina, Marine Drugs, Applied Sciences) has been editor or author of more than 20 books, author of more than 160 indexed articles, and more than 72 book chapters. He has delivered over a hundred lectures and oral communications at various national and international scientific events. He is coordinator of several national and international research projects. In 1998 he received the Francisco de Holanda Award (Honorable Mention) and, more recently, the Mar Rei D. Carlos Award (18th edition), and winner of the CHOICE Award – outstanding academic title award 2016 – Book title: Edible Seaweeds of the World, CRC Press. It’s part of The World’s Top 2% Scientists 2022 list released by Universidade of Stanford and Elsevier, and Holds an h-index 34 WoS, h 33 Scopus, and h 37 ResearchGate.