João C.M. Barreira, Researcher at Mountain Research Center, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, since April 2017. Professor, at Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and Institute of Intercultural and Transdisciplinary Studies from September 2002 to June 2014 (with some interregna), of 24 different curricular units, having published 17 Pedagogic Manuals; several invited Master classes at University of Porto and University of Coimbra. PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2010 - Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto), Master in Chemistry (2005 - Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto), Degree in Biotechnological Engineering (2001 - Polytechnic Institute of Bragança). Awarded by Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) with a PhD grant, SFRH/BD/29060/2006 (2007-2010) and a Post-Doc Grant, SFRH/BPD/72802/2010 (2011-2017). Researcher in 16 financed projects (6 international), he collaborated with several national [(National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Public Health Institute of the University of Porto (ISPUP), Faculty de Pharmacy, University of Porto, Agriculture and Agro-Food Sciences and Technologies Institute (ICETA), University of Porto, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Chemistry and Technology Network (REQUIMTE), Mountain Research Centre, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança; Nuclear and Technological Institute; Chemistry Research Centre - University of Porto (CIQUP)] and international (Facultad de Farmácia - Universidad de Salamanca, Spain; Institute of Biological Research Siniša Stanković - Belgrade, Serbia; School of Agricultural Sciences - University of Thessaly, Greece; Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie - Université de Monastir, Tunisie; Instituto de Investigación y Formación Agraria y Pesquera, Sevilla, Spain; Faculty of Pharmacy, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain; Nuclear and Energy Research Institute, São Paulo, Brazil) institutions. He is presently supervising one PhD student and 2 Master students, and he was previously supervisor of 3 Master students and one Degree student, besides collaborating in the supervision of several Master and PhD students. Author of 102 Research Papers (85% belonging to the first quartile) in ISI indexed journals, 7 related publications in ISI indexed journals, 22 Conference Proceedings (6 international), 5 book chapters (3 international), 38 oral communications in scientific meetings (16 international) and 99 poster communications in scientific meetings (50 international). Editorial Board Member of Food Chemistry journal, editor of 5 scientific books, member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of Food Factor I Conference, reviewer of more than 330 scientific papers (mostly from first quartile journals) and 4 scientific books’ proposals. SCOPUS: http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=54895546900 Researcher ID: D-8269-2013: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-8269-2013 ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1233-0990

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