Leonel Pereira
Leonel Pereira has an undergraduate degree in Biology, a Ph.D. in Biology (specialty in Cell Biology), and a Habilitation degree in Biosciences (specialization in Biotechnology) from the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, Portugal, where he is currently Associate Professor with Habilitation. In addition to teaching at this university, he is an integrated researcher at the CFE - Centre for Functional Ecology: Science for People & Planet, UC, Portugal. His interests include marine biodiversity (algae), marine biotechnology (algae bioactive compounds), and marine ecology (environmental assessment). Since 2008, he has been the author and editor of the electronic publication MACOI – Portuguese Seaweeds Website (http://www.flordeutopia.pt/macoi/). He is also a member of the editorial boards of several scientific journals. Dr. Pereira has edited or authored more than 20 books, 127 journal articles, and 71 book chapters. He has given more than 200 lectures and oral communications at various national and international scientific events. He is the 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). He is also a winner of the 2016 CHOICE Award for an outstanding academic title for his book Edible Seaweeds of the World. In 2020, 2021 and 2022, Dr. Pereira received an Honorable Mention for the Impact of International Publications from SCOPUS