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Miguel Ângelo Almeida Pinheiro de Carvalho

Faculty of Life Sciences

Penteada University Campus , Floor 1, Office 1.122

miguel.carvalho@staff.uma.pt

(+351) 291 705 386 / 5386

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Biographical Notes

Full Professor at the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Madeira. Habilitation in Biochemistry and Biotechnology, UMa. PhD in Biology, specializing in Biochemistry and Plant Physiology, and Master in Biochemistry and Enzymology from the University of Voronezh, Russian Federation. Professor at the Faculty of Life Sciences and at the Higher School of Technology and Management, UMa. Director of the Master's Degree in Agriculture and Rural Development and of the Technical Courses in Organic Agriculture and Agri-Food Technologies. Coordinator and researcher at ISOPlexis Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Technology, UMa and researcher at CITAB, Research Center for Agri-Food and Biological Technologies, UTAD. Researcher at the Inov4Agro Associate Laboratory. Research activity in the area of ??Agriculture, Food and Bioeconomy. His main research interests are related to Agrodiversity and Food Production Systems, and the mechanisms of interaction between Metabolomes and the biophysical environment and their adaptation to abiotic stresses and climate change. He created the ISOPlexis Germplasm Bank (BG-ISOPlexis) and the supporting scientific and pedagogical infrastructures. Principal Investigator (PI or IR) or researcher in 45 research projects, funded by regional, national or community programs. Flagship projects, CASBio, climate change monitoring in agriculture and agrosystems, and isUP-AgrO. Author of 439 publications. The main works (193) include 3 theses, 13 monographs (5 author or 8 editor), 20 chapters in collections/monographs, 119 articles in specialized scientific journals, including 10 review articles, and 38 scientific articles in annals.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5084-870X
Scopus Author ID: 8758577600
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Publications

- Alginate microencapsulation a tool to improve biostimulant activity against water deficit., Jiménez-Arias, D., Morales-Sierra, S., García-García, A., Herrera, A.J., Schmeller, R.P., Suárez, E., Santana-Mayor, A., Borges, J.P., Silva, P., Pinheiro de Carvalho, M.A.A., Polymers. 17 (1617), 2025, 17

- Inhibitory activity of the peel and seed of Annona cherimola Mill. against Fusarium and Aspergillus pathogens., Trindade, C., Gouveia, C.S.S., Oliveira, C., Nóbrega, H., Freitas, J.G.R., Pinheiro de Carvalho, M.A.A., AIMS Agriculture and Food, 10(1), 2025, 21

- Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) genetic resources in Europe: a journey through islands? fields, botanical gardens, ditches and city markets., Guzzon, F., Iamonico, D., Pinheiro de Carvalho, M.A.A., Gouveia, C.S.S., Nóbrega, H., Grimaldi, I., Matthews, P.J., Kyratzis, A.C., Afonso-Morales, D., Pérez, V., Velázquez M.E., Mesa, D.R., Sukal, A.C., Müller, J.V., Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 72(6), 2025, 22

- Use of Vegetation Indices Derived from Drone Images for the Detection of Weeds in Vineyards., Macedo, F.L., Nóbrega, H., de Freitas, J.G.R., Pinheiro de Carvalho, M.A.A., Remote Sens, 17 (11) 1899, 2025, 30

- Characterization of antioxidant and fatty acids of avocado (Persea americana Mill.) fruit and by-products as flour quality ingredients., Gonçalves, D. Gouveia, C., Ferreira, M.J., Ganança, J.F.T., Pinto, D.C.G., Pinheiro de Carvalho, M.A.A., Food Chemistry, 442(138403), 2024, 10

- Estrategias agroecológicas para el manejo sostenible de malas hierbas en cultivos europeos de relevancia económica (AGROSUS) Revista de Ciências Agrárias 47 (1): 107-112. Adela M Sánchez-Moreiras, Yedra Vieites-Álvarez, David Fernández Calviño, Claudia Campillo, Pablo Gonzalez-de-Santos, Tamara Rodr, Sánchez-Moreiras, A.M., Vieites-Álvarez, Y., Calviño, D.F., Campillo, C., Gonzalez-de-Santos, P., Silva, T.R., Fedoniuk, T., Synowiec, A., Pinheiro de Carvalho, M.A.A., Vityi, A., Araniti, F., Nacher, J., Bolat, I., Zornoza, R., Verdeguer, M., Shansk, 0871-018X, Revista de Ciências Agrárias, 47 (1), 2024, 6

- Landrace legislation in the world: Status and perspectives with emphasis in EU system., Thanopoulos, R., Negri, N., Pinheiro de Carvalho, M.A.A., Petrova, S., Chatzigeorgiou, T., Terzopoulos, P., Ralli, P., Suso, M.-J., Bebeli, P.J., Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 71, 2024, 41

- Microalgae and cyanobacteria as natural sources of antioxidant enzymes and enzyme inhibitors for Alzheimer?s and Diabetes., Odenthal, K., Nunes, E., Nunes, N., Fernandes, T., Fernandes, I.A., Pinheiro de Carvalho, M.A.A., Algal Research, 82(10361), 2024, 15

- Microorganism community structure: a characterization of agrosystems from Madeira Archipelago., Oliveira, M.C.O., Ragonezi, C., Valente, S., De Freitas, J.G.R., Pinheiro de Carvalho, M.A.A., Environmental Microbiology Reports. 16(e13227), 2024, 18

- Organic Farming Enhances Diversity and Recruits Beneficial Soil Fungal Groups in Traditional Banana Plantations., Oliveira, M.C.O., Alves, A., Ragonezi, C., de Freitas, J.G.R., Pinheiro de Carvalho, M.A.A., Frontiers in Microbiology, 15 (1426957), 2024, 13

Academic Qualifications

- PhD in Bioquímica e Fisiologia Vegetal, 1991, Universidade Estatal de Voronezh

- Master Degree in Bioquímica, Enzimologia, 1987, Universidade Estatal de Voronezh

- Undergraduate Degree in Biologia, ramo Bioquímica, 1985, Universidae Estatal de Voronezh

Current Duties

- Director of the Higher Technical Professionals Degree in Organic Farming - diretor.ab.tesp@mail.uma.pt

- Director of the Higher Technical Professionals Degree in Agri-food Technologies - diretor.ta.tesp@mail.uma.pt

- Director of the Higher Technical Professionals Degree in - diretor.ab.tesp@mail.uma.pt

- Director of the Higher Technical Professionals Degree in - diretor.ta.tesp@mail.uma.pt

- Coordenador do ISOPlexis - Centro em Agricultura Sustentável e Tecnologia Alimentar - isoplexis@mail.uma.pt