Dr Carlos Pestana's Recognition (11)

19th International Conference on Harmful Algae, Mexico (virtual)
2021

Description

Co-author on three talks at the 19th International Conference on Harmful Algae, La Paz, Mexico (online). 8th October 2021 Mitigation of harmful algal blooms and their toxins (Presenter Professor Christine Edwards) Control of six different Microcystis aeruginosa strains and their toxic metabolites by phycocyanin-enhanced UV-A irradiation (Presenter Indira Menezes) Potentially toxic plastic particles: Microplastics as a vector of microcystins. (Presenter Diana S Moura)

Projects

Safe and Sustainable Shellfish: Introducing local testing and management solutions Microplastics as a vector for micropollutants in aquatic environments Elimination at source of biocidal agents from fresh water environments by TiO2 photocatalysis

Awarded Earlier Career Researcher Mobility Grant by SULSA
2019

Description	Grant £2,000 to visit DEMOKRITOS Research Centre and EYDAP Athens’ Water and Wastewater Treatment Company, both Athens, Greece.

Awarded travel grant by NERC
2019

Description	Grant £3,000 UK-India tackling AMR in the environment from antimicrobial manufacturing waste – Partnership Workshop, New Delhi, India.

Microbiology Society £5,000 Cyanotoxin training workshop in Indonesia
2019 - 2020

Description	Co-I With Professor Linda Lawton
Affiliated Organisations	Microbiology Society
Projects	'Microcystin Toolbox' - monitoring the impact of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Indonesia by HPLC

Awarded Newton Mobility Grant by the Royal Society
2018 - 2020

Description	Grant £11,510
Projects	In-reservoir destruction of cyanobacteria and their toxins

External PhD Supervision Federal University of Ceara
2017 - 2021

Description	Supervision of research student Antonia Samylla Oliveira.
Affiliated Organisations	Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil (Federal University of Ceara)

External PhD Supervision Federal University of Ceara
2016 - 2020

Description	Supervision of research student Marianna Correia.
Affiliated Organisations	Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil (Federal University of Ceara)

Awarded international research grant by the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES)
2015 - 2016

Description	Grant £12,000

External PhD Supervisor Federal University of Ceara
2013 - 2017

Description	Supervision of research student Mario Ubiajara Goncalves Barros.
Affiliated Organisations	Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil (Federal University of Ceara)

Awarded Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Grant by the Australian Department for Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRTE)
2012

Description	Grant £14,000

Member of the Microbiology Society
2008