​Led by Rui Rosa, our team seeks to understand how future environmental changes will affect marine biodiversity, using a multidisciplinary approach.

Future changes in ocean's chemistry, temperature and oxygen levels (hypoxia) are predicted to dictate deleterious physiological responses at organism-level, and drive, at community-level, profound impacts on diversity and biogeography.

​ We have been investigating how future challenges may interfere with critical biological processes, including acid-base regulation, energy metabolism, growth potential and calcification processes in coastal marine species.

Rui Rosa
Principal Investigator 

Postdoctoral Researchers

Filipa Faleiro
Patrícia Anacleto
Tiago Repolho
Miguel Leal
​Katja Trübenbach
Rui Rocha


PhD Students

Marta Pimentel
Joana Ferreira
Maria Rita Pegado
Joana Portugal
Ana Rita Lopes
Marisa Vedor
Gisela Dionísio
Ana Maulvault
Vanessa Madeira
Miguel Baptista
Violeta Ferreira
José Paula


Master Students

Meri Bilan
Francisco Borges
Tânia Chança
Marta Bento
Francisco Carvalho
Sofia Silva
Vasco Pissara


Erasmus Students

Sara Hurtado
Luana Mincarelli

Undergraduate Students

João Alves


Former Members

2015. Sofia Francisco  (MSc Student, FCUL)
2015. Catarina Santos  (MSc Student, FCUL)
2015. Ricardo Cyrne  (MSc Student, FCUL)
2015. Cátia Figueiredo  (MSc Student, FCUL)
2015. Lidia García (Erasmus Student, Universidad Complutence de Madrid, Spain)
2015. Joana Andrade (MSc Student, U.Aveiro)
2013. Manuel Neves (MSc Student, FCUL)
2013. Ana Cela. Erasmus Internship (FCUL/Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain)
2012. Hannah Schug. Erasmus Internship (FCUL/University of Bremen, Germany)
2012. Vanessa Pires (MSc Student, FCUL)
2012. Maria Aurélio (MSc Student, FCUL)
2012. Rui Cereja (MSc Student, FCUL)
2012. Miguel Guerreiro (MSc Student, FCUL)
2012. Pedro Alvito (MSc Student, FCUL)
2010. Stephanie Czudaj (MSc Student, FCUL/University of Bremen, Germany)