Tiago Repolho, Postdoctoral Researcher

Tiago Repolho received his BSc from the University of Aveiro (Portugal, 2001), a MSc in Biology and Marine Resources Management (Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2007) and a PhD in Marine Biology and Aquaculture, from the same institution (2012). After obtaining his PhD, Tiago was awarded a postdoc fellowship (Aquaculture and Climate Change research) by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). In Jul 2019, he enrolled into a junior researcher position at his host (Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, MARE). Currently, he develops his research activities at the Laboratório Marítimo da Guia (FCUL, Cascais, Portugal), having as major scientific areas of expertise marine biology (Aquaculture, Physiology and Biochemistry) and environmental related sciences (Climate Change). He is particularly interested in the development of integrated multitrophic aquaculture research (Marine Aquaponics), from the scientific (e.g. nutrition, biochemistry, physiology, biotechnology, environmental sustainability), as well as technical (e.g. aquaculture engineering), social and entrepreneurship (e.g. blue economy, bridging between institutional and private sectors) points of view. Concomitantly, he also aims to study the mechanisms, biological processes and responses of marine species to a multistressor/driver future environment (e.g. ocean warming, ocean acidification, hypoxia), and their acclimation and/or adaptation potential to future CC. Under the umbrella of his professional expertize and future professional goals, he aims to synergistically bridge these two research areas as to provide empirical based knowledge to support future decision making strategies/actions within the aquaculture, fisheries and environmental related sectors.


Since 2012, he acts as PI or team member within several funded research projects (aquaculture, seafood safety, blue economy, climate change related; trough e.g. FCT, Portugal2020, MAR2020, Assemble+, Company of Biologists and PADI funding), bridging together institutional with government authorities, private sector and general public.
Currently, he participates (2 as PI; 7 as team member; 1 as collaborator) in 10 funded research/cooperation projects (marine and environmental sciences), comprising national and international research associates. He has authored 37 peer-reviewed scientific papers [h-index: 16 (Scopus, 636 citations), 18 (Scholar, 822 citations)], some of each, published within top-ranked journals (e.g. Global Change Biology, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Scientific Reports) and highlighted by renowned institutions (Eur. Commission) and media.. He has performed 49 oral and 38 poster communications in national and international meetings (2001-2020).
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As a result of his scientific merit and curricular path, he has received recognition (awards, memberships, scientific related invitations) by the national/international scientific community. At a national level, he was assigned as member of host´s scientific committee (since 2015), as head scientific officer for SCUBA diving (since 2015) and animal welfare (since 2019) at the Laboratório Marítimo da Guia (MARE), as member of the Portuguese scientific committee (German-Portuguese cooperation roundtable, GFZ-Potsdam, 2017) and as external evaluator for the National Portuguese Innovation Agency (ANI, since 2019). Internationally, he has acted as reviewer for int. peer-reviewed journal publishers (John Wiley & Sons, Elsevier, Jwas, Springer nature, since 2011, check Publons) and book proposals (Elsevier, since 2019), as external evaluator/rapporteur for international evaluation programs [US-NSF (2017), NWO (2018), EU Research Executive Agency (H2020-MSCA-IF, since 2016)], as member of the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (since 2018), besides receiving international awards (e.g. recognized and outstanding reviewer, Elsevier 2016-18). Besides providing advanced course training to PhD students (n=6, doctoral programmes in Biology and Marine Science, since 2014), supervision of MSc (n=2, since 2018), Erasmus+ interns (n=4, since 2019) and research grant holders (n=6, since 2016), his scientific commitment is also aimed to knowledge educational activities outside academia, where he acts as organizing commitee member for a joint programme between his host and local elementar/secondary schools (42 science dissemination actions, since 2016). As an objective driven professional, he always looking to undertake new professional challenges and opportunities, permanently seeking to establish new endeavors and cooperation projects with public as well as private partners.
Interests and Expertise: Aquaculture, Biochemistry, Climate Change and Physiology.

Academic Qualifications
2012.  Ph.D. in Marine Biology and Aquaculture, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon , Portugal

2007. MSc in Biology and Marine Resource Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal
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2001. BSc in Biology, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

Awards and Grants
2016. Travelling Fellowship (REF:160317) - Journal of Experimental Biology / Company of Biologists

2016. Travelling Fellowship  - 4th International Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World (Hobart, Tasmania)

2014. Travelling Fellowship (Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

2014. MECCA Team-spirit Award ( MECCA Group, MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Portugal)

2014. Best Oral Group Presentation (CeMEB Advanced Course: Marine Evolution under Climate Change, Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

2001. Travelling Fellowship "Oceanographic Training course" (Baltic Floating University, Student Mobility Action, T-JEP-10814-99). Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)​

2000. ERASMUS (Depts. of Fisheries and Marine Biology/Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Norway)

Publications
THESIS

2012. Repolho T. Evaluation of Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) exotrophic larvae as live feed for marine decapod crustacean larvae. PhD Thesis. Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon

2007. Repolho T.  Effect of sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) broodstock diet on larvae development. MSc Thesis. Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon.

.2001. Repolho T. Intra and Inter-individual ITS variation in cod (Gadus morhua) reared under identical (light/fee-ding) and different water temperature (8°, 12° and 15°C) conditions: Inter-species comparative analysis with other teleost fishes. BSc Thesis. University of Aveiro, Portugal / University of Bergen, Norway

PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
  1. Rosa, R., Santos, C., Lopes, A., Baptista, M., Sampaio, E., Rosa, I. C., & REPOLHO, T. (2019). Stenophagy as a Pathway for the Occurrence of Unique Coral Fatty Acid Biomarkers in Higher Branches of the Marine Tree of Life: The Nudibranch Armina maculata Case. Ocean Science Journal, 1-9. 10.1007/s12601-019-0004-z
  2. Grilo, T. F., REPOLHO, T., Rosa, R., & Cardoso, P. G. (2019). Performance and herbivory of the tropical topshell Trochus histrio under short-term temperature increase and high CO2. Marine pollution bulletin, 138: 295-301. j.marpolbul.2018.11.011 
  3. Araújo, J.E., Madeira, D., Vitorino, R., REPOLHO, T., Rosa, R. & Diniz, M., (2018). Negative synergistic impacts of ocean warming and acidification on the survival and proteome of the commercial sea bream, Sparus aurata. Journal of Sea Research, 139: 50-61. 10.1016/j.seares.2018.06.011
  4. Lopes, A.R., Faleiro, F., Rosa, I.C., Pimentel, M.S., Trubenbach, K., REPOLHO, T., Diniz, D. & Rosa, R. (2018). Physiological resilience of a temperate soft coral to ocean warming and acidification. Cell Stress and Chaperones, 23 (5): 1093-1100. 10.1007/s12192-018-0919-9 
  5. Dionísio, G., Faleiro, F., Bispo, R., Lopes, A., Cruz, S., Paula, J.R., REPOLHO, T., Calado, R. & Rosa, R. (2018). Distinct bleaching resilience of photosynthetic plastid-bearing mollusks under thermal stress and high CO2 conditions. Frontiers in Physiology, 9: 1675. 10.3389/fphys.2018.01675
  6. Sampaio, E., Lopes, A.R., Francisco, S., Paula, J.R., Pimentel, M., Maulvault, A.L., REPOLHO, T., Grilo, T.F., Pousão-Ferreira, P., Marques, A. & Rosa, R. (2018). Ocean acidification dampens physiological stress response to warming and contamination in a commercially-important fish (Argyrosomus regius). Science of the Total Environment, 618: 388-398. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.059 
  7. Jesus, T.F., Rosa, I.C., REPOLHO, T., Lopes, A.R., Pimentel, M.S., Almeida-Val, V.M.F., Coelho, M.M. & Rosa, R. (2018). Different ecophysiological responses of freshwater fish to warming and acidification. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 216: 34-41. 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.11.007
  8. Jesus, T.F., Moreno, J.M., REPOLHO, T., Athanasiadis, A., Rosa, R., Almeida-Val, V.M.F. & Coelho, M.M. (2017). Protein analysis and gene expression indicate differential vulnerability of Iberian fish species under a climate change scenario. PLoS ONE, 12(7): e0181325. 10.1371/journal.pone.0181325 
  9. Maulvault, A.L., Barbosa, V., Alves, R., Custódio, A., Anacleto, P., REPOLHO, T., Ferreira, P.P., Rosa, R., Marques, A. & Diniz, M. (2017). Ecophysiological responses of juvenile seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) exposed to increased temperature and dietary methylmercury. Science of the Total Environment, 586: 551-558. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.016
  10. REPOLHO, T., Duarte, B., Dionísio, G., Lopes, A.M., Grilo, T., Paula, J.R., Rosa, I.C., Calado, R., Caçador, I. & Rosa, R. (2017). Seagrass ecophysiological performance under ocean warming and acidification. Scientific Reports, 7: 41443. 10.1038/srep41443
  11. Rosa, R., Paula, J.R., Sampaio, E., Pimentel, Lopes, A.R., Baptista, M., Guerreiro, M., Santos, C., Campos, D., Almeida-Val, V.M.F., Calado, R., Diniz, M. & REPOLHO, T. (2016). Neuro-oxidative damage and aerobic potential loss of sharks under climate change. Marine Biology, 163: 119. 10.​1007/​s00227-016-2898-7
  12. Sampaio, E., Maulvault, A.L., Lopes, V.M., Paula, J.R., Barbosa, V., Alves, R., Pousão-Ferreira, P., REPOLHO, T.,  Marques, A. & Rosa, R. (2016). Habitat selection disruption and lateralization impairment of cryptic flatfish in a warm, acid, and contaminated ocean. Marine Biology, 163: 217. 10.​1007/​s00227-016-2994-8 
  13. Maulvault, A.L., Custódio, A., Anacleto, P., REPOLHO, T., Pousão, P., Nunes, M.L., Diniz, M., Rosa, R. & Marques, A. (2016). Bioaccumulation and elimination of mercury in juvenile seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in a warmer environment. Environmental Research, 149: 77-85. 10.1016/j.envres.2016.04.035
  14. Rosa, R., Pimentel, M., Galan, J.G., Baptista, M., Lopes, V.M., Couto, A., Guerreiro, M., Sampaio, E., Castro, J., Santos, C., Calado, R. & REPOLHO, T. (2016). Deficit in digestive capabilities of bamboo shark early stages under climate change. Marine Biology, 163: 60. 10.1007/s00227-016-2840-z
  15. Faleiro, F., Santos, C., Baptista, M., Pimentel, M., Aurélio, M., Pegado, M.R., Calado, R., REPOLHO, T. & Rosa, R. (2015). Seahorses under a changing ocean: the impact of warming and acidification on a poor swimmer bony-armoured fish. Conservation Physiology, 3:  COV009. 10.1093/conphys/cov009
  16. Anacleto, P., Maulvault, A.L., Bandarra, N.M., REPOLHO, T., Nunes, M.L., Rosa, R. & Marques, A. (2014). Effect of warming on protein, glycogen and fatty acid content of native and invasive clams. Food Research International, 64: 439-445. 10.1016/j.foodres.2014.07.023 
  17. Rosa, R., Baptista, M., Lopes, V.M., Pegado, M.R., Leal, M.C., Calado, R. & REPOLHO, T. (2014). Early-life exposure to climate change impairs tropical shark survival. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281: 20141738.  10.1098/rspb.2014.1738
  18. Rosa, R., Lopes, A., Pimentel, M., Faleiro, F., Baptista, M., Trübenbach, K., Narciso, L., Dionísio, G., Pegado, M.R., REPOLHO, T., Calado, R. & Diniz, M. (2014). Ocean’s cleaning stations under a changing climate: biological responses of tropical and temperate fish-cleaner shrimps to global warming. Global Change Biology, 20 (10): 3068-3079. 10.1111/gcb.12621
  19. Pimentel, M., Faleiro, F., Dionísio, G., REPOLHO, T., Pousão-Ferreira, P., Machado, J. & Rosa, R. (2014). Defective skeletogenesis and oversized otoliths in fish early stages in a changing ocean. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 217: 2062-2070. 10.1242/jeb.092635
  20. Rosa, R., Trübenbach, K., Pimentel, M.S., Portugal, J.B., Faleiro, F., Baptista, M., Dionísio, G., Calado, R, Pörtner, H.O. & REPOLHO, T. (2014). Differential impacts of ocean acidification and warming on winter and summer progeny of a coastal squid (Loligo vulgaris). The Journal of Experimental Biology, 217: 518-525. 10.1242/jeb.096081 
  21. Anacleto, P., Maulvault, A., Lopes, V.M., REPOLHO, T., Diniz, M., Nunes, M., Marques, A. & Rosa, R. (2014). Ecophysiology of native and alien-invasive clams in an ocean warming context. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 175: 28–37. 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.05.003
  22. Baptista, M., REPOLHO, T., Maulvault, A.L., Lopes, V.M., Narciso, L., Marques, A., Bandarra, N. & Rosa, R. (2014). Temporal dynamics of amino and fatty acid composition in the razor clam Ensis siliqua (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Helgoland Marine Research, 68: 465-482. 10.1007/s10152-014-0402-7 
  23. Pimentel, M.S., Pegado, M.R., REPOLHO, T. & Rosa, R. (2014). Impact of ocean acidification in the metabolism and swimming behavior of the dolphin fish (Coryphaena hippurus) early larvae. Marine Biology, 161 (3): 725-729. doi.org/10.1007/s00227-013-2365-7
  24. Lopes, V.M, Baptista, M., REPOLHO, T., Rosa, R. & Costa, P.R. (2014). Uptake, transfer and elimination kinetics of paralytic shellfish toxins in common octopus (Octopus vulgaris). Aquatic Toxicology, 146: 205–211. 10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.11.011 
  25. REPOLHO, T., Baptista, M., Pimentel, M.S., Dionísio, G., Trübenbach, K., Lopes, V.M., Lopes, A.R., Calado, R., Diniz, M. & Rosa, R. (2014). Developmental and physiological challenges of octopus (Octopus vulgaris) early life stages under ocean warming. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 184 (1): 55-64. 10.1007/s00360-013-0783-y
  26. Aurélio, M., Faleiro, F., Lopes, V.M., Pires, V.L., Lopes, A.R., Pimentel, M.S., REPOLHO, T., Narciso, L. & Rosa, R. (2013). Physiological and behavioral responses of temperate seahorses (Hippocampus guttulatus) to environmental warming. Marine Biology, 160 (10): 2663-2670. 10.1007/s00227-013-2259-8 
  27. Rosa, R., Trübenbach, K., REPOLHO, T., Pimentel, M.S., Faleiro, F., Boavida-Portugal, J., Baptista M., Dionísio, G., Leal, M., Calado, R. & Pörtner, H.-O. (2013). Lower hypoxia thresholds of early life stages living in a warm acidified ocean. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280 (1768): 20131695. 10.1098/rspb.2013.1695
  28. Lopes, A.R., Trübenbach, K., Teixeira, T., Lopes, V.M., Pires, V., Baptista, M., REPOLHO, T., Calado, R., Diniz, M. & Rosa, R. (2013). Oxidative stress in deep scattering layers: heat shock response and antioxidant enzymes activities of myctophid fishes thriving in oxygen minimum zones. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 82: 10-16. 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.07.014 
  29. Pimentel, M.S., Trübenbach, K., Faleiro, F., Portugal, J.B., REPOLHO, T. & Rosa, R., (2012). Impact of ocean warming on the early ontogeny of cephalopods: a metabolic approach. Marine Biology, 159 (9): 2051-2059. 10.1007/s00227-012-1991-9
  30. Lopes, V.M., Baptista, M., Pimentel, M.S., REPOLHO, T., Narciso, L. & Rosa, R. (2012). Reproduction in Octocorallia: Synchronous spawning and asynchronous oogenesis in the pennatulid Veretillum cynomorium. Marine Biology Research, 8 (9): 1-10. 10.1080/17451000.2012.693616
  31. REPOLHO, T., Costa, M.H., Luís, O.J. & Gago, J. (2011). Broodstock diet effect on sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) endotrophic larvae development: Potential for their year-round use in environmental toxicology assessment. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 74 (4): 584-592. 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.12.004
  32. Gago, J.M., Luís, O.J. & REPOLHO, T. (2009). Fatty acid nutritional quality of sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) eggs and endotrophic larvae: relevance for feeding of marine larval fish. Aquaculture Nutrition, 15 (4): 379-389. 10.1111/j.1365-2095.2008.00602.x 
  33. Caeiro, S., Costa, M.H., DelValls, A., REPOLHO, T., Gonçalves, M., Mosca, A., Coimbra, A.P., Ramos, T.B. & Painho, M. (2009). Ecological risk assessment of sediment management areas: application to Sado Estuary, Portugal. Ecotoxicology, 18 (8): 1165-1175. 10.1007/s10646-009-0372-8
  34. Costa, P.M., REPOLHO, T., Caeiro, S., Diniz, M.E., Moura, I. & Costa, M.H. (2008). Modelling metallothionin induction in the liver of Sparus aurata exposed to metal-contaminated sediments. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 71 (1): 117-124. 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.05.012 
  35. Johansen, T., REPOLHO, T., Hellebo, A. & Raae, A.J. (2006). Strict conservation of the ITS regions of the ribosomal RNA genes in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.). DNA Sequence, 17 (2): 107-114. 10.1080/10425170600624701