LAQV REQUIMTE
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(Chemical) Bonding is what makes life possible

Sónia Silva

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Research group
Chemistry and Bioactivity

Position
Researcher

ORCID0000-0003-1291-2667
Researcher IDM-5076-2013
Ciência IDC81E-EC8D-D091
Graduated in Biology (2004) and finished her Ph.D. degree in Biology in 2011, at the University of Aveiro. 2011-2019 was a Post-doctoral researcher at QOPNA & CESAM, were investigated the phytotoxicity of nanoparticles. Currently, she is a researcher at the LAQV-REQUIMTE of the University of Aveiro. Her current research is focused in i) developing strategies that mitigate (a)biotic stress in crops and in ii) assessing the phytotoxicity of environmental contaminants. Sónia Silva published 38 SCI articles (h=20 by scopus), 2 book chapters, 6 proceedings on scientific meetings, and several communications. Supervised 22 master/undergraduated students and is supervising a PhD student. She also participated in 3 Ph.D. juries, 9 master juries and 6 grant juries.

Representative Publications

Antioxidant mechanisms to counteract TiO2-nanoparticles toxicity in wheat leaves and roots are organ dependent
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.120889
TiO2 nanoparticles induced sugar impairments and metabolic pathway shift towards amino acid metabolism in wheat
Low levels of TiO2-nanoparticles interact antagonistically with Al and Pb alleviating their toxicity
10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.07.021
Metabolomics as a Tool to Understand Nano-Plant Interactions: The Case Study of Metal-Based Nanoparticles
10.3390/plants12030491
Impact of Fe 3 O 4-porphyrin hybrid nanoparticles on wheat: Physiological and metabolic advance
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134243
Potential of MgO and MgCO3 nanoparticles in modulating lettuce physiology to drought
10.1007/s11738-022-03507-2