Catarina Simões

Catarina Simões is an Assistant Professor at the Health Sciences Faculty of the University Fernando Pessoa. She holds a PhD in Biotechnology from the University of Helsinki, Finland, and a Bachelor's degree in Food and Nutritional Sciences from the University of Porto. Her research focuses on microbiota dynamics in environmental samples, food safety, quality assurance, and sustainable food systems.

Her academic career includes postdoctoral and research roles at CIBIO-InBIO, Universidade do Porto, where she previously studied dietary impacts on human fecal microbiota and probiotic bacterial gene expression under stress conditions. She is affiliated with CIBIO-InBIO through her research collaborations, based at the Vairão campus (Rua Padre Armando Quintas, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal).

No specific scientific awards, grants, or lab affiliations are explicitly detailed in the provided information.