IWMCEB
Invited Speakers
Valerie J. Paul, Smithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA.
Experience in marine natural products and marine chemical ecology.
Research interests: Chemical interactions in marine organisms, ocean acidification, coral bleaching, natural products and marine bioprospection.
Pio Colepicolo Neto, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Experience in biochemistry and marine natural products.
Research interests: Biochemistry and bioprospection of algae, oxidative stress, ecotoxicology and antartic enviroment.
Nelilma C. Romeiro, NUPEM, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Campus Macaé, Brazil.
Experience in medicinal chemistry and molecular modeling.
Research interests:
Chemogenomics, Molecular modeling of proteins and potential drugs from synthetic and
natural origins.
Vinicius Padula, Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira, Arraial do Cabo, Brazil.
Experience in taxonomy and systematics of nudibranch molluscs. Research interests: integrative taxonomy, marine biodiversity, conservation and natural products
Leonardo T. Salgado, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Experience in biochemistry, cell biology and microscopy.
Research interests: Cell biology
in photosynthetic organisms, biomineralization, chemical defenses in algae, marine bioprospection.
Fabiano L. Thompson, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Experience in genetic, microbiology and microbial taxonomy.
Research Interests: Marine microbial genomic, reef systems, marine microbiology, microbial taxonomy, microbial biodiversity, metagenomics and marine biotechnology.
Gilberto Amado Filho, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Experience in biological oceanography and marine botany. Research interests: Marine biodiversity, coral bleaching, mineralization in marine organismw, paleoecological evolution of the continental shelf organisms qnd marine bioprospection.
Ana Luisa Palhares Miranda, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Experience in pharmacology and drug development with emphasis on inflammation, pain and thrombosis. Research interests: biological testing, biological quality control, medicinal chemistry and natural products chemistry.
Renato C. Pereira, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil.
Experience in Benthic ecology and marine chemical ecology.
Research interests: Chemical interactions in benthic marine organisms and marine bioprospection.
Heitor M. Duarte, NUPEM,
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Campus Macaé, Brazil.
Experience in physiology and ecology of plants and coastal
ecosystems.
Research interests: Photosynthesis in plants, algae and coral reefs, chemical ecology and development of technologies for chlorophyll fluorescence imaging.
Bernardo A. P. da Gama, Dertamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminese, Brazil.
Experience in benthic ecology and marine chemical ecology.
Research interests: Biofouling, chemical defenses, marine ecology.
Rodrigo de S. Melo, NUPEM, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Campus Macaé, Brazil.
Experience in cyanobacteria taxonomy and eletrochemistry.
Research interests:
Exopolysaccharides from marine organisms, anti-fouling coatings, electroanalytical techniques and
electropolymerization of marine natural products.