University of Aveiro (UAVR)

The University of Aveiro (UAVR) is one of Portugal's 14 public universities. Founded in 1973, UA has grown into a successful, dynamic and competitive institution. The UA is integrated in the community and region, presenting a strong research dimension and offering a wide range of educational programmes, from post-secondary vocational to doctoral programmes. Committed from the start to innovation, quality and the attainment of national and international recognition in the pillars of Education, Research and Cooperation with society, the UA has built a profile based on sciences and technology and on pioneering areas. 

DeBio-CESAM (Department of Biology-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies) is one of the R&D Units of the University of Aveiro Research Institute that currently integrates more than 300 researchers, from five Departments (Environment, Biology, Physics, Geosciences and Chemistry). During the last five years, CESAM published more than 2000 papers in JCR journals. CESAM researchers publish in world top journals, with an impact above world averages in the respective scientific areas