Biography:
Ana Marques has completed her PhD in Biotechnology and her postdoctoral studies from the Portuguese Catholic University. She has been involved in research activities since 2000, when she was a researcher at Technical University of Denmark working on the production of bioparticles for biofilm applications. Since 2002 she has been developing work at CBQF/ESB-UCP concerning the remediation of disturbed soils using plant-based technologies, with the application of biological tools. She has published 2 book chapters and 25 papers in international peer reviewed journals, participated in numerous conferences and has been serving as a reviewer in several reputed scientific journals, having more than 1750 citations and a h-index of 21.
Title : What is the part of the microorganisms living in the rhizosphere of plants in reducing hazardousness in phytoremediation strategies for soils contaminated with toxic metals