Biography:
Dr. Cátia studied Plant Biology at the Lisbon University, Portugal and graduated as MS in 2007. She then joined the research group of Dr. Matthew Paul at Rothamsted Research, UK, for 3 years, followed by Prof. Pedro Fevereiro supervision at ITQB Nova, Lisbon, where she obtained her PhD degree in 2015. After one year as a postdoctoral fellow, she is now a Researcher at INIAV, Portugal. She focuses on legume and cereal abiotic stress responses.
Title : Structure of cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] populations from Europe and Africa using SSRs markers