José Carlos Martins graduated in Biology in 2001 and obtained PhD degree in 2011 by Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto. He is currently post-doc researcher at CIIMAR. His research interests focus on ecotoxicology, more specifically on the study of toxicological effects, metabolism and detoxification mechanisms of natural toxins in aquatic organisms. His current research focuses on the analysis of the microbial metabolism of marine phycotoxins in bivalves with commercial interest.
