Mariana Oliveira holds a BSc in Biology from the Instituto Superior de Agronomia (University of Lisbon) and a MSc in Human Biology and Environment from the Faculty of Sciences (University of Lisbon). She started working at CIIMAR-UP in 2019 to work on the isolation and identification of toxin-producing fungi. In 2021, Mariana was awarded a PhD FCT grant through the BYT program. She currently is a PhD student in Aquatic Sciences – Biology and Ecology (School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto). In the project Mariana is developing, she aims to isolate novel natural bioactive compounds produced by Actinobacteria associated with marine sponges.
