Paulo Oliveira has a degree in Biology from the U.Porto (Portugal), and a PhD in Biological Sciences from Uppsala University (Sweden), where he did also a post-doc. After returning to Portugal, he joined the Bioengineering and Synthetic Microbiology group at IBMC/i3S, U.Porto. Presently, P.Oliveira is junior researcher at the Cyanobacterial Natural Products group, under the BlueBio4Future project, and Invited Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Sciences, U.Porto. He has dedicated his scientific career to the study of cyanobacteria. Lately, he has focused on secretions mechanisms, particularly in the form of extracellular vesicles, and has participated in Synthetic biology initiatives.
