Dr. Carmen Santos

Dr. Carmen Santos is presently a contracted researcher at ITQB-NOVA on legume breeding for pathogen resistance: genetic and molecular approaches to unlock the potential of Lathyrus species as source of resistance. She holds a BSc and MSc degrees in Cellular Biology and Biotechnology, by Faculty of Sciences University of Lisbon. In 2017, she concluded the PhD in Biology (Molecular Genetics) at New University of Lisbon-ITQB-NOVA. During her PhD, she studied genomic approaches to understand the genetic response to Phytophthora cinnamomi in Castanea spp., at Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária-INIAV, the main host institution. Research under her PhD was also developed at Plant Cell Biotechnology Lab ITQB-NOVA, Clemson University Genomics Institute (SC, USA), The American Chestnut Foundation (VA, USA) and USDA Forest Service, Southern Institute of Forest Genetics (MS, USA). Her area of expertise comprises legumes and woody plants phenomics, genomics and quantitative genetics, transcriptomics, and gene expression analysis.