Fernando Pagels is a biologist, graduated in 2015 at Faculty of Science of University of Porto, doing part of his graduation at University of Brasília and also at University College Cork. In 2017, he obtained the degree of Master in Functional Biology and Biotechnology of Plants, also at University of Porto. Today, Fernando is a PhD Student in Marine Biotechnology and Aquaculture. The main focus of his research is the production of bioactive compounds from cyanobacteria and the optimisation of the cyanobacteria-based bioprocess, mainly in what concern to the influence of growth conditions and extraction methods.