Prof. Dr. Fernando Ferreira

Fernando da Costa Ferreira graduated in Veterinary Medicine (2001) and obtained his PhD in Veterinary Sciences at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon (2008). He currently holds a position as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon. After his PhD, Fernando Ferreira published over 55 publications in international peer-reviewed Journals (44 as 1st author or last author, h-index = 22, citations = 1183), supervised 9 PhD students (7 completed), 40 MSc theses, and 3 postdoc researchers. He was also the author of oral communications in more than 50 international meetings, 20 national meetings, and poster presentations in another 35 international scientific meetings. He is a reviewer for many international scientific journals, including Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, PLOS Pathogens, Cancers, Biomedicines, and Vaccines. In 2019, Fernando Ferreira was awarded the Scientific Prize, "Universidade de Lisboa/Caixa Geral de Depósitos". Between 2016 and 2022, Fernando Ferreira was the President of the Portuguese Society of Veterinary Sciences.