Maria Rosario Felix

Carla Varanda graduated in Agricultural Engineering in University of Évora (UE), in 2003, obtained the Master's Degree in Plant Biology of Pests and Plant Diseases (UE) in 2005 and the PhD in Agricultural Sciences (UE) in 2011. During her career, C. Varanda has published 35 articles in indexed scientific journals, 14 of which as first author, 15 as corresponding author and 2 as senior author; in addition to other relevant scientific output including 2 edited books (1 accepted, Viruses) and 1 book chapter, several articles in 'Proceedings' and 7 articles in technical journals. C. Varanda's high research experience in plant protection can also be demonstrated through the participation in total of 16 national and international projects. Her scientific independence and international recognition can also be seen through her role as Principal Investigator of two project grant in highly competitive calls from FCT (obtained in 2017 and 2018). C. Varanda professional commitment at her scientific area is also recognized by the academy through university teaching duties (several curricular units of pests and plant diseases in the UE and in the University Aberta), participation in 9 juries of academic degrees and project fellowships and supervision of students: 1 PhD student (concluded), 3 Post-docs (2 concluded and 1 ongoing), 8 Master's students (5 concluded and 3 ongoing), 2 Master's fellowship (concluded), 3 ungraduated students (concluded) and mentoring several PhD, Master and ungraduated students. C. Varanda has also participated in 'Ciência Viva' programs, in the organization of national and international congresses and she has provided consultancy services to Municipalities, private sector and state agencies on optimization and execution of diagnostic tests for emerging phytopathogenic agents. Her breadth of scientific record extends for the participation on evaluation of R&D projects grants (Israel and Chile), as the Portuguese coordinator of the Cost action (COST FA1407) and as academic editor of 11 papers and reviewer of several papers in Q1 journals. C. Varanda internationalization can also be confirm through several scientific collaborations that resulted in published articles, internships, conference participations and financed research projects. During her career C. Varanda has received important recognition prizes, such as Innovative enterprise awards and competitive individual financing.