Is working as Junior Researcher at CBQF and is currently enrolled in several European projects. Is the Principal Investigator of the LeguCon Project and founder of the LeguCon consortium (www.legucon.pt [1]). Has a PhD in Biotechnology in 2017 and received an Award for Best Doctoral Thesis in Agronomy (in 2018), by the multinational fertilizing company Fertiberia. Since 2021, is Invited Assistant Professor at ESB-UCP.

Publications

Nunes da Silva M, Machado J, Osorio J, Duarte R, Santos CS (2022) Non-essential elements and their role in sustainable agriculture. Agronomy, 2022, 12, 888. doi: 10.3390/agronomy12040888

Santos CS, Rodrigues E, Ferreira S, Moniz T, Leite A, Carvalho SMP, Vasconcelos MW, Rangel M (2021). Foliar application of 3‐hydroxy‐4‐pyridinone Fe‐chelate [Fe(mpp)3] induces responses at the root level amending iron deficiency chlorosis in soybean. Physiologia Plantarum, 2021, 173, 235-245. doi: 10.1111/ppl.13367

Saget S, Costa M, Santos CS, Vasconcelos M, Styles D, Williams M (2021). Comparative life cycle assessment of plant and beef-based patties, including carbon opportunity costs. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2021, 28, 936-952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2021.07.017 [2]

Bokor B, Santos CS, Kostoláni D, Machado J, Nunes da Silva M, Carvalho SMP, Vaculik M, Vasconcelos M (2021). Mitigation of climate change and environmental hazards in plants: potential role of the beneficial metalloid silicon. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 416, 126193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126193 [3]

Santos CS, Silva B, Valente LMP, Gruber S, Vasconcelos MW (2020). The effect of sprouting in lentil (Lens culinaris) nutritional and microbiological profile. Foods, 2020, 9, 400. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9040400 [4].