Editorial Board Member

João Pinto da Costa graduated in Biotechnological Engineering in 2005. Soon thereafter, he successfully completed his Masters's degree in Medical Diagnostics. After, he was a visiting scientist at a biotech-based pharmaceutical company in the USA, and, in 2014, he concluded his Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry. He has demonstrated expertise in a wide range of fields of research, including biotechnology-based solutions for environmental remediation, as well as biosensing applications for water monitoring. In recent years, João has gradually shifted his focus toward the issue of microplastic pollution from different perspectives, including at the detection, quantification, mitigation, and regulatory levels. He is the author or co-author of 72 peer-reviewed publications and has an h-index of 25. He is also the co-inventor of a patent for a biosensor for the detection and quantification of alkylphenols in aquatic samples.

Microplastics, Environment, Biodegradation, Analytical chemistry