I completed a PhD in Environmental Studies (2011/2015) at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT-UNL), in Portugal. My PhD was supervised by Prof. Paula Sobral (Portugal) and co-supervised by Prof. Richard Thompson from Plymouth University (United Kingdom).
I have been working at the Marine and Freshwater Research Centre since 2017, focusing mainly in marine anthropogenic litter and microplastic pollution in Ireland. I have been working in this topic since 2008. My research interests are associated with the effects and impacts of marine litter and microplastic pollution in the marine environment (e.g. weathering, biofouling, degradation and fragmentation), and more recently in behaviour change.
My most recent project Waves of Change , funded by the Marine Institute, promotes sustainable development and behaviour change through Ocean Literacy.
I am a member of the Marie Curie Alumni Association and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2018; and a member of SETAC Europe since 2019. For more details and access to publications, please check www.joaofrias.com
