Ana Maria Loureiro Da Seca PhD

Ana Maria Loureiro da Seca received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Aveiro in 2000 and she is currently working in the Island Biodiversity, Biogeography and Conservation research group (IBBC) and subgroup Island Aquatic Ecology (IAE) of cE3c. She is a professor of chemistry at the University of Azores. Her research focuses on the characterization of secondary metabolites profile of aquatic and terrestrial Azorean species and their change over the environmental conditions and the life cycle.

Ana Maria Loureiro da Secacurrently collaborates with several overlapping research groups principally working on a range of chemistry of natural compounds and biological activity assessment as FCT Unit QOPNA (University of Aveiro) and Instituto Universitário de Bioorgânica “António Gonzalez” (University of La Laguna, Tenerife).

Her current research is driven by three overarching objectives: i) isolation and identification of biologically active secondary metabolites; ii) taxonomic differentiation of species and subspecies based on volatile metabolites analysis; iii) analyzing changes in the metabolite profile caused by different life cycles and environmental stress.