Short Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
Name - José Domingos Cochicho Ramalho.
Place and date of birth - Lisbon, 14th March 1964.
Nationality - Portuguese
Institutional address – Grupo de Trabalho de Interações Plant-Ambiente / Centro
Ambiente, Agricultura e Desenvolvimento / Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical
(PlantStress/BioTrop/IICT)
Plant-Environment Interaction Working Group / Environment, Acgriculture and Development
Center / Tropical Research Institute (PlantStress/BioTrop/IICT)
Av. da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2784-505 Oeiras, Portugal
Contacts - Phone: +351 214544682/5/7; Fax: +351 214544689; Email: [email protected];
[email protected]
ACADEMIC DEGREES
2005 – Aggregation/Habilitation - Area of Natural Sciences - Instituto de Investigação
Científica Tropical, Portugal, Classification: Maximum.
1998 - Doctor in Biology – Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculdade de Ciências /
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. Classification: Maximum.
1991 - Master in Science in Plant Production – Agriculture specialization, Instituto Superior
de Agronomia / Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal. Classification: Maximum.
1986 - Graduation in Biology - Research specialization. Faculdade de Ciências /
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. Classification: 15/20
POSITIONS HELD
2005 – 2012 - Coordinator of the Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Biotecnology Center /
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical (Eco-Bio/IICT Center).
2006 – 2009 / 2011- Present – Nomenee to the Parity Commission at IICT
2006 – 2009 – Coordinator of the IICT application to the Programa de Contratação de
Doutorados para o Sistema Científico e Tecnológico Nacional. Reception and handlig of the
16 individual applications.
2009 - 2011 - Coordinator of Parity Commission at IICT.
2010 – Present - Portuguese representative in European Cooperation in the field of
Scientific and Technical Research (COST), Action FA0905, in working group WG1 (Soil-plant
interactions and physiology, rhizosphere, bioavailability, agronomy, mineral fertilizers, use of
nano-particle).
2012 – Present – Coordinator of the Plant-Environment Interaction Working Group /
Environment, Acgriculture and Development Center / Tropical Research Institute
(PlantStress/BioTrop/IICT).
AREAS OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
Acclimation, drought, ecophysiology and biochemistry of plant-environment interactions,
oxidative stress, photosynthesis, temperature stress, plant nutrition.
MAIN PARTICIPATION IN R&D PROJECTS/ACTIONS
Participation in ca. 50 projects/studies (5 as principal researcher, 25 as IICT team
coordinator) and 16 research actions. Presented only the projects from 2000 onwards.
Highligh Projects
2000-2003:
- project on “Oxidative Stress Induced by Environmental Factors in Coffea spp. Control
Mechanisms”. Project 14.2.64 from IICT.
- project on “Physiological Interactions and Productivity of de Coffea arabica Plants Grafted
Over Coffea canephora Plants”. Project 0719800201 from Programa Nacional de Pesquisa e
Desenvolvimento do Café - PNP&D - Café, Brazil. Developed in IAC, oriented by Dr. Joel I.
Fahl and in colaboration with Dr. Maria L. Carelli (IAC).
- project on “Light and Temperature Effects on Physiological and Metabolic Processes
Involved in Development and Productivity of Coffee Plant”. Project 0719800101 from
Programa Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento do Café - PNP&D - Café, Brazil.
Developed in IAC, oriented by Dr. Maria L. Carelli and in colaboration with Dr. Joel I. Fahl
(IAC).
2002-2004:
- project on “Effect of Drought anf High CO2 on Photosynthesis and Yield Quality”. Project
financed by NATO (OUTREACH Programme).
2002-2006:
- project on "New Tools for Groundnut Aflatoxin Control in the Sael Regions of Africa".
Project INCO ICA4-CT-2001-10007, financed by EU.
2003-2007:
- project on “Imaging Applied to the Study of Physiological Responses of Quercus suber and
Vitis vinifera to Varied Water Regimes”. Project integrated in the EC network “Diagnosis and
analysis of Plant Stress Using Thermal and Other Imaging Techniques (StressImaging)”,
(IHP-RTN-00-2001).
-- project on “Unraveling Plant Responses to Environmental Stresses by Combining
Physiological Markers and imaging tools”. Project integrated in the EC network “Diagnosis
and Analysis of Plant Stress Using Thermal and Other Imaging Techniques (StressImaging)”,
(IHP-RTN-00-2001).
- study on “Improving Cadmium Phytoextraction by Optimised Sulphur Supply”. Project
financed by NATO - Scientific and Environmental Affairs Division, Collaborative Linkage
Grant n.979457.
2004-2007:
- project on “Stress Physiology and Gene Expression. Coffea sp. Acclimation to Cold and
High Irradiance Stressful Conditions”. Project POCTI/AGG/43101/2001, financed by
Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal. (Principal Researcher of the Project).
2004-2009:
- project on “Growth of Plants Under Environmental Controlled Conditions, to Study the
Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses, at the Genomic, Physiological, Biochemical and
Structural Levels”. Project REEQ/374/BIO/2005, financed by Fundação para Ciência e
Tecnologia, Portugal. (Principal Researcher of the Project).
2007-2011:
- project on "Molecular Evaluation and Characterization of Tolerance Mechanisms to Adverse
Environmental Conditions in Coffea sp. - Central Role of the Oxidative Stress Control at Leaf
Level". Project PTDC/AGR-AAM/64078/2006, financed by Fundação para Ciência e
Tecnologia, Portugal. (Principal Researcher of the Project).
2009-2010:
- project on “Wheat Genotypes Evaluation for High Temperature and Drought Using
Photosynthetic Performance and Protoplasmic Tolerance Traits”. Project GS09026, financed
by Global Crop Diversity Trust.
- project on “Cork Oak ESTs Consortium - Abiotic Stress: Heat and Cold Stresses”. Project
SOBREIRO/0035/2009, financed by Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal.
2010-Present:
- project on “Pursuing Green Coffe Geographic Origin Discrimination Through Relations
Between Isotopes and Environmental Factors (IsoGeoCoffee)”. Project PTDC/AGRAAM/104357/2008, financed by Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal.
2012-Present:
- project “Abscission of seedless grapes: shedding the genes from the shade (VitiShade)”.
Project PTDC/AGR-GPL/116923/2010, financed by FCT. Integrate scientific teams from que
IICT (coordinator institution), INRB and ISA/UTL.
- project PROdUVA, financed by IFAP/PRODER: Cooperação para a Inovação (Medida 4.1 PA nº 23923, parceria 373) . Integrate scientific teams from Herdade “Vale da Rosa
company (coordinator institution), IICT, ISA/UTL and COTHN.
- project on “An integrated approach to identify stress-related regulatory genes in cork oak
(SuberStress)”. Project PTDC/AGR-GPL/118505/2010, financed by FCT.
2013-Present:
- project "Implications of environmental changes of CO2 and temperature at the plant and
bean quality levels in the coffee tree (Coffea spp.) – Multidisciplinary characterization of the
impact
and
acclimation
ability
of
the
producing
species”.
Project
PTDC/AGR-
PRO/3386/2012, financed by Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal. (Principal
Researcher of the Project).
- project " A systems approach to understand salt stress tolerance in Casuarina glauca and
its relationship with symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SymbSaltStress)”. Project PTDC/AGRFOR/4218/2012, financed by Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal.
PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP’S COMISSIONS
Participated in the organization of 7 international and 2 national scientific meetings.
MAIN PUBLICATIONS
Published 6 books, thesis and monographs, 73 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 55 works
in conference proceedings and 121 abstracts in scientific meetings.
H index in the ISI (all data bases): 17.
Highlight Publications (mostly related to environmental/abiotic stress conditions,
concerning the evaluation and responses of the photosynthetic metabolism)
Nunes M.A., Ramalho J.C., Rijo P.S. (1992) Seasonal Changes in the Photosynthetic
Properties of Ceratonia siliqua L. (Carob Tree) Leaves Under Natural Conditions.
Physiologia Plantarum, 86: 381-387.
Ramalho J.C., Chaves M.M. (1992) Drought Effects on Water Relations and Carbon Gain in
Two Lines of Lupinus albus L. Plants. European Journal of Agronomy, 1(4): 271-280.
Lidon F.C., Ramalho J.C., Henriques F. (1993) Copper Inhibition of Rice Photosynthesis.
Journal of Plant Physiology, 142: 12-17.
Nunes M.A., Ramalho J.C., Dias M.A. (1993) Effect of Nitrogen Supply on the
Photosynthetic Performance of Leaves from Coffee Plants Exposed to Bright Light.
Journal of Experimental Botany, 44(262): 893-899.
Ramalho J.C., Rebelo M.C., Santos M.E., Antunes M.L., Nunes M.A. (1995) Effects of
Calcium Deficiency on Coffea arabica. Nutrient Changes and Correlation of Calcium
Levels With Some Photosynthetic Parameters. Plant and Soil, 172: 87-96.
Lauriano J.A., Campos P.S., Ramalho J.C., Lidon F.C., Guedes M.E., Matos M.C. (1997)
Partial Decline of Arachis hypogaea L. Photosynthesis Triggered by Drought Stress.
Photosynthetica, 33(1): 81-90.
Lidon F.C., Ramalho J.C., Barreiro M.G. (1997) Aluminium Modulation of the
Photosynthetic Carbon Reduction Cycle in Zea mays. Photosynthetica, 34(3): 393-400.
Ramalho J.C., Pons T., Groeneveld H., Nunes M.A. (1997) Photosynthetic Responses of
Coffea arabica L. Leaves to a Short-Term High Light Exposure in Relation to N
Availability. Physiologia Plantarum, 101: 229-239.
Quartin V., Ramalho J.C., Nunes M.A. (1998) Responses of Biomass and Several
Photosynthetic Indicators to Manganese Excess in Triticale. Journal of Plant Nutrition,
21(8): 1615-1629.
Ramalho J.C., Campos P.S., Teixeira M., Nunes M.A. (1998) Nitrogen Dependent
Changes in Antioxidant Systems and in Fatty Acid Composition of Chloroplast
Membranes from Coffea arabica L. Plants Submitted to High Irradiance. Plant Science
135(2): 115-124.
Campos P.S., Ramalho J.C., Silva M.J., Lauriano J.A., Matos M.C. (1999) Effects of
Drought on Photosynthetic Performance and Water Relations of Four Vigna
Genotypes. Photosynthetica, 36(1-2): 79-87.
Lidon F.C., Barreiro M.G., Ramalho J.C., Lauriano J.A. (1999) Effects of Aluminum Toxicity
on Nutrient Accumulation in Maize Shoots: Implications on Photosynthesis. Journal of
Plant Nutrition, 22(2): 397-416.
Ramalho J.C., Campos P.S., Quartin V.L., Silva M.J., Nunes M.A. (1999) High Irradiance
Impairments on Electron Transport, Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase
and N Assimilation as as function of N Availability in Coffea arabica L. Plants. Journal
of Plant Physiology, 154: 319-326.
Ramalho J.C., Pons T., Groeneveld H.,
Azinheira H.G., Nunes M.A. (2000)
Photosynthetic Acclimation to High Light Conditions in Mature Leaves of Coffea
arabica L.: Role of Xanthophylls, Quenching Mechanisms and Nitrogen Nutrition.
Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 27: 43-51.
Matos M.C., Campos P.S., Ramalho J.C., Medeira M.C., Maia M.I., Semedo J.M,
Marques N.M., Matos A. (2002) Photosynthetic Activity and Cellular Integrity of the
Andean Legume Pachyrhizus ahipa (Wedd.) Parodi Under Heat and Water Stress
Conditions. Photosynthetica, 40(4): 493-501.
Ramalho J.C., Marques N.C. Semedo J.N., Matos M.C., Quartin V.L. (2002)
Photosynthetic Performance and Pigment Composition of Leaves From Two Tropical
Species is Determined by Light Quality. Plant Biology, 4: 112-120.
Vassilev A., Lidon F.C., Matos M.C., Ramalho J.C., Yordanov I. (2002) Photosynthetic
Performance and Content of Some Nutrients in Cd- and Cu-Treated Barley Plants.
Journal of Plant Nutrition, 25(11): 2343-2360.
Campos P.S., Quartin V., Ramalho J.C., Nunes M.A. (2003) Electrolyte Leakage and Lipid
Degradation Account for Cold Sensitivity in Leaves of Coffea sp. Plants. Journal of
Plant Physiology, 160: 283-292.
Ramalho J.C., Quartin V., Leitão A.E., Campos P.S., Carelli M.L., Fahl J.I., Nunes M.A.
(2003) Cold Acclimation Ability of Photosynthesis Among Species of the Tropical
Coffea Genus. Plant Biology, 5: 631-641.
Lauriano J.A., Ramalho J.C., Lidon F.C., Matos M.C. (2004) Peanut Photosynthesis Under
Drought and Re-watering. Photosynthetica, 42(1): 37-41.
Lidon F.C., Ramalho J.C., Barreiro M.G. (2004) Manganese Accumulation in Rice:
Implications on the Photosynthetic Functioning. Journal of Plant Physiology, 161(11):
1235-1244.
Vassilev A., Lidon F.C., Ramalho J.C., Matos M.C., Barreiro M.G. (2004) Shoot Cadmium
Accumulation and Photosynthetic Performance of Barley Plants Exposed to High
Cadmium Treatments. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 27(5): 775-795.
Carelli M.L., Fahl J.I., Ramalho J.C. (2006) Aspects of Nitrogen Metabolism in Coffee
Plants. Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology, 18(1): 9-21.
DaMatta F.M., Ramalho J.C. (2006) Impacts of Drought and Temperature Stress on Coffee
Physiology and Production: A Review. Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology, 18(1): 5581.
Zlatev Z.S., Lidon F.C., Ramalho J.C. and Yordanov I.T. (2006) Comparison of Resistance
to Drought of Three Bean Cultivars. Biologia Plantarum, 50(3): 389-394.
Dias A. S., Lidon F.C., Ramalho J.C. (2009) I. Heat Stress in Triticum: Kinetics of Ca and
Mg Accumulation. Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology, 21(2): 123-134.
Partelli F.L., Vieira H.D., Viana A.P., Batista-Santos P., Leitão A.E., Ramalho J.C. (2009)
Low Temperature Impact on Photosynthetic Parameters in Coffee Genotypes.
Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 44(11): 1404-1415.
Torres Netto A., Campostrini E., Azevedo L.C., Souza M.A., Ramalho J.C., Chaves M.M.
(2009) Morphological Analysis and Photosynthetic Performance of Improved Papaya
Genotypes. Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology, 21(3): 209-222.
Dias A. S., Barreiro M.G., Campos P.S., Ramalho J.C., Lidon F.C. (2010) Wheat Cellular
Membrane Thermotolerance Under Heat Stress. Journal of Agronomy and Crop
Science, 196: 100-108.
Fortunato A., Lidon F.C., Batista-Santos P., Leitão A.E., Pais I.P., Ribeiro A.I., Ramalho
J.C. (2010) Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of the Antioxidative System of
Coffea sp. Under Cold Conditions in Genotypes With Contrasting Tolerance. Journal of
Plant Physiology, 167: 333–342.
Fortunato A.S., Ramalho J.C. (2010) Coffea arabica cultivar Catuai chloroplast chlorophyll
a/bbinding photosystem II 22kDa subunit S (PsbS) mRNA, partial cds; nuclear gene for
chloroplast product. NCBI, GenBank: HQ130481.1.
Grant O.M., Tronina Ł., Ramalho J.C., Besson C.K., Lobo-do-Vale R., Pereira J.S.,
Jones H.G., Chaves M.M. (2010) The Impact of Drought on Leaf Physiology of
Quercus suber L. Trees: Comparison of an Extreme Drought Event With Chronic
Rainfall Reduction. Journal of Experimental Botany, 61(15): 4361-4371.
Matos M.C., Campos P.S., Passarinho J.A., Semedo J.M., Marques N.M., Ricardo C.P.,
Ramalho
J.C.
Accumulation
(2010)
and
Drought
Membrane
Effect
Integrity
on
Photosynthetic
of
Two
Cicer
Activity,
arietinum
Osmolyte
Genotypes.
Photosynthetica, 48(2): 303-312.
Partelli F.L., Vieira H.D., Rodrigues A.P.D., Pais I., Campostrini E., Chaves M.M.
Ramalho J.C. (2010) Cold Induced Changes on Sugar Contents and Respiratory
Enzyme Activities in Coffee Genotypes. Ciência Rural, 40(4): 781-786.
Batista-Santos P., Lidon F.C., Fortunato A., Leitão A.E., Lopes E., Partelli F., Ribeiro
A.I., Ramalho J.C. (2011) The Impact of Cold on Photosynthesis in Genotypes of
Coffea spp. – Photosystem Sensitivity, Photoprotective Mechanisms and Gene
Expression. Journal of Plant Physiology, 168: 792-806.
Bicho N.C., Leitão A.E., Ramalho J.C., Alvarenga N.B., Lidon F.C. (2011) Identification of
Nutritional Descriptors of Roasting Intensity in Beverages of Arabica and Robusta
Coffee Beans. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 62(8): 865-871.
Bicho N.C., Leitão A.E., Ramalho J.C., Lidon F.C. (2011) Identification of chemical
clusters discriminators of the roast degree in Arabica and Robusta coffee beans.
European Food Research and Technology, 233: 303-311.
Dias A.S., Semedo J., Ramalho J.C., Lidon F.C. (2011) Bread and Durum Wheat Under
Heat Stress: A Comparative Study on the Photosynthetic Performance. Journal of
Agronomy and Crop Science, 197: 50-56.
Lidon F.C., Ramalho J.C. (2011) Impact of UV-B irradiation on photosynthetic performance
and chloroplast membrane components in Oryza sativa L. Journal of Photochemistry
and Photobiology B: Biology, 104: 457-466.
Partelli F.L., Batista-Santos P., Campos P.S., Pais I.P., Quartin V.L., Vieira H.D.,
Ramalho J.C. (2011) Characterization of the Main Lipid Components of Chloroplast
Membranes and Cold Induced Changes in Coffea sp. Environmental and Experimental
Botany, 74: 194-204.
Goulao L.F., Fortunato A.S., Ramalho J.C. (2012) Selection of Reference Genes for
Normalizing Quantitative Real-Time PCR Gene Expression Data with Multiple
Variables in Coffea spp. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 30:741-759.
Lidon F.C., Teixeira M., Ramalho J.C. (2012) Decay of the Chloroplast Pool of Ascorbate
Switches on the Oxidative Burst in UV-B Irradiated Rice. Journal of Agronomy and
Crop Science, 198: 130-144.
Medeira C., Quartin V., Maia I., Diniz I., Matos M.C., Semedo J.N, Scotti-Campos P.,
Ramalho J., Pais I., Ramos P., Melo E., Leitão A., Cravador A. (2012) Cryptogein
and Capsicein Promote Defence Responses in Quercus suber Against Phytophthora
cinnamomi Infection. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 134: 145-159.
Bicho N.C., Leitão A.E., Ramalho J.C., Alvarenga N.B., Lidon F.C. (2013) Impact of
Roasting Time on the Sensory Profile of Arabica and Robusta Coffee. Ecology of Food
and Nutrition, 52:163–177.
Bicho N.C., Leitão A.E., Ramalho J.C., Alvarenga N.B., Lidon F.C. (2013) Identification of
Chemical Clusters Discriminators of Arabica and Robusta Green Coffee. International
Journal of Food Properties, 16: 895–904.
Ramalho J.C., Fortunato A.S., Goulao L.F., Lidon F.C. (2013) Cold-Induced Changes in
Mineral Content in Coffea spp. Leaves - Identification of Descriptors for Tolerance
Assessment. Biologia Plantarum, 57(3): 495-506.
Ramalho J.C., Zlatev Z.S., Leitão A.E., Pais I.P., Fortunato A., Lidon F.C. (2013)
Moderate Water Stress Causes Differential Stomatal and Non-Stomatal Changes on
the Photosynthetic Functioning of Phaseolus vulgaris L. Genotypes. Plant Biology
(accepted).
Scotti-Campos P., Pais I.P., Partelli F.L., Batista-Santos P., Ramalho J.C. (2013)
Phospholipids profile in chloroplasts of Coffea spp. genotypes differing in cold
acclimation ability. Journal of Plant Physiology, (DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2013.07.007)
(accepted).