Ana B. Barbosa graduated in Marine Biology and Fisheries (1989) and obtained a PhD in Marine Sciences (2006), both at University of Algarve (UAlg), where she has been lecturing for the last 30 years. Currently, she is a tenured Assistant Professor (UAlg), and lectures BSc and MSc courses in biological oceanography and marine ecosystems dynamics. She was Director of the Marine Biology BSc program during ca. 10 years. She develops research in Marine Microbial Ecology and Ecosystem Dynamics, and her major research interests include the regulation of planktonic communities and effects of natural and anthropogenic-induced ecosystem changes. She has been involved in 17 national and international research projects, being PI or institutional coordinator in three projects. She has supervised one post-doctoral fellow, 3 PhD thesis, 10 MSc thesis, 7 graduate interns, and 33 undergraduate students. She has published 30 peer-reviewed articles, 6 book chapters, and edited a book on Zooplankton Ecology. She is reviewer for 23 scientific journals, and evaluator of international grant and research project proposals.
 
Biological Oceanography; Marine Microbial Ecology; Plankton dynamics; Natural and anthropogenic-induced ecosystem changes