
Name
Vasco Rui Veloso Neves Branco
Category
Assistant Professor
Research Unit
biographical note
His research is focused on environmental Toxicology seeking to understand how exposure to environmental contaminants drives disease and to identify biomarkers to be used in Risk Assessment. His work focuses mainly on i) studying the interaction of mercury compounds with selenoproteins; ii) addressing the toxicity of mixtures of aromatic hydrocarbons; iii) evaluating the toxicity mechanisms associated with exposure to nanoplastics.
ORCID ID 0000-0002-0466-4934 | SCOPUS ID 8271087300 | CIÊNCIA ID 671C-816B-F077