Teacher
Kalina Samardjieva

Resume

Kalina Samardjieva holds a PhD in Environmental Science and Technology from the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Porto. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Universidade Lusófona – Centro Universitário do Porto. There, she teaches courses on environmental monitoring, environmental chemistry, microbiology, and analytical methods within the environmental engineering and civil protection programs. Her research focuses on the monitoring and characterization of airborne contaminants in operational environments. Recently, she has addressed the assessment of bioaerosols and biological risks in waste management facilities. This work contributes to the development of environmental monitoring approaches for assessing and mitigating occupational exposure in complex working environments. Through her teaching and applied research activities, she has gained expertise in environmental monitoring methodologies, analytical techniques, and experimental approaches for characterizing environmental contamination. Additionally, she teaches within the Civil Protection Engineering program, where she addresses environmental hazards and exposure risks associated with emergency response operations. Her current research interests are centered on environmental exposure monitoring, occupational environmental health, and the development of methodologies for measuring airborne contaminants in dynamic operational contexts, including emergency response environments.

Graus

• Licenciatura
  BSc in Environmental Sciences
• Mestrado
  MSc in Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation
• Doutoramento
  PhD in Environmental Science and Technology

Publicações

Journal article

• 2024-05-20, Culturable Bioaerosols Assessment in a Waste-Sorting Plant and UV-C Decontamination, Sustainability
• 2014-11-14, Zinc Accumulation and Tolerance inSolanum nigrumare Plant Growth Dependent, International Journal of Phytoremediation
• 2014-08-14, Histological and ultrastructural evidence for zinc sequestration in Solanum nigrum L., Protoplasma
• 2011-04-01, Insights into Phytoremediation Solutions for Environmental Recovery, Recent Patents on Biotechnology
• 2008-01, EDDS and EDTA-enhanced zinc accumulation by solanum nigrum inoculated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi grown in contaminated soil, Chemosphere
• 2007-02, Solanum nigrum grown in contaminated soil: Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on zinc accumulation and histolocalisation, Environmental Pollution

Thesis / Dissertation

• 2014, PhD, Insights into the mechanisms of zinc tolerance and accumulation in Solanum nigrum L

Conference paper

• Preliminary Study on Microplastic Contamination in Rice Using Fluorescence Microscopy, International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development - “Global Challenges: Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability”
• 2025, Enhancing Indoor Air Quality Assessments: Bacterial Monitoring Method Validation for Educational Facilities, International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development - “Global Challenges: Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability”
• 2024-07-11, Air quality and biological agent exposure of administrative personnel at a waste sorting plant, 114th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development, Universidade Lusófona – Centro Universitário do Porto (Porto, Portugal).

Conference poster

• 2010, Organic acids and sub-cellular sequestration studies in zinc accumulator Solanum nigrum L, XVIII Congress of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology (FESBP)
• 2007, Zinc tolerance, accumulation and localization in Solanum nigrum, . Mostra Interna do Fórum Ambiente da Universidade do Porto, Portugal