P h.D. in Biology since June 2002, speciality in Biochemistry, with investigation in Microbial Chemistry
AC Esteves is the author of 1 patent, 34 WoS papers, 10 refereed proceedings, 1 bioinformatic application, 6 book chapters, 1 paper in an international journal without revision and more than one hundered communictions.
AC Esteves has collaborated in numerous investigation projects either as coordinator or team member and won two prizes. She has been involved in internationalization
organization/co-organization of several national and international courses and workshops; 2 prizes; member of revision panel of 26 international journals. Member of 3 COST Actions. Currently is an Invited Assistant Professor at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, ICS-Viseu.
As an Invited Assistant Professor has given more than 15 classes of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycles of formation, has made numerous seminars for graduation and post-graduation students, and for non-specialized public
AC Esteves is the supervisor/co-supervisor of 2 on going PhD thesis (3 already concluded), 1 on going MSc thesis (15 already concluded) and more than 20 final graduation thesis (concluded). She organized/co-organized several post-graduation courses.
AC Esteves research interests are related to the use of Omics to unravel Host-Microbial interactions and Environmental-microbial interactions. She is also interested in the biotechnological potential of microorganisms.