Sdena Nunes, Ph.D.

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Research Interests

Dr. Sdena Nunes's main research area focuses on the application of chromatography to the study of Phytoplankton community structure combined with the use of the statistic program CHEMTAX. Her research at KAUST aims extracted pigments data from seawater samples and sediments core samples and the relationship between cell death and the high temperatures experienced by phytoplankton communities in the Red Sea.

Selected Publications

  • Assessing Viral Abundance and Community Composition in Four Contrasting Regions of the Southern Ocean 
    Ana Sotomayor-Garcia, Maria Montserrat Sala, Isabel Ferrera, Marta Estrada, Evaristo Vázqu...
    Life, 10(7), 107, (2020)
  • Distribution and Drivers of Marine Isoprene Concentration across the Southern Ocean 
    Rodríguez-Ros, P.; Cortés, P.; Robinson, C.M.; Nunes, S.; Hassler, C.; Royer, S.-J.; Estr...
    Atmosphere, 11, 556, (2020)
  • Phytoplankton community structure in contrasting ecosystems of the Southern Ocean: South Georgia, South Orkneys and... 
    Sdena Nunes, Mikel Latasa, Maximiniano Delgado, Mikhail Emelianov, Rafel Simó, Marta Estra...
    Deep Sea Research Part I. Volume 151, 103059., (2019)
  • Size fractionation, chemotaxonomic groups and bio-optical properties of phytoplankton along a transect across the A... 
    Sdena Nunes, Gonzalo L. Pérez, Mikel Latasa, Marina Zamanillo, Eva Ortega-Retuerta, Cèlia ...
    Scientia Marina. Vol. 83 N. 2, (2019)
  • Distribution of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in distinct regions of the Southern Ocean 
    Marina Zamanillo, Eva Ortega-Retuerta, Sdena Nunes, Marta Estrada, Maria Montserrat Sala, ...
    Science of the Total Environment Volume 691, pp. 736-748, (2019)
  • Seasonal and interannual variability of phytoplankton community structure in a Mediterranean coastal site 
    Sdena Nunes, Mikel Latasa, Josep Gasol, Marta Estrada
    MEPS. 592: 57 - 75, (2018)
  • Main drivers of transparent exopolymer particle distribution across the surface Atlantic Ocean 
    Zamanillo, M., E. Ortega–Retuerta, S. Nunes, P. Rodríguez–Ros, M. Dall’Osto, M. Estrada, M...
    Biogeosciences 16 : 733749, (2019)
  • Coastal Bacterioplankton Metabolism Is Stimulated Stronger by Anthropogenic Aerosols than Saharan Dust 
    Isabel Marín, Sdena Nunes, Denise Sánchez-Pérez, Estibalitz Txurruka, Francesc Peter
    Frontier in Microbiology, (2017)
  • Antarctic sea ice region as a source of biogenic organic nitrogen in aerosols 
    Manuel Dall’Osto, Jurgita Ovadnevaite, Marco Paglione, David C. S. Beddows, Darius Ceburni...
    Sci Rep 7, 6047, (2017)
  • Anthropogenic versus mineral aerosols in the stimulation of microbial planktonic communities 
    Marín, Sdena Nunes, Denisse Sánchez-Pérez, Marta Estrada, Francesc Peters
    Science of The Total Environment Volume 574, pp. 553-568, (2017)

Education

  • ​Ph.D., Marine Science, University of Barcelona, Spain, 2018.
  • MSc., Marine Ecology, UFRN, Natal, Brazil, 2009.
  • BSc., Biology, UFRN, Natal, Brazil, 2006.

Professional Profile

  • ​2020 - Present: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. 
  • 2015: Health and Science Instructor, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Barcelona, Spain.
  • 2010 – 2013: Assistant Professor, Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE). Ceará, Brazil.
  • 2009 - 2010: Substitute Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). Natal, Brazil.
  • 2008 – 2009: Research Specialist for macroalgae farm development

KAUST Affiliations

  • ​Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)

  • Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE)

Research Interests Keywords

Phytoplankton pigments HPLC CHEMTAX Chemotaxonomy Marine ecology Climate Change