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Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry and Toxicology, Food safety and Food security, Risk Analysis, Project Management
Portugal

Biography

Marta Leite, with a degree in Biochemistry and a Master degree in Forensic Chemistry from the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra, and a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bromatology and Hydrology from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Coimbra, is currently a Research Fellow at the National Institute of Agricultural and Veterinary Research (INIAV, I.P.) in the Strategic Unit for Research and Services in Food Technology and Safety (UEISTSA). Her main activities in Food Quality, Food Safety & Analytical Chemistry, stemming from 14 years of professional experience, are mainly related to project management, and research towards the development and application of advanced analytical methodologies for the identification and quantification of natural and anthropogenic contaminants in biological samples of animal and plant origin, and bioactive compounds with nutritional and nutraceutical properties in food. Her analytical competences include chromatography systems with mass detectors (sequential) and, multi-detection and multi-class methodologies.

Activities

Employment (6)

Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária: Vairão, Vila do Conde, PT

2023-05 to present | Researcher (Unidade Estratégica de Investigação e Serviços de Tecnologia e Segurança Alimentar (UEIS-TSA))
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Marta Leite, Ph.D.

University of Coimbra, Faculty of Pharmacy, Health Science Campus: Coimbra, PT

2018-10-01 to 2023-10-02 | PhD Student in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Bromatology and Hydrology)
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BTS - Biotechnology and Sensing for Food Safety and Health, Lda. (BioTechSense): Oliveira do Hospital, PT

2013-03 to 2018-09 | Scientific manager / Project coordinator
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University of Coimbra, Faculty of Pharmacy, Health Science Campus: Coimbra, PT

2011-11 to 2018-09 | Young Researcher (Bromatology and Hydrology)
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Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária: Oeiras, Lisboa, PT

2011-11 to 2018-09 | Young Researcher (Unidade Estratégica de Investigação e Serviços de Tecnologia e Segurança Alimentar)
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University of Coimbra and, European Comission and United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI): Coimbra, PT

2013-09 to 2013-12 | Project Technician of the Portuguese CBRN Team
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Education and qualifications (7)

Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra (FFUC): Coimbra, PT

2018-10 to 2023-10 | PhD Thesis in Pharmaceutical Sciences, specialization branch in Food Science and Water Analysis (Bromatology and Hydrology)
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University of Coimbra: Coimbra, PT

2019 to 2019 | Statistics and Multivariate Analysis in R: Applications in multicomponent systems
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International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies: Zaragoza, ES

2017-01-16 to 2017-01-20 | Advanced Course on the Use of biosensors for food safety and quality
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Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC) Training Center: Porto, PT

2014-05-05 to 2014-05-16 | Laboratory Animal Science - Category C, FELASA Accreditation Nº Marta Leite 020/08
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University of Coimbra: Coimbra, PT

2009-10 to 2011-10-12 | MSc in Forensic Chemistry
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Laboratoire d’Étude des Résidus et Contaminants dans les Aliments (LABERCA), ONIRIS: Nantes, FR

2011-05-16 to 2011-05-27 | Course "Intensive Programme for Advanced Residue Analysis in Food"
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University of Coimbra: Coimbra, PT

2005-09 to 2009-09-11 | Graduation in Biochemistry
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Professional activities (1)

Sociedade Portuguesa de Química: Lisboa, Lisboa, PT

2021-03-25 to present
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Marta Leite, Ph.D.

Funding (6)

Summer school on analytical tools for contaminants in honey and honey by-products

2024-09 to 2024-09 | Grant
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (Brussels, BE)
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Marta Leite, Ph.D.

SMARTgNOSTICS - Global Testing & Diagnostics Solutions for antimicrobial resistances

2023-05 to 2025-05 | Grant
IAPMEI (Lisbon, PT)
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Marta Leite, Ph.D.

Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM)

2022-11 to 2022-11 | Grant
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (Brussels, BE)
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Parma Summer School 2019

2019-06 to 2019-06 | Grant
EFSA (Parma, IT)
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Assessment Models for Multi-mycotoxins in the Food Value Chain: A scientific approach for food security and sustainability.

2018-10 to 2023-01 | Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisbon, PT)
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SFRH/BD/141778/2018

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Intensive Programme for Advanced Residue Analysis in Food, Laboratoire d’Étude des Résidus et Contaminants dans les Aliments

2011-05 to 2011-05 | Grant
ONIRIS Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Agroalimentaire et de l'alimentation de Nantes-Atlantique (Nantes, FR)
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Works (19)

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference - BeSafeBeeHoney (BEekeeping Products Valorization and Biomonitoring for the SAFEty of BEEs and HONEY)

Bee World
2025-01-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Andreia Freitas; Ambrogina Albergamo; Marta Leite; Sara Leston; Giuseppa Di Bella
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Mycotoxins in Portuguese Agricultural Maize Fields and Dairy Farms

Toxins
2024-07-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Marta Leite; Andreia Freitas; Jorge Barbosa; Fernando Ramos
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Mycotoxins and Maize Value Chain: Multi-Matrix and Multi-Analyte Tools towards Global Feed and Food Safety

Separations
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85172243386

Part of ISSN: 22978739
Contributors: Leite, M.; Freitas, A.; Barbosa, J.; Ramos, F.
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Marta Leite, Ph.D. via Scopus - Elsevier

Comprehensive assessment of different extraction methodologies for optimization and validation of an analytical multi-method for determination of emerging and regulated mycotoxins in maize by UHPLC-MS/MS

Food Chemistry Advances
2023-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Marta Leite; Andreia Freitas; Jorge Barbosa; Fernando Ramos
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Regulated and Emerging Mycotoxins in Bulk Raw Milk: What Is the Human Risk?

Toxins
2023-10 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Marta Leite, Ph.D.; Andreia Freitas; Jorge Barbosa; Fernando Ramos
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

UHPLC-ToF-MS as a High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Tool for Veterinary Drug Quantification in Milk

Separations
2023-08-21 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2297-8739
Contributors: Marta Leite; Ana Rita Marques; Ana Sofia Vila Pouca; Silvia Cruz Barros; Jorge Barbosa; Fernando Ramos; Isabel M. Afonso; Andreia Freitas
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Mycotoxins in Raw Bovine Milk: UHPLC-QTrap-MS/MS Method as a Biosafety Control Tool

Toxins
2023-02-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Marta Leite; Andreia Freitas; Jorge Barbosa; Fernando Ramos
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Maize food chain and mycotoxins: A review on occurrence studies

Trends in Food Science & Technology
2021-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Marta Leite; Andreia Freitas; Ana Sanches Silva; Jorge Barbosa; Fernando Ramos
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Maize (Zea mays L.) and mycotoxins: A review on optimization and validation of analytical methods by liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry

2020-03-26 | Journal article
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Emerging mycotoxins: The Maize Value Chain Perspective.

1º Simpósio INIAV para a Segurança Alimentar - "Rumo à Alimentação do Futuro"
2019-11-28 | Conference poster
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Marta Leite, Ph.D.

Mushrooms as food supplements: market research and nutraceutical safety analysis.

Revista Española de Nutrición Comunitaria
2017 | Conference paper
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Marta Leite, Ph.D.

Mushrooms as potential agricultural and industrial products: preliminary assessment for food security and sustainable development – a case study.

Revista Española de Nutrición Comunitaria
2017 | Conference paper
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Marta Leite, Ph.D.

Método para produção de micélio de macrofungos através da bioconversão de sorelho e resíduos de maçã provenientes da indústria de lacticínios e de frutas.

Boletim da Propriedade Industrial nº 220/2017
2017 | Patent
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Marta Leite, Ph.D.

Mushrooms as food supplements: market research and nutraceutical safety analysis.

Congresso Internacional de Nutrição e Segurança Alimentar (CINSA)
2016-10 | Conference abstract
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Marta Leite, Ph.D.

Mushrooms as potential agricultural and industrial products: preliminary assessment for food security and sustainable development – a case study.

Congresso Internacional de Nutrição e Segurança Alimentar (CINSA)
2016-10 | Conference poster
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Marta Leite, Ph.D.

Determination of amanitins in Portuguese wild mushrooms by high performance liquid chromatography with eletrochemical detection.

Toxicology Letters
2015 | Conference paper
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Marta Leite, Ph.D.

A new laboratorial method for the determination of amatoxins in wild mushroom samples.

XXIII Jornadas da Confederação Europeia de Micologia Mediterrânica (CEMM)
2015-11 | Conference poster
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Marta Leite, Ph.D.

Determination of amanitins in Portuguese wild mushrooms by high performance liquid chromatography with eletrochemical detection.

51st Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology – Bridging Sciences for Safety (EUROTOX 2015)
2015-09 | Conference poster
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Marta Leite, Ph.D.

Development, optimization and application of an analytical methodology by ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for determination of amanitins in urine and liver samples.

Analytica Chimica Acta
2013 | Conference abstract
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Peer review (7 reviews for 5 publications/grants)

Review activity for Chemistry Africa. (1)
Review activity for Food chemistry. (3)
Review activity for Science of the total environment. (1)
Review activity for Toxics. (1)
Review activity for Toxins. (1)