COLLABORATIONS
| INSTITUTIONS / INDUSTRY | |
 NATIONAL (Portugal) |
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| ACADEMIC /RESEARCH | INDUSTRY |
| Cooperative higher education, polytechnic and university (CESPU) | Águas de Douro e Paiva |
| University of Porto (Faculties of Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering, Medicine, Nutrition and Food Science, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) | Castelbel, Artigos de Beleza |
| Portuguese Institute of Oncology - Porto FGl, EPE (IPO Porto) | Curtumes Aveneda |
| National Institute of Biological Resources (INRB) | Efacec |
| National Laboratory of Energy and Geology (LNEG) | Equilibrium - Lab. Controlo de Qualidade e Processos |
| National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA) | Eurofins Portugal |
| Technical University of Lisbon (UTL) | Evoleo Technologies |
| University of Aveiro (UA) | Fábrica de conservas La Gondola |
| Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB) | Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto |
| New University of Lisbon (UNL) | Monteiro Ribas |
| University of Minho (UMinho) | SIMLIS - Saneamento Integrado dos Municípios do Lis |
| University of Coimbra (UC) | SOMAPLA - Sociedade Industrial de Matérias Plásticas |
| WeDoTech - Companhia de Ideias e Tecnologias | |
| INTERNATIONAL | |
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 Brazil |
 Spain |
| University of Pernambuco | University of Oviedo |
| Federal University of Ceará | University of Léon |
| Federal University of Piauí | Autonomus University of Barcelona |
| University of São Paulo - S. Carlos | Complutense University of Madrid |
| University of Vigo | |
 Argentina |
University of Santiago de Compostela |
| Centro Nacional Patagónico | |
| Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto |  United States of America |
| United States Department of Agriculture | |
 France |
The University of Texas at Austin |
| University Paris Diderot | |
 Denmark |
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 India |
Aarhus University |
| Alagappa University | |
 Italy |
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| University of Camerino | |
| VISITING RESEARCHERS (Postdoc / PhD) |
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| Aida María Diez Sarabia (Spain) (2019) |
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| Iria Bravo Segura (Spain) (2019) |
Manuel Conde Cid (Spain) (2019) |
 Violeta Preda Nastuneac (Romania) (2016) |
Lêda Cristina da Silva (Brazil) (2015) |
| Rosana Anita da Silva Fonseca (Brazil) (2015) |
Carlucio Roberto Alves (Brazil) (2015) |
| José Ribeiro dos Santos Júnior (Brazil) (2015) |
Roxana Marina Nechifor (Romania) (2015) |
| Wagner Rafael Correr (Brazil) (2015) |
Emmanuel Odella (Argentina) (2015) |
| Adrián González Guzmán (Spain) (2015) |
José Roberto Leite (Brazil) (2015) |
| Joilson Ramos de Jesus (Brazil) (2015) |
Adriane Melo (Brazil) (2014/15) |
| Juliana Beatriz Sousa (Brazil (2014 - ) |
Estefanía Costa Rama (Spain) (2014) |
 C. Lorena Manzanares Palenzuela (Venezuela) (2014) |
Olalla López Fernández (Spain) (2014) |
| Mario Paz (Brazil) (2013/14) |
 José Luis Vera (Paraguay) (2010/14) |
 Wojciech Stawinski (Poland) (2012 - ) |
 Aleksandar Lolic (Serbia) (2013) |
| Júlia Magalhães (Portugal) (2011 - ) |
Leiz Véras (Brazil) (2013) |
| Carolina Portella (Brazil) (2013/14) |
M. Begoña González-García (Spain) (2012/13) |
| Helena Becker (Brazil) (2012) |
Subramanian Viswanathan (India) (2009/12) |
| Sonya Amaya (Spain) (2012) |
Thiago Oliveira (Brazil) (2012) |
| Francisco Wirley Ribeiro (Brazil) (2011/12) |
 Ayman Kamel (Egypt) (2008) |