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Environmental Sciences
Portugal
2026

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Environmental Sciences

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69
Citations
14329
World Ranking
1817
National Ranking
8

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72
Citations
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World Ranking
6429
National Ranking
26

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Paula M. L. Castro is affiliated with the Catholic University of Portugal in Portugal. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as Pollution, Plant Science, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Water Science and Technology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics of research explored by Paula M. L. Castro include:

  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

The scientist has published extensively, with recent noteworthy papers including:

  • Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) improve the growth and nutrient use efficiency in maize (Zea mays L.) under water deficit conditions, 2020, Heliyon
  • Synergistic effect of organo-mineral amendments and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on the establishment of vegetation cover and amelioration of mine tailings, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Quantification of fluoroquinolones in wastewaters by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Long-term stability of a non-adapted aerobic granular sludge process treating fish canning wastewater associated to EPS producers in the core microbiome, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Phytomanagement of Metal(loid)-Contaminated Soils: Options, Efficiency and Value, 2021, Frontiers in Environmental Science

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Catarina L. Amorim
  • Sofia I.A. Pereira
  • Helena Moreira
  • Irina S. Moreira
  • D. P. Mesquita

Paula M. L. Castro has contributed multiple articles to several scientific journals, most frequently publishing in Chemosphere, the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Applied Sciences, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Heliyon.

Best Publications

  • Remediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils: Phytoremediation as a Potentially Promising Clean-Up Technology

    Ana P. G. C. Marques;António O. S. S. Rangel;Paula M. L. Castro

  • Constructed wetland systems vegetated with different plants applied to the treatment of tannery wastewater

    Cristina S.C. Calheiros;António O.S.S. Rangel;Paula M.L. Castro

  • Metal uptake by microalgae: Underlying mechanisms and practical applications

    Cristina M. Monteiro;Paula M. L. Castro;F. Xavier Malcata;F. Xavier Malcata;F. Xavier Malcata

  • Assessment of the plant growth promotion abilities of six bacterial isolates using Zea mays as indicator plant.

    Ana P.G.C. Marques;Carlos Pires;Carlos Pires;Helena Moreira;António O.S.S. Rangel

  • Phytoremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons, anilines and phenols.

    Patricia J. Harvey;Bruno F. Campanella;Paula M. L. Castro;Hans Harms

  • Valorisation of natural extracts from marine source focused on marine by-products: A review

    Vincenza Ferraro;Isabel B. Cruz;Ruben Ferreira Jorge;F. Xavier Malcata

  • Performance of aerobic granular sludge in a sequencing batch bioreactor exposed to ofloxacin, norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin

    Catarina L. Amorim;Catarina L. Amorim;Alexandra S. Maia;Alexandra S. Maia;Raquel B.R. Mesquita;Raquel B.R. Mesquita;António O.S.S. Rangel

  • Biodegradation of ofloxacin, norfloxacin, and ciprofloxacin as single and mixed substrates by Labrys portucalensis F11.

    Catarina L. Amorim;Catarina L. Amorim;Irina S. Moreira;Alexandra S. Maia;Alexandra S. Maia;Maria E. Tiritan;Maria E. Tiritan

  • Oxygen vacancies, the optical band gap (Eg) and photocatalysis of hydroxyapatite: Comparing modelling with measured data

    V.S. Bystrov;C. Piccirillo;D.M. Tobaldi;P.M.L. Castro

  • Use of constructed wetland systems with Arundo and Sarcocornia for polishing high salinity tannery wastewater

    Cristina S.C. Calheiros;Paula V.B. Quitério;Gabriela Silva;Luís F.C. Crispim

  • Treatment of industrial wastewater with two-stage constructed wetlands planted with Typha latifolia and Phragmites australis.

    Cristina S.C. Calheiros;António O.S.S. Rangel;Paula M.L. Castro

  • Evaluation of Phenolic Profiles and Antioxidant Activities of Turkish Medicinal Plants: Tiliaargentea, Crataegi Folium Leaves and Polygonum bistorta Roots

    S. Demiray;M. E. Pintado;P. M. L. Castro

  • Inoculating Helianthus annuus (sunflower) grown in zinc and cadmium contaminated soils with plant growth promoting bacteria – Effects on phytoremediation strategies

    Ana P.G.C. Marques;Helena Moreira;Albina R. Franco;António O.S.S. Rangel

  • Phosphate-solubilizing rhizobacteria enhance Zea mays growth in agricultural P-deficient soils

    Sofia I.A. Pereira;Paula M.L. Castro

  • Application of a statistical design to the optimization of culture medium for recombinant interferon-gamma production by Chinese hamster ovary cells.

    Paula M. L. Castro;Paul M. Hayter;Andrew P. Ison;Alan T. Bull

  • Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) improve the growth and nutrient use efficiency in maize (Zea mays L.) under water deficit conditions

    S.I.A. Pereira;D. Abreu;H. Moreira;A. Vega

  • Extraction and characterisation of apatite- and tricalcium phosphate-based materials from cod fish bones.

    C. Piccirillo;M. F. Silva;R. C. Pullar;I. Braga da Cruz

  • 4-Chlorophenol degradation by a bacterial consortium: development of a granular activated carbon biofilm reactor.

    M. Caldeira;Stephen C. Heald;Maria F. Carvalho;I. Vasconcelos

  • Changes in the bacterial community structure in two-stage constructed wetlands with different plants for industrial wastewater treatment

    Cristina S.C. Calheiros;Anouk F. Duque;Alexandra Moura;Isabel S. Henriques

  • Biodegradation of Diclofenac by the bacterial strain Labrys portucalensis F11

    Irina S. Moreira;Vânia S. Bessa;Sapia Murgolo;Clara Piccirillo

  • Evaluation of different substrates to support the growth of Typha latifolia in constructed wetlands treating tannery wastewater over long-term operation.

    Cristina S.C. Calheiros;António O.S.S. Rangel;Paula M.L. Castro

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Elizabeth Tiritan
Maria Elizabeth Tiritan University of Porto
Manuela Pintado
Manuela Pintado Catholic University of Portugal
F. Xavier Malcata
F. Xavier Malcata University of Porto
Carlos A. M. Afonso
Carlos A. M. Afonso University of Lisbon
Robert C. Pullar
Robert C. Pullar Ca Foscari University of Venice
Alan T. Bull
Alan T. Bull University of Kent
Eugénio C. Ferreira
Eugénio C. Ferreira University of Minho
Miroslav Vosátka
Miroslav Vosátka Czech Academy of Sciences
Dick B. Janssen
Dick B. Janssen University of Groningen
Hans Brix
Hans Brix Aarhus University

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