Paulo's thesis title is "VitiSynCOM - Synthetic Microbial Community: A novel tool to control black rot disease in vineyards", supervised by Prof. Conceição Santos (LAQV/REQUIMTE) and Prof. David Gramaje (University of La Rioja; Institute of Grapevine and Wine Sciences). His thesis is funded by FCT, through a mixed scholarship (2022.12905.BD).