About Me

I graduated in Biology in the University of Évora in 2007 and completed my Master's degree in Ecology and  Environmental Management in the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon in 2011. Afterwards, I graduated in Optometry and Vision Sciences and got my Master's degree in Advanced Optometry in the University of Minho. I have recently completed my PhD in Optometry and Vision Sciences in the same university, where I aimed to explore the influence of environmental spectral statistics and brain plasticity in the colour vision of dichromats, specifically, how they determine their colour naming.

Main Research Interests

Colour vision and colour vision deficiencies

Colour naming

Chromatic discrimination

Hyperspectral imaging

Skin colour perception

Daylight illumination preferences

Myopia and colour vision

Publications and Conferences

Marques, DN, Monteiro, JAR,  Linhares, JMM, Nascimento, SMC (2026).  Red‑green colour discrimination thresholds are associated with colour naming accuracy in natural colours across different backgrounds. ICVS 2026, Brighton, Aug 15. 2026.

Marques, DN, Monteiro, JAR,  Linhares, JMM, Nascimento, SMC (2026). Colour naming of isolated natural colours by colour normal and colour deficient observers. CIOCV’26, Braga, May 30-31, 2026.

Monteiro, JAR, Marques, DN,  Linhares, JMM, Nascimento, SMC (2026). Rapid test for detecting red–green color vision deficiencies using a neural network-assisted color-naming   task.  Scientific Reports, 16(1), 9987. 

Monteiro JAR, Marques DN, Linhares JMM, Nascimento SMC (2024). Optimal color sets to represent the colors of natural scenes by k-medoids clustering. JOSA A, 42 (5), B50-B55.

Marques DN, Nascimento SMC (2024).  How the orientation of the color gamut of natural scenes influences color discrimination in red-green dichromacy. Vision Research, 222, 108435.

Monteiro JAR, Marques DN, Linhares JMM, Nascimento SMC (2025). Optimal color sets to represent the colors of natural scenes by k-medoids clustering. CIOCV’25, Braga, May 24-25, 2025.

Marques DN, Monteiro JAR, Costa JBS, Sequeiros JFA, Linhares JMM, Nascimento SMC. Colour naming of natural colours by normal trichromats. CIOCV’24, Braga, September 28-29, 2024.

Marques DN, Monteiro JAR, Costa JBS, Sequeiros JFA, Linhares JMM, Nascimento SMC (2024). Colour naming of natural colours by normal trichromats and dichromats. ICVS’24, Ljubljana, July 5-9, 2024.

Monteiro JAR, Marques DN, Costa JBS, Sequeiros JFA, Linhares JMM, Nascimento SMC (2024). Neural network to predict colour naming by dichromats by learning from naming patterns of normal trichromats. ICVS’24, Ljubljana, July 5-9, 2024.

Marques DN, Gomes AE, Linhares JMM, Nascimento SMC (2023). Do color-enhancing filters improve the color vision of anomalous trichromats? CIOCV’23, Braga, Sept 30, 2023

Marques, DN, Gomes, AE, Linhares, JMM, Nascimento, SMC (2023). Discrimination of natural colors in anomalous trichromacy and the effects of EnChroma and Vino filters. Optics Express, 31(11), 18075-18087. 

Marques DN, Gomes AE, Linhares JMM, Nascimento SMC. Chromatic discrimination of anomalous trichromats in natural settings and notch filters effectiveness. CIOCV’22, Braga, May 21-22, 2022.

Linhares JMM, Gomes AE, Marques DN, Nascimento, SMC. Preferred lighting for viewing familiar and unfamiliar human faces. Vision Sciences Society VSS 2020, Florida, May 15-20, 2020 (accepted).

Marques DN, Gomes AE, Linhares JMM, Nascimento SMC. Discriminação cromática de tricromatas anómalos em ambientes naturais e eficácia de filtros de pé-de-corte. CIOCV’20, Braga, April 18-19, 2020 (accepted).

Nascimento SMC, Marques DN, Gomes AE, Linhares JMM. The ineffectiveness of VINO and EnChroma glasses for discriminating colors from natural environments in anomalous trichromacy. Vision Sciences Society VSS 2020, Florida, 15 a 20 May 2020 (accepted).

Marques DN, Linhares JMM, Gomes AE, Pereira RJF, Nascimento SMC. Measuring the spectral properties of the skin of human faces. JORNADAS CF-UM-UP 2019, Univeristy of Minho, Braga, December 13, 2019.

Marques DN, Jorge J, Linhares JMM. Diferencias en la visión del color entre ojos cortos y largos. OPTOM, IFEMA, Madrid, April 13-15, 2018.

Marques DN, Jorge J, Linhares JMM. Chromatic Discrimination in Myopia. International Myopia Conference IMC, Aston University, Birmingham, September 14-17, 2017.

Marques DN, Jorge J, Linhares JMM. Discriminação Cromática em Miopia. CIOCV’17, University of Minho, April 22-23, 2017.

Marques DN, Macedo AF. Perceptions of acceptable conducts by university students. J Optom 2016;9(3):166-74

Marques DN, Macedo AF. Percepção sobre condutas na Universidade. IX CAO’s, Coimbra, November 17, 2013.

Marques DN, Antunes C, Hellmann C, Sutter R, Rascher K, Werner C, Correia O, Máguas C. Influência espacial da invasora leguminosa Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd. num ecossistema dunar português. 12º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia. University of Porto, Porto, October 18-20, 2010.