CURRICULUM VITAE

WORK

Sept. 2017 - present Senior lecturer in Zoology, University of Roehampton, London, U.K..

Nov. 2016 - Aug. 2017 Biocurator, European Bioinformatics Institute, EMBL, Hinxton, U.K..

Feb. 2013 - Oct. 2016 Research Fellow, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K..

Apr. 2011 - Jan. 2013 Marie Curie Postdoctoral fellow, Natural Sciences Museum, Madrid, Spain.

Sept.2010 -Mar.2011 Postdoctoral fellow, Depart. of Evolutionary Botany, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland

June 2010 - Aug.2010 Visiting Scientist at the Natural Sciences Museum, Madrid, working on the project with an exchange grant from the European Science Foundation.

Mar. 2009 - Apr. 201 Swiss National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow, Department of Biological Sciences , University of Hull.

EDUCATION

Dec. 2004 - Feb. 2009 Ph.D. University of Bern, Switzerland. “Roles of divergent selection and environmental heterogeneity in speciation of Lake Victoria cichlid fish”.

Sept. 2002 - Mar. 2004 MSc in Environmental Sciences Wageningen University, Netherlands.

Sept. 1996 - June2001 Undergraduate studies in Biology University of Porto, Portugal. Specialisation in Applied Animal Biology.

FELLOWSHIPS AND FUNDING

  • Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (24 months). Genomics, Ecology and Morphology, Speciation and adaptive radiation in a Neotropical cichlid fish species complex: Resolution of a systematic, ecological and evolutionary puzzle (approx. €200,000)

  • Exchange grant from the European research networking program Frontiers of Speciation Research (3 months). Ecological opportunity and niche use in Neotropical crater lake cichlid fish (€5150).

  • Swiss National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship (12 months). The Roles of Indirect and Direct Mate Choice in diversification of Lake Malawi Bower-Building Cichlid Fish (CHF43,200).

  • Grant for internship at the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) through the European programme “Leonardo da Vinci” (9 months). Growth variations of the Blunt Gaper Mya Truncata from the North Sea (€3,500)


FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE:

  • Collection of environmental data and samples of threespined sticklebacks from British Columbia and Alaska ( April-June 2015)

  • Collection of environmental data and samples of threespined sticklebacks from Iceland ( May-July 2014)

  • Collection of environmental data and samples of threespined sticklebacks from North Uist, Scotland ( April-June 2013)

  • Sample collection of cichlid fish in Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico ( October 2012)

  • Sample collection of cichlid fish in Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico ( October 2011)

  • Sample collection of cichlid fish in cater lakes in Nicaragua ( December 2010)

  • Behavioural studies of cichlid fish in Lake Malawi (July - Aug. 2009)

  • Behavioural studies and collection of cichlid fish in Lake Malawi (Aug. 2007)

  • Sample collection of cichlid fish in Lake Victoria, Tanzania (Sept - Dec. 2005)

  • Four scientific cruises, of one week each, in the North Sea for collection of invertebrates and box cores (2001 - 2002)

  • Participation in bird ringing campaigns organised by the Institute for Nature Conservation) (ICN) in Portugal (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)

PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES:

    1. “53rd Population Genetics Group Meeting”. Leicester, U.K. 05 - 08.01.2020. Poster

    2. Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Manchester, U.K., 21-25.07.2019 Poster

    3. Stickleback Meeting, University of Stony Brook, New York, USA 26-30 July 2015. Oral Presentation

    4. Meeting of the Genetics Society "PopGroup", Sheffield, U.K. 7-11 January 2015. Poster

    5. “Polymorphisms in North Temperate Fish”, University of St. Andrews, 25-27th February 2013 Poster

    6. Cichlid meeting, 16- 19.09.2012, Leuven, Belgium; Oral Presentation

    7. Evolution meeting, Ottawa, Canada – 06-11.07.2012. Oral presentation

    8. "Progress In Understanding The Origins Of Biodiversity", 25 - 29.02.2012, Jyvaskyla, Finland. Oral presentation

    9. 3rd Congress of the Spanish Society for Evolutionary Biology, Madrid, Spain. 20.-25.08.2011. Oral presentation

    10. 13th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Tubingen, Germany, 20.-25.08.2011. Poster

    11. “Biology2011”. Zurich, Switzerland – 03-04.02.2011. Oral presentation

    12. Conference ASAB winter meeting, London, United Kingdom, 12-13.12.2010. Poster

    13. “43rd Population Genetics Group Meeting”. Liverpool, United Kingdom. 05 - 08.01.2010. Oral presentation

    14. “5th Portuguese Evolutionary Biology Meeting” Lisbon, Portugal. 21.12.2009. Oral presentation

    15. “Fish evolution 2009”. Berlin, Germany. 23-25.11.2009. Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries. Oral presentation

    16. 12th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Turin, Italy, 15.-20.08.2009. Poster

    17. “Biology2009”. Bern, Switzerland – 12-13.02.2009. University of Bern. Poster

    18. XII European Congress of Ichthyology, Cavtat (Dubrovnik), Croatia, 9-13.09.2007. Oral presentation

    19. “Speciation and Ecology”, British Ecological Society (Symposium), Sheffield, U.K. - 28-30.03.2007. Poster

    20. “Adaptive vs. neutral genetic variability in conservation genetics” Tvärminne, Finland - 26 to 29.01.2007. Oral presentation

    21. Hybridization in Animals - extent, process and evolutionary impact (Symposium), Frankfurt, 12.-15.10.2006. Poster

    22. “The Genetics of Speciation” (Symposium), UBC Vancouver, 21.-24.07.2006. Poster

    23. XXIX SIL congress, 8-14.08.2004, Lahti, Finland. Oral presentation

WORKSHOPS AND COURSES ATTENDED:

  1. Population and Speciation Genomics, Český Krumlov, Czech Republic, 19.01– 01.02.2020

  2. Advanced RADSeq course Lund, 5-9th October 2015

  3. Biolinux course, University of Nottingham, 07 March 2013

  4. “Polymorphisms in North Temperate Fish”, University of St. Andrews, 25-27th February 2013,

  5. Online course in morphometrics from the University of Manchester 11-12.2011;

  6. Statistics course "Time series analysis" Dubendorf, Switzerland - 27.09.2007 and 04.10.2007;

  7. Statistics course "Experimental design" EAWAG, Dubendorf, Switzerland - 18.01.2007 and 25.01.2007;

  8. Statistics course "Linear Regression" EAWAG, Dubendorf, Switzerland - 26.12.2006 and 30.12.2006;

  9. Statistics course "Introduction to R", EAWAG, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland - 06.07.2006 and 11.07.2006;

  10. EMBO course "Statistical methods for identification of genes under natural selection", Helsinki, Finland - 15.05 - 19.05.2006.


AWARDS

3rd prize for best student oral presentation at XII EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF ICHTHYOLOGY, Cavtat (Dubrovnik), Croatia, 9-13.09.2007

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Portuguese (native speaker)

English and (fluently written, read and spoken)

Spanish (fluently written, read and spoken)

French (read and spoken)

German (basic knowledge)

Dutch (basic knowledge)

OTHER COURSES AND ACTIVITES

1)Nitrox certification (2007); 2)Certification as a two star diver from CMAS (2001); 3)Participation in the course of “Basic life support“ of the Portuguese Federation of Subaquatic Activities (FPAS), 2001; 4)President of Porto’s Youth Association for Science (AJC) Portugal (2000); 5)Participation in the course of monitors for environmental education (1999), in Portugal; 6)Participation in the course of Scientific Ilustration (1999), in Portugal; 7)Scuba diving certificate (CMAS) (1998).