Members

Principal Investigators (PIs)

Sílvia Castro
Co-PI, Assistant Professor

PhD in Biology (2007), BSc in Biology (2002). ORCID, Scopus, ResearcherID, Ciência vitae, Researchgate. member since 2010

João Loureiro
Co-PI, Associate Professor

PhD in Biology (2007), BSc in Biology (2002). ORCID, Scopus, ResearcherID, Ciência vitae, Loop, Researchgate. member since 2010

Researchers

Helena Castro
Researcher

PhD in Ecology (2008), MSc In Ecology (2003), BSc in Biology (1999). ORCID, Ciência vitae, Scopus, Researchgate. member since 2017

Mariana Castro
Invited Assistant Researcher

PhD in Biosciences (2018), MSc in Biology (2011), BSc in Biology (2009). ORCID, Google scholar, Ciência vitae, Researchgate. member since 2010

Andreia Miraldo
Fellow at polinizAÇÃO project

PhD in Evolutionary Biology (2009), BSc in Biology (2002). ORCID, Google scholar. member since 2024

Eva Monteiro
Fellow at polinizAÇÃO project

PhD in Logic and Philosophy of Science (2021), BSc Biology (2003). ORCID, Ciência vitae, Researchgate. member since 2024

PhD Students

Lucie Mota

MSc in Ecology (2014), BSc in Biology (2012). ORCID, Ciência vitae, Researchgate. member since 2010

Daniela Tavares

MSc in Ecology (2014), BSc in Biology (2012). ORCID, Ciência vitae, Researchgate. member since 2012

Vinicius Casais

MSc in Genetics and Biodiversity (2013), BSc in Biological Sciences (2007). ORCID, Ciência vitae, Researchgate, Lattes. member since 2018

Rafael Carvalho

MSc in Conservation Biology (2012), BSc in Biology (2009). ORCID, Ciência vitae, Researchgate, Linkedin. member since 2018

Catarina Siopa

MSc in Ecology (2018), BSc in Biology (2016). ORCID, Ciência vitae, Researchgate. member since 2016

Sara Lopes

MSc in Ecology (2018), BSc in Biology (2016). ORCID, Ciência vitae, Researchgate. member since 2016

Hugo Gaspar

MSc in Biodiversity and Plant Biotecnology (2020), BSc in Biology (2018). ORCID, Ciência vitae, Researchgate. member since 2018

Arthur Macedo

MSc in Biodiversity (2022), BSc in Biology (2020). ORCID, Ciência vitae, Researchgate, inaturalist. member since 2024

Project Fellows

Cândida Ramos
Fellow at polinizAÇÃO project

MSc in Ecology and Environment (2017), BSc in Biology (2015). ORCID, Ciência vitae, Researchgate. member since 2024

Science Communication Manager

Carolina Caetano

MSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology (2019), BSc in Biology (2017). ORCID, Ciência vitae, LinkedIn. member since 2024

MSc Students

Rafael Matos

BSc in Biology (2021). member since 2021

Tiago Laranjo

BSc in Biology (2022). member since 2023

Afonso Petronilho

BSc in Biology (2023). member since 2023

Alumni

Filipe Ribeiro
MSc Intern in "EPADRV". 2022-2023
Margarida Campos
MSc Intern in "Frutus". 2022-2023
Victória Mota
MSc Student. 2022-2023
Mariana Pedrosa
Researcher within project CULTIVAR. 2023
Madalena Almeida
BSc project. 2023
Bruna Chaves
Internship BSc student. 2022-2023
Margarida Branco
Internship BSc student. 2022-2023
Hava Verbessem
Internship BSc student. 2023
Ana Afonso
BSc, MSc and PhD Student. 2011-2022
Inês Leão
MSc Student. 2021-2022
Margarida Moreira
BSc project. 2021-2022

Now MSc Student at ECOTOP - Ecology and Conservation of Top Predators, MARE

Rafaela Santos
BSc project. 2021-2022
Laura Ribeiro
BSc project. 2021-2022
António Santos
MSc Student. 2019-2021

Now PhD student at Instituto Superior de Agronomia

Tiago Parreira
MSc Student. 2019-2021
Eva Horčičková
Post-Doc. 2020-2021
Ramona Irimia
PhD student. 2016-2020

Now Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at Richards Lab, University of Tübingen

Maria Bento
BSc project. 2018-2019

Now MSc student at IPN FitoLab

Bruno Costa
BSc project. 2018-2019
Carlos Barroqueiro
BSc project. 2018-2019

Now MSc student at University of Aveiro

Sara Mendes
MSc student. 2016-2018

Now PhD student of the Community Ecology Lab, CFE-UC

Joana Gonçalves
MSc student. 2014-2017
João Carlos Filipe
MSc student. 2014-2016

Now Research Scientist at Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australian government

Gabrielle Nobre
MSc student. 2013-2015
Patrícia Caldeirinha
Project fellow. 2014
José Cerca de Oliveira
MSc student. 2013-2014

Now Postdoc at the Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyUniversity Museum

David Reis
MSc student. 2012-2013

Now Head of Agriculture Department at Herdade da Comporta

Andreia Jorge
MSc student. 2011-2013

Now PhD student at University of the West of England

Diogo Mina
MSc student. 2012-2013
Ruben Torices
Post-Doc. 2011-2013

Now Lecturer in Ecology, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid

Joana Costa
MSc and PhD student. 2011-2017

Now Science Manager at LEAF - Linking Lanscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, Instituto Superior de Agronomia

Victoria Ferrero
Post-Doc. 2011-2012

Now Assistant Professor in Universidad de León

Pedro Antunes
MSc student. 2009-2010