Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Marc Fernandez Morron
Citation names
- Fernandez, Marc
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 691B-40D8-24D2
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-8419-0942
- Google Scholar ID
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Z0kOEDUAAAAJ&hl=es
- Researcher Id
- E-8263-2015
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- (+34) 696923252 (Personal)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Oceanography
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue) | |||||
Catalan (Mother tongue) | |||||
Portuguese | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
French | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2012 - 2018
Concluded
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Doutoramento em Biologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
"Modelling the ecological niche of cetaceans: new perspectives and applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2006
Concluded
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Licenciatura en Ciencias del Mar (Licence)
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2023/01/01 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal |
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal | ||
2020/07/01 - 2022/12/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal |
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal | ||
2020/01/01 - 2020/06/30 | Researcher (Research) | Universidad de La Laguna, Spain |
Universidad de La Laguna, Spain | ||
2008 - 2012 | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal |
Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Biologia, Portugal | ||
2007/01/01 - 2007/07/31 | Coordinating Researcher (Research) | Vida Marina Foundation , Costa Rica |
Vida Marina Foundation , Costa Rica |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/06 - 2019/12/31 | On-board biologist on an environmental control boat | Tragsatec Tenerife, Spain |
Tragsatec Tenerife, Spain | ||
2018/05 - 2018/10 | Land-based lookout of whales and dolphins | Whale Watch Tenerife, Spain |
Whale Watch Tenerife, Spain | ||
2017/05 - 2017/10 | Land-based lookout of whales and dolphins | Picos de Aventura, Portugal |
Picos de Aventura, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/01 - Current | MIMA - Danger in the twilight zone: the MImicry of MAcroplastics with the preys of deep diving predators.
2022.09217.PTDC
Researcher
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal |
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
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2020/03 - 2022/12/31 | INTERTAGUA - Interfaces Aquáticas Interativas para Deteção e Visualização da Megafauna Marinha Atlântica e Embarcações na
Macaronésia usando Marcadores Rádio-transmissores
ARDITI-INTERTAGUA/2019/001-PDG
Post-doc Fellow
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
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Interreg Europe
Concluded
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2012 - 2018 | Habitat Suitability of Oceanic Cetaceans: Comparing. Presence-only and Presence/Absence Modelling
M3.1.2/F/028/2011
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade dos Açores Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Concluded
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2012 - 2018 | Habitat Suitability of Oceanic Cetaceans: Comparing. Presence-only and Presence/Absence Modelling
M3.1.2/F/028/2011
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Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia |
2009 - 2012 | MONICET - As empresas e o público ao serviço do conhecimento e conservação dos cetáceos dos Açores
M3.1.5/F/004/2009
Researcher
Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
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Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/12/01 - Current | Atlantic Whale Deal - Mitigating Ship Strikes and Enhancing Carbon Sequestration in the Atlantic
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
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Ongoing
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2020 - Current | MEEMO: Keep, expand and explore the MONICET platform of cetacean watching. An opportunity for science, public policies and
companies
ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000079
Co-PI
Universidade dos Açores Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2019 - Current | MARCET 2: Fomento de la actividad ecoturística de observación de cetáceos como modelo de desarrollo económico sostenible mediante
la protección y conservación de estas especies y su puesta en valor como patrimonio natural de la Macaronesia
MAC2/4.6c/392
Researcher
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Interreg Europe
Ongoing
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2021/10/01 - 2024/09/30 | INTERWHALE - Advancing Interactive Technology for Responsible Whale-Watching
Researcher
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal |
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
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2021/01/01 - 2022/01/01 | Monitoring underwater noise in Madeira MPAs: a first approach to expand the coverage of the CoastNet research infrastructure
in this archipelago.
MARE-MiniGrant
Principal investigator
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Ongoing
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2016 - 2019 | ASPAZOR - Ecosystem impacts and socio economic benefits of Asparagopsis armata in the Azores
Researcher
Governo dos Açores, Portugal
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Concluded
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2018 - 2018 | LIFE CWR - Ecological Restoration and Conservation of Praia da Vitria Coastal Wet Green Infrastructure
Researcher
Câmara Municipal de Praia de Vitoria, Portugal
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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Conference abstract |
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Conference poster |
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Website |
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Other
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2023/05 | The invasion by Rugulopteryx okamurae leads a phase-shift in Macaronesian coastal systems | 11th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions
(Baltimore, United States)
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2023/04 | Modelling prey availability of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) along a gradient of marine protection | 34th Conference of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society (O'Grove, Spain)
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2022/08 | Residency patterns and social structure of Blainville’s beaked whales Mesoplodon densirostris in Madeira (NE Atlantic) | 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals |
2022/08 | Site fidelity and residency patterns of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus in an insular oceanic system | 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals |
2022/07 | HABITAT SUITABILITY & COMPETITION: HOW IMPORTANT ARE THE BIOTIC INTERACTIONS AT GLOBAL SCALE? | VIII International Symposium on Marine Sciences 2022 (ISMS)
(Spain)
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2022/04/07 | A tool to improve management under climate change scenarios: using expert knowledge to estimate cetaceans’ thermal suitability in the future | 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society (Israel)
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2022/04/06 | Connectivity patterns of cetaceans in the oceanic islands system of Macaronesia inferred from photo-ID and biotelemetry: how much do we know? | 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society (Israel)
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2022/04/06 | Sperm whales in Macaronesia: Unveiling site fidelity and residency patterns in an insular oceanic system | 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society (Israel)
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2022/04/05 | Clash on the high-seas: the rise and fall of deep-diving cetaceans in an oceanic environment | 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society (Israel)
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2022/04/04 | LTER in cetaceans: an opportunity to monitor oceanic ecosystems | 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society: Workshop on Long-Term Ecological Series
European Cetacean Society (Israel)
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2021 | Bringing Science and Tourism together: a study case in the Azores | WCA World Tour: Destination Azores
World Cetacean Alliance (Online, United Kingdom)
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2019/12 | To be or not to be: The role of absences when modelling cetacean distributions. | World Marine Mammal Conference
Society for Marine Mammals and European Cetacean Society (Barcelona, Spain)
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2019/05/10 | The potential of touristic observation of cetaceans as a tool for management and conservation | Foro Gran Canaria Economia Azul: Jornadas de Biodiversidad Marina, Crecimiento Azul e Innovación
EcoAqua (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)
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2019 | MONICET | Bio-Talks by Picos de Aventura
(Portugal)
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2018 | Biogeographical patterns of short-finned pilot whales in the Northeast Atlantic: in the search of an optimal habitat | 32nd Conference of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society (Italy)
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2016/03 | What do we model? - Caveats and Assumptions when Modelling Cetacean Distributions | 30th European Cetacean Society Conference - IMMAs Workshop
European Cetacean Society (Funchal, Portugal)
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2016/03 | Data acquisition and management in platforms of opportunity: the MONICET case study | 30th European Cetacean Society Conference - Platforms of opportunity workshop
European Cetacean Society (Funchal, Portugal)
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2015/12 | The importance of day-to-day environmental fluctuations for prediction of cetacean distributions | 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
Society for Marine Mammalogy (San Francisco, United States)
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2014/04 | MONICET: An interactive tool to collect geographical and photographical opportunistic data obtained from whale watching activities | 28th European Cetacean Society Conference
European Cetacean Society (Liege, Belgium)
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2013 | MONICET:As empresas e o publico ao serviço do conhecimento dos cetaceos dos Açores | Conhecer o Mar dos Açores III
Governo dos Açores (Faial, Portugal)
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2013 | Spatial segregation of calving and nursing Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus),and its conservation implications | Conhecer o Mar dos Açores III
Governo dos Açores (Faial, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2023/12/01 - Current | Spatial Ecology and Habitat Preferences of Highly Mobile Marine Megafauna: Insights from Species Distribution Modelling
Co-supervisor
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Doutoramento em Biologia (PhD)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2023 - Current | Estimating densities and total abundance of four small dolphin species in a significant portion of the North Atlantic
Co-supervisor
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Bioestatistica (Master)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2021 - Current | PhD supervisor: Dynamic ecological patterns of insular short-finned pilot whales
Co-supervisor of Mieke Weyn
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Biologia (PhD)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | Spatial modelling of the distribution of the family Balaenopteridae in the Canary Islands based on data from civic science
(Red CetAvist)
Co-supervisor
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Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
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2017 - 2017 | Residence patterns in bottlenose dolphin in São Miguel Island using opportunistic data
Co-supervisor
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Unitat de Fisiologia Animal, Spain
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2013 - 2013 | Análise da correlação espacial da presença de Misticetos com frentes oceânicas
Co-supervisor
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Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Portugal
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2012 - 2012 | Ranging and temporal patterns of sperm whales in Pico and São Miguel islands, in the Azores archipelago
Co-supervisor
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Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Animal, Spain
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2011 - 2011 | Distribución de cachalotes (Physeter macrocephalus) en la costa sur de la isla de São Miguel, Azores: relación con la batimetría,
la pendiente y la orientación del fondo
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Vigo, Spain
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2011 - 2011 | Modelling the distribution of small delphinids in the South Coast of São Miguel
Co-supervisor
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Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
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2010 - 2010 | Analysis of stomachal contents of stranded dolphings
Co-supervisor
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Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
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2009 - 2009 | Spatial and Temporal Distributions Patterns of small delphinids
Co-supervisor
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2009 - 2009 | Mapping the distribution of small delphinds in the South Coast of São Miguel
Co-supervisor
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Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2014/01/27 - 2014/01/31 | Workshop for Calibrating Ecological Niche Models. Organize (and assist) a one week workshop on Ecological Niche modelling
with top names on the research field: Townsend Peterson, Robert Anderson and Chris Yesson. (2014/01/27 - 2014/01/31)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal |
2013/04/13 - 2013/04/13 | Workshop: Biodiversity series. "A little trip to the cetacean world" (2013/04/13 - 2013/04/13)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Biologia, Portugal |
2013 - 2013 | Organizing a crowdfunding initiative (Help protect the Azorean cetaceans ) aimed to collect funds for research at the Azores,
collected more than 2000 euro, and raise awareness of cetaceans conservation. (2013 - 2013)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2017/05 - 2017/05 | Explore the sea exposition with a scientific guidance | Semana temática I - Sala do mar
Museu Carlos Machado, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2023/06/29 | Near real-time distribution modelling of cetacean distribution off the Azores
(Thesis) Arguer
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Marta Tobeña (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
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2021 | Sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis): Photo identification and habitat preferences of a migrant ocean traveller in São Miguel,
Azores
(Thesis) Arguer
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Margarida de Sousa Leal (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2021 | Individual identification of Rissos dolphins (Grampus griseus) in São Miguel island, Azores
(Thesis) Arguer
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Rafael Sousa da Cunha Martins (Master)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
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Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2024/02 - 2024/06 | Etologia | Biologia (Licenciatura) | Universidade da Madeira, Portugal |
2017 - 2022 | Ecological Niche Modelling in the Marine Environment. Invited lecturer since 2017-ongoing at the Mestrado em Estudos Integrados dos Oceanos (Universidade dos Açores) to give an insight on the niche modelling techniques available with an application to the marine environment. | Mestrado em Estudos Integrados dos Oceanos (Mestrado) | Universidade dos Açores, Portugal |
2020 - 2021 | Ecosystem modelling at the Master Programme Climate Change and Marine Sciences under the Capacity Building Programme of the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), with funding from the German Ministry of Education and Research( BMBF) at The Atlantic Technical University, Cabo Verde. Teaching theoretical and practical lessons regarding methods for statistical inference in Ecology in 2020 and 2021. | Ecosystem modelling (Master) | Universidade Técnica do Atlântico , Cape Verde West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use, Cape Verde |
2019 - 2021 | Introducción al análisis de datos con R para biólogos. Online course from the Colegio oficial de Biologos to teach how to code in R for biologists, with oficial recognisement from Universidad Antonio de Nebrija (Spain). | R coding (Graduado) | CONSEJO GENERAL DE COLEGIOS OFICIALES DE BIOLOGOS, Spain |
2018 - 2018 | Marine environmental variables online lesson in the framework of the ecological niche modelling course organized by Townsend Peterson (University of Arkansas). | Ecological Niche Modelling (Bachelor) | BIODIVERSITY INFORMATICS TRAINING CURRICULUM, United States |
2017 - 2017 | Niche modelling | Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia (Mestrado) | Universidade dos Açores, Portugal |
2010 - 2010 | Opportunistic data collection | Biologia (Licenciatura) | Universidade dos Açores, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2018 | Phd prize award interview | Açoriano Oriental |
2018 | MONICET and the role of Whale watching touristic companies in citizen science | Wilder PT |
2018 | Divulgation of a paper published in the scientific journal Marine Ecology Progress Series | GreenSavers SAPO |
2018 | Short interview for Correio dos Açores journal concerning the advances done on cetaceans research using opportunistic data based on touristic activities in the Azores | Correio dos Açores |
2014 | Short divulgation article: "Estudando e valorizando os cetáceos dos Açores" | Açores Magazine: UAciência |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2021 - 2021 | News bulletin of RDP Madeira | Deployment of antenas to recieve wildlife tags signals in Madeira |
2019 - 2019 | Participation as cetacean ecology expert on the documentary "The Last Whalers of Sao Miguel", screened in Amazon Prime, Apple TV and Netflix. | Whaling and cetaceans |
2016 - 2016 | Interview as a cetacean expert in the Azores for the NHK (National Japanese TV) documentary series: "Oasis: Azores Islands. " | Cetaceans and oceanography |
Distinctions
Award
2018 | Phd award in Ecology from the Portuguese Society of Ecology -Fundação Amadeu Dias
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal
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