Auxiliary Researcher at the University of Porto. PhD in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Edinburgh in 2007. MSc in Conservation Biology at the University of Cape Town (South Africa). Biology Degree at the University of Lisbon. Researcher at CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) and the Natural History and Science Museum, both from the University of Porto. Associated Researcher at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology (University of Cape Town) and coordinator of the CIBIO-ISCED Biodiversity Twinlab (Angola). + Martim is broadly interested in the processes generating diversity – from identifying the factors that drive population divergence to the evolution of reproductive isolation (speciation). Research focuses on the diversification of the bird fauna of Africa, and in particular in its oceanic and ecological islands – natural speciation centers that are amenable for the study of this complex process. The research outputs feed directly into Martim Melo's long-standing and active interest in conservation, by providing a better understanding of the diversity patterns within centers of endemism. + Martim is currently assisting in the development of education and capacity building programs in biodiversity hotspots – namely in the Gulf of Guinea and in Southern Africa, with special focus on Angola.