Tiago Cidade (T.C.) is a highly motivated and goal-oriented marine biologist with a keen interest in marine megafauna conservation and management fields. He has completed his undergraduate degree in Biology at the University of Porto in 2019, where he discovered his passion for shark research. T.C.’s commitment to his cause has driven him to pursue a master’s degree from the University of Lisbon in 2022 under the expert guidance of Rui Rosa (FCUL) and Nuno Queiroz (CIBIO/InBIO). While attending his master’s, T.C. was also awarded a Scientific Initiation grant from FCT/MCTES to conduct research activities at the Marine, Environment and Technology Center of IST (MARETEC), where he honed his data management skills by designing, maintaining, and managing an online database under the Portuguese Coastal Monitoring Network (CoastNet). Such work culminated in an International Technical Report submission within the scope of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Working Group on the Introduction and Transfers of Marine Organisms (WGITMO), as well as a peer-reviewed publication (Diversity Journal, doi:10.3390/d14121077). These outputs were fundamental in informing regional policy and decision-making aimed at protecting European coastal and estuarine systems from marine invasion threats. The results were also disseminated at the Portuguese Congress of Malacology 2021, where T.C. was distinguished with the Best Student Presentation award. Since then, he has been mainly focused on studying the anthropogenic drivers of impact on endangered large pelagic sharks (LPS). Over the last few months, T.C. has been working with the Movement Ecology (MOVE) research group at CIBIO/InBIO. Under Nuno Queiroz’s supervision, T.C. has analyzed satellite tracking data to study the large-scale movement and behaviour of large pelagic sharks (LPS) in the open ocean, with a particular focus on shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus).