Curriculum Vitae
Joana Sofia dos Santos Costa
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Joana Sofia dos Santos Costa
- Date of birth
- 1988/12/19
- Gender
- Female
Citation names
- Costa, Joana S.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- B21C-58C1-A66C
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-1532-8936
Email addresses
- joana.santcosta@gmail.com (Professional)
- joana.santoscosta@ua.pt (Professional)
- joanasod@ucm.es (Professional)
Addresses
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de C. Biológicas, Dpt. Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, C/ José António Novais, 28040, Madrid, Madrid, Spain (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.ecoflyway.org/ (Blog)
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joana-Costa-21 (Scholar)
- https://www.ucm.es/directorio/?id=36284 (Professional)
- https://www.cesam-la.pt/joanasantoscosta (Professional)
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lclkwqoAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT (Scholar)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ornithology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2015/03 - 2020/02
Concluded
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Biology and Ecology of Global Changes (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
"Breeding ecology and migration patterns of an afro-palearctic migratory insectivorous bird, the bee-eater (Merops apiaster)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2011 - 2014
Concluded
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Conservation Biology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Assessing food web structure of coastal wetlands within the migratory flyway of waders: insights from stable isotope analysis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 |
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2007 - 2011
Concluded
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Biology (Licenciatura)
Major in Terrestrial Biology
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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14 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/10 - Current | Postdoc (Research) | Universidad Complutense de Madrid Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Spain |
| 2015 - 2020 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
| 2015 - 2020 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Schweizerische Vogelwarte, Switzerland |
| 2009 - 2010 | Research Trainee (Research) | Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015/03 - 2019/02 | Breeding ecology and migration patterns of an afro-palearctic migratory insectivorous bird, the bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
PD/BD/113580/2015
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2009 - 2010 | Bioacoustic studies in Portuguese cicadas
FCUL_CBA_08_2009
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
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Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/10 - 2025/09 | Drivers of population change in an afro-palearctic migratory system
NA
Post-doc
Universidad Complutense de Madrid Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Spain
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EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Universidad Complutense de Madrid Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas Ongoing
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/10 - Current | COST ACTION A European flyway research network for the effective conservation of migrant landbirds (EUFLYNET)
CA22117
Management Comitee member
Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Austria
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European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
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| 2021 - 2022 | Élvonal Shorebird Science - Sex role evolution: testing the impacts of ecology, demography and genes
NA
Research assistant
Debreceni Egyetem, Hungary
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Magyarország Kormánya
Concluded
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| 2021 - 2022 | Breeding ecology of Kentish Plover and Black-winged Stilt in Samouco saltpans, Portugal
NA
Field Technician
Fundação Salinas do Samouco, Portugal
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Fundação Salinas do Samouco
Concluded
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| 2014/06 - 2014/06 | Foraging ecology, movements and abundance of an avian predator of mesopelagic prey: new and deeper insights using novel techniques
and ideas
PTDC/MAR/121071/2010
Field Technician
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2011 - 2014 | Invisible Links: unveiling origins of migratory waders using biogeochemical markers
PTDC/MAR/119920/2010
Master student
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Online resource |
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| Report |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2024/07 | Migração do Abelharuco: 9 anos de investigação em Portugal | FestiSal
Fundação Salinas do Samouco (Alcochete, Portugal)
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| 2023/11 | Exploring carry-over effects in migration timing and duration of events across the non-breeding season in an Afro-palearctic migrant, the European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) | XI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia
Universidade dos Açores (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
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| 2021/09 | Breeding behaviour and conservation of Kentish Plover and Black-winged Stilt in Samouco saltpans, Portugal | Élvonal Summer Meeting 2021
University of Debrecen (Debrecen, Hungary)
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| 2019/08 | Diet preferences of the European bee-eater (Merops apiaster), temporal and between-habitat variation | European Ecological Federation Conference
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2019/03 | Diet and dietary preferences of the European bee-eater (Merops apiaster), temporal and between-habitat variation | X Congress of the Portuguese Society for Bird Study
Portuguese Society for Bird Study (Peniche, Portugal)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2024/10/14 - 2024/10/18 | Integrated Population Models Workshop
Workshop
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Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Spain
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| 2024/05/06 - 2024/05/10 | Mapping and spatial operations in R: Using R as a GIS
Workshop
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Physalia-Courses, Germany
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| 2023/06/01 - 2023/06/02 | Environmental variables: how to download and process them with R
Workshop
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Transmitting Science, Spain
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| 2016/03/14 - 2016/03/16 | Advanced course: an introduction to stable isotopes and their application to ecological and conservation questions
Workshop
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Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
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| 2015/11/23 - 2015/11/27 | Advanced course: R without fear, an R course in evolutionary ecology
Workshop
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Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
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| 2015/11/02 - 2015/11/13 | Ecology of Animal Migration. Lectures, discussions and practical work were attended on different aspects of animal migration.
PhD project was presented orally.
Workshop
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Lunds Universitet Biologiska institutionen, Sweden
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| 2015/08 - 2015/08 | Participation in the European Ornithologists Union Congress
Congress
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Universidad de Extremadura - Campus Badajoz, Spain
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| 2013/06 - 2013/06 | Technical course on biological sampling of wild birds
Workshop
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Associação Portuguesa de Anilhadores de Aves, Portugal
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Ad Hoc journal article review
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - Current | Avian Biology | |
| 2024 - Current | Journal of Ornithology | |
| 2020 - Current | Ardea | |
| 2020 - Current | Avian Research |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/10 - 2018/10 | Theoretical and practical class on diet sampling and analysis, with particular emphasis on the bee-eater (Invited lecturer). | Ornithology (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Migrações: Joana e a sua equipa estão a seguir 15 abelharucos por GPS | Wilder |
| 2019 | Cientistas seguem voos de abelharucos de Portugal e de outros dois países - Interview concerning the journal article published on Ibis (DOI 10.1111/ibi.12752). | Wilder |
| 2015 | Joana vai descobrir a viagem dos abelharucos portugueses até África - Interview concerning the first year of the study on European bee-eater migration. | Wilder |
Interview (tv / radio show)
| Program | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/10 - 2024/10 | A Viagem do Maçarico | A migração dos abelharucos, com Joana Costa |
Scientific expedition
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2014 | Participation in two scientific expeditions to Morocco under the project “Invisible Links: unveiling origins of migratory waders using biogeochemical markers” (PTDC/MAR/119920/2010). Tasks involved bird ringing and coordinating the implementation of protocols related to trophic web sampling. | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |