Cláudia Inês Botelho de Oliveira (1C1A-7BDE-9A4A)

Curriculum Vitae

Cláudia Inês Botelho de Oliveira

Cláudia Inês Botelho de Oliveira. Completed the Doutoramento in Marine Sciences in 2014/12/09 by the University of the Azores; Master in Management and Conservation of Nature in 2005/12/20 by the University of the Azores; and Graduation in Biology in 2001/12/18 by the University of Aveiro. Researcher at IMAR - Institute of Marine Sciences (University of the Azores). Published 12 articles in journals. Organized 1 event(s). Participated in 25 event(s). Supervised 5 MSc dissertation(s) e co-supervised 1 MSc dissertation, one graduation thesis and co-supervised another graduation project. Has received 1 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) in 1 project(s), Other in 13 project(s), PhD Student Fellow in 1 project(s), Research Fellow in 5 project(s) and Researcher in 3 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis in Biological Sciences, Marine Biology. In her curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: cetaceans; whale watching; Azores; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm whale; Behavioural Ecology; North Atlantic; Biological Sciences; Marine biology and ecology.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Cláudia Inês Botelho de Oliveira

Citation names

Oliveira, Cláudia
Oliveira, CIB

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 1C1A-7BDE-9A4A
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3590-2915

Email addresses

claudia.ib.oliveira@uac.pt (Professional)
cibo13@hotmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Telephone

292200400 (Professional)

Addresses

DOP - Rua Professor Doutor Frederico Machado, nº4, 9901-862, Horta, Horta, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

http://whales.scienceontheweb.net/index.php (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2008/11/01 - 2014/12/09 Concluded	Marine Sciences (Doutoramento) Major in Marine Ecology Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal "Behavioural Ecology of the Sperm Whale (Physeter macropcehalus) in the North Atlantic Ocean" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved with distinction and praise
2003/06/30 - 2005/12/20 Concluded	Master in Management and Conservation of Nature (Mestrado) Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal "The whale watching activity in the Azores archipelago. Contribution to its sustainable development" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
1995/09/16 - 2001/12/18 Concluded	Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	14

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025/10/01 - Current	Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal

2025/02/16 - 2025/08/16	Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal

2023/05/01 - 2025/02/15	Researcher (Research)	IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2020/11/01 - 2022/10/31	Research Assistant (Research)	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal

2017/06/01 - 2020/03/31	Postdoc (Research)	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2016/04/01 - 2017/05/31	Researcher (Research)	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2015/03/01 - 2016/02/29	Researcher (Research)	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2008/01/01 - 2008/10/31	Researcher (Research)	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2005/09/01 - 2007/12/31	Researcher (Research)	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2004/04/01 - 2005/01/31	Researcher (Research)	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2003/11/01 - 2004/03/31	Researcher (Research)	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2003/01/01 - 2003/06/30	Researcher (Research)	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2002/04/01 - 2002/07/31	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025 - 2026	Vowel at the Scientific Coordinator Committee of Okeanos	Institute of Marine Sciences - Okeanos, Portugal

2019 - 2020	Vowel at the Scientific Coordinator Committee of Okeanos	Institute of Marine Sciences - Okeanos, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/03 - 2021/04	Subdirector of the Institute of Marine Sciences, Okeanos	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2008/11/01 - 2013/03/31	Behavioural ecology of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the North Atlantic Ocean SFRH / BD / 37668 / 2007 PhD Student Fellow Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal	Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2025/10/01 - 2028/09/30	DETEKT (Detecting sperm whale clicks at the speed of light) ACORES2030-FEDER-01912600 Principal investigator IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal	European Union Ongoing
2023/04/01 - 2026/03/31	EUROPAM (European spatial-temporal large scale sea noise management & passive acoustic monitoring of marine megafauna) GA N°101052342 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal	European Union Ongoing
2023/01/01 - 2025/12/31	eWHALE (Combining environmental DNA sampling, whale watching and citizen science for stakeholder-driven marine biodiversity protection in the North-East Atlantic and the Mediterranean) GA N°101052342 Other Institute of Marine Sciences - Okeanos, Portugal	European Union Ongoing
2025/02/16 - 2025/08/16	OCEAN (Operator-Centered Enhancement of Awareness in Navigation) 101076983 Invited Scientist Fellow
2021/11/01 - 2022/10/31	INTERTAGUA - Detection and visualization of Atlantic marine megafauna and Macaronesian marine platforms using radio transmitting tags INTERTAGUA Other Instituto do Mar, Portugal	Ongoing
2020/11/01 - 2021/10/31	RAGES - Risk-based Approaches to Good Environmental Status RAGES Other	Ongoing
2020/11/01 - 2021/10/31	ACCURATE - Acoustic cue rates for passive acoustics density estimation ACCURATE Other	Ongoing
2017/10/01 - 2020/09/30	AWARENESS - Assessing vocal behavior of fin whales for robust density estimation from passive acoustics PTDC/BIA-BMA/30514/2017 Other Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal	Ongoing
2017/06/01 - 2020/03/31	WATCH IT - Whale watching effects on sperm whales: disturbance assessment towards a sustainable ecotourism ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-00057 Researcher Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal	Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia Ongoing
2017/03/01 - 2019/03/31	MISTIC SEAS II - Implementation of a coherent and coordinated sub regional approach to monitoring and evaluation of marine biodiversity in Macaronesia for the second cycle of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, MSFD 11.0661/2015/712629/SUB/ENVC.2 Other Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal	Concluded
2016/04/01 - 2017/05/31	MISTIC SEAS I - Macaronesia Islands Standard Indicators and Criteria: Reaching Common Grounds on Monitoring Marine Biodiversity in Macaronesia. Functional\Taxonomical Groups: Marine Mammals and Reptiles 110661/2015/712629/SUB/ENVC.2 Research Fellow Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal	Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia Concluded
2015/03/01 - 2016/08/31	MAPCET - Integrating cetaceans into marine spatial management in the Azores M2.1.2/F/012/2011 Researcher Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal	Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia Concluded
2015/09/01 - 2016/02/29	PNRDP - National Program of Fisheries Data Collection PNRDP Researcher Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal	European Union Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2008/10/31	MARMAC II - Knowledge, promotion and valorization to the sustainable use of maritime areas at Macaronesia MAC/4.2/A4 Research Fellow Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal	Concluded
2007 - 2008	BIONATURA - Cooperation and synergies for the development of the Natura 2000 network and the preservation of biodiversity in the Macaronesia region MAC/4.2 Other Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal	Concluded
2005/09/01 - 2007/12/31	The whale watching activity in the Azores archipelago. Contribution to its sustainable development OTCA Research Fellow Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal	Secretaria Regional da Economia-Secretaria Regional do Ambiente/Direcção Regional do Turismo-Direcção Regional Ambiente Concluded
2004/04/01 - 2005/01/31	MARINOVA, Marine Aquaculture and Artificial Reefs INTERREG IIIb/MAC/4.2/M11 Research Fellow Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal	Concluded
2004/07/07 - 2004/09/30	OGAMP - Planning and management of the Marine Protected Areas Interreg IIIb/MAC/4.2/A2 Other Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal	Concluded
2003/11/01 - 2004/03/31	Sea Turtle Longline Experiment STLE Other Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal	Concluded
2003/01/01 - 2003/06/30	CETAMARH - Ecology and population structure of bottlenose dolphins and sperm whales in the Azores: assessing the relationship with habitat features. POCI/38991/PT Other Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2002/04/01 - 2002/07/31	Breeding and foraging ecology of Little Tern to provide ecological indicators in estuarine environments POCTI 37385/BSE/2001 Research Fellow Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2008 - 2011	TRACE - Cetacean habitat associations in oceanic ecosystems: an integrated approach PTDC/MAR/74071/2006 Other	Concluded
2003/11/01 - 2004/03/31	EUROPHLUKES EUROPHLUKES Other Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	Oliveira, Cláudia. "Estimates of ship collision and fatalities of fin, blue, sei and sperm whales off the Azores". Paper presented in XXXVI Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2025. Oliveira, Cláudia. "Estimating energy expenditure of sperm whales". Paper presented in Estimating energy expenditure of sperm whales, 2025. Oliveira, Cláudia. "Coda repertoires and vocal clans of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Azores". Paper presented in XXXVI Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Ponta Delgada, 2025. Oliveira, Cláudia. "Sperm whale echolocation behaviour and movements during prey capture attempts: searching for a signature of successful prey captures". 2025. Lebon, Myriam; Silva, Mónica A; Spitz, Jerome; Colaço, Ana; Cascão, I.; Oliveira, Cláudia; Marta Tobeña; Prieto, Rui. "Trophic niches of cetaceans of the Azores using stable isotopes". Paper presented in XXXIV Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2023. Fialho, N; Gkikopoulou, P; Malinka, C; Marques, C; Madsen, Peter Teglberg; Tønessen, P; Silva, Mónica A; et al. "Estimating sperm whale availability for sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) density surveys". Paper presented in XXXIV Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2023. Aniceto, Ana Sofia; Oliveira, Cláudia; Tassara, Luca; Camus, Lionel; Basedow, S. "Glider-based monitoring of Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) vocal activity in an Arctic feeding ground". Paper presented in EMSO Time Series Conference: Observing Ocean Sound, 2021. Violi, Biagio; De Jong, M; Frantzis, A; Alexiadou, P; Ody, D; Tardy, C; de Stephanis, R; et al. "Population dynamics and structure of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in Mediterranean Sea". Paper presented in World Marine Mammal Conference 2019, 2019. Boys, Rebecca M; Oliveira, Cláudia; Prieto, Rui; Steiner, Lisa; Silva, Mónica A. "Challenges in the application of mark-recapture (MR) methods to estimate population parameters of sperm whales in the Azores". Paper presented in XXX Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2016. Oliveira, Cláudia; Wahlberg, Magnus; Johnson, M; Miller, PJO; Madsen, PT. "Temporal patterns of male sperm whale slow clicks off northern Norway". Paper presented in XXVI Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2012. Cruz, Maria João; Gonçalves, João MA; Fonseca, Carlos; Oliveira, Cláudia; Correia, António. "Whale-watching operator data forms: a tool for cetacean studies and management?". Paper presented in XXIII Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2009. Freitas, Luís; Prieto, Rui; Alves, Filipe; Silva, Mónica A; Dinis, Ana; Oliveira, Cláudia; Cascão, Irma. "Vertical and spatial movements of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in Madeira and Azores archipelagos". Paper presented in XXII Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2008. Oliveira, Cláudia; Gonçalves, João MA; Silva, Mónica A; Prieto, Rui; Magalhães, Sara; Santos, Ricardo S. "The whale watching activity in the Azores archipelago". Paper presented in XXI Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2007.
Journal article	Oliveira, Cláudia. "Mesopelagic fish and cephalopods in the diet of rorquals (Balaenoptera spp.) and sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) around the Azores using faecal and environmental DNA". Marine Mammal Science (2025): Accepted • 10.1111/mms.70086 Lebon, Myriam; Colaço, Ana; Prieto, Rui; Cascão, Irma; Oliveira, Cláudia; Tobeña, Marta; Planque, Yann; Spitz, Jérôme; Silva, Mónica A.. "Isotopic niches reveal the trophic structure of the cetacean community in the oceanic waters around the Azores". Frontiers in Marine Science 11 (2024): https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1283357. 10.3389/fmars.2024.1283357 Silva, Mariana P.; Oliveira, Cláudia; Prieto, Rui; Silva, Mónica A.; New, Leslie; Pérez-Jorge, Sergi. "Bioenergetic modelling of a marine top predator's responses to changes in prey structure". Ecology and Evolution 14 3 (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11135. 10.1002/ece3.11135 Pérez-Jorge, Sergi; Oliveira, Cláudia; Rivas, Esteban Iglesias; Prieto, Rui; Cascão, Irma; Wensveen, Paul J.; Miller, Patrick J. O.; Silva, Mónica A.. "Predictive model of sperm whale prey capture attempts from time-depth data". Movement Ecology 11 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-023-00393-2. 10.1186/s40462-023-00393-2 Violi, Biagio; de Jong, Menno J.; Frantzis, Alexandros; Alexiadou, Paraskevi; Tardy, Céline; Ody, Denis; de Stephanis, Renaud; et al. "Genomics reveals the role of admixture in the evolution of structure among sperm whale populations within the Mediterranean Sea". Molecular Ecology 32 11 (2023): 2715-2731. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16898. 10.1111/mec.16898 Oliveira, Cláudia; Pérez-Jorge, Sergi; Prieto, Rui; Cascão, Irma; Wensveen, Paul J.; Silva, Mónica A.. "Exposure to whale watching vessels affects dive ascents and resting behavior in sperm whales". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.914397. 10.3389/fmars.2022.914397 Fonseca, Catarina T.; Pérez-Jorge, Sergi; Prieto, Rui; Oliveira, Cláudia; Tobeña, Marta; Scheffer, Annette; Silva, Mónica A.. "Dive Behavior and Activity Patterns of Fin Whales in a Migratory Habitat". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.875731. 10.3389/fmars.2022.875731 Tønnesen, Pernille; Oliveira, Cláudia; Johnson, Mark; Madsen, Peter Teglberg. "The long-range echo scene of the sperm whale biosonar". Biology Letters 16 8 (2020): 20200134. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0134. Published • 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0134 Segre, Paolo S; Potvin, Jean; Cade, David E; Calambokidis, John; Di Clemente, Jacopo; Fish, Frank E; Friedlaender, Ari S; et al. "Energetic and physical limitations on the breaching performance of large whales". eLife 9:e51760 (2020): Open access • Accepted Boys, Rebecca M.; Oliveira, Cláudia; Pérez-Jorge, Sergi; Prieto, Rui; Steiner, Lisa; Silva, Mónica A.. "Multi-state open robust design applied to opportunistic data reveals dynamics of wide-ranging taxa: the sperm whale case". Ecosphere 10 3 (2019): e02610. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2610. Open access • 10.1002/ecs2.2610 Oliveira, Cláudia; Wahlberg, Magnus; Silva, Mónica A; Johnson, Mark; Antunes, Ricardo; Wisniewska, Danuta M; Fais, Andrea; Gonçalves, João MA; Madsen, PT. "Sperm whale codas may encode individuality as well as clan identity". (2016): 10.1121/1.4949478 Oliveira, C.; Wahlberg, M.; Johnson, M.; Miller, P.J.O.; Madsen, P.T.. "The function of male sperm whale slow clicks in a high latitude habitat: Communication, echolocation, or prey debilitation?". Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 133 5 (2013): 3135-3144. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84877596365&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1121/1.4795798 De Fatima Filla, G.; De Oliveira, C.I.B.; Gonçalves, J.M.; De Araujo Monteiro-Filho, E.L.. "The economic evaluation of estuarine dolphin (Sotalia guianensis) watching tourism in the Cananéia region, south-eastern Brazil". International Journal of Green Economics 6 1 (2012): 95-116. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864675620&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1504/IJGE.2012.048427 Pereira, J.N.; Neves, V.C.; Prieto, R.; Silva, M.A.; Cascão, I.; Oliveira, C.; Cruz, M.J.; et al. "Diet of mid-Atlantic Sowerbys beaked whales Mesoplondon bidens". Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 58 11 (2011): 1084-1090. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052710883&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.08.004 Wahlberg, M.; Jensen, F.H.; Aguilar Soto, N.; Beedholm, K.; Bejder, L.; Oliveira, C.; Rasmussen, M.; et al. "Source parameters of echolocation clicks from wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus and Tursiops truncatus)". Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 130 4 (2011): 2263-2274. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-82255167318&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1121/1.3624822
Magazine article	Oliveira, Cláudia. "The sperm whale life in the North Atlantic: what's already known and what's not yet known", Fazendo, 2015 Oliveira, Cláudia. "Diving deep with the sperm whale", Fazendo, 2010
Report	Afonso, R; Carvalho, I; Esteban, Ruth; Freitas, Luís; Gauffier, P; Magalhães, Sara; Oliveira, Cláudia; et al. 2023. Final report of project Marine mammal and ecosystem: anthropogenic threat assessment (META) – FA_06_2017_017. Oliveira, Cláudia; Silva, Mónica A. 2023. Initial characterization of the cetacean species baseline conservation status. Oliveira, Cláudia. 2023. Characterization of the cetacean species conservation status. Oliveira, Cláudia; Gonçalves, João MA. 2007. The whale watching activity in the Azores - Contribution to its sustainable development.
Thesis / Dissertation	Oliveira, Cláudia I. (Inês Botelho). "Behavioural ecology of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus in the North Atlantic Ocean". PhD, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/3354. Oliveira, Cláudia I. (Inês Botelho). "A actividade de observação turística de cetáceos no arquipélago dos Açores : contribuição para o seu desenvolvimento sustentável". Master, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/3370.
Translation	Oliveira, Cláudia. Oceanic Marine Life of the Azores. Portugal: Fishpics. 2013. Published
Working paper	Sequeira, Marina; Elejabeitia, C; Silva, Mónica A; Dinis, Ana; de Stephanis, R; Urquiola, E; Nicolau, C; et al. 2009. "Review of whale watching activities in mainland Portugal, the Azores, Madeira and Canary archipelagos and the Strait of Gibraltar". Magalhães, Sara; Oliveira, Cláudia; Prieto, Rui; Silva, Mónica A; Santos, Ricardo S. 2007. "Impact of whalewatching on cetaceans: assessing the appropriateness of existing regulations". Oliveira, Cláudia; Filla, Gislaine; Gonçalves, João MA; Silva, Mónica A; Prieto, Rui; Magalhães, Sara; Santos, Ricardo S. 2007. "A social-economic perspective of the whale watching activity in the Azores". Oliveira, Cláudia; Gonçalves, João MA; Magalhães, Sara; Prieto, Rui; Silva, Mónica A; Santos, Ricardo S. 2007. "Whale watching management in the Azores: An updated review of the regulations".

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/06	Megafauna survey and ship collision risk mitigation: perspectives with the real-time BOMBYX sonobuoy in the Azores	One Ocean Science Congress (Nice, France)
2025/05	Spatiotemporal monitoring of Northeast Atlantic cetaceans and their predator-prey interactions through environmental genetics	XXXVI Conference of the European Cetacean Society (Portugal)
2025/05	Non-coda vocalizations produced in social context by sperm whales in the Azores	XXXVI Conference of the European Cetacean Society (Portugal)
2024/11	Culture structures sperm whale populations on a global scale	25th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals (Australia)
2024/11	Estimating energy expenditure of sperm whales’ social units	25th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals (Australia)
2024/11	Echolocation and movements of sperm whales during prey capture attempts: searching for a signature of successful prey captures	25th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals (Australia)
2023/09	“Efeitos do whale watching no comportamento dos cachalotes”	“Noite Europeia dos Investigadores” of the European project Macaronight 2022-2023: The Researchers’ Night of the Macaronesia (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2023/06	Effects of whale watching on sperm whale behaviour	“VIII Eco Encontros” at the “Escola António José d’Ávila” (Horta, Portugal)
2023/05	Understanding energy-mediated responses of sperm whales to environmental shifts using a bioenergetic modelling approach	Beyond Whale Watching. Advancing participatory science and whale-watching (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2023/05	“Projecto WATCH IT: principais resultados sobre os efeitos do whale watching nos cachalotes”	Beyond Whale Watching. Advancing participatory science and whale-watching (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2023/04	Disentangling whale diets in the Azores feeding area	(Spain)
2023/02	Understanding energy-mediated responses of sperm whales to environmental shifts using a bioenergetic modelling approach	“Jornadas de transferência de conhecimentos MARCET II: Ecológicas” (Lagoa, Portugal)
2023/02	Exposure to whale watching vessels affects dive ascents and resting behaviour in sperm whales	“Jornadas de transferência de conhecimentos MARCET II: Ecológicas” (Lagoa, Portugal)
2022/07	Understanding energy-mediated responses of sperm whales to environmental shifts using a bioenergetic modelling approach	24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals (Florida, United States)
2022/07	Predictive model of sperm whale prey capture attempts from time-depth data	24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals (Florida, United States)
2022/07	Effects of whale watching exposure on sperm whale foraging and near-surface behaviour	24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals (Florida, United States)
2022/06	Comparing statistical methods to estimate sound production rates based on animal borne tag data.	International Statistical Ecology Conference (Cape Town, South Africa)
2020/12	The marine soundscape of the Azores - overlap between natural and anthropogenic sounds	XVII Congress of the Portuguese Society of Ethology (Portugal)
2019/12/11	Prey echoes reveal long range biosonar behaviour in sperm whales	World Marine Mammal Conference 2019 SUBMON and the University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
2018/04/09	Multi-state open robust design models for dealing with incomplete sampling and imperfect detection: an example with sperm whales and opportunistic photo-id data	XXXII Conference of the European Cetacean Society European Cetacean Society (La Spezia, Italy)
2016/03/15	Sperm whale codas can encode individuality as well as clan identity	XXX Conference of the European Cetacean Society European Cetacean Society (Funchal, Portugal)
2016/03/12	Foraging behaviour of the sperm whale in the Azores	Workshop “Remote insular marine habitat: how important are these regions for oceanic cetacean populations” at the XXX Conference of the European Cetacean Society European Cetacean Society (Funchal, Portugal)
2015/12/14	Kinematics and energetic of breaching whales	Conference of the Society for Marine Mammalogy Society for Marine Mammalogy (Flórida, United States)
2013/04/06	Studies on the ecology, genetic structure and acoustics of sperm whales in the Azores: an overview of past, present and future research	Workshop “Towards a large scale collaboration on sperm whale research” at the XXVII Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society European Cetacean Society (Setúbal, Portugal)
2011/11/27	Fin whale migration in the North Atlantic: placing the Azores into the big picture	19th Biennal Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals Society for Marine Mammalogy (Flórida, United States)
2011/03/14	Satellite telemetry as a tool to help defining the International Whaling Commission whale management areas	Biologging4 Conference Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Hobart, Australia)
2010/01/24	The importance of oceanic fronts in the Labrador Sea to North Atlantic sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) - Clues from satellite telemetry	Arctic Frontiers 2010 Conference – Living in the High North Arctic Frontiers (Trømso, Norway)
2009/09/02	Population ecology of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Azores archipelago	SNAK workshop 2009 National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark (Roskilde, Denmark)
2009/05/18	Acoustic characterization of whale watching boats in the Azores	157th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America Acoustical Society of America (Portland, United States)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - 2025	Anaysis of non-coda vocalizations with possible communicative function emitted by sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the waters of the Azores Co-supervisor	Marine Ecobiology (Master)
2024 - 2025	Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) sound signals in the Azores Supervisor	Integrated Ocean Studies (Master)
2024 - 2025	Individual characteristics of coda clicks in sperm whales Supervisor	Integrated Ocean Studies (Master)
2023/10 - 2024/09	Coda repertoires and vocal clans of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Azores Supervisor	Master Course in Integrated Ocean Studies (Master) Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
2024/01 - 2024/06	Study of the social structure of sperm whale at the Azores Supervisor	Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/02	Analyzing social structure of sperm whales in the Azores Supervisor	Master degree in Oceanography and Marine Environmental Management (Master) Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
2022/10 - 2023/10	Spatial and temporal patterns of sperm whale sounds in the Azores archipelago Supervisor	Master in Integrated Studies of the Ocean (Master) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2022/01 - 2022/12	Sperm whale three-dimensional foraging behaviour in a low-latitude breeding ground Supervisor	Internship at ESTAGIAR L Programme (Government of the Azores) (Other) Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/10	Analysis of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) vocalisations in the Azores: coda repertoires and their behavioural context Supervisor	Master in Integrated Studies of the Ocean (Master)
2021/09 - 2021/12	Maximization of visual and acoustic blow datasets to assess the whale watching effects on sperm whale blow production Supervisor	Master in Marine Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation - traineeship (Other) Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
2020/01/01 - 2020/12/17	Sperm Whale Foraging Behaviour: A Predicted Model Based On 3D Movement and Acoustic Data from Dtags Co-supervisor	Marine Biology (Master) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2019/06/30	Sperm whale individual exposure to whale-watching vessels in the Azores, using photo-identification Supervisor	Marine Sciences (Degree) Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
2019 - 2019	"Whale watching" nos Açores Co-supervisor	Marine Sciences (Degree) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2006/06 - 2006/06	Bioacoustic and Marine Telemetry (2006/06 - 2006/06) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Instituto do Mar, Portugal

Event participation

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2025/02	Coda repertoires and vocal clans of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Azores Supervisor	Soares, Maria Beatriz (Master) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2023/04/28	Analysis of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) vocalisations in the Azores: coda repertoires and their behavioural context Supervisor	Sarah Kather (Master) Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
2022/04/28	Passive acoustic monitoring as a tool to monitor habitat health and vocal fish species of commercial or conservation interest (Thesis) Arguer	Rita Carriço (PhD) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2020/03/31	Cumulative exposure of sperm whales to whale watching boats using spatially-explicit capture-recapture models (Thesis) Arguer	Chiara Mandl (Master)

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2022/04 - Current	National Delegate at the Scientific Committee Meeting of International Whaling Commission (2022)	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2021/04 - 2021/05	National Delegate at the Scientific Committee Meeting of International Whaling Commission (2021) Other	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024 - 2024	Ocean Ecology and Biodiversity	Ocean Ecology and Biodiversity (Mestrado)	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2025 - 2025	Scientific Reports
2024 - 2024	Ethology Ecology & Evolution
2019 - 2019	Arquipelago - Life and Marine Sciences (0873-4704)

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2018/05 - 2025/10	Photo-identification and its role in the evaluation of the whale watching effects on sperm whales	Students of the Integrated Oceans Studies Master - University of the Azores
2015/11 - 2015/11	"Cetaceans of the Azores” and “Photo-identification of cetaceans"	Students of the Integrated Oceans Studies Master - University of the Azores
2007/07 - 2009/07	Cetaceans of the Azores	Students of the Summer Course - Dep. Oceanography and Fisheries (University of the Azores)
2005/07 - 2005/07	Marine Bioacoustics and data analysis	Students of the Integrated Oceans Studies Master - University of the Azores

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2025/07 - Current	Jury of an application in Biology or Biochemistry for a Higher degree technician at the University of the Azores
2024/10 - Current	Jury of an application in Marine Biology for a Higher degree technician at the University of the Azores
2024/09 - Current	Jury of an application in Marine Biology for a Research fellowship at the University of the Azores
2024/07 - Current	Jury of an application in Marine Biology for a Higher degree technician at the University of the Azores
2023/11 - Current	Jury of an application in Marine Sciences for a Junior researcher at the University of the Azores
2022/04 - Current	Jury of an application in Marine Biology for a Higher degree technician at the University of the Azores	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2021/08 - 2021/08	Jury of an application in Biological Sciences for a Master degree technician at the Instituto do Mar - University of the Azores	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2020/04 - 2020/04	Jury of an application in Biological Sciences for a Doctoral technician at the Instituto do Mar - University of the Azores	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2019/09 - 2019/09	Jury of an application in Biochemistry for a Higher degree technician at the Instituto do Mar - University of the Azores	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2018/11 - 2018/11	Jury of an application in Marine Biology for a Post-doc fellowship at the Instituto do Mar - University of the Azores	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2018/11 - 2018/11	Jury of an application in Marine Biology for a Researcher fellowship at the Instituto do Mar - University of the Azores	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2017/06 - 2017/06	Jury of an application in Marine Biology for a Researcher fellowship at the Instituto do Mar - University of the Azores	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2007	"Best Social Component” poster, in the scope of the posters on Marine Sciences in the Azores Observatório do Mar dos Açores, Portugal

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2025/06 - 2025/06	One Ocean Science Congress Congress	One Ocean Science Congress
2025/05 - 2025/05	Workshop Advances in Marine Mammal Telemetry: Technologies, Analyses, Best Practices, and Future Perspectives Workshop	Workshop Advances in Marine Mammal Telemetry: Technologies, Analyses, Best Practices, and Future Perspectives
2025/05 - 2025/05	Workshop Uncovering the communication of sperm whales Workshop	Workshop Uncovering the communication of sperm whales
2025/05 - 2025/05	XXXVI Conference of the European Cetacean Society Conference	XXXVI Conference of the European Cetacean Society
2024/11 - 2024/11	Workshop Cachalote Consortium 2024: Behavior, ecology, culture, and the structure of sperm whale societies – transforming science into stewardship for ocean nomads Workshop	Workshop Cachalote Consortium 2024: Behavior, ecology, culture, and the structure of sperm whale societies – transforming science into stewardship for ocean nomads
2024/11 - 2024/11	Workshop AI and Marine Mammal Science/Advancing Marine Mammal Research through Machine Learning Workshop	Workshop AI and Marine Mammal Science/Advancing Marine Mammal Research through Machine Learning
2024/11 - 2024/11	25th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals Conference	25th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
2023/09 - 2023/09	Noite Europeia dos Investigadores” of the European project Macaronight 2022-2023: The Researchers’ Night of the Macaronesia Other	Noite Europeia dos Investigadores” of the European project Macaronight 2022-2023: The Researchers’ Night of the Macaronesia
2023/06 - 2023/06	Blue Biotech Roadshow to Azores Other	Blue Biotech Roadshow to Azores
2023/05 - 2023/05	Beyond Whale Watching. Advancing participatory science and whale-watching Conference	Beyond Whale Watching. Advancing participatory science and whale-watching Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2023/05 - 2023/05	Jornadas de transferência de conhecimentos MARCET II: Sanitárias - atenção aos arrojamentos de cetáceos Other	Jornadas de transferência de conhecimentos MARCET II: Sanitárias - atenção aos arrojamentos de cetáceos
2023/02 - 2023/02	Jornadas de transferência de conhecimentos MARCET II: Ecológicas Other	Jornadas de transferência de conhecimentos MARCET II: Ecológicas Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2023/01 - 2023/01	STCW, Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Other	STCW, Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping
2023/01 - 2023/01	Workshop on marine mammal ship strike mitigation Workshop	Workshop on marine mammal ship strike mitigation Institute of Marine Sciences - Okeanos, Portugal
2022/09 - 2022/09	CAL-AQUA, Laboratory Aquatic Animal Science Other	CAL-AQUA, Laboratory Aquatic Animal Science
2022/07 - 2022/07	24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals Conference	24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
2020/12 - 2020/12	Watch It - Whale watching effects in sperm whales. Disturbance assessment towards a sustainable ecotourism Presentation to the whale watching companies of Faial and Pico, and to the Regional Directorate of Sea Affairs Other	Instituto do Mar - Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2019/09 - 2019/09	Whale watching (Azores and Kenya case studies). Contributing to its sustainability Other	Summer class
2018/09 - 2018/09	Among whales and old whalers. Cetacean research in an Atlantic outpost Other	Summer class
2018/04 - 2018/04	Sperm whale dive, a tool for ecotourism Other	Semana dos Sentidos Escola Cardeal Costa Nunes da Madalena do Pico, Portugal
2017/01 - 2017/01	Sustainable Tourism in the Azores: Think outside the box Other	Semana da Ciência Escola Básica e Secundária de São Roque do Pico, Portugal
2016/04 - 2016/04	Evaluation of the cetacean species vulnerability towards climate changes in the Azores archipelago Workshop	Evaluation of the cetacean species vulnerability towards climate changes in the Azores archipelago Regional Secretariat for Energy, Environment and Tourism, Portugal
2016/03 - 2016/03	XXX Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society Conference	XXX Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society
2012/03 - 2012/03	XXVI Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society Conference	XXVI Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society
2010/12 - 2010/12	Acoustics of Toothed whales (and humpbacks...) Symposium	Acoustics of Toothed whales (and humpbacks...) Aarhus Universitet Forskergruppe Zoofysiologi, Denmark
2010/06 - 2010/06	Echolocation in Whales, Bats and Humans Workshop	Echolocation in Whales, Bats and Humans Syddansk Universitet, Denmark
2010/05 - 2010/05	Data exploration and modeling in R Course Other	Data exploration and modeling in R Course Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2009/11 - 2009/11	Workshop SNAK 2009 Workshop	Workshop SNAK 2009
2009/08 - 2009/08	Acoustic Communication Course Other	Acoustic Communication Course Syddansk Universitet, Denmark
2009/06 - 2009/06	"Introduction to R” and “Statistical modeling of species distributions in R” Other	"Introduction to R” and “Statistical modeling of species distributions in R” Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2009/05 - 2009/05	157th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America Conference	157th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America Acoustical Society of America, United States
2008/06 - 2008/06	Technical Journeys of the Bionatura Project – Management and Conservation of the Macaronesia Biodiversity Meeting	Technical Journeys of the Bionatura Project – Management and Conservation of the Macaronesia Biodiversity
2008/04 - 2008/04	Theoretical/Practical Course in Geographical Information Systems applied to Marine Sciences Other	Theoretical/Practical Course in Geographical Information Systems applied to Marine Sciences Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2007/04 - 2007/04	XXI Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society Conference	XXI Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society
2006/06 - 2006/06	Bioacoustic and Marine Telemetry Workshop	Bioacoustic and Marine Telemetry Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2006/05 - 2006/05	Underwater Acoustic Other	Underwater Acoustic Course Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Tecnológica do Algarve, Portugal
2003/12 - 2003/12	Ecological Modulation Other	Ecological Modulation Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2003/05 - 2003/05	Theoretical course to the “Azorean Fisheries Observational Programme" Other	Azorean Fisheries Observational Programme Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2002/02 - 2002/02	Natural Areas to the XXI Century Exhibition	Natural Areas to the XXI Century Gaia Biological Park, Portugal
2000/11 - 2000/11	Relevance of the city green zones Conference	Relevance of the city green zones ASPEA - Portuguese Association for Environmental Education, Portugal
1999/05 - 1999/05	ALTERNATIVAS Conference	ALTERNATIVAS Bionúcleo - Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal