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Ana Paula Portela. Completed the Doutoramento in Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução in 2023/03/24 by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Mestrado in Ecologia, Ambiente e Território in 2014/11 by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências and Licenciatura in Biologia in 2012/07 by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências. Published 11 articles in journals. Has 1 section(s) of books. Participated in 17 event(s). Co-supervised 1 work(s) of course completion of LSc/BSc. Has received 1 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Other in 2 project(s), Research Fellow in 1 project(s) and Researcher in 4 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Ecology. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Conservation prioritization; Freshwater; Monitoring design; Spatial modelling of biodiversity; Fire severity; Ecosystem functioning; Remote sensing; Predictive modelling; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Paula Portela

Citation names

  • Portela, Ana Paula

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2B1D-8501-73F6
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1296-7708
Researcher Id
L-7803-2013
Scopus Author Id
57188959419

Email addresses

  • apportela@fc.up.pt (Professional)
  • apportela@cibio.up.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/03/26
Concluded
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services, and ecological stability for river ecosystem sustainability" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014
Concluded
 Ecologia, Ambiente e Território (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Impact analyses of riverscapes fragmentation on the conservation of bryophyte communities" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2009/09 - 2012/07
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/10/01 - 2024/07/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2022/09/15 - 2023/09/14 Contracted Researcher (Research) Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2019/09 - 2019/09 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Cardiff University School of Biosciences, United Kingdom
2017/05/29 - 2017/06/10 Visiting Researcher (Research) Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2015/02/14 - 2015/07/31 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/06/01 - 2021/07/31 PhD Fellow Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/04 - Current SELINA- Science for evidence-based and sustainable decisions about natural capital
101060415
Researcher
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 European Union
Ongoing
2017/06/01 - 2021/07/31 Integrating biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service supply across scales to improve the management of freshwater ecosystems
SFRH/BD/115030/2016
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/05 - 2017/06 Atlantic Aquatic bryophytes harboured at RBGE: from herbarium to distribution assessments
GB­TAF­5549
Researcher
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, United Kingdom
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Research Infrastructures
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/02/01 - 2026/01/31 A biodeterioration model to predict biological impact on exposed rock surfaces and open-air rock-art
2022.04830.PTDC
Researcher
Associação Viver a Ciência, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (InBIO)
LA/P/0048/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0048/2020
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/02/01 - 2024/07/31 Combining microclimate sensor networks and models to uncover the vulnerability of small plants to climate change
2022.03116.PTDC
Researcher
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/02/01 - 2024/01/31 SeverusPT - A web-based data product and service for fire severity assessment and prediction in mainland Portugal
PCIF/RPG/0170/2019
Researcher
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
UIDB/50027/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50027/2020
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
UIDP/50027/2020
10.54499/UIDP/50027/2020
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/02/01 - 2022/05 Knowledge Conversion for Enhancing Management of European Riparian Ecosystems and Services
CA16208
Researcher
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Concluded
2020/03/01 - 2021/01/31 Soilskin/La Piel Viva del Suelo: Un programa de ciencia ciudadana para evaluar la vulnerabilidad de los ecosistemas y sus funciones frente al cambio global
FECyT FCT-18-13511
AEI PID2019-106840GB-C21
Researcher
Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva
UID/BIA/50027/2019
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/06/01 - 2017/06/30 EuroRun - assessing CO2 fluxes from European running waters
EuroRun
Researcher
Uppsala Universitet Avdelningen för Limnologi, Sweden
 European Federation of Freshwater Sciences
Concluded
2015/02/15 - 2015/07/31 GenePlan - Integrating Evolutionary Processes and Systematic Conservation Planning
PTDC/BIA-BIC/118624/2010
Research Fellow
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Monteiro, Juliana; Portela, Ana. "Ecossistemas Terrestres - Líquenes". In Habitats e Biodiversidade na Bacia do Almonda, edited by Cabral, JA; Travassos, Paulo; Jesus, J; Simões, JS. Torres Novas, Portugal: Município de Torres Novas, 2021.
    Published
  2. Portela, Ana; Monteiro, Juliana. "Ecossistemas Terrestres - Briófitas". In Habitats e Biodiversidade na Bacia do Almonda, edited by Cabral, João Alexandre; Travassos, Paulo; Jesus, Joaquim; Simões, Jorge. Torres Novas, Portugal: Município de Torres Novas, 2021.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Gonçalves, João; Marcos, B; Cristiana Alves; Portela, Ana Paula; Regos, Adrián; Diogo Mota; Castro, Pedro; Alonso, Joaquim; Honrado, João P.. Corresponding author: Gonçalves, João. "SeverusPT – Products for the Assessment and Forecasting of Burned Area Severity Based on Earth Observation Data". Paper presented in Terra em Foco, Braga, 2024.
  2. HESPANHOL, HELENA. "BryoMicroClim: Collecting bryophyte-relevant microclimate data to assess the gap between macro- and microclimate". Paper presented in European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024, Viena, 2024.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-13257
  3. Hespanhol, Helena; Portela, Ana Paula; Vieira, Cristiana; Gonçalves, João; Sim-Sim, Manuela; Garcia, César; Cecília, Sérgio. "No invader left behind: what drives the invasibility of a spore-dispersed plant, Campylopus introflexus (Hedw.) Brid, under the expected global changes in Portugal?". Paper presented in 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society & XIV AEET Meeting, Barcelona, 2019.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Mira, André; Hortal, Joaquín; Portela, Ana Paula; Albertos, Belén; Estébanez, Belén; Branquinho, Cristina; Vieira, Cristiana; et al. "eBryoSoil: a citizen science application to monitor changes in soil ecosystems". Paper presented in XX International Botanical Congress, 2024.
  2. Vieira, Cristiana; HESPANHOL, HELENA; Portela, Ana; Marques, Joana; Vila-Viçosa, Carlos. "The Mediterranean in a closet: botany collections at the herbarium of the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto". Paper presented in 9th TiBE, Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution, 2019.
  3. Portela, Ana; Vieira, Cristiana; CARVALHO-SANTOS, CLAUDIA; Gonçalves, João; Durance, Isabelle; Honrado, João. "Bridging the gap between habitat conservation and ecosystem services for sustainable freshwater management". Paper presented in BIODIV Annual Meeting 2019., 2019.
  4. Cristiana Costa Vieira; Helena Canha Pinto Hespanhol; Portela, Ana Paula; Marques, Joana; Vila-Viçosa, Carlos. Corresponding author: Cristiana Costa Vieira. "The Mediterranean in a Closet: Botany Collections on The Herbarium of the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto". Paper presented in TiBE - Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution - Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution in Mediterranean Ecosystems, 2019.
  5. Viegas, Sofia; Vasconcelos, E; HESPANHOL, HELENA; Marques, Joana; Fonseca, Maria João; Ribeiro, Raquel; Portela, Ana Paula; et al. "CriptoBlitz and Serralves em Flora: Empowerment tools for citizen scientists.". Paper presented in SciCom.Pt 2016: A ciência não é só dos cientistas, 2016.
  6. Portela, Ana; Isabelle Charissou; Sebastien Leblond; Francisco Lara; Sam Bonsaquet; David Holyoak; Sami, Luoma; Vieira, Cristiana. "Tracking down Dendrocryphaea lamyana: establishing the environmental context and distribution of a vulnerable bryophyte in Europe through collections and time". Paper presented in 3rd Young Natural History Scientists' Meeting, Muséum National d' Histoire Naturelle, 2016.
  7. Vieira, Cristiana; Aguiar, Francisca C.; Portela, Ana; Monteiro, Juliana; Raven, Paul; Holmes, Nigel; Cambra, Jaume; et al. "Fluvial bryophytes of Mediterranean Europe: exploring the connection between focal species and climatic regions". Paper presented in 14th International Symposium on Aquatic, 2015.
  8. Viegas, Sofia; Helena Canha Pinto Hespanhol; Marques, Joana; Ricardo Castilho; Pereira JM; Raquel Henriques Ramalho Ribeiro; Portela, Ana Paula; Alves, Cristiana; Ana Cláudia Fernandes Oliveira. "CryptoBlitz: Exploring the bryophytes and lichens of Serralves Park through a Bioblitz event with a citizen science framework and kits". Paper presented in XX Cryptogamic Botany Symposium, 2015.
  9. Vieira, Cristiana; Portela, Ana; Charissou, Isabelle; Sebastien Leblond; Lara, Francisco; Sam Bonsaquet; David Holyoak; Sami, Luoma. "On the brink of the Atlantic: the reckoning of a vulnerable bryophyte (Dendrocryphaea lamyana) through collections, time and Europe". Paper presented in XX Cryptogamic Botany Symposium, 2015.
  10. Vieira, Cristiana; Rios, Eduardo; Portela, Ana. "Exploring the driest of the wettest: Marroquin watercourses' bryophytes functional signature along pressure and hydrologic gradients". Paper presented in XX Cryptogamic Botany Symposium, 2015.
  11. Vieira, Cristiana; HESPANHOL, HELENA; Portela, Ana; Alves, Cristiana; Jesus, Ana; Martins, I.; Seabra, L.; et al. "Bryophytes rising from the ashes: preservation of gametophyte remains in archaeological sites from Sabor valley". Paper presented in XX Cryptogamic Botany Symposium, 2015.
  12. Portela, Ana; Vieira, Cristiana; HESPANHOL, HELENA; Marcos, Bruno; Honrado, João P.; Silva, Rubim. "Análise de impacto da fragmentação da paisagem na distribuição de comunidades briofíticas fluviais". Paper presented in 4th Anual Workshop of Bioplant – Inter-University Doctoral program in Fundamental and Applied Plant Biology., 2013.
  13. Portela, Ana; Vieira, Cristiana; HESPANHOL, HELENA; Marcos, Bruno; Honrado, João P.; Silva, Rubim. "Análise de impacto da fragmentação da paisagem na distribuição de comunidades briofíticas fluviais". Paper presented in IX Encontro Internacional de Fitossociologia ALFA. Parque Biológico de Gaia, 2013.
Journal article
  1. João Gonçalves; Ana Paula Portela; Adrián Regos; Ângelo Sil; Bruno Marcos; Joaquim Alonso; João Honrado. "Fostering Post-Fire Research Towards a More Balanced Wildfire Science Agenda to Navigate Global Environmental Change". Fire (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/fire8020051.
    10.3390/fire8020051
  2. Felipe-Lucia, María R.; de Frutos, Ángel; Crouzat, Emilie; Grescho, Volker; Heuschele, Jonna M.; Marselle, Melissa; Heurich, Marco; et al. "Differences in the experience of cultural ecosystem services in mountain protected areas by clusters of visitors". Ecosystem Services 70 (2024): 101663. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101663.
    10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101663
  3. Mira, André F.; Hortal, Joaquín; Portela, Ana Paula; Albertos, Belén; Estébanez, Belén; Branquinho, Cristina; Vieira, Cristiana; et al. "eBryoSoil: a citizen science application to monitor changes in soil ecosystems". Scientific Reports 14 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-74464-8.
    10.1038/s41598-024-74464-8
  4. Portela, Ana Paula; Gonçalves, João; Cardoso, Ana Sofia; Vaz, Ana Sofia; de Lima, Lucas Terres; Pinto, Ivo; Rodrigues, Sara; Antunes, Sara C.; Honrado, João. "Landscape functioning in reservoir water quality prediction: Current use and predictive capacity". Ecohydrology (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eco.2702.
    10.1002/eco.2702
  5. Portela, Ana Paula; Gonçalves, João F.; Durance, Isabelle; Vieira, Cristiana; Honrado, João. "Riparian forest response to extreme drought is influenced by climatic context and canopy structure". Science of The Total Environment 881 (2023): 163128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163128.
    Open access • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163128
  6. Portela, Ana Paula; Durance, Isabelle; Vieira, Cristiana; Honrado, João. "Environmental filtering and environmental stress shape regional patterns of riparian community assembly and functional diversity". Freshwater Biology 68 8 (2023): 1428-1441. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14138.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/fwb.14138
  7. Portela, Ana Paula; Durance, Isabelle; Vieira, Cristiana; Honrado, João. Corresponding author: Portela, Ana Paula. "Response-effect trait overlap and correlation in riparian plant communities suggests sensitivity of ecosystem functioning and services to environmental change". Science of The Total Environment (2022): 160549. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160549.
    Open access • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160549
  8. Rodríguez-González, Patricia M.; Abraham, Eleni; Aguiar, Francisca; Andreoli, Andrea; Baležentiene, Ligita; Berisha, Naim; Bernez, Ivan; et al. Corresponding author: Rodríguez-González, Patricia M.. "Bringing the margin to the focus: 10 challenges for riparian vegetation science and management". WIREs Water (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1604.
    Open access • 10.1002/wat2.1604
  9. Portela, Ana Paula; Vieira, Cristiana; Carvalho-Santos, Cláudia; Gonçalves, João; Durance, Isabelle; Honrado, João. "Regional planning of river protection and restoration to promote ecosystem services and nature conservation". Landscape and Urban Planning 211 (2021): 104101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104101.
    10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104101
  10. Attermeyer, Katrin; Casas-Ruiz, Joan Pere; Fuss, Thomas; Pastor, Ada; Cauvy-Fraunié, Sophie; Sheath, Danny; Nydahl, Anna C.; et al. "Carbon dioxide fluxes increase from day to night across European streams". Communications Earth & Environment 2 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00192-w.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s43247-021-00192-w
  11. Riis, Tenna; Kelly-Quinn, Mary; Aguiar, Francisca C; Manolaki, Paraskevi; Bruno, Daniel; Bejarano, María D; Clerici, Nicola; et al. "Global Overview of Ecosystem Services Provided by Riparian Vegetation". BioScience (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa041.
    10.1093/biosci/biaa041
  12. Bravo, Andrea G.; Kothawala, Dolly N.; Attermeyer, Katrin; Tessier, Emmanuel; Bodmer, Pascal; Ledesma, José L.J.; Audet, Joachim; et al. "The interplay between total mercury, methylmercury and dissolved organic matter in fluvial systems: A latitudinal study across Europe". Water Research 144 (2018): 172-182. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.06.064.
    10.1016/j.watres.2018.06.064
  13. Ellis, L. T.; Aleffi, M.; Asthana, G.; Bhagat, C.; Bakalin, V. A.; Baráth, K.; Becker, R.; et al. "New national and regional bryophyte records, 57". Journal of Bryology 40 4 (2018): 399-419. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03736687.2018.1523601.
    10.1080/03736687.2018.1523601
  14. Carvalho-Santos, Claudia; Monteiro, António; Arenas-Castro, Salvador; Greifeneder, Felix; Marcos, Bruno; Portela, Ana; Honrado, João. "Ecosystem Services in a Protected Mountain Range of Portugal: Satellite-Based Products for State and Trend Analysis". Remote Sensing 10 10 (2018): 1573. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs10101573.
    Open access • 10.3390/rs10101573
  15. Portela, A.P.; Marcos, B.; Hespanhol, H.; Silva, R.; Honrado, J.; Vieira, C.; Portela, Ana. "Putting bryophyte communities in the map: A case study on prioritizing monitoring of human pressure in riverscapes". Journal for Nature Conservation 37 (2017): 122-132. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019946156&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jnc.2017.04.002
  16. Carvalho, S.B.; Velo-Antón, G.; Tarroso, P.; Portela, A.P.; Barata, M.; Carranza, S.; Moritz, C.; Possingham, H.P.. "Spatial conservation prioritization of biodiversity spanning the evolutionary continuum". Nature Ecology and Evolution 1 6 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029866457&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41559-017-0151
  17. Vieira, C.; Aguiar, F. C.; Portela, A. P.; Monteiro, J.; Raven, P. J.; Holmes, N. T. H.; Cambra, J.; et al. "Bryophyte communities of Mediterranean Europe: a first approach to model their potential distribution in highly seasonal rivers". Hydrobiologia 812 1 (2016): 27-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2743-5.
    10.1007/s10750-016-2743-5
Manual
  1. Gonçalves, João; Marcos, Bruno; Alves, Cristiana; Portela, Ana Paula; Castro, Pedro; Mota, Diogo. Corresponding author: Gonçalves, João. Data products and data portal manual. 2024.
    Published
Online resource
  1. Mira, F. André; Hortal, Joaquín; Aboal, Jesús R.; Albertos, Belén; Aragüés, Pilar H; Branquinho, Cristina; Draper, Isabel; et al. Biological soil covers: data on lichen, bryophyte and algae coverage in soils gathered by SoilSkin citizen science program using eBryoSoil app for smartphones. 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4456773.
    10.5281/zenodo.4456773
Preprint
  1. Attermeyer, Katrin; Casas-Ruiz, Joan Pere; Fuss, Thomas; Pastor, Ada; Cauvy-Fraunié, Sophie; Sheath, Danny; Nydahl, Anna; et al. "Carbon dioxide fluxes increase from day to night across European streams". 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31223/x5gp6x.
    10.31223/x5gp6x
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services, and ecological stability for river ecosystem sustainability". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2023.
  2. "Impact analyses of riverscapes fragmentation on the conservation of bryophyte communities". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2014.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/07 Riparian forest response to extreme drought: what do high water table forests reveal about forest resilience to drought? XX International Botanical Congress
Spanish Botanical Society and Real Jardin Botanico (Madrid, Spain)
2024/06 Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services, and ecological stability for river ecosystem sustainability XXII Congress of the Iberian Associacion of Limnology
Iberian Associacion of Limnology (Vigo, Spain)
2022/07 Environmental and community assembly drivers of riparian functional diversity: implications for ecosystem functioning and stability under climate change 2nd Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL), XXI conference of the Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL), and 21st National Congress of Ecology of the Portuguese Ecological Society (SPECO)
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/07 How smartphones can improve the conservation of soil ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula 2nd Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL), XXI conference of the Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL), and 21st National Congress of Ecology of the Portuguese Ecological Society (SPECO)
Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal, Portugal)
2019/11/07 Cryptogams as model organisms in ecology: rationale, achievements and opportunities 3rd PlantBioDays – biodiversity and adaptation
CIBIO-InBIO (Vila do Conde, Portugal)
2019/08/01 Life on inland waters: harmonizing habitat conservation and ecosystem services towards the Sustainable Development Goals 15th European Ecological Federation Congress and 18th National SPECO Meeting
European Ecological Federation (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/07/26 Modelling the invasibility of Campylopus introflexus: a spatiotemporal framework XXII Symposium of Cryptogamic Botany
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/07/26 Facing the challenges of climate and hydrological change: a case study on the distribution of western oceanic riverine bryophytes. XXII Symposium of Cryptogamic Botany,
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/07 Night-time measurements highly relevant for assessing stream CO fluxes: a Cross-European study 11th Symposium for the European Freshwater Sciences
European Federation for Freshwater Sciences (Zagreb, Croatia)
2018/10 Freshwater habitat conservation and ecosystem services: searching for common ground to improve river management Ecosystem Services Partnership Europe Conference
Ecosystem Services Partnership (San Sebastian, Spain)
2018/06 Integrating habitat conservation and hydrological services for improved river management: assessing spatial congruence and trade-offs in N Portugal. XIX Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia
Iberian Association of Limnology (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/04 Ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation in freshwater ecosystems: searching for common ground to improve river management Student Seminar in Biodiversity and Evolution
CIBIO-InBIO (Vila do Conde, Portugal)
2017/07 Atlantic Aquatic bryophytes harboured at RBGE: from herbarium to distribution assessments and IUCN Red List evaluations. Guest talk at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
(Edinburgo, United Kingdom)
2015/07 How to protect bryophytes from being drowned or lost? A framework for the efficient monitoring of priority bryophyte diversity XX Cryptogamic Botany Symposium
(Porto, Portugal)
2015/06 A framework for efficient monitoring of riverscape's priority bryophyte diversity TiBE 2015 Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution - Global biodiversity change: from genes to ecosystems
CIBIO-InBIO (Porto, Portugal)
2015/02 Impact analyses of riverscapes fragmentation on the conservation of bryophyte communities 2nd Young Natural History Scientists' Meeting, Muséum National d' Histoire Naturelle
Muséum National d' Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France)
2014/12 Community Modelling for Conservation and Monitoring Planning: examples from riverscapes and bryophyte data
Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
2014/09 lmpact analysis of riverscapes fragmentation on the conservation of bryophyte communities: a conservation planning approach 3rd International Conference on Ecohydrology, Soil and Climate Change, EcoHCC'14
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (Tomar, Portugal)
2014/09 Bryophyte communities in hydrographic regions of Europe: distribution overview and conservation in global change scenarios 3rd International Conference on Ecohydrology, Soil and Climate Change
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (Tomar, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/09/01 - 2022/07/04 Where might the other rare plants be? Biogeographic analyses of Portuguese threatened vascular flora kept at the PO Herbarium (MHNC-UP)
Co-supervisor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/03/01 - 2015/06/30 Exploring the abiotic conditions of Morroco's watercourses: bioclimatic gradients of the bryophyte sampling stations
Co-supervisor
 Ciências e Tecnologia do Ambiente (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/07/21 - 2024/07/27 Symposium Advances in Microclimate Research for Cryptogam Ecology (2024/07/21 - 2024/07/27)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Real Jardín Botánico, Spain
2018/05 - 2018/05 Guided tour "25 years of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 25 species in the Porto Botanical Garden: ex situ conservation of the world's threatened botanical heritage" (2018/05 - 2018/05)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018/04 - 2018/04 Bryophyte survey with schools at the Bioblitz Serralves (2018/04 - 2018/04)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Fundação Serralves, Portugal
2016/09/05 - 2016/10/31 Photo exhibition "Flora of Gondomar, Habitats to explore" (2016/09/05 - 2016/10/31)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Educação Ambiental Quinta do Passal, Portugal
2016/09 - 2016/09 European Researcher's Night (2016/09 - 2016/09)
Other (Other)
 Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2016/08 - 2016/08 Summer science communication activities "Ciência Viva no Verão" (2016/08 - 2016/08)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2016/07 - 2016/07 Bryophyte surveys with visitors at Bioblitz Jardim Botânico do Porto (2016/07 - 2016/07)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2016/06 - 2016/06 Applied Botany activities for secondary school students in "Junior University" program (2016/06 - 2016/06)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/07/22 - 2015/07/25 XX Cryptogamic Botany Symposium (2015/07/22 - 2015/07/25)
Symposium (Other)
 Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2014/05 - 2014/05 Bryophyte survey with schools at the Bioblitz Serralves (2014/05 - 2014/05)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Fundação Serralves, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/01/15 - 2024/02/01 Training Course in Research Ethics/ Integrity
Workshop
 4th Training Course in Research Ethics/ Integrity
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2023/04/14 - 2023/04/14 Final Seminar ALNUS Project: screening alder resilience as a basis for riparian restoration
Seminar
 Final Seminar ALNUS Project: screening alder resilience as a basis for riparian restoration
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2021/03/17 - 2021/03/18 Payments for Ecosystem Services (Forests for Water) COST Action Final Conference
Conference
 Payments for Ecosystem Services (Forests for Water) COST Action Final Conference
European Forest Institute, Finland
2021/03/16 - 2021/03/17 ALICE project final congress
Congress
 A roadmap to multifunctional and resilient landscapes: the adaptation to global change through Blue and Green Infrastructure Networks
IHCantabria Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de Cantabria, Spain
2021/02/08 - 2021/02/09 Annual meeting COST CONVERGES
Conference
Deltares, Netherlands
2021/01/20 - 2021/01/20 Project ALNUS Conference and Mid-term meeting
Workshop
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2019/05 - 2019/05 Course on River Restoration
Other
 River Restoration
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2018/12 - 2018/12 Workshop "Mainstreaming molecular approaches in national environmental monitoring programs of aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity"
Workshop
 Mainstreaming molecular approaches in national environmental monitoring programs of aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2018/10 - 2018/10 Training school "Effectiveness of woodlands in reducing pollution to watercourses" in the scope of COST Action CA15206 - Payments for Ecosystem Services (Forests for Water)
Other
 Training school Effectiveness of woodlands in reducing pollution to watercourses
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2018/08/22 - 2018/09/01 13th ALTER-Net Summer School "Biodiversity, ecosystem services: science and its impact on policy and society"
Other
 13th ALTER-Net Summer School
2018/04 - 2018/04 Workshop "Gestão de Qualidade da Água"
Workshop
 Gestão de Qualidade da Água
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/09 - 2017/09 Training school "Modelling landscape invasion by non-native trees: challenges and applications" in the scope of COST Action FP1403 NNEXT- Non-native Tree Species for European Forests & BIODIV Doctoral Programme
Other
 Training school "Modelling landscape invasion by non-native trees: challenges and applications"
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2017/07 - 2017/07 Training course on "Modelling of freshwater-related ecosystem services"
Other
 Training course "Modelling of freshwater-related ecosystem services"
Institut Català de Recerca de l'Aigua, Spain
2017/07 - 2017/07 Advanced course "Multivariate Statistics for Ecology and Evolution in R"
Other
 Advanced course "Multivariate Statistics for Ecology and Evolution in R"
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2017/06 - 2017/06 Advanced course: "Introduction to R"
Other
 Advanced course: "Introduction to R"
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2013/06 - 2017/01 Guided tours guide at Porto's Botanical Garden
Other
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/12 - 2016/12 Workshop "Aplicações de GPS para Recolha de Dados"
Workshop
 Workshop "Aplicações de GPS para Recolha de Dados"
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014/12 - 2014/12 Seminar "Dia de Informação GBIF"
Seminar
 Dia de Informação GBIF
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014/09 - 2014/09 Workshop "Geographical modelling of natural resources using GIS" in the scope of the 3rd International Conference on Ecohydrology, Soil and Climate Change, EcoHCC'14
Workshop
 Workshop “Geographical modelling of natural resources using GIS”
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal
2013/03 - 2013/03 QUANTUM GIS initiation course
Other
 QUANTUM GIS initiation course
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (SPECO) Member
2019 - Current Iberian Society of Ecology Member
2019 - Current Young Ecosystem Services Specialists (YESS) network Member
2019 - Current Portuguese Network of Ecological Restoration Member
2018 - Current Iberian Association of Limnology Member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2019/08/01 - 2019/08 15th European Ecological Federation Congress and 18th National SPECO Meeting Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2016/04 - 2017/03 Survey and characterization of habitats and biodiversity of the Almonda River Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/01 Monitoring of River Ecological Quality in Small Hydropower Plants AQUALOGUS – Engenharia e Ambiente Lda., Portugal
2016/10 - 2016/11 Ecological monitoring of water bodies in the Spanish segments of the river Douro. DENGA, S.A., Spain
2016/10 - 2016/10 Sampling, Sample analysis and evaluation of biological quality elements. Implementation of Article 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus
2016/06 - 2016/07 Monitoring of the Ruivães Hydroelectric Plant Agri-Pro Ambiente, Portugal
2015/11 - 2015/12 Service for the partial operation of the monitoring programs of surface water bodies of the categories "river", "lakes" and "reservoirs" in application of article 8 of the Water Framework Directive in the Douro river basin. IPROMA, Spain
2014/11 - 2015/02 Inventorying and Valuing the Botanical Heritage of Gondomar Municipality Câmara Municipal de Gondomar, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2024/04/01 Interview for Diário de Notícias Diário de Notícias

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2024/04 - 2024/04 Portugal em Directo Riparian forests responses to extreme drought
Distinctions

Award

2024 XV Limnology Research Award
Asociación Ibérica de Limnología, Spain
2024 PhD Award in Ecology Fundação Amadeu Dias
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal

Fundação Amadeu Dias, Portugal

Other distinction

2014 Merit scholarship for students in Portuguese higher education institutions
Direcção Geral do Ensino Superior, Portugal