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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Patrícia Alexandra Pinheiro dos Santos

Citation names

  • dos Santos, Patrícia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3912-A185-F577
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2199-3331
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=h_YWObYAAAAJ&hl
Researcher Id
AGH-4337-2022

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+41) 772103504 (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Botany
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
French Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2022
Ongoing
Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"On the Origin of Aeonium Diversification: A Case of Adaptive Radiation " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/06 - 2013/07
Concluded
eFLOWER Summer School (Outros)
Universität Wien Faculty Center of Ecology, Austria
2011 - 2011/10
Concluded
Tropical Biology Association field course in tropical ecology and conservation (Outros)
Tropical Biology Association, United Kingdom
2011/09/14
Concluded
The Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants (Master)
The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
"The criptic evolution of petaloids in the Portulacinae, Caryophyllales" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011/01
Concluded
Field Botany (Postgraduate Certificate)
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Merit
2006 - 2010/07/01
Concluded
Biologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Biologia Ambiental Terrestre
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2008/04 - 2008/05
Concluded
Botânica - Flora e Vegetação Mediterrânica (Diploma de especialização)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2008 - Current Effect of hydro-gel on Mediterranean species subjected to drought
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Concluded
2010 - 2011 The criptic evolution of petaloids in the Portulacinae, Caryophyllales
PTMSCBITXP1F
Master Student Fellow
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

University of Cambridge Department of Plant Sciences, United Kingdom
Natural Environment Research Council
Concluded
2010/02 - 2010/07 Testing plant DNA barcode regions for species discrimination in Silene sect. Siphonomorpha Otth.
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Concluded
2009/09 - 2010/02 Influence of arbuscular mycorrhyza on the growth and production of flavonoids in Allium cepa
Other
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski w Krakowie Instytut Nauk o Srodowisku, Poland
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2017/02/01 - 2022/03/31 On the origin of Aeonium diversification: a case of adaptive radiation
PD/BD/128367/2017
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/10 - 2017/02 Pilot-project for the minimization and control of the erosive effects on the inter-level strip of Salamonde and Caniçada reservoirs
Salamonde II
Research Fellow
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
EDP Gestao Producao Energia SA
Concluded
2015/06 - 2015/08 Patterns of evolution of the Montiaceae perianth
2015#13
Research Fellow
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, United Kingdom
The Sibbald Trust
Concluded
2014 - 2015 WildGum – A multi-scale approach to study the naturalization of bluegum (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.) in Portugal
PTDC/AGR-FOR/2471/2012
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013/06 - 2013/08 Floral development in Montiaceae – investigating patterns of perianth and stamen evolution
2013#01
Research Fellow
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, United Kingdom
The Sibbald Trust
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2008/11 - 2009/01 Ecological restoration of limestone quarries (Secil-Outão)
Other
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. dos Santos, Patrícia. "Origin and evolution of petaloids in Claytonia L. (Montiaceae)". Paper presented in 10th Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva (X ENBE), 2014.
  2. Cotrim, Helena; dos Santos, Patrícia; Martins-Loucao, M.A.. "Testing plant DNA barcode regions for species discrimination in Silene sect. Siphonomorpha Otth". Paper presented in 2nd Conference of the European Consortium for the Barcode of Life (ECBOL 2), 2010.
Journal article
  1. Bull–Hereñu, Kester; dos Santos, Patrícia; Toni, João Felipe Ginefra; El Ottra, Juliana Hanna Leite; Thaowetsuwan, Pakkapol; Jeiter, Julius; Ronse De Craene, Louis Philippe; Iwamoto, Akitoshi. "Mechanical Forces in Floral Development". Plants 11 5 (2022): 661. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11050661.
    Published • 10.3390/plants11050661
  2. Messerschmid, Thibaud F.E.; Wehling, Judith; Bobon, Nadine; Kahmen, Ansgar; Klak, Cornelia; Los, Jessica A.; Nelson, Daniel B.; et al. "Carbon isotope composition of plant photosynthetic tissues reflects a Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) continuum in the majority of CAM lineages". Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 51 (2021): 125619. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2021.125619.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ppees.2021.125619
  3. Brilhante, Miguel; Roxo, Guilherme; Catarino, Sílvia; dos Santos, Patrícia; Reyes-Betancort, J. Alfredo; Caujapé-Castells, Juli; Sequeira, Miguel Menezes; Talhinhas, Pedro; Romeiras, Maria M.. "Diversification of Aeonium Species Across Macaronesian Archipelagos: Correlations Between Genome-Size Variation and Their Conservation Status". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.607338.
    Published • 10.3389/fevo.2021.607338
  4. Deus, Ernesto; Silva, Joaquim S.; Larcombe, Matthew J.; Catry, Filipe X.; Queirós, Luís; dos Santos, Patrícia; Matias, Hugo; Águas, Ana; Rego, Francisco C.. "Investigating the invasiveness of Eucalyptus globulus in Portugal: site-scale drivers, reproductive capacity and dispersal potential". Biological Invasions 21 6 (2019): 2027-2044. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-01954-6.
    Published • 10.1007/s10530-019-01954-6
  5. Cruz de Carvalho, Ricardo; dos Santos, Patrícia; Branquinho, Cristina. "Production of moss-dominated biocrusts to enhance the stability and function of the margins of artificial water bodies". Restoration Ecology 26 3 (2018): 419-421. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.12688.
    Published • 10.1111/rec.12688
  6. Sauquet, Hervé; von Balthazar, Maria; Magallón, Susana; Doyle, James A.; Endress, Peter K.; Bailes, Emily J.; Barroso de Morais, Erica; et al. "The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification". Nature Communications 8 1 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16047.
    Published • 10.1038/ncomms16047
  7. dos Santos, Patrícia; Ronse De Craene, Louis P.. "Floral development of Lewisia (Montiaceae): Investigating patterns of perianth and stamen diversity". Flora 221 (2016): 4-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2015.11.011.
    Published • 10.1016/j.flora.2015.11.011
  8. Silva, Joaquim S.; dos Santos, Patrícia; Sério, André; Gomes, Filomena. "Effects of heat on dehiscence and germination in Eucalyptus globulus Labill.". International Journal of Wildland Fire 25 4 (2016): 478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf15078.
    Published • 10.1071/wf15078
  9. dos Santos, Patrícia; Matias, Hugo; Deus, Ernesto; Águas, Ana; Silva, Joaquim S.. "Fire effects on capsules and encapsulated seeds from Eucalyptus globulus in Portugal". Plant Ecology 216 12 (2015): 1611-1621. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-015-0544-y.
    Published • 10.1007/s11258-015-0544-y
  10. Ronse de Craene, Louis; Iwamoto, Akitoshi; Bull-Hereñu, Kester; dos Santos, Patrícia; Luna, Javier A.; Farrar, Jennifer. "Understanding the structure of flowers - The wonderful tool of floral formulae: A response to Prenner & al.". Taxon 63 5 (2014): 1103-1111. http://dx.doi.org/10.12705/635.35.
    Published • 10.12705/635.35
  11. Brockington, Samuel; dos Santos, Patrícia; Glover, Beverley; De Craene, Louis Ronse. "Androecial evolution in Caryophyllales in light of a paraphyletic Molluginaceae". American Journal of Botany 100 9 (2013): 1757-1778. http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1300083.
    Published • 10.3732/ajb.1300083
  12. dos Santos, Patrícia; Brockington, Samuel; Glover, Beverley; Ronse De Craene, Louis P.. "Micromorphological evidence for androecium origin of Claytonia (Montiaceae) petaloids". Modern Phytomorphology 1 1 (2012): 23-25.
    Published
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/02 How does climate play a role in the diversification of Aeonium (Crassulaceae)? Biology20
(Fribourg, Switzerland)
2019/07 Is climatic specialization a pathway to disentangling enigmatic radiations? The study case of Aeonium (Crassulaceae) 15th European Ecological Federation (EEF) Congress
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/02 Using a niche and trait based approach to disentangle the radiation process of Aeonium in the Canary Islands I Congress of the Sociedade Ibérica de Ecologia (SIBECOL)
Sociedade Ibérica de Ecologia (SIBECOL) (Barcelona, Spain)
2017/10/08 Morphology: a science on the verge of extinction? Evolving Morphology: 200 Years of Goethe’s Morphological Notebooks Evolving Morphology: 200 Years of Goethe’s Morphological Notebooks
Goetheanum (Dornach, Switzerland)
2017/04/06 Proposing poikilohydric green-roofs for the Mediterranean climate
(Orvieto, Italy)
2016/06/18 The reconstructed ancestral flower and its subsequent diversification. Evolution 2016
(Austin, United States)
2016/02/04 Forces in flowers: a case study of Montiaceae (Caryophyllales) XIII Reunión del Grupo de Trabajo de Ecología y Evolución Floral (ECOFLOR)
ECOFLOR (Vigo, Spain)
2015/09 Pleiomery and meiomery in Montiaceae: mechanical pressure as driver of floral diversification. Caryophyllales 2015
(Berlin, Germany)
2015/07 Fifteen clues to the early diversification of flowers: first results from the eFLOWER initiative Botany 2015 Conference
(Edmond, Canada)
2015 Floral development of Lewisia (Montiaceae): investigating patterns of perianth and stamen diversity Caryophyllales 2015
(Berlin, Germany)
2015 The effects of heat and fire on dehiscence and seed viability in E. globulus Workshop – The naturalization of E. globulus in Portugal
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2015 Especialização floral e síndromes de polinização 7ª Edição da ObservaNatura
(Setúbal, Portugal)
2014/09 eFLOWER: Synthesizing data on flowers in the 21st century UNESCO International Conference: "Botanists of the Twenty first Century: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities"
(Paris, France)
2014/06 eFLOWER: A framework for understanding the evolution and diversification of flowers Evolutionary Plant Radiations Meeting
(Zurique, Switzerland)
2013/11/29 Floral development of Lewisia Pursh (Montiaceae) – investigating patterns of perianth and stamen diversity Young Systematists' Forum
(Londres, United Kingdom)
2012/04/24 Micromorphological evidence for androecium origin of Claytonia (Montiaceae) petaloids 1st International Scientific Conference on Plant Morphology
(Lviv, Ukraine)
2011/09 Petal differentiation in the Portulacinae: evidence for multiple origins 15th Evolutionary Biology Meeting (EBM)
(Marseilles, France)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2016 - 2017 Mechanical Forces in Flowers: an evolutionary perspective. T2-22 Symposium integrated in the XIX International Botanical Congress - IBC, Shenzhen, China (2017 - 2017)
Symposium (Member of the Scientific Committee)
Distinctions

Award

2010 Best Scientific Poster Award
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Fundação Amadeu Dias, Portugal