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Naturalista marinha desde a infância no intertidal de Vila do Conde. Investigadora do mar profundo e dos corais nos Açores, onde iniciou o percurso académico. Exploradora do NE Atlântico profundo durante 14 cruzeiros científicos. Movida pelo interesse em Octocorais através de uma perspectiva integrada de taxonomia e zoogeografia. Coleções de história natural proporcionam-lhe as amostras que são essenciais à construção desse puzzle. Mais de uma década a colecionar, catalogar e ensinar curadoria de uma coleção de invertebrados marinhos levam-na a defender afincadamente coleções de história natural e taxonomia. Ela é a gestora do Biobanco Azul Português, a coleção do futuro.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Íris Raquel Ferreira Sampaio da Costa

Citation names

  • Costa, Íris
  • Íris Sampaio

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3C10-1FC3-77AB
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3305-7567

Email addresses

  • isampaio@ciimar.up.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • CIIMAR|Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões Av. General Norton de Matos , 4450-208, Matosinhos , Matosinhos , Portugal (Professional)

Websites

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)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1) Elementary (A2)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/12/01 - 2022/05/31
Attended
 Postdoctoral Fellow of Zoology (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Taxonomia de octocorais do Indo-Pacífico
Tel Aviv University, Israel
2015/12/01 - 2020/11/27
Concluded
 Ciências do Mar (Doutoramento)
Major in Ecologia Marinha
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal

Senckenberg am Meer, Germany
"Biodiversity and Biogeography of Octocorallia of the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovada Unanimemente com Distinção e Louvor
2010/11/01 - 2013/10/27
Concluded
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Mestrado)
Major in Biodiversidade, Evolução, Genómica
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
"Genetic diversity and population structure of the cosmopolitan blue shark Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Atlantic Ocean" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2003/09 - 2007/12/14
Concluded
 Biologia Marinha (Licenciatura)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
"Contribuição para o estudo da vulnerabilidade dos corais de águas frias dos Açores às artes de pesca demersal usadas na região" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/06/01 - Current Science and Technology Management Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2021/12/01 - 2023/05/31 Postdoc (Research) Tel Aviv University, Israel
2020/06/01 - 2020/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2015/12/01 - 2020/02/01 Researcher (Research) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Senckenberg am Meer, Germany
2015/08/01 - 2015/11/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2015/03/01 - 2015/04/30 Researcher (Research) Senckenberg am Meer, Germany
2012/09/01 - 2013/11/27 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2011/08/01 - 2012/06/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2011/02/01 - 2011/08/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2008/01/01 - 2010/06/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2007/03/01 - 2007/12/14 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2008/10 - Current Consultoria científica voluntária na Identificação de Corais do Mar Profundo Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental, Portugal
2014/04/01 - 2014/08/31 Observador no Programa de Pescas dos Açores Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/12/01 - 2023/05/31 The Indo-Pacific zooxanthellate octocorals: an integrated approach to species delimitation, phylogenetics and biogeography
PurSUiT 1929319
Post-doc
Tel Aviv University, Israel
 NSF-BSF
Ongoing
2015/08/01 - 2015/11/30 BIOMETORE | Biodiversity in seamounts: The Madeira-Tore and Great Meteor
BIOMETORE – Biodiversity in seamounts: The Madeira-Tore and Great Meteor Contract no. PT02-0018
Research Fellow
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2012/09/01 - 2013/11/27 Estrutura e padrões de movimentação de populações de tintureira Prionace glauca
PTDC/MAR-BIO/4458/2012
Other
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2008/06/01 - 2012/06/30 CoralFISH | Assessment of the interaction between corals, fish and fisheries, in order to develop monitoring and predictive modelling tools for ecosystem based management in the deep waters of Europe and beyond
Grant agreement ID: 213144
Research Fellow
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
 European Union's Research and Innovation
Concluded
2011/02/01 - 2011/08/31 LUSOAQUABARCODE | Implementing DNA barcoding into aquatic biodiversity research in Portugal and priming new macrobenthos monitoring tools
FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-2-ERG
Research Technician Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2016/05/01 - 2020/12/31 ATLAS | A Trans-Atlantic Assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based spatial management plan for Europe
Grant agreement No 678760 (ATLAS)
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - Current Marine Forests of the World (MAF world)
Cost Action 20102
Researcher
Ongoing
2023 - Current Biobanco Azul Português | WP9 - Pacto Bioeconomia Azul
C644915664-00000026
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/07/01 - 2020/12/31 iAtlantic | Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time
Grant agreement No 818123 (iAtlantic)
Researcher
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Concluded
2008/06/01 - 2012/06/30 CORAZON | Mid-depth benthic communities of conservation importance in the Azores: cold-water coral ecosystems
FCT PTDC/MAR/72169/2006
Research Fellow
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Concluded
2011/02/01 - 2011/08/31 LusoMarBol -Integrating molecular approaches into marine biodiversity research in Portugal: implementing DNA barcoding and investigating phylogeographic patterns
FCT PTDC/MAR/69892/2006
Research Technician Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2008/01/01 - 2009/12/31 CONDOR - Observatory for Long-term Study and Monitoring of Azorean Seamount Ecosystems
PT0040
Researcher
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Concluded
2007/03/01 - 2007/12/31 MarPace | Marine Propagation Along the Coasts of Europe within the MarBEF EU Network of Excellence
GOCE-CT-2003-505446
Researcher
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Íris Sampaio; Lydia Beuck; Gui M. Menezes; André Freiwald. "The Mauritanian Slope (NE Atlantic) Has No Desert: Swiftia phaeton (Holaxonia: Plexauridae) Shaping Coral Gardens". In Habitat Formers from the Shallow to the Deep. 2022.
    Published • 10.5772/intechopen.104635
  2. Araujo, P.M.; Araújo, S.M.; Loureiro, C.M.; Pinto, V.P.; Costa, Íris. "Organização dos Elementos Químicos na Tabela Periódica". In Tabela Periódica – Um Elemento em cada casa uma casa para cada Elemento, 11-20. Porto: SerSilito, Empresa Gráfica S.A., 2003.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Colaço, Ana; Carreiro-Silva, Marina; Lino, S.; J. N. Gomes-Pereira; Porteiro, Filipe; Íris Sampaio; Ricardo Serrão Santos; et al. "Cold water corals and hydrothermal vents: coexistence at 800 m but no trophic link". Paper presented in 14th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, 2015.
Journal article
  1. Pedro Jiménez-Mejías; Saúl Manzano; Vinita Gowda; Frank-T. Krell; Mei-Ying Lin; Martín-Bravo, S.; Laura Martín-Torrijos; et al. "Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: A collective international appeal". BioScience (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae043.
    10.1093/biosci/biae043
  2. Íris Sampaio; Lydia Beuck; André Freiwald. "A new octocoral species of Swiftia (Holaxonia, Plexauridae) from the upper bathyal off Mauritania (NE Atlantic)". ZooKeys 1116 (2022): 121-140. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1106.81364.
    Open access • Published • 10.3897/zookeys.1106.81364
  3. Shipboard Scientific Party R/V Meteor M128. "The submarine Azores Plateau: Evidence for a waning mantle plume?". Marine Geology 451 (2022):
    Open access • Published
  4. Telmo Morato; Carlos Dominguez-Carrió; Christian Mohn; Oscar Ocaña Vicente; Manuela Ramos; Luís Rodrigues; Íris Sampaio; et al. "Dense cold-water coral garden of Paragorgia johnsoni suggests the importance of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge for deep-sea biodiversity". Ecology and Evolution 11 23 (2021): 16426-16433. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8319.
    10.1002/ece3.8319
  5. Engel, Michael S; Ceríaco, Luis M P; Daniel, Gimo M; Dellapé, Pablo M; Löbl, Ivan; Marinov, Milen; Reis, Roberto E; et al. "The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 2 (2021): 381-387. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab072.
    10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab072
  6. Rakka, Maria; Sampaio, Íris; Colaço, Ana; Carreiro-Silva, Marina. "Reproductive biology of two deep-sea octocorals in the Azores Archipelago". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 175 (2021): 103587. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103587.
    Published • 10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103587
  7. Morato, T.; González-Irusta, J.-M.; Dominguez-Carrió, C.; Wei, C.-L.; Davies, A.; Sweetman, A.K.; Taranto, G.H.; et al. "Climate-induced changes in the suitable habitat of cold-water corals and commercially important deep-sea fishes in the North Atlantic". Global Change Biology (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85079831367&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/gcb.14996
  8. Íris Sampaio; Marina Carreiro-Silva; André Freiwald; Gui Menezes; Manfred Grasshoff. "Natural history collections as a basis for sound biodiversity assessments: Plexauridae (Octocorallia, Holaxonia) of the Naturalis CANCAP and Tyro Mauritania II expeditions". ZooKeys (2019): https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.870.35285.
    10.3897/zookeys.870.35285
  9. Íris Sampaio; Telmo Morato; Filipe Porteiro; Cristina Gutiérrez-Zárate; Gerald Taranto; Christopher Pham; João Gonçalves; Marina Carreiro-Silva. "The Value of a Deep-Sea Collection of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean): Marine invertebrate biodiversity in an era of global environmental change". Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 3 (2019): https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.37209.
    10.3897/biss.3.37209
  10. Berta Ramiro-Sánchez; José Manuel González-Irusta; Lea-Anne Henry; Jason Cleland; Isobel Yeo; Joana R. Xavier; Marina Carreiro-Silva; et al. "Characterization and Mapping of a Deep-Sea Sponge Ground on the Tropic Seamount (Northeast Tropical Atlantic): Implications for Spatial Management in the High Seas". Frontiers in Marine Science 6 (2019): https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffmars.2019.00278.
    10.3389/fmars.2019.00278
  11. Sampaio, Í.; Freiwald, A.; Porteiro, F.M.; Menezes, G.; Carreiro-Silva, M.. "Census of Octocorallia (cnidaria: Anthozoa) of the azores (NE atlantic) with a nomenclature update". Zootaxa 4550 4 (2019): 451-498. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85061988950&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.4.1
  12. Carreiro-Silva, M.; Ocaña, O.; Stankovic, D.; Sampaio, I.; Porteiro, F.M.; Fabri, M.-C.; Stefanni, S.. "Zoantharians (Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) associated with cold-water corals in the azores region: New species and associations in the deep sea". Frontiers in Marine Science 4 APR (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85020118423&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fmars.2017.00088
  13. Veríssimo, A.; Sampaio, Í.; McDowell, J.R.; Alexandrino, P.; Mucientes, G.; Queiroz, N.; da Silva, C.; Jones, C.S.; Noble, L.R.. "World without borders—genetic population structure of a highly migratory marine predator, the blue shark (Prionace glauca)". Ecology and Evolution 7 13 (2017): 4768-4781. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019842428&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ece3.2987
  14. Rakka, M.; Orejas, C.; Sampaio, I.; Monteiro, J.; Parra, H.; Carreiro-Silva, M.. "Reproductive biology of the black coral Antipathella wollastoni (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) in the Azores (NE Atlantic)". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 145 (2017): 131-141. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84973855994&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.05.011
  15. Sampaio, Í.; Stokvis, F.R.; Van Ofwegen, L.P.. "New name for the soft coral Alcyonium rubrum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006 (Alcyonacea, Alcyoniidae): Alcyonium burmedju nom. n.". ZooKeys 2016 619 (2016): 163-165. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84989266727&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.3897/zookeys.619.10086
  16. Borges, L.M.S.; Merckelbach, L.M.; Sampaio, T.; Cragg, S.M.. "Diversity, environmental requirements, and biogeography of bivalve wood-borers (Teredinidae) in European coastal waters". Frontiers in Zoology 11 1 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893698842&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/1742-9994-11-13
  17. Chiocci, F.L.; Romagnoli, C.; Casalbore, D.; Sposato, A.; Martorelli, E.; Alonso, B.; Casas, D.; et al. "Bathy-morphological setting of Terceira Island (Azores) after the FAIVI cruise". Journal of Maps 9 4 (2013): 590-595. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84887119865&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/17445647.2013.831381
  18. Braga-Henriques, A.; Porteiro, F.M.; Ribeiro, P.A.; De Matos, V.; Sampaio, Í.; Ocaña, O.; Santos, R.S.. "Diversity, distribution and spatial structure of the cold-water coral fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic)". Biogeosciences 10 6 (2013): 4009-4036. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84886407692&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.5194/bg-10-4009-2013
  19. Sampaio, I.; Braga-Henriques, A.; Pham, C.; Ocaña, O.; De Matos, V.; Morato, T.; Porteiro, F.M.. "Cold-water corals landed by bottom longline fisheries in the Azores (north-eastern Atlantic)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 92 7 (2012): 1547-1555. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866675486&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0025315412000045
  20. Philippart, C.J.M.; Amaral, A.; Asmus, R.; van Bleijswijk, J.; Bremner, J.; Buchholz, F.; Cabanellas-Reboredo, M.; et al. "Spatial synchronies in the seasonal occurrence of larvae of oysters (Crassostrea gigas) and mussels (Mytilus edulis/galloprovincialis) in European coastal waters". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 108 (2012): 52-63. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864105228&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2012.05.014
  21. Braga-Henriques, A.; Carreiro-Silva, M.; Porteiro, F.M.; De Matos, V.; Sampaio, Í.; Ocaña, O.; Ávila, S.P.. "The association between a deep-sea gastropod Pedicularia sicula (Caenogastropoda: Pediculariidae) and its coral host Errina dabneyi (Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) in the Azores". ICES Journal of Marine Science 68 2 (2011): 399-407. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79951980333&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/icesjms/fsq066
  22. Carreiro-Silva, M.; Braga-Henriques, A.; Sampaio, I.; De Matos, V.; Porteiro, F.M.; Ocaña, O.. "Isozoanthus primnoidus, a new species of zoanthid (Cnidaria: Zoantharia) associated with the gorgonian Callogorgia verticillata (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea)". ICES Journal of Marine Science 68 2 (2011): 408-415. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79951974146&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/icesjms/fsq073
  23. Íris Sampaio; Ocaña, O.; Tempera, F.; Braga-Henriques, A.; De Matos, V.; Porteiro, F.M.. "New occurrences of Corallium spp. (Octocorallia, Coralliidae) in the Central Northeast Atlantic". Arquipélago - Life and Marine Sciences 26 (2009): 73-78. https://repositorio.uac.pt/handle/10400.3/453.
    Published
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/01/25 Arctos e Sistema de Gestão de Coleções do Biobanco Azul Português 3a reunião Consórcio Biobanco Azul Português
2024/01/25 Biobanco Azul Português - Passado e Futuro 3a reunião Consórcio Biobanco Azul Português
2023/10/20 Mapeamento de biobancos nacionais de organismos marinhos 2a reunião de Consórcio Biobanco Azul Português
CIIMAR
2023/10/20 Análise de Tipologias de Plataformas Digitais Internacionais de Biobancos 2a reunião de Consórcio Biobanco Azul Português
2023/10/18 Biobanco Azul Português Algotecas com Carimbo Português
2023/02 Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics Lab meeting at School of Zoology
2022/06 The Indo-Pacific soft corals: discovering biodiversity of Paralemnalia Kükenthal, 1913 International Coral Reef Symposium
International Coral Reef Society (Bremen, Germany)
2021/12 Deeper than your average Lab meeting at School of Zoology
Tel Aviv University
2019/07 Are museums plummy or octocorals mummies? A DNA barcoding library for the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean Swiftia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 7th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals
(Cartagena das Índias, Colombia)
2019 The Value of a Deep-Sea Collection of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean): Marine invertebrate biodiversity in an era of global environmental change Biodiversity Next
2019 Deep dive into the NE Atlantic Octocorallia world Assemble Plus talk at the Marine Biological Station
(Piran, Slovenia)
2018/05 The Azores deep marine ecosystem: an open window into North Atlantic deep-sea environments 4th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity
(Montreal, Canada)
2018/04 Life history traits of deep-water gorgonians in the Azores Archipelago ATLAS General Assembly
(Mallorca, Spain)
2018 Biodiversity of deep-sea Octocorallia in the NE Atlantic Ocean
(Wilhelmshaven)
2017/12/14 Octocorals of Mauritania: a taxonomic update European Coral Reef Symposium,
(Oxford, United Kingdom)
2016/04/21 Deep-sea corals of the East Atlantic Ocean Marine Biodiversity Meeting in Naturalis
Naturalis (Leiden)
2015/11 Reproductive biology of key habitat-forming cold-water corals in the Azores Archipelago MIDAS Annual Meeting 2015
2015 Reproductive biology of key habitat-forming cold-water corals in the Azores Archipelago 14th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium
2015 Lusitanian seamounts upper bathyal habitats 14th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium
2013 Genetic population structure among Atlantic nurseries of the highly mobile oceanic Blue Shark Prionace glauca 17th European Elasmobranch Association
(Plymouth, United Kingdom)
2012/04 Catalogue and identification guide of deep-sea Alcyonacea Lamouroux, 1812 of the Azores archipelago (NE Atlantic) 5th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals
(Amsterdão)
2011/04 Impact of fishing on deep-water corals and sponges in the Azores Hermione 2nd Meeting
2011/02 Impact of fishing on Cold-water corals of the Azores Condor (final workshop & seamount stakeholder workshop)
2011/01 Deep sea Biodiversity: Benthic communities of corals Fórum Científico de Apoio à Decisão “Conhecer o Mar dos Açores”
2010 Impact of fishing on Cold-water corals of the Azores WP3 CoralFish
(Milão)
2009 Segredos das Profundezas: Do Mar da Prata às Fontes Hidrotermais Seminar at DOP, University of the Azores
2008 Biodiversidade de Corais e Respectivas Comunidades Meeting onboard N/R/P Almirante Gago Coutinho

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/01/25 - Current 3a Reunião de Consórcio Biobanco Azul Português (2024/01/25)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2023/10/20 - Current 2a Reunião de Consórcio Biobanco Azul Português (2023/10/20)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2023/09/17 - Current Caderneta de Cromos do Biobanco Azul Português no Dia Aberto do CIIMAR (2023/09/17)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2018 - Current Created the #octocoralFriday on Twitter to disseminate knowledge in this understudied and sophisticated animals. Every Friday scientists share research, images or some knowledge on octocorals. (2018)
Exhibition (President of the Organising Committee)
2023/07/23 - 2023/07/27 Octocoral taxonomy and phylogeny training workshop under the auspices of the NSF-BSF funded project- The Indo-Pacific zooxanthellate octocorals: An integrative approach to species delimitation, phylogenetics and biogeography and MAF WORLD. (2023/07/23 - 2023/07/27)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Tel Aviv University, Israel
2022/07 - 2022/07 Chaired the Workshop What alterations, new roles and perspectives can we foresee for Octocorals under climate change conditions? during the International Coral Reef Symposium, Bremen, Germany (2022 - 2022)
Workshop
 Tel Aviv University, Israel
2022 - 2022 Chairs of Session 2A Open Session: Species and their populations. International Coral Reef Symposium, Bremen (2022 - 2022)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Tel Aviv University, Israel
2017/08/08 - 2017/08/08 Cold-Water Coral Day during Ocean Week 2017 (2017/08/08 - 2017/08/08)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2009/04/27 - 2009/04/30 Organization of ICES International Symposium | Issues Confronting the Deep Oceans: The Economic, Scientific, and Governance Challenges and Opportunities in the Deep Sea at Horta, Faial, Azores. (2009/04/27 - 2009/04/30)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/01/25 - Current 3a Reunião de Consórcio Biobanco Azul Português
Meeting
 3a Reunião de Consórcio Biobanco Azul Português
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2023/10/20 - Current 2a Reunião de Consórcio Biobanco Azul Português
Meeting
 2a reunião de Consórcio Biobanco Azul Português
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2023/10/18 - Current Algotecas com Carimbo Português
Seminar
 Algotecas com Carimbo Português
2023/09/17 - Current Caderneta de Cromos do Biobanco Azul Português no Dia Aberto do CIIMAR
Exhibition
 Dia Aberto do CIIMAR
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2023/07 - Current Octocoral Taxonomy and Phylogeny Workshop
Workshop
 Octocoral Taxonomy and Phylogeny Workshop
Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat, Israel
2023/04/21 - Current 1a Reunião de Consórcio Biobanco Azul Português
Meeting
 1a Reunião de Consórcio Biobanco Azul Português
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2022/07 - Current 15th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bremen, Germany.
Symposium
 15th International Coral Reef Symposium
International Coral Reef Society, United States
2022/07 - Current What alterations, new roles and perspectives can we foresee for Octocorals under climate change conditions? during the International Coral Reef Symposium, Bremen, Germany
Workshop
 What alterations, new roles and perspectives can we foresee for Octocorals under climate change conditions?
International Coral Reef Society, United States
2020 - Current Descrever Novas Espécies para a Ciência: conceitos e práticas, Luís Ceríaco, Museu História Natural e Ciência, Universidade do Porto, 2020
Workshop
 Descrever Novas Espécies para a Ciência: conceitos e práticas
2020 - Current História da Zoologia e Coleções de História Natural em Portugal, Luís Ceríaco, Museu História Natural e Ciência, Universidade do Porto, 2020
Workshop
 História da Zoologia e Coleções de História Natural em Portugal
2019/10 - Current Biodiversity Next, Leiden, The Netherlands
Conference
 Biodiversity Next
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands
2019 - Current Morphological phylogenetics: principles, applications and techniques, Transmitting Science (Crete, Greece).
Workshop
 Morphological phylogenetics: principles, applications and techniques
2017 - Current Introduction to 3D Imaging Technologies: Photogrammetry, Laser, CT-Scan and Micro CT-Scan for Life Sciences (2nd Edition), Transmitting Science (Sabadell, Spain).
Workshop
 Introduction to 3D Imaging Technologies: Photogrammetry, Laser, CT-Scan and Micro CT-Scan for Life Sciences (2nd Edition)
2014 - Current Computational Molecular Evolution, Technical University of Denmark, Coursera.
Workshop
 Computational Molecular Evolution
2014 - Current How to succeed at: writing applications course, University of Sheffield, FutureLearn.
Workshop
 How to succeed at: writing applications course
2013 - Current Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression, University of Melbourne, Coursera.
Workshop
 Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression
2013 - Current Advanced Course in Phenotypic Evolution: causes and consequences of morphological variation, CIBIO-UP,Vila do Conde, 2013
Workshop
 Advanced Course in Phenotypic Evolution: causes and consequences of morphological variation
2012 - Current Identification of deep-sea corals from imagery data by IFREMER-Royal NIOZ (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).
Workshop
 Identification of deep-sea corals from imagery data
2011 - Current Integrative Taxonomy: DNA Barcoding course, National Museum of Natural History (Paris, France).
Workshop
 Integrative Taxonomy: DNA Barcoding course
2011 - Current Barcoding data Analysis, Department of Biology – University of Minho (Braga, Portugal).
Workshop
 Barcoding data Analysis
2011 - Current IV International workshop of Malacology and Marine Biology, Mosteiros (S. Miguel, Portugal).
Workshop
 IV International workshop of Malacology and Marine Biology
2010 - Current Biological Nomenclature course, National Museum of Natural History (Paris, France).
Workshop
 Biological Nomenclature course
2009/12 - Current Workshop of POPA (Azorean Fisheries Observer Program), Whale factory museum (Horta, Portugal)
Workshop
 POPA (Azorean Fisheries Observer Program)
Observatório do Mar dos Açores, Portugal
2009 - Current Cold-water corals taxonomy workshop II oriented by Dr. Óscar Ocaña, Whale Factory Museum (Horta, Portugal).
Workshop
 Cold-water corals taxonomy workshop II
2008 - Current Cold-water corals taxonomy workshop I by Dr. Óscar Ocaña, Whale Factory Museum (Horta, Portugal).
Workshop
 Cold-water corals taxonomy workshop I
2008 - Current Advanced course in Geographical Information System (GIS) applied to Marine Sciences course, DOP- UAz (Horta, Portugal).
Workshop
 Advanced course in Geographical Information System (GIS) applied to Marine Sciences
2005/10/07 - Current II Congresso das Pescas dos Açores about «Perspectives of a Sustainable and Responsible Fishery at Horta, Faial.
Congress
 II Congresso das Pescas dos Açores about «Perspectives of a Sustainable and Responsible Fishery
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2023/09/11 - 2023/09/15 Cold-water coral Red Listing and Taxonomy workshop in Iceland at the marine station in Sandgerði
Workshop
 Cold-water coral Red Listing and Taxonomy workshop
Senckenberg am Meer, Germany
2023/07/05 - 2023/07/07 Ciência 2023 | Ciência e Oceano para Além do Horizonte
Meeting
 Ciência 2023 | Ciência e Oceano para Além do Horizonte
2023/04/24 - 2023/04/28 IUCN Red List training workshop
Workshop
 IUCN Red List training workshop
Senckenberg am Meer, Germany
2019/07 - 2019/08 7th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals, Cartagena das Índias, Colômbia
Symposium
 7th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals
2018/11 - 2018/11 Marine Sciences Meeting at Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Seminar
 Marine Sciences Meeting
Senckenberg am Meer, Germany
2018/06/09 - 2018/06/10 10th Young Scientist Retreat of Senckenberg, Dresden, Germany
Meeting
 10th Young Scientist Retreat of Senckenberg
Senckenberg Biodiversität und Klima Forschungszentrum, Germany
2017/12/13 - 2017/12/15 European Coral Reef Symposium organized by the Zoological Society of London at Oxford
Symposium
 European Coral Reef Symposium
The Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom
2015/08/31 - 2015/09/04 14th DSBS: Deep-Sea Biology Symposium 2015 organized by the University of Aveiro at Centro Cultural de Congressos, Aveiro.
Symposium
 14th DSBS: Deep-Sea Biology Symposium
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2012/12/06 - 2012/12/07 TIBE: Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution organized by CIBIO, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto at Vairão, Vila do Conde.
Congress
 TIBE: Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2012/11/15 - 2012/11/17 International Conference: 30 Years of Signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea – the protection of environment and the future of the Law of the Sea organized by FDUP, CIIMAR and EMEPC, Faculty of Law, University of Porto, Porto.
Conference
 30 Years of Signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Direito, Portugal
2012/04/01 - 2012/04/06 5th ISDSC: International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals 2012 organized by Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (Royal NIOZ with the support of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) at Artis Zoo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Symposium
 5th ISDSC: International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals
2010/12/09 - 2010/12/10 TIBE: Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution organized by CIBIO, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto at Vairão, Vila do Conde.
Congress
 TIBE: Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2009/04/27 - 2009/04/30 ICES International Symposium – Issues Confronting the Deep Oceans: The Economic, Scientific, and Governance Challenges and Opportunities in the Deep Sea at Horta, Faial.
Symposium
 ICES International Symposium
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2008/12/09 - 2008/12/13 XV Simpósio Ibérico de Estudos de Biologia Marinha at Funchal, Madeira.
Symposium
 XV Simpósio Ibérico de Estudos de Biologia Marinha at Funchal, Madeira.
2007/11/01 - 2007/11/03 II Congresso das Pescas dos Açores about «Perspectives of a Sustainable and Responsible Fishery» at Horta, Faial.
Congress
 II Congresso das Pescas dos Açores about «Perspectives of a Sustainable and Responsible Fishery» at Horta, Faial.

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019 - Current Zookeys Pensoft
2019 - Current Marine Biodiversity

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/04 - Current IUCN Red List Global Assessor
2022 - Current International Coral Reef Society Member
2019/03 - Current Deep-sea Biology Society Member
2016/04 - Current Forbio - Research School in Biosystematics Forbio Associate
2016/03 - Current Society of Systematic Biologists Member
1997/01 - Current APPA-VC (Association of Protection of the Archaeological Heritage of Vila do Conde) Volunteering member

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2020/08/03 Meet The Next Generation Of Deep-Sea Researchers: Iris Sampaio Deep-Sea Biology Society - Scientist Profiles
2019/06 Diving into an octocoral world with Naturalis Museum Mainly Museums
2019 Dez espécies fascinantes de invertebrados marinhos em Portugal Público
2018 The Natural History of Atlantic Octocorals in the footsteps of Dr. Manfred Grasshoff EU2020 ATLAS Newsletter 4
2018 Historic Literature Meets Modern Research: Discovering Octocorals in the Deep Sea of the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Biodiversity Heritage Library Blog
2017/08/08 Cold-Water Coral Day | A dedicated Ocean week is held every year in August on the mid-Atlantic island of Faial, Azores. Visitors participate in aquatic sports, parades and concerts in Horta, the main city of the Blue Island and in 2017 the Cold-Water Coral group brought the deep-sea biological collection and respective research to the public, representing ATLAS and the MERCES project. Atlas News
2009/11/17 A propósito do dia Nacional do Mar que ontem se assinalou: Novos segredos desvendados no mar dos Açores reitera valores para as Ciências e Tecnologias Correio dos Açores
2009 Profundezas dos Açores revelam mais segredos Fazendo

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2016/09/21 - 2016/10/13 MEDWAVES survey (MEDiterranean out flow WAter and Vulnerable EcosystemS) on board RV Sarmiento de Gamboa in Video annotation live ROV Quest deep-sea dives at Gazul mud volcano (Gulf of Cádiz), Sampled, two of the case studies under the project ATLAS: Case study 7 (Gulf of Cádiz-Strait of Gibraltar-Alboran Sea) and Case study 8 (Azores). Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2016/07/02 - 2016/07/27 M 128 Azores Plateau cruise on board RV Meteor under the theme “Die Entstehung und Entwicklung ozeanischer Plateaus am Beispiel der Azoren, Portugal“ Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2015/09/14 - 2015/10/01 BIOMETORE 2015 to the Great Meteor Complex seamounts (Atlantis and Irving) onboard the NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2015/08/19 - 2015/08/29 Arqbiometore-44-V15 scientific survey on board of N/I “Arquipelago” under “BIOMETORE – Biodiversity in seamounts: the Madeira-Tore and Great Meteor” project financed by Island, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism. Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2011/09 - 2011/09 Eurofleet Research Cruise FAIVI-IOZOC geological and biological survey on board of R/V L ´Atalante from IFREMER to Serreta eruption (Terceira island, Azores) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2010/06 - 2010/06 EMEPC/M@rbis/Selvagens 2010 scientific survey to the Selvagens islands of the Madeira archipelago on board of N/R/P Almirante Gago Coutinho and N/T/M Creoula from EMEPC (Task Group for the Extension of the Portuguese Continental Shelf) in collaboration with the Portuguese Navy. Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2010/04 - 2010/05 ARQDAÇO-32-P10 monitoring demersal species scientific survey on board of N/I «Arquipélago» under “DEMERSAIS” project financed by SRAM/DRP. Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2009/10 - 2009/10 Leg 2b and 3 of the EMEPC/LUSO/Açores/2009 scientific survey on board of N/R/P Almirante Gago Coutinho from EMEPC (Task Group for the Extension of the Portuguese Continental Shelf). Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2009/09 - 2009/09 CONDOR-31-V09 monitoring demersal species scientific survey on board of N/I «Arquipelago» financed by «CONDOR - Observatory for long-term study and monitoring of Azorean ecossystems» project financed by Island, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism. Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2009/06 - 2009/06 Hidroacustic cruises on Gigante, Condor and Princesa Alice seamounts, 004.09_GIG_CON_CSM and 005.09_PAL, on board on board of N/I «Arquipelago» financed by «CONDOR - Observatory for longterm study and monitoring of Azorean ecossystems» project financed by Island, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism and by “TRACE - Cetacean habitat associations in oceanic ecosystems: an integrated approach” project financed by Fundation of Science and Technology (FCT). Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2008/11 - 2008/11 Leg 5 of the EMEPC/LUSO/Acores/G3/2008 scientific survey on board of N/R/P Almirante Gago Coutinho from EMEPC (Task Group for the Extension of the Portuguese Continental Shelf). Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2008/08 - 2008/08 Scientific survey on board of N/I «Arquipélago» financed by the Luso-Indian bilateral collaboration programme «Microbial biodiversity of hydrothermal vents» financed by GRICES/MCTES and by the same Ministery of the Indian Government. Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2008/05 - 2008/06 ARQDACO-29-P08 monitoring demersal species scientific survey on board of N/I «Arquipelago» under “DEMERSAIS” project financed by SRAM/DRP. Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2007/06 - 2007/07 ARQDACO-27-P07 monitoring demersal species scientific survey on board of N/I «Arquipelago» under “DEMERSAIS” project financed by SRAM/DRP. Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2022 Postdoctoral Matching Scholarship from Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University, Israel
2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship at the School of Zoology
Tel Aviv University, Israel
2019 ITC Conference Grant from COST Action Mobilise
2019 ITC Conference Grant from COST Action Ocean Governance
2019 Deep-Sea Biology Society Travel Award
2018 Assemble PLUS (European Union’s Horizon 2020) 2nd call Transnational Acess (TA) program
2018 Forschungs-Alumni-Netzwerk Senckenberg (FANS) grant, Research Alumni Strategies-program of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Frankfurt, Germany
2018 COST Action 15217 | STSM 3849 grant
2017 MARE grant
2016 MARE grant
2015 Synthesys 3.0 grant
2015 Biometeore research grant
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2014 Doctoral grant SFRH/BD/101113/ 2014 by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
2012 IAS (International Association of Sedimentologists) travel grant
2012 DRJ (Direcção Regional da Juventude dos Açores) travel grant
2012 CoralFish research grant
2011 LusoAquabarcode research technician grant
2010 EDIT-DEST (European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy - Distributed European School of Taxonomy) travel grant
2008 Bento de Góis (Youth Exchange Program) travel grant