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Inês Órfão has a PhD in Biology (specialty Ethology) finished in 2018 at Lisbon University with thesis deserving distinction, and a MsC in Ecology and Environmental Management. Main research areas are evolutionary biology, ecology and conservation, having published 5 scientific manuscripts, participated on 5 international and 10 national conferences. Additionally, published 1 book chapter on animal behaviour (2009). Have reviewed manuscripts to numerous scientific journals (e.g., Animal Behaviour, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society), wrote technical reports on the impact of constructions and related with human-wildlife conflicts. With long experience on outreach for stakeholders, decision makers and the general public. Has been interviewed for television and radio. With experience in laboratory and field work.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Inês Órfão Dias

Citation names

  • Órfão, Inês

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6C16-3732-17DD
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9261-324X

Email addresses

  • inesorfao@mare-centre.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 291 721 22 (Professional)

Addresses

  • ARDITI - Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Edif. Madeira Tecnopolo, Piso -2, Caminho da Penteada Funchal , 9020-105, Funchal, Funchal, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2013/01/30 - 2018/09/13
Concluded
 Biology (Doutoramento)
Major in Ethology
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"The role of conspecific social information on male mating decisions" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with distinction
2018/03/02 - 2018/07/14
Concluded
 Animal Rights (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Direito, Portugal
 17/20
2011/10 - 2012/08/01
Concluded
 Animal Behaviour and Welfare (Pós-Graduação)
Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigacao, Portugal
 17/20
2007/10 - 2008/03/27
Concluded
 Ecology and Environmental Management (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 18/20
2003/01/01 - 2006/09/18
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 14/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02/01 - Current Science and Technology Management Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal
2018/09/14 - 2024/01 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Filosofia das Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Filosofia das Ciências, Portugal
2021/04/01 - 2023/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015 - 2018/09/13 PhD student Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2015 - 2017 PhD student Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Filosofia das Ciências, Portugal
2013 - 2014 PhD student Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2010/07/01 - 2012 Technician at the Iberian Wolf Recovery Centre; work in enviromental education, admnistration and animal monitorization Grupo Lobo, Portugal
2007/08/01 - 2008/05/31 Involved in the LIFE-COEX project (Improving coexistence of large carnivores and agriculture in Southern Europe) in the management strategy for stray dogs (action D4). Grupo Lobo, Portugal
2007/08/01 - 2008/05/31 Technician responsible electric fences, used as prevention method of wolves attack (action D1, of the LIFE-COEX project (Improving coexistence of large carnivores and agriculture in Southern Europe). Grupo Lobo, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/04 - 2023/12/31 Madeira Island: Decoding a missing piece of the critically endangered European eel 'big picture'
M1420-09-5369-FSE-000002
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal
 Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação
Concluded
2013 - 2018/09/13 The role of male behaviour on female mate choice in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)
SFRH/BD/90686/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Filosofia das Ciências, Portugal

Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Órfão, Inês. "Integrating personality and social learning in the study of social interactions among nonhuman animals: a promising approach.". edited by V. A. Walcott; A. T. Heathertorn, 179-191. New York, United States: Nova Science Publishers, 2009.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Órfão, Inês; Álvarez, Soledad; Patrício Ramalhosa; Vieira C; Almeida, Sílvia; Parretti, Paola; Monteiro Rui; et al. "Freshwater fish conservation in insular ecosystems: the Critically Endangered European eel in Madeira, Macaronesia". Paper presented in Island biology, 2023.
  2. Órfão, Inês; Álvarez, Soledad; Ramalhosa, Patrício; Vieia C; Almeida, Sílvia; Parretti, Paola; Monteiro Rui; et al. "Freshwater fish conservation in insular ecosystems: the first study of the Critically Endangered European eel in Madeira". Paper presented in OIKOS, Helsinki, 2023.
Conference poster
  1. Nóbrega, Eva K.; Toshova, Nia; Reis, André; Soto, Elena J.; Órfão, Inês; Rocha, Ricardo. Corresponding author: Nóbrega, Eva K.. "An island-wide bioacoustic survey to the bats of Porto Santo, Macaronesia". Paper presented in 8th SECEMU conference, 2021.
Journal article
  1. Órfão, Inês; Ramalhosa, Patrício; Kerckhof, Francis; Canning-Clode, João. Corresponding author: Órfão, Inês. "The expansion and establishment of the New Zealand mud snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843) in the freshwater ecosystems of Madeira Island (NE Atlantic)". BioInvasion Records (2024):
    In press
  2. Órfão, Inês; Álvarez, Soledad; Ramalhosa, Patrício; González, Carlos; Vieira, Cristiano; Almeida, Sílvia; Parretti, Paola; et al. Corresponding author: Órfão, Inês. "Searching for the Critically Endangered European eel in oceanic islands: a pioneer study in the freshwater systems of Madeira, Macaronesia". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (2024):
    Accepted
  3. Inês Órfão; Constança Carvalho; Inês Rodrigues; Leonor Ascensão; Marie Pedaccini; Luís Vicente; Miguel Barbosa; Susana A. M. Varela. "The role of intrasexual competition on the evolution of male-male courtship display: a systematic review". PeerJ 10 (2023): e14638-e14638. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14638.
    10.7717/peerj.14638
  4. sahar chebaane; João Canning-Clode; Ramalhosa, P.; Janina Belz; Nuno Castro; Inês Órfão; Juan Sempere-Valverde; et al. "From Plates to Baits: Using a Remote Video Foraging System to Study the Impact of Foraging on Fouling Non-Indigenous Species". Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 10 5 (2022): 611-611. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse10050611.
    10.3390/jmse10050611
  5. "Stone-stacking as a looming threat to rock-dwelling biodiversity". Human-Wildlife Interactions (2020): https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1619&context=hwi.
    10.26077/secn-2a27
  6. Dias, Inês. "The Relevance of In Silico, In Vitro and Non-human Primate Based Approaches to Clinical Research on Major Depressive Disorder". Alternatives to Laboratory Animals (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0261192919885578.
    10.1177/0261192919885578
  7. Inês Órfão; Miguel Barbosa; Alfredo F. Ojanguren; Luís Vicente; Susana A. M. Varela; Anne E. Magurran. "Me against who? Male guppies adjust mating behaviour according to their rival’s presence and attractiveness". Ethology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.12864.
    10.1111/eth.12864
  8. Inês Órfão; Alfredo F. Ojanguren; Miguel Barbosa; Luís Vicente; Susana A.M. Varela; Anne E. Magurran. "How pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection influence male mating decisions in a promiscuous species". Animal Behaviour 136 (2018): 147-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.12.013.
    10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.12.013
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023 Freshwater fish conservation in insular ecosystems: the first study of the Critically Endangered European eel in Madeira OIKOS
OIKOS (Helsinki, Finland)
2022 Exploring ethology as a novel approach to examine the distribution of the endangered European eel in Madeira Island
Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia
2018/10/20 The role of male-male competition on the evolution of male-male courtship display: a systematic review Congress of the Portuguese Society of Ethology
Portuguese Society of Ethology (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016/10/13 Male competitive adjustment in a species with last-male sperm precedence 13th Congress of the Portuguese Society of Ethology
Portuguese Society of Ethology (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015/10/10 Can the mating decisions of males be explained by the marginal value theorem? Annual Meeting of the British Ecological Society
British Ecological Society (Edimburgh, United Kingdom)
2015/10/09 Can the mating decisions of males be explained by the Marginal Value Theorem? 12th Congress of the Portuguese Society of Ethology
Portuguese Society of Ethology (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015/05/21 Males don't avoid competition but adjust to it. 11th Ecology and Behaviour Meeting
(Toulouse, France)
2014/09/05 Male sexual behaviour adjustment in the presence of a rival 6th Conference of Poeciliid Biologists
Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB) (Exeter)
2012/09/30 Environmental enrichment' effects on behaviour, tail lesions and growth rate in weaned piglets 2nd PsiAnimal Conference
Psianimal (Lisbon, Portugal)
2008 Sexual interference in Sorraia horses from the Alter do Chão’ farm 8th Congress of the Portuguese Society of Ethology
Portuguese Society of Ethology (Lisbon, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/10/01 - Current Temporal distribution of European eel Anguilla anguilla in Madeira Island
Supervisor
 Marine biology and conservation (Master)
Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2013 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia
Distinctions

Award

2015 Melhor poster