Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Sónia Alexandra Fernandes Ferreira
Citation names
- Ferreira, Sónia
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 9115-DBFD-8A1F
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-6884-3966
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Entomology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | |
Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2016/03/31
Concluded
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Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Evolutionary history, Biogeography and Conservation of endangered odonates in the Mediterranean Basin" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado com distinção |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2021/03/04 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal |
2019/08/01 - 2020/08/31 | Researcher (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 | ||
2018/01/01 - 2019/07/31 | Postdoc (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 | ||
2016/10/01 - 2017/12/31 | Postdoc (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 | |
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2015/05/01 - 2015/10/31 | Bolseiro de Investigação | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal | ||
2010/09/01 - 2014/09/30 | Bolseiro de Doutoramento | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2018 - 2019/07/31 | PORBIOTA – Portuguese E- Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity – 22127
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022127)
Post-doc Fellow
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2010 - 2014/09 | INSECT BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION: COMBINING ENVIRONMENTAL, GENETIC AND DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA ON ODONATA
Provided by PTCRIS: SFRH/BD/65038/2009
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2010 - 2013/09 | O papel da ecologia e do comportamento na diferenciação de populações: Evolução da avifauna florestal endémica no Cáucaso
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/BIA-BEC/103435/2008
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2021 - Current | PTDC/ASP-AGR/0876/2020: Conserving biodiversity and enhancing food security: the role of birds and bats as suppressors of
rice insect pests in West Africa
Researcher
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
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Ongoing
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2019 - Current | EnvMetaGen: Capacity Building at InBIO for Research and Innovation Using Environmental Metagenomics
668981
Research Fellow
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2016 - 2017/12/31 | ExpandTree
FCT-ANR/BIA-BIC/0010/2013
Post-doc Fellow
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2017 - Current | Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment of aquatic ecosystems in Europe
CA15219
Researcher
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European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
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2016 - Current | EnvMetaGen: Capacity Building at InBIO for Research and Innovation Using Environmental Metagenomics
Grant Agreement ID: 668981EU
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
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EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Report |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2019 | IBI - InBIO Barcoding Initiative: DNA barcoding Portuguese terrestrial invertebrate biodiversity | XI Congreso Nacional de Entomología Aplicada
(Madrid, Spain)
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2019 | DNA metabarcoding and the biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin | XVIII Congreso Ibérico de Entomología
(Madrid, Spain)
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2019 | InBIO Barcoding Initiative: DNA barcoding Portuguese terrestrial invertebrate biodiversity | 8th International Barcode of Life Conference
(Trondheim, Norway)
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2019 | The night shift: improving the conservation assessment of nocturnal flying insects using DNA metabarcoding | 8th International Barcode of Life Conference
(Trondheim, Norway)
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2018 | DNA metabarcoding of hidden biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin | 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology
(Jyväskylä, Finland)
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2017 | Odonata Barcoding: The good, the bad and the ugly | 7th International Barcode of Life Conference
(Skukuza, South Africa)
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2017 | Large-scale barcoding of Portuguese moths: accelerating species inventories while revealing exotic species, sexual dimorphism and cryptic diversity | 7th International Barcode of Life Conference
(Skukuza, South Africa)
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2017 | Odonata Barcoding: The good, the bad and the ugly | DNAqua-Net Kick-Off Conference
(Essen, Germany)
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2016 | InBIO Barcoding Initiative: moth reference database using Next Generation Sequencing | XVII Congresso Ibérico de Entomologia
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2016 | Final score Nuclear 3 – Mitochondrial 1: discrepancies in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA in Coenagrion spp. | 4th European Congress on Odonatology
(Tyringe, Sweden)
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2015 | Evolutionary history of Coenagrion mercuriale clade: the importance of multilocus genetic approaches to detect cryptic diversity, introgression and selective sweeps | International Congress of Odonatology
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2018 - Current | DNA Barcoding of Minor Insect Orders
Supervisor
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Mestrado em Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2017 - 2017 | 7th DNA Metabarcoding Spring School (2017 - 2017)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal |
2014 - 2014 | 14th Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting (SSIG) (2014 - 2014)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2019 | Análise comparativa da entomofauna (Insecta: Coleoptera e Hemiptera) do vale do rio Ferreira (Valongo) e do Parque Oriental
da Cidade do Porto ao longo de um ciclo anual
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Francisco Vilas Boas Gil (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2017 | Eco-etoloxía de cabaliños do demo con polimorfismo de cor
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Iago Sanmartín Villar (PhD)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
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Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2017 - Current | Member of the Orthoptera Specialist Group - IUCN | |
2013 - Current | Member of the Dragonfly Specialist Group - IUCN | |
2015 - 2016 | IUCN European Red list of Orthoptera |
Distinctions
Award
2016 | Best Poster prize on Congenomics Conference |
2015 | Best Poster prize on International Congress of Odonatology |