Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ruben Heleno
- Date of birth
- 1981/06/09
- Gender
- Male
Citation names
- Heleno, Ruben
- Ruben H. Heleno
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- A616-AB92-EA6D
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-4808-4907
- Google Scholar ID
- PR5Wrr4AAAAJ
- Researcher Id
- A-5778-2011
- Scopus Author Id
- 26326324000
Telephones
- Telephone
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- 2392240700 Ext.: 262383 (Professional)
Addresses
- Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.uc.pt/community-ecology-lab/ (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2005/01/01 - 2009/03/13
Concluded
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Community Ecology (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
"THE IMPACT OF ALIEN PLANTS ON NATIVE BIOTA IN THE AZORES: A FOOD WEB APPROACH" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2004
Concluded
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Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Aplicação de ferramentas na gestão sustentada do coelho-bravo (Oryctolagus cuniculus)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/04/17 - 2020/04/16 | Principal Investigator (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal | ||
2013/12/31 - 2018/12/30 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal |
2012/01/01 - 2013/12/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal |
2010/01/01 - 2011/12/31 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados, Spain |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2024/01/15 - Current | Associate Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
2020/02/01 - 2024/01/14 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2009/01/01 - 2009/12/31 | Conservation officer at an environmental NGO | Liga para a Protecção da Natureza, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2014/03/01 - 2015/09/30 | EXPLORING BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS IN GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK - MOZAMBIQUE: A FUNCTIONAL APPROACH TO FOREST CONSERVATION
AND RESTORATION
Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2017/01 - Current | Spatio-temporal response patterns of ecological networks to anthropogenic stressors
Researcher
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Ongoing
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2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | Laboratório para a Sustentabilidade do Uso da Terra e dos Serviços dos Ecossistemas
LA/P/0092/2020
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2021/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | LIFE AFTER FIRE - The role of animal seed dispersal on post-fire community reassembly
PTDC/BIA-ECO/1983/2020
Researcher
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2022/09/01 - 2023/04/30 | LIFE AFTER FIRE - The role of animal seed dispersal on post-fire community reassembly project
FCT PTDC/BIA -ECO/1983/2020
Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal
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Ongoing
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2019/07/01 - 2022/12/31 | Avaliação dos padrões de biodiversidade e interações ecológicas na fauna do solo do Parque Nacional da Gorongosa Moçambique
PTDC/BIA-CBI/29672/2017
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2019 - 2022 | COLCAN - The colonization history by key plant and animal species and formation of the Canarian biomes: phylogenies and seed
dispersal networks
PGC2018-101650-B-I00
Researcher
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
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Gobierno de España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Ongoing
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2018/06 - 2021/05 | BatPine - Promoting the resilience of ecosystem services to climate change: a case study with pine plantations, pine processionary
moth and bats
PTDC/BIA-ECO/31731/2017
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2016/07 - 2020/07 | Invader - Ferramentas INoVAdoras para Detectar Espécies invasoras e agentes de contRolo biológico
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/AAG-REC/4896/2014
PTDC/AAG-REC/4896/2014
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2018 - 2020 | ISLET-FOODWEBS - Effects of Global Change on small island trophic meta-networks
CGL2017-88122-P
Researcher
Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Spain
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Gobierno de España Ministerio de Economía y Empresa
Ongoing
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2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Centre for Functional Ecology
UID/BIA/04004/2019
Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2016/01 - 2018/12 | INVADER - INnoVative Approaches to Detect invasive spEcies and biocontRol agents
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2014/10 - 2018/10 | SEEDS - Closing the seed dispersal loop: How does seed dispersal affect plant population structure at the global, regional
and local scales?
Principal investigator
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2016 - 2018 | COLONIZATION - Características dispersivas: reconstrucción de la colonización de especies vegetales entre islas oceánicas
Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad
Researcher
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
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Gobierno de España Ministerio de Economía y Empresa
Concluded
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2015 - 2017 | VERMUTIS - Importance of single and double plant-vertebrate mutualisms on islands: Double benefits, double risks?
CGL2013-44386-P
Researcher
Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Spain
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Gobierno de España Ministerio de Economía y Empresa
Concluded
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2016 - 2016 | Alien hitchhiker’s: The role of avian seed dispersal to São Tomé forest dynamics
Alien hitchhiker’s
Researcher
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Rufford Foundation
Concluded
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2013 - 2016 | OCEIS -The colonization history in the Galapagos islands by plants: floristic, diaspore and phylogenetic analysis
CGL2012-38624-C02-01
Researcher
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
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Gobierno de España Ministerio de Economía y Empresa
Concluded
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2013 - 2016 | SEEDS - Closing the seed dispersal loop: How does seed dispersal affect plant population structure at the global, regional
and local scales?
FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG-321794
Principal investigator
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
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European Commission
Concluded
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2013/07/01 - 2015/11/30 | INVAsive plant species management in Portugal: from early DEtection to Remote sensing and Biocontrol of Acacia longifolia
- INVADER-B
PTDC/AAG-REC/4607/2012
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Centro de Estudos de Recursos Naturais Ambiente e Sociedade, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2013/07/01 - 2015/11/30 | Gestão de plantas INVasoras em Portugal: da prevenção à DEtecção Remota e controlo biológico de Acacia longifolia - INVADER-B
PTDC/AAG-REC/4607/2012
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Centro de Estudos de Recursos Naturais Ambiente e Sociedade, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2013/07 - 2015/06 | GORONGOSA - Exploring biodiversity and Ecological Networks in Gorongosa National Park - Mozambique: A Functional approach
to forest conservation and restoration
Researcher
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Universidade de Coimbra
Concluded
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2013/07 - 2015/06 | INVADER-B - INVAsive plant species management in Portugal: from early DEtection to Remote sensing and Biocontrol of Acacia
longifolia
Researcher
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2010 - 2012 | REDGAL - Redes mutualistas en las islas Galápagos: Impactos directos e indirectos de especies invasoras sobre plantas amenazadas
REDGAL
Post-doc Fellow
Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Spain
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Fundación BBVA
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Magazine article |
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Preprint |
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Other
Dataset |
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Other output |
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Activities
Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2018 - Current | The role of animals in post-fire regeneration. co-supervised with Sérgio Timoteo. University of Coimbra. 2018-2019. (ongoing)
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2019 - 2023 | Zooming in, out and beyond traditional bipartite networks: towards a new generation of more informative ecological networks
Supervisor
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2017 - 2021 | Linking agricultural management, host-parasitoid interactions and natural pest control in Mediterranean olive farms: a molecular-based
food web approach
Co-supervisor of Sasha Vasconcelos
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Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2017 - 2021 | Combining ecological networks and metabarcoding to evaluate the resilience of mountain agroforestry ecosystems to climate
change
Co-supervisor of Helena Raposeira
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Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2017 - 2021 | Spatio-temporal responses of ecosystem functions to ecological restoration in the Seychelles
Co-supervisor
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University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, United Kingdom
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2016 - 2020 | Disentangling the ecological impacts of Acacia longifolia and monitoring its biological control: a multi-network approach
Co-supervisor of Francisco Lopez-Nuñez
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2018 - 2019 | Sea dispersal potential and colonization success of the Galápagos coastal flora
Co-supervisor
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
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2014 - 2018 | Bridging the roles of seed dispersal and plant mycorrhizal interactions as drivers of ecosystem structure and function
Co-supervisor of Marta Raquel Correia
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2014 - 2018 | The disruption of mutualistic networks. co-supervised with Prof. Jaime Ramos. University of Coimbra. 2014-2018. (completed
Supervisor of José Miguel Nunes da Costa
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2015 - 2017 | Testing the biotic resistance hypothesis in Portuguese vineyards
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2015 - 2017 | The impact of introduced animals and plants on the São Tomé seed-dispersal network
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2015 - 2016 | The dispersal of native and introduced seeds by São Tomé forest birds
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2013 - 2016 | Consequences of monospecific alien forests on biodiversity and ecosystem function and possible strategies to minimize their
impact
Co-supervisor of Luis Pascoal da Silva
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2013 - 2014 | Do níquel hyperaccumulator plants make good neighbours? Co-supervised with Henrique Pereira
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2013 - 2014 | Impactos da Acacia longifolia em redes tróficas de galhas
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2013 - 2014 | Comparative biodiversity of four native and exotic forest habitats
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2012 - 2013 | The functioning of seed dispersal networks in a small, urban Natural reserve
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2019 - Current | 1st Iberian Ecological Society Meeting (2019)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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AEET - Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre, Spain |
2019 - Current | 10th Portuguese Ornithological Congress - SPEA (2019)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves, Portugal |
2016 - Current | symposium “Network approaches to island biology”, 2nd Island Biology meeting (2016)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
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2015 - Current | 4th Iberian Ecological Meeting (2015)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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AEET - Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre, Spain |
2014 - Current | British Ornithologists Union meeting: “Birds in the entangled bank: advances in food-web theory and practice” (2014)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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British Ornithologists' Union, United Kingdom |
2013 - Current | 1st International Symposium on “Ecological Networks: Delving into the architecture of biodiversity (2013)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2019 | Alban Mazars-Simón. “The wild in Live Project: A human/algorithm learning network to help citizen science in wildlife conservation”.
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. 2019.
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Alban Mazars-Simón (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2018 | Beatriz da Cunha Ferreira “Interactive seed and mucillage identification of Lamiaceae in Portugal”. Supervisor: M. Fátima
Sales/Daniel Montesinos, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. 2018
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Beatriz da Cunha Ferreira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2018 | Sara Beatriz Marques Mendes “Impact of habitat disturbance in pollination services of Jasione maritima”. Supervisor: Silvia
Castro/João Loureiro, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. 2018.
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Sara Beatriz Marques Mendes (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2018 | Vicente Martínez López, “Ecological and genetic analysis of plant-animal interactions in Mediterranean environments”. Supervisors:
Pilar de la Rúa and Francisco Robledano, Universidad de Murcia, Spain. 2018.
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Vicente Martínez López (PhD)
Universidad de Murcia, Spain
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2016 | Sergio Chozas Vinuesa. “Community dynamics of stabilized dune xerophytic shrubs”. Supervisors: Joaquín Hortal and Otília Correia,
University of Lisbon, Portugal. 2016
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Sergio Chozas Vinuesa (PhD)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2016 | "Patrones emergentes en redes de polinizacion en comunidades costeras de Baleares y Canarias". Supervisor: Anna Traveset,
Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain. 2016
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Rocio Castro-Urgal (PhD)
Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Spain
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2015 | Cristina Tur Espinosa. “Plant-pollinator networks: incorporating individual variation and functional information”. Supervisor:
Anna Traveset, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain. 2015
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Cristina Tur Espinosa (PhD)
Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Spain
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2014 | • MSc jury – Rui Daniel Antunes Machado. “Diet and isotopic niche of insectivorous birds in montado and their potential role
in pest regulation”. Supervisor: Jaime Ramos, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. 2014
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Rui Daniel Antunes Machado (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2013 | Pedro Luis Brito Lopes “The use of two wetland habitats by Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti during periods of high energy outlay”.
Supervisor: Jaime Ramos, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. 2013.
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Pedro Luis Brito Lopes (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2013 | Danny Rojas Martín. “Consecuencias evolutivas y ecológicas de las interacciones murciélago-planta en el Caribe insular”. Supervisor:
Luis Navarro, Universidad de Vigo
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Danny Rojas Martín (PhD)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
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2012 | Beatriz Rumeu Ruiz. “Ecologiá y evolución de los cedros macaronésicos”. Supervisor: Manuel Nogales, Universidad de La Laguna
(IPNA-CSIC), Spain. 2012
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Beatriz Rumeu Ruiz (PhD)
Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
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2011 | MSc jury – Susana Chamorro Arias. “Patrones de visitas florales en la zona árida de cinco islas del Archipiélago de Galápagos”.
Supervisor: Anna Traveset, Universidad de las Islas Baleares (IMEDEA-CSIC), Spain. 2011.
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Susana Chamorro Arias (Master)
Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Spain
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Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2020 - Current | Masters in Ecology, course coordinator | mestrado em ecologia (Mestrado) | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2020 - Current | H2020 EU call on “Addressing wild pollinators decline and its effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services” (EASME-H2020-SC5)
2020
Evaluator
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European Union, Belgium | |
2020 - Current | Committee for the Evaluation of Final Scientific Reports (Comissão de Avaliação dos Relatórios Científicos Finais de Projetos
IC&DT (FCT) 2019-2022
Evaluator
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal | |
2020 - Current | External project evaluator for the Hungarian Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH)
Evaluator
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Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal | |
2016 - Current | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (Vice-Chair) | European Commission, Belgium | |
2013 - Current | External project evaluator for the Spanish Ministerío de Economia y Competitividad
Evaluator
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Gobierno de España Ministerio de Economía y Empresa, Spain | |
2016 - 2016 | External project evaluator for the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NOW) | Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Netherlands | |
2014 - 2015 | External project evaluator for the French Agence Nationale de la Recherché (ANR) 2014, 2015
Evaluator
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Agence nationale de la recherche, France |
Distinctions
Other distinction
2017 | Success Stories 2017 (Best Marie Currie projects) |
2016 | ANICT Master Grants 2015/2016. Grant for a master student |
2016 | Transition to the 2nd evaluation step of the European Research Council Starting Grants 2016
European Research Council, Belgium
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2015 | best BBVA funded project |
2013 | Best paper in Integrative Zoology (2011-2013) |
2008 | High honour mention for best oral presentation (2008) |