Curriculum Vitae
Naiara Sales
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Naiara Sales
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- AF10-E4EB-481C
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- 969388922 (Personal)
Addresses
- Parkgate Rd, CH12BJ, Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom (Professional)
Education
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2015/07/01 - 2019/04/10
Concluded
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PhD (Doctor)
University of Salford, United Kingdom
"DNA barcoding and metabarcoding of a rapidly changing Neotropical fish community" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2013/03/05 - 2015/03/27
Concluded
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Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia de Vertebrados (Master)
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil
"Introgression from non-native species unveils a hidden threat to the migratory neotropical fish Prochilodus hartii" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2009/02/02 - 2012/12/02
Concluded
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Ciências Biológicas (Bachelor)
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2019/10 - 2021/05 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal |
| FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2022/10/03 - Current | Lecturer (University Teacher) | University of Salford, United Kingdom |
| 2021/05 - 2022/09 | Lecturer (University Teacher) | Universidade de Chester, United Kingdom |
| 2015/09 - 2019/08 | Assistant (University Teacher) | University of Salford, United Kingdom |
| University of Salford, United Kingdom |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2015 - 2019 | Use of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding for fish biodiversity assessment in Neotropical rivers
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PhD Student Fellow
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| 2013 - 2015 | Análise da Estrutura Genética da Curimba (Prochilodus hartii): Subsídio para o manejo de estoques e repovoamento na Bacia
do Rio Jequitinhonha/MG
Daniel Cardoso de Carvalho
Master Student Fellow
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Concluded
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| 2010/04/01 - 2013/04/01 | Desenvolvimento do trato digestivo de larvas e alevinos de Lophiosilurus alexandri Steindachner, 1876 (Siluriformes, Pseudopimelodidae).
José Enemir dos Santos
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2019/10 - Current | TROJAN RATS - Travellers in Transit: seaports as gateways for the arrival and spread of rodent-borne pathogens
PTDC/SAU-PUB/29254/2017
Researcher
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2022 - Current | Soil microbiome and eDNA surveys towards the biomonitoring of agroforestry systems in the Amazon
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Other
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| 2021 - Current | Wildlife gut microbiome analysis for the critically endangered Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus)
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Principal investigator
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Ongoing
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| 2013 - 2017 | DNA Barcoding da Ictiofauna do Rio Doce
Daniel Cardoso de Carvalho
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| 2010/04 - 2012/12 | Morfologia gonadal e reprodução de peixes forrageiros que ocorrem nas bacias hidrográficas de Minas Gerais (PARTE I)
José Enemir dos Santos
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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| Preprint |
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Other
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2019 | Next generation biodiversity assessment and conservation: challenges and perspectives. | Invited talk at Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia de Vertebrados da PUC Minas, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
PUC Minas (Brazil)
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| 2019 | Environmental DNA (eDNA): an innovative and promising tool for fish biodiversity assessment in Brazilian rivers. | XXIII Encontro Brasileiro de Ictiologia
Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia (Brazil)
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| 2019 | Spatio-temporal variation in Neotropical riverine ichthyofauna inferred by eDNA analysis. | Annual Symposium of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles (FSBI).
University of Hull (Hull, United Kingdom)
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| 2019 | Tackling biological invasions and hybridization between native and non-native species by means of a multidisciplinary integrative approach | 8th International Barcode of Life (iBOL) Conference
International Barcode of Life (Trondheim, Norway)
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| 2019 | The Neotropical biodiversity in the genomics and metagenomics era: unveiling the hidden diversity and potential threats to its conservation | 8th International Barcode of Life (iBOL) Conference
International Barcode of Life (iBOL) (Trondheim, Norway)
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| 2018 | eDNA metabarcoding for the management of fish communities in Brazilian rivers. | UK DNA Working Group
University of Derby (Derby, United Kingdom)
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| 2018 | Importance of multidisciplinary approaches in tackling species introduction and hybridization between native and non-native species. | 55th Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation.
Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. (Kuching, Malaysia)
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| 2018 | From Barcoding to eDNA: Importance of multidisciplinary approaches in tackling non-native species. | VII Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
SIBIC (Portugal)
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| 2018 | eDNA metabarcoding for the management of fish assemblages in Brazilian rivers. | VII Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
SIBIC (Portugal)
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| 2017 | Environmental DNA: a promising tool for fish biodiversity assessment in Brazilian basins. | 3rd Fish Barcode of Life World Conference and XXII Encontro Brasileiro de Ictiologia.
Fish Barcode of Life/ Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia (Brazil)
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| 2017 | Use of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding for fish biodiversity assessment in Neotropical rivers. | V UK DNA Working Group
University of Salford (United Kingdom)
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| 2017 | Use of Environmental DNA (envDNA) For Fish Biodiversity Assessment In Brazilian Rivers. | 7th International Barcode of Life Conference.
Kruger National Park (South Africa)
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| 2016 | Introgression from non-native species unveils a hidden threat to the migratory neotropical fish Prochilodus hartii. | Annual Symposium of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles (FSBI)
Fisheries Society of the British Isles (Bangor, United Kingdom)
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| 2014 | Integrative taxonomy as a conservation tool. | IV Workshop de Genética, Biodiversidade e Conservação
Universidade do Sudoeste da Bahia (Brazil)
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| 2013 | Genetic analyses unveils the introduction of exotic species and hidden threat to Prochilodus hartii in the Jequitinhonha river basin | XV Simpósio de Citogenética e Genética de Peixes
Universidade Federal do Sudoeste da Bahia (Brazil)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2020 - Current | The pursuit of herpetofauna: using eDNA metabarcoding to find lost herps
Co-supervisor
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University of Salford, United Kingdom
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| 2020 - Current | Validating environmental DNA as a reliable and cost-effective monitoring methodology for declining and elusive mammals in
the UK
Co-supervisor
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University of Salford, United Kingdom
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| 2018 - 2019 | eDNA metabarcoding as a conservation tool for monitoring endangered amphibians
Co-supervisor
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University of Salford, United Kingdom
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| 2018 - 2019 | The potential of environmental DNA for monitoring elusive and invasive mammals in the British Isles
Co-supervisor
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| 2018 - 2019 | Comparing environmental DNA metabarcoding and electrofishing for baseline fish surveys in canals: a case study in the Huddersfield
Narrow Canal in the United Kingdom
Co-supervisor
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Distinctions
Award
| 2018 | Best oral presentation (VII Congress of The Iberian Society Ichthyology).
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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| 2013 | Award of best oral presentation in the Symposium “XV Simpósio de Citogenética e Genética de Peixes” for the presentation entitled
“Genetic analyses unveils the introduction of exotic species and hidden threat to Prochilodus hartii in the Jequitinhonha
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Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - Campus de Jequié, Brazil
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| 2012 | Undergraduate Student Award from PUC Minas University
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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| 2012 | Academic Honours Award from the Regional Biology Council (CRBio04)
Conselho Regional de Biologia - CRBio04, Brazil
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| 2012 | Best academic study Award during the conference “XXVI Jornada de Biologia da PUC Minas” for the presentation “Environmental
education with riverine population at Barra do Guaicui, MG.”
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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| 2011 | Undergraduate Student Award from PUC Minas University
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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| 2009 | Undergraduate Student Award from PUC Minas University
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Other distinction
| 2013 | Honourable mention in the Symposium “XV Simpósio de Citogenética e Genética de Peixes” for the study “Genetic analyses unveils
the introduction of exotic species and hidden threat to Prochilodus hartii in the Jequitinhonha river basin”
Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - Campus de Jequié, Brazil
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