Curriculum Vitae
Joana Sofia dos Santos Costa
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Joana Sofia dos Santos Costa
- Date of birth
- 1988/12/19
- Gender
- Female
Citation names
- Costa, Joana S.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- B21C-58C1-A66C
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-1532-8936
Email addresses
- joana.santcosta@gmail.com (Professional)
- joana.santoscosta@ua.pt (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.ecoflyway.org/ (Blog)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ornithology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2015/03/01 - 2020/02/04
Concluded
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Biology and Ecology of Global Changes (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
"Breeding ecology and migration patterns of an afro-palearctic migratory insectivorous bird, the bee-eater (Merops apiaster)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2014/02/25 - 2014/05/29
Concluded
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English B2 (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
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18 |
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2011 - 2014
Concluded
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Conservation Biology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Assessing food web structure of coastal wetlands within the migratory flyway of waders: insights from stable isotope analysis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 |
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2007 - 2011
Concluded
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Biology (Licenciatura)
Major in Terrestrial Biology
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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14 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015/10/01 - Current | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Schweizerische Vogelwarte, Switzerland |
| Schweizerische Vogelwarte, Switzerland | ||
| 2015/10/01 - 2020/02/04 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
| Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal | ||
| 2009 - 2010 | Researcher (Research) | Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal |
| Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015/03/01 - 2019/02/28 | Breeding ecology and migration patterns of an afro-palearctic migratory insectivorous bird, the bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
PD/BD/113580/2015
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2009 - 2010 | Bioacoustic studies in Portuguese cicadas
FCUL_CBA_08_2009
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
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Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2019/08 | Diet preferences of the European bee-eater (Merops apiaster), temporal and between-habitat variation | European Ecological Federation Conference
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2019/03 | Diet and dietary preferences of the European bee-eater (Merops apiaster), temporal and between-habitat variation | X Congress of the Portuguese Society for Bird Study
Portuguese Society for Bird Study (Peniche, Portugal)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2016/03/14 - 2016/03/16 | Advanced course: an introduction to stable isotopes and their application to ecological and conservation questions
Workshop
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Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
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| 2015/11/23 - 2015/11/27 | Advanced course: R without fear, an R course in evolutionary ecology
Workshop
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Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
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| 2015/11/02 - 2015/11/13 | Course: Ecology of Animal Migration. Lectures, discussions and practical work were attended on different aspects of animal
migration. PhD project was presented orally.
Workshop
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Lunds Universitet Biologiska institutionen, Sweden
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| 2015/08 - 2015/08 | Participation in the European Ornithologists Union Congress
Congress
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Universidad de Extremadura - Campus Badajoz, Spain
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| 2013/06/22 - 2013/06/22 | Technical course on biological sampling of wild birds
Workshop
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Associação Portuguesa de Anilhadores de Aves, Portugal
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| 2013 - 2013 | Data analysis in R
Workshop
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Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/10/15 - 2018/10/15 | Invited lecturer. Diet sampling and analysis with special emphasis on the European Bee-eater | Ornithology (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Interview concerning the journal article published on Ibis (DOI 10.1111/ibi.12752) exploring migration corridors and timings of three European bee-eater populations. | Wilder |
| 2015 | Interview concerning the first year of the study on European bee-eater migration. It was briefly explained the aims of the study, including the importance of tracking migratory birds. | Wilder |