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I am an enthusiastic biologist whose dedication and passion for animal ecology and conservation are demonstrated through thirteen years of extensive education, research, and fieldwork experience in several countries. I am a detail-oriented biologist, and as a PhD candidate in Biology I have a strong technical background in geospatial data processing, R programming, and GIS applications. Experienced in data workflows, infographic creation, and data visualisation. Skilled in maintaining and optimising data integration. Known for a collaborative work style and adaptability in dynamic environments. Enthusiastic about applying ecological expertise to support impactful projects in research and conservation contexts.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Frederico Carvalho Martins

Citation names

  • Martins, Frederico

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B61B-3156-09F7
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0390-3371

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 910194836 (Personal)

Addresses

  • 188 Rua do Minho, 2765-254, Estoril, Cascais, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
French Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/10/15 - 2025/10/15
Attended
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Ecologia
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
"From bat occupancy models to effective conservation measures" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014/09/01 - 2016/07/08
Concluded
 Animal Ecology (Master)
Lunds Universitet Biologiska institutionen, Sweden
"Multilocus phylogeography of reed buntings" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2010/09/13 - 2013/06/29
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Biologia Ambiental Terrestre
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/09/01 - 2018/01/31 Research Trainee (Research) University College London Research Department of Genetics Evolution and Environment, United Kingdom
University College London Research Department of Genetics Evolution and Environment, United Kingdom
2014/06/02 - 2014/07/01 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Departamento de Ecologia, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Departamento de Ecologia, Brazil
2014/04/01 - 2014/06/01 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Centro de Biociências, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Centro de Biociências, Brazil

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/11/04 - 2020/04/01 Assistente Operacional (Assistente Operacional) Strix Lda, Portugal
2018/04/02 - 2019/11/01 Assistente Operacional (Assistente Operacional) The Ecology Consultancy, United Kingdom
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/11/01 - 2024/10/31 From bat species occupancy to effective conservation plans
10.54499/2020.05448.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/09/01 - 2017/12/20 Molecular Systematics and Diversification of African Zosteropidae
SAMV 2016/114
Master Student Fellow
University College London, United Kingdom

Lunds Universitet, Sweden
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Frederico Carvalho Martins; Pedro Segurado; João Tiago Marques. "Acoustic detection and occupancy models: A systematic review with insights for future monitoring programs". Ecological Indicators (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114081.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114081
  2. Martins, Frederico. Corresponding author: Martins, Frederico. "Vegetation canopy height shapes bats’ occupancy: a remote sensing approach". GISCIENCE & REMOTE SENSING 61 1 (2024): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15481603.2024.2374150.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2024.2374150
  3. Day, Julia; Martins, Frederico; Murrel, David; Tobias, Joseph. "Contrasting trajectories of morphological diversification on continents and islands in the Afrotropical white-eye radiation". Journal of Biogeography 47 10 (2020): 2235-2247. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13917.
    Open access • Published
  4. Martins, Frederico C.; Cox, Siobhan C.; Irestedt, Martin; Prys-Jones nvestigation, Robert P.; Day, Julia J.. "A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Afrotropical white-eyes (Aves: Zosteropidae) highlights prior underestimation of mainland diversity and complex colonisation history". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106843.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106843
  5. Day, Julia J.; Martins, Frederico C.; Tobias, Joseph A.; Murrell, David J.. "Contrasting trajectories of morphological diversification on continents and islands in the Afrotropical white⿐eye radiation". (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13917.
    10.1111/jbi.13917

Other

Dataset
  1. MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL: a data set of terrestrial, volant and marine mammal occurrences in Portugal.
    10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.14938437
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/12/06 Unlocking the secrets of elusive species: the high value of combining bat acoustic and mist net data in Integrated Occupancy Models SECEM
SECEM (Evora, Portugal)
2024/12/12 Gathering information of cryptic species:  Insights from Integrated Occupancy Models combining bat acoustic and mist net data VIII Jornadas SECEMU
SECEMU (Spain)
2024/07/10 Vegetation canopy height shapes bats’ occupancy: a remote sensing approach European bat research Symposium
Universitat Rovira (Tarragona, Spain)
2023/10/24 Unravelling bat species’ response to environmental structure and patterns of occupancy in a Mediterranean landscape IUFRO Forest Environment Div 8 Conference
(Evora, Portugal)
2021/12/05 Monitorización acústica de murciélagos y modelos de ocupación VIII Jornadas SECEMU - Asociación Española para la Conservación y el Estudio de los Murciélagos
SECEMU (Murcia, Spain)
2016/12/10 Multilocus phylogeography reveal rapid parallel morphological divergence in reed buntings Emberiza schoeniclus Post Graduate Conference University of Roehampton
University of Roehampton (Londres, United Kingdom)
2016/11/25 Multilocus phylogeography reveal rapid parallel morphological divergence in reed buntings Emberiza scheniclus Young Systematists' Forum
Natural History Museum, London (Londres, United Kingdom)
2016/11/05 Multilocus phylogeography reveal rapid parallel morphological divergence in reed buntings Emberiza schoeniclus 1st Joint Meeting of Young Ornithologists
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) (Viena, Austria)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018/02/01 - 2019/10/02 I have delivered several workshops about Animal Locomotion, under the umbrella project of Bio-robotics at UCL. I have done the workshops between 2017 and 2019. The goal of the project was bringing children from poor neighbourhoods to the Grant Museum of Zoology and show them the University campus for a day. (2018 - 2019) University College London Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, United Kingdom

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2014/09/01 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa do Estudo das Aves Field Volunteer at Arenaria , Noctua, Common breeding birds surveys and RAMM projects
2020/04/01 - 2020/05/31 Ordem dos Biólogos Volunteering at the "Ordem dos Biólogos" performing DNA extraction for the testing of COVID19, at the Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge
2019/01/05 - 2019/10/30 London Bat group Volunteer at the London Bat Group surveying hibernation locations in the city of London and analysing acoustic bat data.

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/11/04 - Current Environmental specialist; I provided services of environmental impact assessment, doing report writing, data analysis and fieldwork. Strix Lda, Portugal
2018/04/02 - 2019/11/01 Assistant Ecologist - An assistant Ecologist at The Ecology Consultancy is involved in all areas of work with an emphasis on preliminary ecological appraisals, protected species surveys, including bat, reptile, badger, great crested newt surveys and mitigation and the production of ESPM license applications.