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Since 2021, I have been an Assistant Professor at the School of Psychology and Life Sciences at Universidade Lusófona. As a lecturer, I am responsible for various undergraduate and postgraduate courses in both the life sciences and psychology departments. My primary research interest lies in using interdisciplinary data to explore the evolution and adaptation of wildlife in environments modified by human activities, with a focus on non-human primates. In my research, I aim at understanding the interactions between humans and wildlife to address the conservation challenges in these human-influenced environments by integrating data from different disciplines. Currently I am studying the dynamics and impact of introduced guenons in the African islands of São Tomé and Príncipe and the effects of feral cat populations on biodiversity and human communities in Portugal and insular habitats. I am also interested in studying the evolution and flexibility of primate sexual behavior and its relation to human evolution. Outside academia I am involved in contemporary art and on working with artists in the connections between art and science.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Gonçalo Oliveira Paulino de Jesus

Citation names

  • Jesus, Gonçalo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BC13-6451-C949

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/05 - 2020/06
Concluded
Epidemiology (Outros)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
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2020/02/28
Concluded
Biological Anthropology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Ecologia, Antropologia, Primatologia
University College London Department of Anthropology, United Kingdom
"Habitat ecology and primate gregariousness in Nigeria’s Gashaka Gumti National Park" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2007/11/07
Concluded
Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
"Estudo Etológico do Comportamento Facial de Um Grupo de Gorilas da África Ocidental (Gorilla gorilla) em Semi-Cativeiro" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022/11 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
2008/05 - 2008/09 Contracted Researcher (Research) University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2021/02/20 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2010/09 - 2015/01 Assistant (University Teacher) University College London Department of Anthropology, United Kingdom
University College London Department of Anthropology, United Kingdom

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution
Employer
2008/09 - 2010/07 Assistente do Pro-Provost University College London, United Kingdom
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Jesus, Gonçalo; Bubba, Umaru; Sommer, Volker. "Seasonal variability in group sizes of the Gashaka chimpanzees". Paper presented in 8th Iberian Primatological Conference, Barcelona, 2022.
    Published
  2. Casanova, Catarina; Jesus, Gonçalo. Corresponding author: Casanova, Catarina. "What do we currently know about mona monkeys (Cercopithecus mona) in São Tomé and Príncipe Islands?". Paper presented in 8th Iberian Primatological Conference, Barcelona, 2022.
    Published
  3. Jesus, Gonçalo; Sommer, Volker. "Leopardos no parque nacional de Gashaka Gumti: uma convivência difícil". Paper presented in III Conferência Anual de Antropologia do Ambiente, Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  4. Jesus, Gonçalo; Casanova, Catarina. Corresponding author: Jesus, Gonçalo. "Macaco demónio: percepção sobre os macacos mona em São Tomé e Príncipe". Paper presented in III Conferência Anual de Antropologia do Ambiente, Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  5. Bubba, Umaru; Sommer, Volker; Jesus, Gonçalo; Pascual-Garrido, Alejandra. "Constructing social identity? Potential non-nutritional functions of chimpanzee insectivory". Paper presented in 'Chimpanzees in Context' Symposium, Chicago, 2016.
    Published • 10.7287/peerj.preprints.1845v1
Journal article
  1. Jesus, Gonçalo; Kamaya, Pepeh; Sommer, Volker. Corresponding author: Jesus, Gonçalo. "Leopards (Panthera pardus pardus) in Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria: historical records and recent sightings". Tropical Zoology 36 3-4 (2023): 85-100. https://doi.org/10.4081/tz.2023.137.
    Open access • Accepted • 10.4081/tz.2023.137
  2. Sommer, Volker; Bubba, Umaru; Jesus, Gonçalo; Pascual-Garrido, Alejandra. "Sustained myrmecophagy in Nigerian chimpanzees: Preferred or fallback food?". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 162 2 (2016): 328-336. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23122.
    10.1002/ajpa.23122
  3. Volker Sommer; Adriana Lowe; Jesus, Gonçalo; Nienke Alberts; Yaelle Bouquet; David M. Inglis; Eelco van Riel; Caroline Ross. "Antelope predation by Nigerian forest baboons: Ecological and behavioural correlates.". Folia Primatologica 87 2 (2016): 67-90. https://doi.org/10.1159/000445830.
    10.1159/000445830
  4. Davila-Ross, Marina; Jesus, Gonçalo; Osborne, Jade; Bard, Kim. "Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Produce the Same Types of ‘Laugh Faces’ when They Emit Laughter and when They Are Silent.". PLoS ONE 10 6 (2015): e0127337. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127337.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0127337
  5. Sommer, Volker; Bubba, Umaru; Jesus, Gonçalo; Pascual-Garrido, Alejandra. "Till the last drop: Honey gathering in nigerian chimpanzees". Ecotropica 18 1 (2012): 55-64.
Activities

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia
2022 - Current Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa
2019 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Primatologia