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Sasha Vasconcelos has a PhD in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (Univ. of Porto, 2022), an MSc in Conservation Biology (Univ. of Évora, 2011), and a degree in Environmental Biology (Univ. of Lisbon, 2008). From 2012-2016 she worked as a research fellow at CIBIO-InBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) and the former Lisbon Tropical Research Institute, conducting taxonomic revisions of Afrotropical butterfly collections. In parallel, she participated in projects examining the impacts of agricultural expansion and of farmland afforestation on insect communities. In 2017, she won an FCT-funded PhD scholarship and developed her thesis on the "Impacts of agricultural intensification on arthropod communities and natural biocontrol potential in olive orchards" in collaboration with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Since 2022, Sasha has been a postdoc at SLU, investigating how tomato fields in Tanzania and Benin can be managed to control a highly invasive tomato pest, and how semi-natural habitat can be restored to enhance natural biocontrol in cereal crops in Europe. She has published 23 articles, including 6 as first author and 5 as second author. She has participated in 3 FCT projects, 1 FORMAS, 1 Horizon 2020 and 1 BIODIVERSA project. She has mentored 3 MSc students and 1 PhD student, and has been jury of 1 MSc thesis.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sasha Marques de Vasconcelos

Citation names

  • Vasconcelos, Sasha
  • Vasconcelos, S

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
EA10-63E7-38E6
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9024-2315
Researcher Id
L-7986-2013

Email addresses

  • sasha.vasconcelos@slu.se (Professional)
  • sasha.m.vasconcelos@gmail.com (Professional)

Addresses

  • Ulls väg 16, 75651, Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Entomology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022
Concluded
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
"Impacts of agricultural intensification on arthropod communities and natural biocontrol potential in olive orchards" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado por unanimidade
2011
Concluded
 Biologia da Conservação (Mestrado)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"“Predator response to an increasing population of wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in a rural landscape of central Portugal”" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2008
Concluded
 Biologia Ambiental (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 13
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/12/08 - Current Postdoc (Research) Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
2021/10/01 - 2022/10/30 Research Assistant (Research) Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2017/05/31 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2012/01/01 - 2016/12/31 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/06/01 - 2021/07/31 PhD scholarship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
(...)
2011/05 - 2011/08 Technician Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/01/01 - 2017/05/31 ECOLIVES - Fostering sustainable management in Mediterranean olive farms: pest control services provided by wild species as incentives for biodiversity conservation
PTDC/AAG-REC/6480/2014
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/12/08 - Current FRESHH - Farmer acceptable REstoration of Semi-natural Habitat to limit Herbicides (FRESHH)
BiodivRestore-652
Post-doc
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
 European Biodiversity Partnership
Ongoing
2022/12/08 - 2023/12/07 CLEAN TOMATO - Identification, selection and conservation of natural enemies with pest suppression capacity focusing on the invasive tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta
2018-00790_Formas
Post-doc
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
 Forskningsrådet för miljö areella näringar och samhällsbyggande
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2024/03 - 2024/04 UPSCALE - Upscaling the benefits of push-pull technology for sustainable agricultural intensification in East Africa
Grant agreement ID: 861998
Researcher
Horizon 2020
Ongoing
2014/03 - 2015/09 EDGES - Ecologically scaled edge responses: patterns, mechanisms and predictive modelling
127853
Provided by PTCRIS: 127853
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/09 - 2015/01 CAJU - Cashew in West Africa: socio-economic and environmental challenges of an expanding cash crop
117785
Provided by PTCRIS: 117785
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/05 - 2011/08 Partnership protocol between the University of Lisbon and the Almada city council
n.a.
Technician
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Vasconcelos, Sasha; Jonsson, Mattias; Heleno, Ruben; Moreira, Francisco; Beja, Pedro. Corresponding author: Vasconcelos, Sasha. "A meta-analysis of biocontrol potential and herbivore pressure in olive crops: Does integrated pest management make a difference?". Paper presented in GfÖ Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society, 2023.
  2. Vasconcelos, Sasha; Pina, Sílvia; Melguizo-Ruiz, Nereida; Ferreira, Sónia; Sousa, Pedro; Silva, Bruno; Jiménez-Navarro, Gerardo; et al. Corresponding author: Vasconcelos, Sasha. "Effects of olive farm intensification on phytophagous insects and their natural enemies". Paper presented in Oikos, 2019.
  3. Vasconcelos, Sasha; Jonsson, Mattias; Heleno, Ruben; Herrera, José M.; Beja, Pedro. Corresponding author: Vasconcelos, Sasha. "Linking agricultural management, host-parasitoid interactions and natural pest control in Mediterranean olive farms: a molecular-based food web approach". Paper presented in Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution, 2018.
  4. Vasconcelos, Sasha; Jonsson, Mattias; Heleno, Ruben; Herrera, José M.; Beja, Pedro. Corresponding author: Vasconcelos, Sasha. "Linking agricultural management, host-parasitoid interactions and natural pest control in Mediterranean olive farms: a molecular-based food web approach". Paper presented in Ecological Networks and Molecular Analysis of Trophic Interactions, 2017.
  5. Vasconcelos, Sasha; Pina, Sílvia; Reino, Luís; Beja, Pedro; Sánchez-Oliver, Juan ; Catry, Inês; Moreira, Francisco; Santana, Joana. Corresponding author: Vasconcelos, Sasha. "Afforestation with native oaks may enhance butterfly diversity in Mediterranean open farmland". Paper presented in XVII Iberian Congress of Entomology, 2016.
  6. Pina, Sílvia; Vasconcelos, Sasha; Reino, Luís; Beja, Pedro; Sánchez-Oliver, Juan ; Catry, Inês; Moreira, Francisco. Corresponding author: Pina, Sílvia. "Afforestation in open farmland landscapes: effects on Orthoptera diversity and community composition". Paper presented in XVII Iberian Congress of Entomology, 2016.
Journal article
  1. Mbaka, Samuel Musyoka; Vasconcelos, Sasha; Rezai, Mohammad Hosein; Karlsson, Miriam Frida; Jonsson, Mattias. "Cold tolerance of biological control agents Amblydromalus limonicus and Iphiseius degenerans". Journal of Applied Entomology (2024):
    10.1111/jen.13346
  2. Ferreira, Sónia; Corley, Martin; Nunes, João; Rosete, Jorge; Vasconcelos, Sasha; Mata, Vanessa; Veríssimo, Joana; et al. "The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Portuguese moths". Biodiversity Data Journal 12 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/bdj.12.e117169.
    10.3897/bdj.12.e117169
  3. Daouti, Eirini; Neidel, Veronika; Carbonne, Benjamin; Vašková, Hana; Traugott, Michael; Wallinger, Corinna; Bommarco, Riccardo; et al. "Functional redundancy of weed seed predation is reduced by intensified agriculture". Ecology Letters 27 4 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.14411.
    10.1111/ele.14411
  4. Herrera, José M.; Carvalho, Ana; Barreiro, Sílvia; Jiménez-Navarro, Gerardo; Melguizo-Ruiz, Nereida; Beja, Pedro; Moreira, Francisco; et al. "Temporal mismatches in flight activity patterns between Pipistrellus kuhlii and Prays oleae in olive farms: Implications for biocontrol services potential". Journal of Applied Ecology 61 3 (2024): 526-537. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14577.
    10.1111/1365-2664.14577
  5. Vasconcelos, Sasha; Pina, Sílvia; Jonsson, Mattias; Heleno, Ruben; Herrera, José M.; Moreira, Francisco; Silva, Bruno; et al. "Mixed effects of oak woodlands on biocontrol potential and pest pressure in olive orchards under management intensification". Journal of Pest Science 97 1 (2023): 355-368. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10340-023-01634-4.
    10.1007/s10340-023-01634-4
  6. Palma, Luís; Vasconcelos, Sasha; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Cancela, Juan Pablo. "History of colonisation and updated distribution of the Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) and its hostplants in mainland Portugal, Azores and Madeira". Nota Lepidopterologica 46 (2023): 83-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/nl.46.89665.
    10.3897/nl.46.89665
  7. Jiménez-Navarro, Gerardo; Rodríguez-Pérez, Javier; Melguizo-Ruiz, Nereida; Silva, Bruno; Vasconcelos, Sasha; Beja, Pedro; Moreira, Francisco; et al. "Disentangling the seasonal effects of agricultural intensification on birds and bats in Mediterranean olive groves". Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 343 (2023): 108280. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.108280.
    10.1016/j.agee.2022.108280
  8. Vasconcelos, Sasha; Pina, Sílvia; Herrera, José M.; Silva, Bruno; Sousa, Pedro; Porto, Miguel; Melguizo-Ruiz, Nereida; et al. Corresponding author: Vasconcelos, Sasha. "Canopy arthropod declines along a gradient of olive farming intensification". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21480-1.
    10.1038/s41598-022-21480-1
  9. Sasha Vasconcelos; Mattias Jonsson; Ruben Heleno; Francisco Moreira; Pedro Beja. "A meta-analysis of biocontrol potential and herbivore pressure in olive crops: Does integrated pest management make a difference?". Basic and Applied Ecology 63 (2022): 115-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2022.05.009.
    10.1016/j.baae.2022.05.009
  10. Faria, J.; Sánchez-Oliver, J.S.; Beja, P.; Moreira, F.; Catry, I.; Vasconcelos, S.; Pina, S.; et al. "Contrasting effects of eucalyptus, pine and oak plantations on nest predation risk in Mediterranean grasslands". Forest Ecology and Management 511 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85125735477&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120116
  11. Herrera, José M.; Silva, Bruno; Jiménez-Navarro, Gerardo; Barreiro, Silvia; Melguizo-Ruiz, Nereida; Moreira, Francisco; Vasconcelos, Sasha; Morgado, Rui; Rodriguez-Pérez, Javier. "A food web approach reveals the vulnerability of biocontrol services by birds and bats to landscape modification at regional scale". Scientific Reports 11 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02768-0.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-021-02768-0
  12. Costa, Ana; Silva, Bruno; Jiménez-Navarro, Gerardo; Barreiro, Sílvia; Melguizo-Ruiz, Nereida; Rodríguez-Pérez, Javier; Vasconcelos, Sasha; et al. "Structural simplification compromises the potential of common insectivorous bats to provide biocontrol services against the major olive pest Prays oleae". Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 287 (2020): 106708. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2019.106708.
    10.1016/j.agee.2019.106708
  13. Vasconcelos, Sasha; Pina, Sílvia; Reino, Luís; Beja, Pedro; Moreira, Francisco; Sánchez-Oliver, Juan S.; Catry, Inês; et al. Corresponding author: Vasconcelos, Sasha. "Long-term consequences of agricultural policy decisions: How are forests planted under EEC regulation 2080/92 affecting biodiversity 20¿years later?". Biological Conservation 236 (2019): 393-403. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.05.052.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2019.05.052
  14. Cancela, Juan Pablo; Vasconcelos, Sasha. "Ornamental plantings of Arbutus unedo L. facilitate colonisations by Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767) in Madrid province, central Spain". Nota Lepidopterologica 42 1 (2019): 63-68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/nl.42.34620.
    10.3897/nl.42.34620
  15. Mendes, L.F.; Bivar de Sousa, A.; Vasconcelos, S.. "New data on the butterflies of São Tomé e Príncipe: description of one new subspecies from Príncipe, notes, and reference to two faunistic novelties from São Tomé (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia 46 181 (2018): 65-74. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85069826067&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  16. Mendes, L.F.; Bivar-De-Sousa, A.; Vasconcelos, S.; Lopes, L.F.. "On the butterflies of genus Precis Hübner, 1819 known in Angola, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Nymphalinae)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia 46 184 (2018): 653-672. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85064358559&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  17. Pina, Sílvia; Vasconcelos, Sasha; Reino, Luís; Santana, Joana; Beja, Pedro; Sánchez-Oliver, Juan S.; Catry, Inês; Moreira, Francisco; Ferreira, Sónia. "The Orthoptera of Castro Verde Special Protection Area (Southern Portugal): new data and conservation value". ZooKeys 691 (2017): 19-48. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.691.14842.
    10.3897/zookeys.691.14842
  18. Mendes, L.F.; Bivar-de-Sousa, A.; Vasconcelos, S.; Van-Dúnem Santos, C.. "Description of two new subspecies and notes on Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816 of Angola (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia 45 178 (2017): 299-315. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85021900479&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  19. Bivar-de-Sousa, A.; Mendes, L.F.; Vasconcelos, Sasha. "Description of one new species and one new subspecies of Nymphalidae from Angola (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia 45 178 (2017): 227-236. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85022001971&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  20. Pinho, Pedro; Correia, Otília; Lecoq, Miguel; Munzi, Silvana; Vasconcelos, Sasha; Gonçalves, Paula; Rebelo, Rui; et al. "Evaluating green infrastructure in urban environments using a multi-taxa and functional diversity approach". (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/4699.
    10.1016/j.envres.2015.12.025
  21. Bivar-De-Sousa, A.; Vasconcelos, S.; Mendes, L.F.; Larsen, T.B.; Baker, J.; Guilherme, J.L.. "Butterflies of Guinea-Bissau: VIII. New data, new reports, corrections and biodiversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)". Zootaxa 4201 1 (2016): 1-77. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85000692633&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
  22. Vasconcelos, Sasha; Rodrigues, Patrícia; Palma, Luís; Mendes, Luís F.; Palminha, Agostinho; Catarino, Luís; Beja, Pedro. "Through the eye of a butterfly: Assessing biodiversity impacts of cashew expansion in West Africa". Biological Conservation 191 (2015): 779-786. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.08.032.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2015.08.032
  23. Vasconcelos, Sasha; Mendes, L.F.; Beja, P.; Hodgson, C.J.; Catarino, L.. Corresponding author: Vasconcelos, Sasha. "New Records of Insect Pest Species Associated with Cashew, Anacardium occidentale L. (Anacardiaceae), in Guinea-Bissau". African Entomology 22 3 (2014): 673-677. http://dx.doi.org/10.4001/003.022.0324.
    10.4001/003.022.0324

Other

Other output
  1. Deliverable for Work Package 2 of project UPSCALE. Report on how soil fertility, landscape structure and climatic region determine the efficacy of current push pull. The document is currently only available for internal use within the project consortium.. 2024. Jonsson, Mattias; Dahlin, Sigrun; Amboka, Grace Mercy; Vasconcelos, Sasha; Feit, Benjamin; Zhang, Jie; Liepa, Adomas.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/08 Agricultural intensification and ENSO affect beneficial arthropods differently based on diet breadth and microclimate. 2024 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting
(California, United States)
2019/08 Effects of olive farm intensification on phytophagous insects and their natural enemies 15th European Ecological Federation Congress
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/08 Linking agricultural management, host-parasitoid interactions and natural pest control in Mediterranean olive farms Third Nordic-Baltic Ecology Seminar
(Svanhovd, Norway)
2018/11 Cascading effects of olive farm intensification on phytophagous insects and their natural enemies 1st Iberian Meeting on Agroecological Research
(Évora, Portugal)
2016/11 Through the eye of a butterfly: Assessing biodiversity impacts of cashew expansion in West Africa Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution
(Vairão, Portugal)
2016/09 Through the eye of a butterfly: Assessing biodiversity impacts of cashew expansion in West Africa XVII Iberian Congress of Entomology
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2012/10 Contributo para o conhecimento dos lepidópteros diurnos de Moçambique através do uso de colecções biológicas Congresso Internacional Saber Tropical em Moçambique: História, Memória e Ciência
(Lisbon, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/05 - Current Weekly scientific seminars at the SLU Ecology Department, Uppsala (2024)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/11 - 2023/11 Presented ongoing research at the annual meeting of the SLU Centre for Biological Control
Meeting
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
2023/09/26 - 2023/09/26 Co-host of a conference session
Conference
 Agri4D 2023: Building resilient food systems in uncertain times
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
2022/11 - 2022/11 Presented ongoing research at the annual meeting of the SLU Centre for Biological Control
Meeting
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
2022/05/13 - 2022/05/13 A meta-analysis of biocontrol potential and herbivore pressure in olive crops: does integrated pest management make a difference?
Seminar
 Seminars in Biodiversity and Evolution
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2021/05/15 - 2021/05/15 BioBlitz da Tapada - one of the leaders of the invertebrate guided tour
Other
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2020/02/28 - 2020/02/28 Presented results at closing seminar of ECOLIVES project (PTDC/AAG-REC/6480/2014)
Seminar
Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2019/03/22 - 2019/03/22 Effects of olive farm intensification on phytohagous insects and their natural enemies
Seminar
 Seminars in Biodiversity and Evolution
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2019/02 - 2019/02 Presented ongoing research at the annual meeting of SLU Centre for Biological Control
Meeting
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
2015/04/23 - 2015/04/23 Workshop to disseminate results of CAJU project (PTDC/AFR/117785/2010) in Guinea-Bissau
Workshop
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/12/14 Effects of dry-stone walls in arthropod communities: the case study of Freita-Arada
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Cristóvão Lourenço Belperin (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/11/18 - 2024/11/27 Journal of Insect Conservation
2024/02 - 2024/07 Journal of Applied Ecology
2023/10 - 2023/12 Global Ecology and Conservation
2023/08 - 2023/10 Biological Control
2021/09 - 2022/04 Journal of Environmental Management
2020/08 - 2021/07 Journal of Pest Science
2020/05 - 2020/06 Landscape Ecology
2019/05 - 2019/06 Journal of Pest Science
2016/04 - 2016/05 Tropical Conservation Science

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024/05 - Current Portuguese Ecological Society (SPECO)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/05 - 2024/05 Instructor in a BSc-level Ecology course (27 hours). Supervised students in planning projects, in executing the projects during a four-day field visit, and assisted them in presenting and discussing results. Ecology (Bachelor) Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
2024/03 - 2024/03 Instructor in a BSc-level Ecology course (2 hours). Conducted practical exercises on bird life history strategies. Ecology (Bachelor) Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
2023/05 - 2023/05 Instructor in a BSc-level Ecology course (34 hours). Supervised students in planning projects, in executing the projects during a four-day field visit, and assisted them in presenting and discussing results. Ecology (Bachelor) Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
2023/03 - 2023/03 Instructor in a BSc-level Ecology course (2 hours). Conducted practical exercises on bird life history strategies. Ecology (Bachelor) Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
2016/04 - 2016/04 Guest lecture on Afrotropical butterfly diversity (1 hour). Conservation Biology (Mestrado) Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2016 - 2016 "The dangerous conquer of Guinea-Bissau", an episode in the documentary series "Novas viagens philosophicas" Ecological and socio-economic impacts of cashew monoculture expansion in West Africa
2012 - 2012 TV interview on "Biosfera" program Use of biodiversity and ecological indices to evaluate the ecological status of riparian areas

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/01 - 2024/03 Preliminary assessment of the establishment risk of two non-native mite species as biological control agents in Swedish greenhouses Samuel Musyoka Mbaka (Linnaeus-Palme MSc exchange student from Embu University, Kenya)
2023/04 - 2023/11 Effects of agroforestry on insect pollinator communities Nanyika Kingazi (visiting PhD student from Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania)
2023/05 - 2023/10 Investigating the influence of altitude and grass diversity on the invasive fall armyworm in Kenya Maryselah Nelima (MSc student at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya)
2022/12 - 2023/05 The effects of natural enemy interference on pest control in tomato crops Oba Haniel Agossou (MSc student at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Benin)

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/08/29 - 2024/08/29 I wrote an external assessment (August 2024) for a PhD thesis focusing on the impacts of agricultural management and landscape simplification on plant-pollinator networks in olive orchards, which was subsequently defended on 18 November 2024 Universidad de Jaén, Spain
Distinctions

Award

2018 Best student oral communication: 1st Iberian Meeting on Agroecological Research. Évora, Portugal