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Laura González García concluiu a sua tese de doutoramento em Marine Science, Technology and Management em março de 2019 pela Universidade de Vigo. Possui dois mestrados, em Oceanografia (2011, Universidade de Vigo), e em Biodiversidade e Ecosistemas (2012, Universidade de Vigo). Licenciou-se em Biologia pela Universidade de Santiago em 2009, cursando o último curso na Universidade dos Açores como Erasmus. Com uma ampla experiência trabalhando como guia de observação de cetáceos nos Açores, o trabalho de Laura tem reforçado a importância dos dados oportunistas como fonte válida de informação para o estudo dos cetáceos, apoiando e fortalecendo a ligação entre Ciência & Turismo. A sua investigação trata sobre tudo ecologia de cetáceos, incluindo distribuições temporais e espaciais, preferências de habitat e condições ambientais, e estudos de foto-identificação de cetáceos no Atlântico. Durante o seu doutoramento fundou o projeto de ciência cidadã "Sail & Whale", que ainda hoje segue em funcionamento, para recolher dados oportunistas de cetáceos em colaboração com velejadores no mar alto. Atualmente é investigadora pós-doutorada na Universidade dos Açores. Colaborou na autoria de 8 artigos em revistas especializadas, 2 capítulos de livro e mais de 40 posters apresentados em conferências científicas nacionais e internacionais. Supervisou 11 teses de mestrado e 4 de grau.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Laura González García

Citation names

  • González García, Laura
  • González, Laura
  • García, Laura G.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
ED1A-5BDB-E64A
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7353-0983
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=poSdfAoAAAAJ&hl=es

Email addresses

  • laura@sailandwhale.com (Professional)
  • lauragonzalez@uvigo.es (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 914058387 (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Oceanography

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Galician (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Italian Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/10/20 - 2021/10/22
Concluded
 EMSO Time Series Conference. Observing Ocean Sound (Outros)
Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias - PLOCAN, Spain
2013/12/16 - 2019/03/19
Concluded
 Marine Science, Technology and Management (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
"Cetacean distribution in São Miguel (Azores): influence of environmental variables at different spatial and temporal scales." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Cum Laude & International Mention
2017 - 2017
Concluded
 ESA Advanced Training on Ocean Remote Sensing (Outros)
European Space Agency, France
2016 - 2016
Concluded
 Modelización de Nichos Ecológicos (Outros)
GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Denmark
2015 - 2015
Concluded
 ESA Advanced Training on Ocean Remote Sensing (Outros)
European Space Agency, France
2015 - 2015
Concluded
 Data Exploration, Regression, GLM & GAM with intro to R (Outros)
Highland Stats, United Kingdom
2014/11 - 2014/12
Concluded
 Iniciativa Emprendedora Universitaria (Outros)
Fundación EOI, Spain

Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2013 - 2013
Concluded
 PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (Outros)
PADI - Professional Association of Diving Instructors, United Kingdom
2012/09/03 - 2012/09/07
Concluded
 IX European Seminar on Marine Mammals: Biology and Conservation (Outros)
Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Spain
2011/09 - 2012/06
Concluded
 Biodiversity and Ecosystems (Master)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
"Spatio-temporal distribution of common dolphin, bottlenose dolphin and sperm whale off the south coast of São Miguel: predictive modelling of the favourable zones for observation." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 9.6350/10
2010/09 - 2011/09
Concluded
 Oceanography (Master)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
"Distribution of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) off the south coast of São Miguel, Azores: the relationship between bathymetry, slope and bottom aspect." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 9,1950/10
2011 - 2011
Concluded
 Statistics with R for researchers (Outros)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2004/09 - 2009/07
Concluded
 Biologia (Licence)
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
 8,2158/10
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/09/01 - 2023/06/30 Postdoc (Research) Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
(...)
2013/12/16 - 2016/12/16 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2016/03 - 2016/07 Visiting Researcher (Research) Ifremer, France
Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, France
2015/10 - 2015/12 Visiting Researcher (Research) University of Aberdeen Oceanlab, United Kingdom
University of Aberdeen Oceanlab, United Kingdom
2015/05 - 2015/09 Research Trainee (Research) Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Madeira, Portugal
2009/06 - 2009/10 Research Trainee (Research) Nova Atlantis Research Center, Portugal
2008/05 - 2008/10 Research Trainee (Research) Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Spain

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/04 - 2020/08/31 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Futurismo Azores Adventures, Portugal
2012/09 - 2015/03 Assistente Técnico (Assistente Técnico) Buceo Atlantis, Spain
2013/06 - 2013/10 Assistente Técnico (Assistente Técnico) Cruceros do Ulla - Turimares, Spain
2012/05 - 2012/11 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Futurismo Azores Adventures, Portugal
2011/12 - 2012/07 Assistente Técnico (Assistente Técnico) Buceo Balea, Spain
2010/01/01 - 2010/12 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Futurismo Azores Adventures, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/01 - Current Projeto LIFE IP AZORES NATURA (LIFE17 IPE/PT/000010)” – lote 3 – Ciência cidadã aplicada à atividade marítimo-turística"
LIFE17 IPE/PT/000010
Researcher
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
Açores Direção Regional dos Asuntos do Mar
Ongoing
2023/01 - Current MARCET II
MAC2/4.6c/392
Researcher
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
 European Commission
Ongoing
2024/03/01 - 2025/02/28 Futurismo: linking whale watching tourism with cetacean research in the Azores.
NA
Principal investigator
Futurismo Azores Adventures, Portugal
 European Union
Ongoing
2021/12/01 - 2023/06/30 K2D - Knowledge and Data from the Deep to Space
ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000132
Post-doc
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

DStelecom, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Portugal Program

Governo dos Açores

European Regional Development Fund

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/12/01 - 2022/03/31 SOCLIMPACT. DownScaling CLImate imPACTs and decarbonisation pathways in EU islands, and enhancing socioeconomic and non-market evaluation of Climate Change for Europe, for 2050 and beyond.
Grant agreement ID: 776661
Other
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
Concluded
2020/09/01 - 2021/11/30 MEEMO: Manter, expandir e explorar a plataforma MONICET de observação de cetáceos. Uma oportunidade para a ciência, as políticas públicas e as empresas.
ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000079
Post-doc
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Direção Regional da Ciência e Transição Digital
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2020/07 - Current Azores delphis project
NA
Researcher
Ongoing
2016/11 - Current Sail & Whale: Sailors, Citizens & Science for Marine Conservation
NA
Principal investigator
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Carvalho, Adalberto; Gil, Ágatha; Dinis, Ana; Correia, Ana Mafalda; Moura, André; Ceccheti, Arianna; Faustino, Cláudia; et al. "Mamíferos Marinhos". In Atlas de Mamíferos de Portugal, edited by Bencatel, Joana; Sabino-Marques, Helena; Álvares, Francisco; Moura, André E.; Barbosa, A. Márcia, 1-274. Évora, Portugal: Joana Bencatel, Helena Sabino-Marques, Francisco Álvares, André E. Moura & A. Márcia Barbosa, 2019.
    Published
  2. Moura, André; SPEA; Correia, Ana Mafalda; Sousa-Pinto, Inês; Gil, Ágatha; Freitas, Luís; Ribeiro, Cládia; et al. "Mamíferos Marinhos". In Atlas de Mamíferos de Portugal. Portugal: Universidade de Évora, 2017.
    Published
Book review
  1. González García, Laura. "Strager, Hanne: The Killer Whale Journals: Our Love and Fear of Orcas.". Review of The Killer Whale Journals: Our Love and Fear of Orcas. (2024): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42974-024-00188-4.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Valente, Raul; Correia, Ana M.; GIL, Á.; González García, Laura; Sousa-Pinto, Isabel. "Understanding Migratory Routes in the Macaronesia - Assessing Range of Physiographic Variables for Baleen Whales.". Paper presented in 31st Edition of Annual Conference of European Cetacean Society, 2017.
    Published
  2. Valente, Raul; Correia, Ana M.; González García, Laura; Gil, Ágatha; Sousa-Pinto, Isabel. "Blue and Humpback whales: unraveling migratory routes through a spatio-temporal analysis.". Paper presented in 2nd Edition of Campus de Mar International Science Conference., Vila Real, 2016.
    Published
  3. González Laura; Van Der Linde Miranda; Sardà Clara; Torres Palenzuela Jesús M.. "Looking for North Atlantic Baleen Whales: When are they coming to the Azores?". 2014.
    10.3389/conf.fmars.2014.02.00088
Conference paper
  1. Marcos Tieppo; Eduardo Pereira; Laura Gonzalez Garcia; Margarida Rolim; Emanuel Castanho; Anibal Matos; Antonio Silva; et al. "Submarine Cables as Precursors of Persistent Systems for Large Scale Oceans Monitoring and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Operation". 2022.
    10.1109/oceans47191.2022.9977360
Conference poster
  1. Haro, Alba; Barata, Catarina; Pereira, Andreia; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Haro, Alba. "Should I stay or should I go? Different occurrences of six bottlenose dolphin groups identified in the Azores.". Paper presented in 35th European Cetacean Society Conference, 2024.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.12925.37601
  2. Al Abbar, F.; Ekelboom, J.A.J.; Costelloe, B.R.; Fiori, L.; Hollands, R.; Visser, F.; González García, Laura; Aarts, G.; van Laevelde, F.. Corresponding author: Al Abbar, F.. "Semi-automated tracking algorithm for common dolphins (Delphinus delphis)". Paper presented in 35th European Cetacean Society Conference, 2024.
  3. Branco, Alexadre; Salazar, Gina; Tolosa, Marc; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Branco, Alexadre. "Beaked whales' distribution in the Azores based on whale-watching and stranding data.". Paper presented in 35th European Cetacean Society Conference, 2024.
  4. Tolosa, Marc; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Tolosa, Marc. "Using whale-watching data to explore the habitat preferences of two oceanic dolphins in São Miguel Island (Azores)". Paper presented in 35th European Cetacean Society Conference, 2024.
  5. Rolim, Margarida; Silva, Mariana; Martins, Rafael; Jacob, Dinis; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Rolim, Margarida. "Dive into sperm whale vocal diversity: insights from opportunistic recordings off São Miguel.". Paper presented in 35th European Cetacean Society Conference, 2024.
  6. Cabayol, Georgina; Coelho, Inês; Huamán, María; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Cabayol, Georgina. "Orcas in the Azores: Photo-identification & description of an apex predator visiting São Miguel". Paper presented in 34th European Cetacean Society (ECS) conference, 2023.
  7. Miquel, Judit; Tolosa, Marc; Marc Ruiz-Sagalés; Azevedo, José M. N.; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Miquel, Judit. "Can global warming cause a northward shift in the distribution of Balaenoptera edeni in the North Atlantic? Insights from opportunistic data". Paper presented in 34th European Cetacean Society (ECS) conference, 2023.
  8. Marc Tolosa; Marc Ruiz-Sagalés; Rolim, Margarida; Judit Miquel; Laura Jou; Begoña Martínez-López; Azevedo, José M. N.; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Marc Tolosa. "Exploring the habitat preferences and niche segregation of two teutophagous cetaceans in the Azores islands". Paper presented in 34th European Cetacean Society (ECS) conference, 2023.
  9. Marc Ruiz-Sagalés; Marc Tolosa; Rolim, Margarida; Azevedo, José M. N.; González García, Laura. "Where and when? Monthly habitat suitability prediction of two teutophagous cetaceans in the Azores". Paper presented in 34th European Cetacean Society (ECS) conference, 2023.
  10. Laia Alcubierre Lorenz; Tolosa, Marc; Gago, Manuel; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Laia Alcubierre Lorenz. "Micronekton as a new environmental variable for Atlantic spotted dolphins in the Azores". Paper presented in 34th European Cetacean Society (ECS) conference, 2023.
  11. Martins, Rafael; Ortelee, Eva; Pereira, Andreia; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Ortelee, Eva. "Stable long-term associations between Risso's dolphins of São Miguel, Azores". Paper presented in 34th European Cetacean Society (ECS) conference, 2023.
  12. Maria Brito; Maria Ana Ernesto; Inês Coelho; Andreia Pereira; Dinis Jacob; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Maria Brito. "Azores, the last puzzle piece of the North Atlantic humpback whale migration.". Paper presented in XIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Cetáceos,, 2022.
  13. Andreia Pereira; Rita Catalão; Inês Coelho; Maria Ana Ernesto; Maria Brito; García, Laura. Corresponding author: Andreia Pereira. "Five groups of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) around São Miguel island, Azores.". Paper presented in XIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Cetáceos, 2022.
  14. Milla Brandão; Barbara Horta e Costa; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Milla Brandão. "Highly Identifiable common dolphins show long-term residency patterns around São Miguel Island, Azores.". Paper presented in 24th Biennal Conference of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, 2022.
  15. Cristina Marcolin; González García, Laura; Giani Pavan; Fadia Al Abbar; Steve Geelhoed. Corresponding author: Cristina Marcolin. "Estimating sperm whale size from acoustic data collected by whale watching vessels in São Miguel, Azores.". Paper presented in Cachalote Consortium at 24th Biennal Conference of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, 2022.
  16. Maria Ana Ernesto; David Abecasis; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Maria Ana Ernesto. "Perfect timing: Understanding chlorophyll influence on fin whale occurrence in the Azores using a CCF.". Paper presented in 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2022.
  17. Margarida Leal; Baptista, Vânia; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Margarida Leal. "Photo identification and travelling direction of sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis): a migrant ocean traveller in São Miguel, Azores.". Paper presented in 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society., 2022.
  18. Judit Miquel; Marc Ruiz i Sagalés; Azevedo, José M. N.; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Judit Miquel. "Study of the distribution of Stenella coeruleoalba in the Azores archipelago.". Paper presented in 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society., 2022.
  19. Laia Alcubierre Lorenz; González García, Laura; Azevedo, José M. N.; Manuel Gago Pérez. Corresponding author: Laia Alcubierre Lorenz. "Analysis of the spatial and temporal distribution of the Atlantic spotted dolphin in Azores.". Paper presented in 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2022.
  20. Inês Coelho; Abecasis, David; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Inês Coelho. "Fantastic sperm whales and where to find them: habitat preference of sperm whales in the Azores.". Paper presented in 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2022.
  21. Marc Ruiz-Sagalés; Judit Miquel; J. Lluis Riera; González García, Laura; Jose M.N. Azevedo. Corresponding author: Marc Ruiz-Sagalés. "Requisitos de distribución y hábitat de las especies de cetáceos teutófagos alrededor de São Miguel (Azores): ¿se pueden utilizar datos oportunistas para estudiar la superposicion de nichos ecológicos?". Paper presented in XV Congreso de la Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos, 2021.
  22. Inês Coelho; Abecasis, David; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Inês Coelho. "Habitat preference of the sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus off São Miguel Island Azores.". Paper presented in XII Conferencia de la Sociedad Española de Cetáceos., 2021.
  23. Judit Miquel; Marc Ruiz; Jose Manuel N. Azevedo; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Judit Miquel. "Estudio de la distribución de Stenella coeruleoalba en el archipiélago de las Azores.". Paper presented in XII Conference of the Sociedad Española de Cetáceos, 2021.
  24. González García, Laura; Pierce, Graham John; Emmanuelle Autret; Jesús M. Torres-Palenzuela. "Temporal distribution and Multi-scale Habitat Preference Analyses for Azorean Blue Whales.". Paper presented in World Marine Mammal Conference 2019, 2019.
  25. González García, Laura; Julie Alonso; Marcus Mutter; Marjo Boertien; Edwin Butter; Claudio Morganti; Jesús M. Torres-Palenzuela. Corresponding author: González García, Laura. "The first year of Sail & Whale: a success of synergy.". Paper presented in II Congreso de Biodiversidad y Conservación de la Naturaleza, 2017.
  26. González García, Laura; van der Linde, Miranda; Jesús M. Torres-Palenzuela. Corresponding author: González García, Laura. "Understanding blue whales off Azores.". Paper presented in 30th European Cetacean Society, 2016.
  27. Ágatha Gil; González García, Laura; Ana Mafalda Tomás Correia. Corresponding author: Ágatha Gil. "Rutas migratorias de las yubartas en el Atlántico: ¿dónde y cuándo?". Paper presented in VIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Cetáceos, 2015.
Journal article
  1. González García, Laura; Fernandez, Marc; Azevedo, José M. N.. Corresponding author: González García, Laura. "MONICET: The Azores whale watching contribution to cetacean monitoring". Biodiversity Data Journal (2023): https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e106991.
    10.3897/BDJ.11.e106991
  2. Andreia Sousa; Marc Fernandez; Filipe Alves; Patricia Arranz; Ana Dinis; González García, Laura; Misael Morales; et al. "A novel expert-driven methodology to develop thermal response curves and project habitat thermal suitability for cetaceans under a changing climate". Science of The Total Environment 860 (2023): 160376-160376. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160376.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160376
  3. Eduardo Pereira; University of Minho; Marcos Tieppo; Joao Faria; Douglas Hart; Pierre Lermusiaux. "Subsea Cables as Enablers of a Next Generation Global Ocean Sensing System". Oceanography (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2023.s1.22.
    10.5670/oceanog.2023.s1.22
  4. Laura González García; Graham J. Pierce; Emmanuelle Autret; Jesús M. Torres-Palenzuela. "Alongside but separate: Sympatric baleen whales choose different habitat conditions in São Miguel, Azores". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103766.
    10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103766
  5. Keith D. Mullin; Lisa Steiner; Charlotte Dunn; Diane Claridge; Laura González García; Jonathan Gordon; Tim Lewis. "Long-Range Longitudinal Movements of Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the North Atlantic Ocean Revealed by Photo-Identification". Aquatic Mammals 48 1 (2022): 3-8. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.48.1.2022.3.
    10.1578/AM.48.1.2022.3
  6. Sousa, Andreia; Alves, Filipe; Arranz, Patricia; Dinis, Ana; Fernandez, Marc; González García, Laura; Morales, Misael; et al. "Climate change vulnerability of cetaceans in Macaronesia: Insights from a trait-based assessment". Science of The Total Environment 795 (2021): 148652-148652. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148652.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148652
  7. Valente, Raul; Correia, Ana M.; Gil, Ágatha; González García, Laura; Sousa-Pinto, Isabel. "Baleen whales in Macaronesia: occurrence patterns revealed through a bibliographic review". Mammal Review 49 2 (2019): 129-151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mam.12148.
    10.1111/mam.12148
  8. Laura González García; Graham J. Pierce; Emmanuelle Autret; Jesús M. Torres-Palenzuela. "Multi-scale habitat preference analyses for Azorean blue whales". PLOS ONE 13 9 (2018): e0201786-e0201786. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201786.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0201786
Report
  1. Laura Gonzalez Garcia; Marc Fernandez; Jose Manuel N. Azevedo. 2022. Long Term Ecological Data Series in cetaceans: essential but challenging!. https://zenodo.org/record/6497099.
    10.5281/ZENODO.6497099
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Cetacean distribution in São Miguel (Azores) : influence of environmental variables at different spatial and temporal scales". PhD, Universidade de Vigo, 2019. https://www.investigo.biblioteca.uvigo.es/xmlui/handle/11093/1218.

Other

Dataset
  1. José Manuel N. Azevedo; Marc Fernández Morrón; Laura González García. Long-term cetacean monitoring in the Azores based on whale watching observations (2009-2020).
    10.14284/599
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/28 Monitorización oportunista desde embarcaciones de avistamiento de cetáceos. MARCET II - Reunión final de proyecto
ULPGC (Adeje, Tenerife, Spain)
2023/09/22 MIT Annual Conference - K2D Project in the ZLT Infante D. Henrique MIT Portugal Annual Conference
MIT Portugal Program (Braga, Portugal)
2023/07/14 O valor dos dados oportunistas para o estudo de cetáceos: descobertas recentes e novos horizontes. Workshop Cetáceos: Monitorização e identificação
Biologia Factos - Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
2023/06/30 Use cases for the K2D Project in the ZLT Infante D. Henrique Final Workshop of the K2D Project, Knowledge and Data from the Deep to Space
INESCTEC (Portugal)
2023/04/17 MONICET: lessons learnt on 13 years of opportunistic cetacean monitoring. Setting up an international network to reinforce the collaboration with Marine Mammal Tourism companies and enhance their sustainability.
European Cetacean Society (O Grove, Spain)
2023/04/14 MONICET: lições aprendidas de 13 anos de monitorização oportunista de cetáceos. MARCET II - Reunião de sócios
Museu da Baleia de Madeira (Caniçal, Madeira, Portugal)
2023/02/25 O valor dos dados oportunistas para o estudo de cetáceos: descobertas recentes e novos horizontes. Jornadas Ecológicas MARCET II - Azores
Expolab (Portugal)
2023/01/25 Trabajando con cetáceos en el medio del Atlántico. course of Marine mammal expert
Nubika Formación (Spain)
2022/12/07 Projecto PO Açores 2020 MEEMO - Manter, expandir e explorar a plataforma MONICET de observação de cetáceos. Uma oportunidade para a ciência, as politicas públicas. . Presentation for the National and Regional Ministers of Tourism.
Universidade dos Açores (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2021/06 Ocean acoustics to improve cetacean monitoring All Atlantic R&I for a Sustainable OConnecting Subsea Cables and Satellites for Global Oceans Health Monitoring
(Portugal)
2020/12 MONICET: structure and applications of a long-term ecological data series of cetaceans in the Azores. Encontro Nacional de Ecologia 2020
(Portugal)
2019/12 Temporal distribution and Multi-scale Habitat Preference Analyses for Azorean Blue Whales. World Marine Mammal Conference
(Barcelona, Spain)
2019/11/27 How do we travel sustainably? How do we travel sustainably? Panellist discussion
IGoAdventures (London, United Kingdom)
2019/11/16 Das rías galegas ás baleas dos Azores. Xornadas de Muller e Ciencia
Concello da Pobra do Caramiñal (A Pobra do Caramiñal, Spain)
2016/09 Sail & Whale : Sailors, Citizens and Science for Marine Conservation. I Congreso de Biodiversidad y Conservación de la Naturaleza
(Almería, Spain)
2015/10 Estudio preliminar de ballenas azules (Balaenoptera musculus) en Azores. VIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Cetáceos
(Vigo, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/01/01 - Current Effects of the acoustic environment created by anthropogenic activities on the odontocetes species off the Azores.
Co-supervisor of Ana Margarida Ribeiro Rolim
 Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Futurismo Azores Adventures, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
2024/01/15 - 2024/09/30 Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) distribution modeling in the Azores archipelago: insights into climate change-driven range shifts.
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Marinha (Master)
Futurismo Azores Adventures, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/06 Observação Turística de Cetáceos em São Miguel
Supervisor
 Biologia Marinha e Alterações Globais (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/07/10 Bottlenose dolphins' social structure in São Miguel island based on whale watching data.
Supervisor of Alba Haro Hereu
 Biology (Degree)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2022/08 - 2023/02 Stable long-term associations between resident Risso’s dolphins of São Miguel, Azores.
Supervisor of Eva Ortelee
 Coastal and Marine Management (Degree)
Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein - Velp, Netherlands
2021/10 - 2022/11 Unravelling the secrets of an oceanic visitor in the mid Atlantic: orcas (Orcinus orca) in the Azores.
Supervisor of Georgina Cabayol Ferraz
 Biodiversidad (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2022/02 - 2022/09 Distribution and habitat preferences of the short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in the archipelago of the Azores.
Supervisor of Marc Tolosa i Forteza
 Biology (Degree)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2021/08 - 2022/02 Estimating sperm whale size from acoustic data collected by whale watching vessels in São Miguel, Azores.
Co-supervisor
 Biology and Marine Ecology (Master)
Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
2021/04 - 2022/01 Can global warming cause a distribution shift on Balaenoptera edeni in the Azores archipelago? Insights from opportunistic data.
Co-supervisor of Judit Miquel-Bosch
 Biology (Degree)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2019/09 - 2021/11 Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) identification and distribution around São Miguel Island (Azores) and inferences in the movements towards other areas. MSc. thesis for a Master in Marine Biology
Co-supervisor of Maria Ana Ernesto
 Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021 - 2021/09 Análisis de la distribución espacial y temporal del delfín moteado del Altántico (Stenella frontalis) en Azores.
Supervisor of Laia Alcubierre Lorenz
 Oceanography and Marine Environmental Management (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2021 - 2021/09 Fidelidad al sitio y preferencias espaciales de los cachalotes (Physeter macrocephalus) en las Azores a través de foto-identificación.
Supervisor
 Oceanography and Marine Environmental Management (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Spain
2020/09 - 2021 Analysis of the social structure, group composition and association patterns in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in São Miguel island, Azores.
Supervisor of Andreia Filipa Figueiredo Pereira
 Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2020/09 - 2021 Sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis): Photo identification and habitat preferences of a migrant ocean traveller in São Miguel, Azores.
Co-supervisor of Margarida de Sousa Leal
 Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021 Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in São Miguel Island, Azores: photo-identification of Highly Identifiable Individuals (HII) and spatio-temporal distribution
Co-supervisor of Milla Silveira Pinto Brandão
 Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021 Habitat preferences of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) off São Miguel island, Azores.
Co-supervisor of Inês Afonso Teixeira Coelho
 Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019 - 2021 Photo-identification and residency patterns of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in São Miguel, Azores.
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/07 Spatial and temporal distribution and photo identification of the pilot whale population of São Miguel, Azores.
Co-supervisor of Ramona Negulescu
 Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/10/30 - 2023/10/31 4ª Bienal das Baleias. (2023/10/30 - 2023/10/31)
Meeting (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade dos Açores, Portugal

Câmara Municipal das Lajes do Pico, Portugal
2023/03/20 - 2023/05 Para Além do Whale Watching - Avançar a ciência participativa e o whale-watching. Evento que pretende reforçar a ligação existente na atualidade entre ciência e turismo nos Açores, fundamentalmente a colaboração entre as empresas de observação de cetáceos e a investigação na região. (2023/05/09 - 2023/05/10)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
2022/04/04 - 2022/04/04 Long Term Ecological Data Series in cetaceans: essential but challenging! Workshop held online within the 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 04 April 2022. (2022/04/04 - 2022/04/04)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade dos Açores, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/09/29 - Current Macaronight - Azores 2023. À conversa com um investigador.
Other
 Macaronight - Azores 2023.
Expolab - Centro de Ciência Viva, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/11/24 Sei whale feeding and transiting behaviour in the Azores
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mafalda dos Santos Albuquerque (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/12/14 Assessing the value of opportunistic and dedicated data to analyse cetacean occurrence and distribution.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Alexandre Branco (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/11/21 Unveiling evidence of natural and anthropogenic skin marks on baleen whales (Northwestern Iberian Peninsula coast).
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joyce-Gabriela Azenha Neves (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/12/03 Individual identification of Risso’s dolphins (Grampus griseus) in São Miguel island, Azores.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Rafael Sousa da Cunha Martins (Master)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2021/11/17 Analysis of the social structure, group composition and association patterns in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in São Miguel island.
Supervisor
 Andreia Filipa Figueiredo Pereira (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/11/16 Sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis): Photo identification and habitat preferences of a migrant ocean traveller in São Miguel, Azores.
Supervisor
 Margarida de Sousa Leal (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/11/10 Habitat preferences of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) off São Miguel island, Azores.
Supervisor
 Inês Afonso Teixeira Coelho (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/11/05 Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in São Miguel Island, Azores: photo-identification of Highly Identifiable Individuals (HII) and spatio-temporal distribution.
Supervisor
 Milla Silveira Pinto Brandão (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/11/05 Photo-identification and residency patterns of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in São Miguel, Azores.
Supervisor
 Rita Isabel Ventura Catalão (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/06/07 Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) identification and distribution around São Miguel island (Azores) and inferences on the movements towards other areas.
Supervisor
 Maria Ana Simões Reis Ernesto (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/09 - Current PLOS ONE
2024/05 - 2024/05 Frontiers in Conservation Science FrontiersIn
2021/03 - 2023/01 Remote Sensing MDPI
2022/11 - 2022/12 Arctic Science
2020/07 - 2020/09 Peer-J

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Azores Whale Heritage Site - Steering Committee. Preparation and submission of the application for the archipelago Azores to be certified as a Whale Heritage Site by the World Cetacean Alliance.
Coordinator
2023 - 2027 European Cetacean Society Council member
Member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/05/10 - 2024/05/10 MARINE BIODIVERSITY NETWORKING FRIDAY ON THE ATLANTIC WHALE DEAL. Mitigating Ship Strikes and Enhancing Carbon Sequestration in the Atlantic.
2024/04/10 - 2024/04/12 35th European Cetacean Society Conference Catania, Sicily, Italy
2023/05/09 - 2023/05/10 Beyond Whale Watching Ponta Delgada (Azores) e online
2023/04/18 - 2023/04/20 34th European Cetacean Society Conference O Grove

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2016/02 - 2016/04 Remote Sensing Marine Sciences (Bachelor) Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2015/02 - 2015/05 Remote Sensing Marine Science (Bachelor) Universidade de Vigo, Spain

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2023/04/10 - Current A Revista. TVG. Cetacean conference in Galicia (ECS) and Azorean participation
2023/01/04 - Current A Tarde, RTVG. Cetacean research based in opportunistic data
2022/05/19 - Current Planeta Calleja Whale watching tourism in the Azores, and research based in opportunistic data
2020/11 - Current Walvis spotten! // Kan Klaas voor één dag mariene bioloog zijn? Whale watching tourism in the Azores, and research based in opportunistic data
2019/12/09 - Current Herrera en la COPE Cetacean research in the Azores

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2013/03 - 2013/04 SPURS-MIDAS - O/V Sarmiento de Gamboa. Applied Physics researcher. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
2011/04 - 2011/04 PELACUS 0411 - O/V Thalassa. Sea bird and marine mammal observer Instituto Español de Oceanografía Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, Spain
Distinctions

Award

2020 Best oral presentation (aex aequo)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal
2016 Best marine oral presentation
Universidad de Almería, Spain
2015 Mario Morcillo - Best poster
SEC - Sociedad Española de Cetáceos, Spain
2014 Certificado de Excelência para estudantes de Doutoramento
Universidade de Vigo, Spain