Curriculum Vitae
Márcio André Guerreiro Coelho
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Márcio André Guerreiro Coelho
Citation names
- Coelho, Márcio
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- F415-B297-7821
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-7832-5241
Addresses
- Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR) - Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 , Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.ccmar.ualg.pt/users/marcio-coelho (Professional)
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcio_Andre_Guerreiro_Coelho (Professional)
- www.linkedin.com/in/márcio-coelho-307b89148 (Professional)
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=j3lUspsAAAAJ&hl=en (Scholar)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2011/08/21 - 2018/02/01
Concluded
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Doctor of Philosophy (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Evolution, Ecology and Behavior
University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, United States
"Life History Traits of Caribbean Octocorals of the Genus Antillogorgia and Their Implications for Larval Dispersal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2007/09/12 - 2010/02/08
Concluded
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Biologia Marinha (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Marine Biology
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Phylogeography and phylogeny of European gorgoniids (Gorgoniidae): genera Eunicella and Leptogorgia" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2004/09/15 - 2007/07/27
Concluded
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Biologia Marinha (Licenciatura)
Major in Marine Biology
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2022/10/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
| 2021/08/01 - 2022/06/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre MARE-ISPA, Portugal |
| 2019/01/01 - 2021/07/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
| Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal | ||
| 2018/03/01 - 2018/09/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
| Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal | ||
| 2010/02/01 - 2011/05/15 | Research Assistant (Research) | Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Spain |
| Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Spain | ||
| 2007/09/01 - 2007/11/29 | Research Trainee (Research) | Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal |
| Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2015/08/20 - 2018/01/10 | Assistant (University Teacher) | University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, United States |
| University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, United States |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2021/08/01 - 2022/06/30 | BiodivAMP: Desenvolvimento de Ferramentas para a Monitorização e Proteção de Biodiversidade em Áreas Marinhas Protegidas ao
longo da Costa Portuguesa
FA-06-2017-045
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
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Governo da República Portuguesa |
| 2011/08/21 - 2012/08/31 | Collaborative Research: Recruitment Dynamics and Population Connectivity in Bahamian Octocorals
0825625
PhD Student Fellow
University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, United States
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National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences
Concluded
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| 2010/02/01 - 2011/05/15 | SHIFTING: Marine phylogeographic structuring during climate change: the signature of leading and rear edge of range shifting
populations
189570
Research Technician Fellow
Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Spain
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
European Comission
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2022/04/01 - Current | RESTORESEAS Marine Forests of animals, plants and algae: nature-based tools to protect and restore biodiversity
BiodivRestore-253 / DivRestore/0013/2020
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia European Commission Ongoing
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| 2023/03/01 - 2026/08/31 | Otimizar a propagação de corais para restaurar e conservar as florestas de corais com participação da sociedade e dos pescadores
(CORALforests) (295,295.00 €)
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
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EDULOG Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo |
| 2018/03/01 - 2018/09/30 | INFORBIOMARES - Sistemas de informação e monitorização da biodiversidade marinha das áreas classificadas da Arrábida
POSEUR-03-2215-FC-000047¿
Post-doc Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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European Commission |
Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2026/04/01 - Current | CORALRESCUE - Large-scale coral bycatch mitigation by active engagement of fishers in habitat conservation and restoration
(150,000.00 €)
CORALRESCUE
Principal investigator
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Viridia – Conservation In Action
Ongoing
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| 2022/01/01 - 2025/06/30 | When art meets science: assisted colonization of underwater sculptures with incidental coral catches by artisanal fisheries
(19,505.10 €)
NA
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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Other
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/07/02 | Reproductive phenology and sexual propagation of the pink sea fan Eunicella verrucosa for coral restoration | 2024 European Coral Reef Symposium |
| 2024/07/02 | Speciation in recently diverged lineages of Atlantic Paramuricea: complementary insights from phylogenomics and reproductive biology | 2024 European Coral Reef Symposium
(Naples, Italy)
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| 2023/10/03 | RESTORESEA: Marine Forests of animals, plants and algae: nature-based tools to protect and restore biodiversity | Second International Meeting on Ecological Restoration of Deep-Sea Coral Populations
(Strömstad, Sweden)
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| 2023/09/27 | Corals and gorgonians in southern Portugal (Algarve): current state of knowledge | Training school: “Habitat mapping and trophic ecology of Marine Animal Forests.”: COST Action (CA20102) - Marine Animal Forests
of the World (MAF-World)
Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR) (Faro, Portugal)
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| 2023/05/30 | Comparative study of reproductive traits of a West Atlantic Gorgonian (Paramuricea) species after recent speciation | 8th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals
(Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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| 2023/05/29 | Sequencing of coral mitochondrial genomes: a new genetic resource based on long-read sequencing for genome assembly and to support species identification | 8th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals
(Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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| 2023/05/19 | Optimizing coral propagation for restoration and conservation of coral gardens with the engagement of fishermen and society (CORALforests) | Ocean Alive Spring School
Ocean Alive (Portugal)
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| 2023/01/17 | Optimizing coral propagation for restoration and conservation of coral gardens with the engagement of fishermen and society (CORALforests) | MAF World Cost Action WG7 Meeting |
| 2023/01/17 | Optimizing coral propagation for restoration and conservation of coral gardens with the engagement of fishermen and society (CORALforests) | COST Action (CA20102) - Marine Animal Forests of the World (MAF-World) WG7 Meeting |
| 2021/11/25 | Jardins de coral em Portugal continental: um tesouro ecológico subvalorizado [EN: Coral gardens in continental Portugal: an undervalued ecological treasure] | Mar Azul: comunicar para envolver e educar [EN: Blue Ocean: communicate to engage and educate]
Centro Ciência Viva Lagos-Escola Secundária Gil Eanes (Lagos, Portugal)
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| 2016/06/22 | Larval biology of the Caribbean octocoral Antillogorgia americana and its implications for dispersal | 13th International Coral Reef Symposium
International Society for Reef Studies (Honolulu, Hawai'i , United States)
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| 2015/03/04 | Larval biology of the Caribbean octocoral Antillogorgia americana and its implications for dispersal | 44th Benthic Ecology Meeting
Benthic Ecology Meeting Society (Québec City, Québec, Canada)
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| 2010/10/04 | Climate change effects on canopy-forming ecosystem structuring species at leading and rear edges versus central distribution zones | Aquashift Meeting
(Kiel, Germany)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2026/02/01 - Current | Optimising ex situ performance of Dendrophyllia spp.: effects of enriched live food under controlled feeding regimes
Supervisor of Sheila Van-Dunem
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| 2026/01/15 - Current | Effects of colony cropping and size on the growth, survival and fecundity of Eunicella verrucosa
Supervisor of Tommi Friari
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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| 2025/01/01 - Current | Assessing the Effect of Transplant Orientation and Fragment Size on the Restoration Success of Leptogorgia sarmentosa and
Eunicella gazella in the EDP Art Reef, Albufeira
Supervisor of Anika Czihak
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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| 2024/09/01 - 2025/12/09 | Investigating microbiomes of restored and native Atlantic soft
corals: interdependencies between microbiome and host health
Co-supervisor of Manuela Quiroga Perez
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Universität Wien, Austria
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| 2025/01/01 - 2025/07/29 | Comparative analysis of size at first reproduction and fecundity of branching octocorals along depth in southwestern Portugal
Supervisor of Adriana Franco
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International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea) (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
| 2025/01/01 - 2025/06/06 | Dendrophyllia: A New Archive for Ocean Temperature and Nutrient Variability on the Southwestern Iberian Margin?
Co-supervisor of Senne Cox
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International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea), (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal |
| 2023/02/01 - 2023/09/07 | Exploring Thermal Tolerance and Plasticity of Bycaught Gorgonians in Sagres, Portugal
Co-supervisor of Iñigo Uriarte Uruñuela
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ERASMUS Mundus Joint Master Degree in Marine Environment (Master) |
| 2022/03/01 - 2023 | Towards controlling the reproductive cycle of azooxanthellate gorgonians in cultivation: diet and environmental drivers
Co-supervisor of Joana de Lemos Filipe
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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| 2022/09/01 - 2022/12/31 | BSc Thesis Project (12 ECTS): Size at first reproduction: Determining the size of the coral species Paramuricea grayi during
its first reproduction
Supervisor of Diogo Guerreiro
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| 2022/01/25 - 2022/07 | PATTERNS OF BRANCHING MORPHOLOGY IN TEMPERATE GORGONIAN CORALS
Supervisor of Laura Colom Romero
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology - Castlebar Campus, Ireland |
| 2020/10/01 - 2022/05/03 | Octocoral Biodiversity in Portugal: A Barcoding Approach Coupling Long-range PCR and Long-read Sequencing to Assemble Mitochondrial
Genomes
Supervisor of Sandra Raposo Costa
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Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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| 2020/10/01 - 2021/02/19 | Experimental Project in Marine Biology (12 ECTS): Development of a standardized method for monitoring gorgonian corals bycatch
biomass: relationship between colony weight and total branch length
Supervisor of Gerard Subiron Moreso
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Marine Biology (Scientific initiation)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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| 2019/09/01 - 2020/12/10 | ANOTHER BRICK IN THE RESTORATION OF GORGONIANS: Assessment of Coral By-catch in Artisanal Fisheries and its Potential for
Restoration Actions
Supervisor of Vítor Dias
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023/09/25 - 2023/10/01 | Training school “Habitat mapping and trophic ecology of Marine Animal Forests” within the scope of the COST Action (CA20102)
- Marine Animal Forests of the World (MAF-World) and hosted by the Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Faro, Portugal. (2023 - 2023)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2025/10/06 - 2025/10/17 | Workshop on the taxonomy of black corals (Antipatharia) Museum of Paris (MNHN) in Paris, France, from October 6-17, 2025.
Workshop
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Taxonomic training workshop in Paris on black corals (Antipatharia)
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France
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| 2024/05/11 - 2024/05/11 | Public outreach with a talk entitled 'What we study in the marine forests of corals with Sagres fisherman' within the scope
of the 2nd edition of the Marine Forests Festival in Sagres.
Festival
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2ª Edição do festival das Florestas Marinhas |
| 2024/02/28 - 2024/02/29 | Final meeting of the Research programme on red coral of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
Meeting
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy
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| 2024/02/19 - 2024/02/24 | Workshop on analysis of RAD sequencing data
Workshop
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Aix-Marseille Université, France
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| 2023/10/02 - 2023/10/06 | Workshop on Ecological Restoration of Deep-Sea Coral Populations
Workshop
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Second International Meeting on Ecological Restoration of Deep-Sea Coral Populations, Strömstad, Sweden |
| 2023/06/02 - 2023/06/04 | Cold-water corals in aquaria: maintenance and experimentation.
Workshop
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Cold-water corals in aquaria: maintenance and experimentation. |
| 2022/10/22 - 2022/10/23 | From the lab to the reefs: Assessing Heterotrophy in Marine Animal Forests and its importance in guiding conservation strategy
Workshop
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MAF-World COST Action Workshop |
| 2021/11/24 - 2021/11/24 | Outreach and public engagement event for local high school students showcasing different research activities developed at
CCMAR. I was responsible for a stand aiming to raise the public awareness about the existence and importance of coral-dominated
habitats in Portugal. In this demonstration we had preserved and live specimens of multiple species that occur along southern
Portugal and discussed the research activities developed during project HABMAR, including efforts of coral habitat mapping,
DNA barcoding and a pilot study of restoration.
Exhibition
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Science and Technology Week (PT: Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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| 2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24 | Outreach and public engagement event for the general public showcasing research activities developed by CCMAR, among others.
I was responsible for a stand aiming to raise the public awareness about the existence and importance of coral-dominated habitats
in Portugal. In this demonstration we had preserved and live specimens of multiple species that occur along southern Portugal
and discussed the research activities developed during project HABMAR, including efforts of coral habitat mapping, DNA barcoding
and a pilot study of restoration.
Exhibition
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European Researcher's Night 2021 (PT: Noite Europeia do Investigador - NEI2021)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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| 2020/01/19 - 2020/02/01 | Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics which brings together an international collection of faculty members and Workshop
participants to study and discuss current ideas and techniques for the analysis of genomic data on the level of populations
and closely related species
Workshop
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2020 Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics |
| 2020/01/05 - 2020/01/18 | Workshop on Genomics offering training on how to effectively analyze and manage data generated by modern sequencing technologies,
including management and modification of modern sequence data files and best practices for sequence data generation, management
and analysis
Workshop
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2020 Workshop on Genomics |
| 2018/05/22 - 2018/05/22 | Public engagement activity showcasing the habitat restoration efforts of the INFORBIOMARES project in the Arrábida Marine
Park (Portugal). Participants were introduced to many species of corals, seagrasses and seaweeds occurring along the Portuguese
coast, and stepped into the shoes of a marine ecologist for one day by learning to transplant gorgonian corals to restore
degraded populations through a "hands on" demonstration.
Exhibition
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“O Mar de Alto a Baixo” - 20th Anniversary of the 1998 World Fair, Lisbon (Portugal).
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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| 2011/11/03 - 2011/11/07 | Workshop with the aim of building an online resource for the identification of the octocoral fauna in South Florida.
Workshop
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South Florida Octocorals: a Guide to Identification
Nova Southeastern University, United States
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Evaluation committee
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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| 2025/12/09 - 2025/12/09 | External examiner in the defence of the MSc thesis entitled 'Effects of ocean warming on the reproduction of the deep-sea octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor' | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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| 2018/03/27 | “Investigadores do CCMAR salvam corais arrancados pela tempestade e vão replantá-los” [EN: CCMAR researchers save corals detached by storm and are going to replant them]. Interview about an opportune project aiming to repurpose coral biomass from a mass-stranding event following two winter storms in a pilot study of habitat restoration | Sul Informação |
Interview (tv / radio show)
| Program | Topic | |
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| 2024/08/07 - Current | Documentary 'O Planeta Vivo' (EN: The Living Planet), Episode 06 - Biodiversity on the Public Portuguese TV channel RTP | M. Coelho features an episode about biodiversity in Portuguese aquatic/terrestrial ecosystems, presenting his coral habitat restoration work with fishers engagement |
| 2018/03/28 - 2018/03/28 | “Os Dias do Futuro: a Investigação e a Inovação” Interview about an opportune project aiming to repurpose coral biomass from a mass-stranding event following two winter storms in a pilot study of habitat restoration; also about other habitat restoration efforts of projects coordinated by CCMAR. | Transplantation of stranded corals following the winter storms Emma and Felix |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
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| 2022/04/01 - Current | PhD thesis promoter: Species delimitation, endemism and cryptic diversity of coral garden-forming gorgonians in the Eastern Atlantic | Christina Egger |
| 2025/09 - 2026/02 | ERASMUS+ Internship: Marine Forests restoration and conservation | Hugo Desgranges |
| 2025/03/01 - 2025/06/25 | Field Methods Internship (3 ECTS): Coral transplantation of whole gorgonian colonies | Valeria Marino |
| 2024/08/20 - 2024/12/25 | ERASMUS+ Internship: Experiments on sexual propagation of these corals including spawning and larval settlement | Sheena Chong |
| 2024/01/01 - 2024/07/01 | MSc Thesis Promoter: Microbiome Dynamics in Early Life Stages of Temperate Gorgonians | Rita Camacho |
| 2024 - 2024 | IMBRSea Professional Practice Internship: Coral husbandry and experimentation | Gaetan Despiegeleire |
| 2024 - 2024 | IMBRSea Professional Practice Internship: Coral husbandry and experimentation | Sophia Woolcock |
| 2024 - 2024 | ERASMUS+ Internship: Marine Forests restoration - Experiments on sexual propagation of corals including spawning and larval settlement | Chiara Favaretto |
| 2024 - 2024 | IMBRSea Professional Practice Internship: Coral husbandry and public outreach | Pedro Oliveira |
| 2024 - 2024 | IMBRSea Professional Practice Internship: Coral husbandry and public outreach | Adriana Franco |
| 2023 - 2024 | Internship (6 ECTS): First trials of larval settlement in the temperate gorgonians Eunicella verrucosa and Paramuricea cf. grayi | Catarina Melo |
| 2023 - 2024 | Internship (6 ECTS): GORGONIAN CORAL SPECIES LIMITATION STUDY USING QUANTITATIVE MORPHOMETRICS | Louis Traineau |
| 2022/08/01 - 2023/12/01 | MSc Thesis Promoter: Investigating Microbial Diversity Associated with Atlantic Soft and Hard Corals in the Context of Marine Restoration | Marcellina Rola |
| 2023 - 2023 | Internship (3 ECTS): Deep sea corals monitoring at Ramalhete station | Léa Lilla |
| 2023 - 2023 | Internship (3 ECTS): H&E Histological Staining Technique | Bailey Marquardt |
| 2022 - 2022 | Internship: Coral husbandry and experimentation | Fantine Soulat |
| 2022 - 2022 | Internship (6 ECTS): Histological study of the reproductive cycle of the cold water gorgonians Eunicella verrucosa and Paramuricea grayi | Laura Balsalobre |
| 2021/05/17 - 2021/08/09 | Internship: Analysis of the reproductive cycle and the state of maturation of the gonads of different coral species part of the study of the richness of coral habitats in southern Portugal | Capucine Récasens |
| 2020/11/01 - 2021/01/29 | Internship (6 ECTS): Assessment of the spatial patterns of size-frequency of the most captured species of deep-sea corals in Sagres, Portugal | Sandra Raposo |
| 2019/09/01 - 2020/01/29 | Internship (6 ECTS): Assessment of Coral Bycatch in Artisanal Fisheries using trammel- and gillnetting | Ana Carneiro |
| 2019/08/14 - 2019/12/27 | Internship (12 ECTS): Resolving alpha-taxonomy of gorgonian corals (Octocorallia) using quantitative morphometrics | Vítor Dias |
| 2018/04/20 - 2018/05/12 | Internship (6 ECTS): Alpha-Taxonomy of gorgonian corals (Octocorallia): Study based on Leptorgorgia sarmentosa | Giulia Marchioro |
Scientific expedition
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2025/10/01 - 2025/10/07 | Task coordinator in the CCMAR/Fundação Oceano Azul expedition 'Parque Natural Marinho do Recife do Algarve – Pedra do Valado'. Task on biodiversity assessment using eDNA metabarcoding | |
| 2024/09/07 - 2024/09/28 | Coral Work lead onboard the 2024 Oceano Azul Expedition Gorringe |
Distinctions
Award
| 2014 | Mark Diamond Research Fund (FA-14-04)
University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, United States
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Other distinction
| 2022 | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence
European Commission, Belgium
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| 2019 | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence
European Comission, Belgium
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| 2010 | Doctoral Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2009 | Lifelong Learning Programme ERASMUS
European Comission, Belgium
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