Luís Filipe Pinho Rocha (FC19-C8B5-6397)

Curriculum Vitae

Luís Filipe Pinho Rocha

I have been conducting research to understand the community ecology and conservation of large mammals in altered ecosystems, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Namely, my research focuses on revealing the extant mammal community composition and structure in remote areas that suffered armed conflicts and where scientific research has been very scarce in the last decades, such is Angola. I also aim to understand the consequences of the simplification and depletion of such mammal communities in the functioning of the ecosystem, for instance, the role of reduced herbivory in the change of fire regimes and the effect of reduced predation pressure on predator-prey dynamics.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Luís Filipe Pinho Rocha

Citation names

Rocha, Filipe

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: FC19-C8B5-6397
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6510-8440

Email addresses

filipe.rocha@cibio.up.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

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

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2015 - 2023 Concluded	Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Rediscovering Angolan Biodiversity: Patterns and regulation processes underlying large mammal community structure across South Angola" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011 - 2011 Concluded	Curso de Formação Pedagógica Inicial de Formadores (Outros) Centro de Formação Profissional de Artesanato, Portugal
2010/09/13 Concluded	Mestrado Avançado em Ecologia (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Gestão de Habitats para Populações de Cervídeos: Uso de Pastagens pelo Veado (Cervus elaphus L.)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2008/09/08 Concluded	Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "-" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2015/10/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
	Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal (...)
2015/10 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto, Portugal

2013/05 - 2014/11	Research Assistant (Research)	Centro de Matemática e Aplicações Fundamentais, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

2011/11 - 2013/02	Research Assistant (Research)	Centro de Matemática e Aplicações Fundamentais, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

2011/03/09 - 2011/05/09	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

2011/03 - 2011/05	Research Assistant (Research)	Universidade do Porto, Portugal

2007/08/01 - 2007/08/31	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2015/10/01 - 2023/12/04	Aluno de Doutoramento	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal (...)
2013/05/15 - 2014/11/14	Research fellowship position under the EU project DENFREE.	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Matemática Aplicações Fundamentais e Investigação Operacional, Portugal

2011/11/15 - 2013/02/28	Research fellowship position under the FCT project: PTDC/MAT/115168/2009.	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Matemática Aplicações Fundamentais e Investigação Operacional, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2015/10 - 2019/09/30	PhD scholarship PD/BD/114030/2015 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva (InBIO) LA/P/0048/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0048/2020 Researcher Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/10/01 - 2025/03/31	Expanding potential in TROPIcal BIOdiversity and ecosystem research towards sustainable life on land 854248 10.3030/854248 Researcher	European Commission Ongoing
2020/11/01 - 2024/03/31	Sustainable Human-Wildlife Coexistence Total-Angola Researcher American Institute of Biological Sciences Public Policy Office, United States	Total SE Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31	Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva UIDB/50027/2020 10.54499/UIDB/50027/2020 Researcher Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31	Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva UIDP/50027/2020 10.54499/UIDP/50027/2020 Researcher Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology UID/BIA/50027/2019 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal Universidade dos Açores, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2012/01/01 - 2014/11/30	DENFREE (Dengue research Framework for Resisting Epidemics in Europe) 282378 Researcher Institut Pasteur, France Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Matemática Aplicações Fundamentais e Investigação Operacional, Portugal	European Commission Concluded
2011/11/15 - 2012/12/31	Dynamics of epidemiological spreading PTDC/MAT/115168/2009 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Stollenwerk, Nico; Skwara, Urszula; Rocha, Filipe; Mateus, Luís; Ghaffari, Peyman; Aguiar, Maíra. "Biomatemática: novos desafios para a matemática do Planeta Terra: Parte II". In Matemática do Planeta Terra, 32-60. Lisboa, Portugal: IST Press, 2013. Published Aguiar, Maíra; Ghaffari, Peyman; Rocha, Filipe; Urszula Skwara; Stollenwerk, Nico; Symeonides, Alexandra. "Biomatemática: Novos Desafios, Parte I - Caos, Ruído Dinâmico e Separação das Escalas Temporais em Epidemiologia". In Matemática do Planeta Terra, edited by Fernando Pestana da Costa; João Teixeira Pinto; Jorge Buescu. Lisboa, Portugal: IST Press, 2013. Published
Conference abstract	Rocha, Filipe; Aguiar, Maíra; Souza, Max; Stollenwerk, Nico. "Are mosquitos the bad guys or are they ”slaved” by humans? Time-scale separation and center manifold analysis of vector-borne disease models". Paper presented in Sixth Workshop Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences, DSABNS 2015, Lisbon, 2015. Published Rocha, Filipe; Aguiar, Maíra; Souza, Max; Stollenwerk, Nico. "Mosquitos do not matter, dynamically!". Paper presented in Fifth Workshop Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences, DSABNS 2014, Lisbon, 2014. Published Rocha, Filipe; Aguiar, Maíra; Stollenwerk, Nico. "Will dengue fever be a real threat during the FIFA World Cup 2014?". Paper presented in Fifth Workshop Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences, DSABNS 2014, Lisbon, 2014. Published Rocha, Filipe; Aguiar, Maíra; Stollenwerk, Nico. "The role of seasonality in vector-borne disease dynamics". Paper presented in Fouth Workshop Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences, Lisboa, 2013. Published Rocha, Filipe; Aguiar, Maíra; Stollenwerk, Nico. "The influence of the vector Aedes aegypti in dynamics of the epidemiology of dengue feve". Paper presented in Fouth Workshop Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences, DSABNS 2013, Lisboa, 2013. Published Symeonides, Alexandra; Rocha, Filipe; Stollenwerk, Nico. "Stochastic epidemic model for dengue fever". Paper presented in Fouth Workshop Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences, DSABNS 2013, Lisboa, 2013. Published Rocha, Filipe; Aguiar, Maíra; Souza, Max; Stollenwerk, Nico. "Understanding the effect of vector dynamics in epidemic models using center manifold analysis". Paper presented in NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS ICNAAM 2012: International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, Kos, Greece, 2012. Published • 10.1063/1.4756398
Conference paper	Stollenwerk, Nico; Rocha, Filipe; Mateus, Luís; Skwara, Urszula; Ghaffari, Peyman; Aguiar, Maíra. "Chaos and noise in population biology: modeling dengue fever and data analysis, multi-strain dynamics, mosquitos and climate". Paper presented in 14th Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, CMMSE, Cadiz, 2014. Published Mateus, Luís; Masoero, David; Rocha, Filipe; Aguiar, Maíra; Skwara, Urszula; Ghaffari, Peyman; Zambrini, Jean Claude; Stollenwerk, Nico. "Epidemiological models in semiclassical approximation: an analytically solvable model as test case". Paper presented in 14th Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, CMMSE, Cadiz, 2014. Published Rocha, Filipe; Yang, H.M.; Mateus, Luís; Aguiar, Maíra; Braumann, C.; Stollenwerk, Nico. "Modelling a temperature dependent mosquito population". Paper presented in 14th Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, CMMSE, Cadiz, 2014. Published Aguiar, Maíra; Rocha, Filipe; Stollenwerk, Nico. "If “football fever could be a dose of dengue¿?, the Simon Hay fever should have given a dose of samba". Paper presented in 14th Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, CMMSE, Cadiz, 2014. Published Skwara, Urszula; Rocha, Filipe; Aguiar, Maíra; Stollenwerk, Nico. "On stochastic models of vector borne diseases". Paper presented in 14th Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, CMMSE, Cadiz, 2014. Published Bezerra, Juliana; Rocha, Filipe; Mateus, Luís; Stollenwerk, Nico; Pimenta, Paulo; Pessanha, José Eduardo Marques; Secundino, Nagila; et al. "On how far mosquitos matter in describing dengue fever epidemiology". Paper presented in 14th Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, CMMSE, Cadiz, 2014. Published Rocha, Filipe; Skwara, Urszula; Aguiar, Maíra; Stollenwerk, Nico. "Understanding dengue fever dynamics: study of seasonality in the models". Paper presented in 13th International Conference Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, Almería, 2013. Published Skwara, Urszula; Rocha, Filipe; Aguiar, Maíra; Stollenwerk, Nico. "Superdiffusion in epidemiological models". Paper presented in 13th International Conference Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, Almería, 2013. Published Stollenwerk, Nico; Aguiar, Maíra; Rocha, Filipe; Skwara, Urszula. "Testing particle filters for dengue fever studies via simple reinfection models". Paper presented in 13th International Conference Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, Almería, 2013. Published Stollenwerk, Nico; Masoero, David; Skwara, Urszula; Rocha, Filipe; Ghaffari, Peyman; Aguiar, Maíra. "Semiclassical approximation of stochastic epidemiological processes towards parameter estimation". Paper presented in 13th International Conference Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, Almería, 2013. Published Rocha, Filipe; Aguiar, Maíra; Souza, Max; Stollenwerk, Nico. "Mosquitos donot matter dynamically in some vector borne disease epidemiologies". Paper presented in 12th International Conference Computational and mathematical methods in Science and Engineering, La Manga, 2012. Published
Conference poster	Cláudia Ribeiro; Rocha, Filipe; CHICOMO, MILCIADES; Eduardo Lutondo; Godinho, Raquel; Monterroso, Pedro Seabra. "Assessing colonization trends of translocated ungulates using camera-trapping data". Paper presented in European Conference of Tropical Ecology, 2024. Kosmas, Selma; Rocha, Filipe; Jesus, Diogo; Illaria Bacchiocchi; Curveira-Santos, Gonçalo; Tim Hofmann; Anne Schmidt-Kzntzel; et al. "Trophic simplification of predator-prey mammal systems in postwar Angola". Paper presented in European Conference of Tropical Ecology, 2024. Rocha, Filipe; Ferrand, Nuno. "Is Citizen Science an efficient tool for the identification of camera trapping records?". Paper presented in Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution, 2016. Rocha, Filipe; Aguiar, Maíra; Stollenwerk, Nico. "Will dengue fever be a real threat during the FIFA World Cup 2014?". Paper presented in Fifth Workshop Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences, 2014. Bezerra, Juliana; Rocha, Filipe; Mateus, Luís; Stollenwerk, Nico; Pimenta, Paulo; Pessanha, José Eduardo Marques; Secundino, Nagila; et al. "On how far mosquitos matter in describing dengue fever epidemiology". Paper presented in 14th Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, CMMSE,, 2014. Symeonides, Alexandra; Rocha, Filipe; Stollenwerk, Nico. "Stochastic epidemic model for dengue fever". Paper presented in IV Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences, 2013. Rocha, Filipe; Aguiar, Maíra; Stollenwerk, Nico. "The influence of the vector Aedes aegypti in dynamics of the epidemiology of dengue fever". Paper presented in III Workshop Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences, 2012.
Journal article	Rocha, Filipe; CHICOMO, MILCIADES; Lutondo, Eduardo; Monterroso, Pedro Seabra. "Wildlife mammal communities in post-war Angola are depleted and simplified: Implications for biodiversity conservation". Animal Conservation (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.13004. Published • 10.1111/acv.13004 Filipe Rocha; Milcíades Chicomo; Fernanda Lages; Pedro Monterroso. "Landscape use by prey: Bottom-up regulation prevails under reduced predation risk". Ecosphere (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4969. 10.1002/ecs2.4969 L. Tensen; B. Jansen van Vuuren; R. Groom; L. D. Bertola; H. de Iongh; G. Rasmussen; C. Du Plessis; et al. "Spatial genetic patterns in African wild dogs reveal signs of effective dispersal across southern Africa". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.992389. 10.3389/fevo.2022.992389 Filipe Rocha; Bruce Bennett; Pedro Monterroso. "Understanding top-down and bottom-up processes in an ungulate community to define conservation priorities in a desert environment". Biodiversity and Conservation (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02438-1. 10.1007/s10531-022-02438-1 Monterroso, Pedro; Rocha, Filipe; van Wyk, Stefan; António, Telmo; Chicomo, Milcíades; Kosmas, Selma; Lages, Fernanda; Fabiano, Ezequiel; Godinho, Raquel. "Updated ranges of the Vulnerable cheetah and Endangered African wild dog in Angola". Oryx 54 6 (2020): 851-853. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605319000966. 10.1017/s0030605319000966 Urszula Skwara; Luís Mateus; Raquel Filipe; Filipe Rocha; Maíra Aguiar; Nico Stollenwerk. "Superdiffusion and epidemiological spreading". Ecological Complexity 36 (2018): 168-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2018.07.006. 10.1016/j.ecocom.2018.07.006 Mateus, L.; Masoero, D.; Rocha, F.; Aguiar, M.; Skwara, U.; Ghaffari, P.; Zambrini, J.C.; Stollenwerk, N.. "Epidemiological models in semiclassical approximation: an analytically solvable model as a test case". Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences 39 16 (2016): 4914-4922. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84990841939&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1002/mma.4108 Aguiar, Maíra; Rocha, Filipe; Pessanha, José Eduardo Marques; Mateus, Luís; Stollenwerk, Nico. "Corrigendum: Carnival or football, is there a real risk for acquiring dengue fever in Brazil during holidays seasons?". Scientific Reports 5 0 (2015): 10570-10570. Published • 10.1038/srep10570 Aguiar, Maíra; Coelho, Giovanini Evelim; Rocha, Filipe; Mateus, Luís; Pessanha, José Eduardo Marques; Stollenwerk, Nico. "Dengue transmission during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil". The Lancet Infectious Diseases 15 7 (2015): 765-766. Published • 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00073-0 Rocha, Filipe; Mateus, Luís; Skwara, Urszula; Aguiar, Maíra; Stollenwerk, Nico. "Understanding dengue fever dynamics: a study of seasonality in vector-borne disease models". International Journal of Computer Mathematics 0 (2015): 1-18. Published • 10.1080/00207160.2015.1050961 Stollenwerk, Nico; Mateus, Luís; Rocha, Filipe; Skwara, Urszula; Ghaffari, Peyman; Aguiar, Maíra. "Prediction and Predictability in Population Biology: Noise and Chaos". Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena 10 2 (2015): 142-164. Published • 10.1051/mmnp/201510210 Mateus, Luís; Ghaffari, Peyman; Skwara, Urszula; Rocha, Filipe; Aguiar, Maíra; Masoero, David; Stollenwerk, Nico. "Semiclassical approximations of stochastic epidemiological processes towards parameter estimation using as prime example the SIS system with import". Ecological Complexity in press (2015): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1476945X15000963. Accepted • 10.1016/j.ecocom.2015.09.001 Aguiar, M.; Rocha, F.; Pessanha, J.E.M.; Mateus, L.; Stollenwerk, N.. "Carnival or football, is there a real risk for acquiring dengue fever in Brazil during holidays seasons?". Scientific Reports 5 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84923328992&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1038/srep08462 Aguiar, Maíra; Kooi, Bob W.; Rocha, Filipe; Ghaffari, Peyman; Stollenwerk, Nico. "How much complexity is needed to describe the fluctuations observed in dengue hemorrhagic fever incidence data?". Ecological Complexity 16 Dezembro (2013): 31-40. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1476945X12000670. Published • 10.1016/j.ecocom.2012.09.001 Rocha, Filipe; Aguiar, Maíra; Souza, Max; Stollenwerk, Nico. "Time-scale separation and centre manifold analysis describing vector-borne disease dynamics". International Journal of Computer Mathematics 90 10 (2013): 2105-2125. Published • 10.1080/00207160.2013.783208
Thesis / Dissertation	"Rediscovering Angolan Biodiversity: Patterns and regulation processes underlying large mammal community structure across South Angola". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2023. "Gestão de Habitats para Populações de Cervídeos: Uso de Pastagem pelo Veado (Cervus elaphus L.)". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, 2010.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/12/04	Implications of defaunation on predator-prey interactions	Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution Associação BIOPOLIS/CIBIO (Vila do Conde, Portugal)
2024/11/13	Angola as a pivot to promote wildlife ecology research and capacity building opportunities through the establishment of a dynamic collaboration network	Seventh European Conference of Tropical Ecology Faculty of Sciences of University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/02/13	Postwar defaunation in Angola: Mammal assemblages in Bicuar National Park	Seventh European Conference of Tropical Ecology Faculty of Sciences of University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/02/03	Unveiling the impacts of fire severity on herbivore occupancy patterns	Seventh European Conference of Tropical Ecology Faculty of Sciences of University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2020/07/30	Redescobrir a Biodiversidade Angolana: Padrões e processos responsáveis pela regulação da estrutura da comunidade de grandes mamíferos	Conservation Day SPECO (Portugal)
2015	Are mosquitos the bad guys or are they ”slaved” by humans? Time-scale separation and center manifold analysis of vector-borne disease models	Sixth Workshop Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences, DSABNS 2015 (Lisbon, Portugal)
2014	Modelling a temperature dependent mosquito population	14th Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, CMMSE (Cadiz, Spain)
2014	If “football fever could be a dose of dengue”, the Simon Hay fever should have given a dose of samba	14th Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, CMMSE (Cadiz, Spain)
2014	Mosquitos do not matter, dynamically!	Fifth Workshop Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences, DSABNS 2014 (Lisbon, Portugal)
2013	The role of seasonality in vector-borne disease dynamics	IV Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences (Lisbon, Portugal)
2013	Understanding dengue fever dynamics: study of seasonality in the models	13th Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, CMMSE (Almería, Spain)
2013	Understanding the effect of vector dynamics in epidemic models using center manifold analysis	International Conference and Advanced School Planet Earth, Dynamics, Games and Science II (DGS II 2013) (Lisbon, Portugal)
2012	Understanding the effect of vector dynamics in epidemic models using center manifold analysis	10th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, ICNAAM (Kos, Greece)
2012	Mosquitos donot matter dynamically in some vector borne disease epidemiologies	12th Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, CMMSE (La Manga, Spain)
2012	Developing Ecological Models: Modelling the population dynamic of Spruce Budworm (Choristoneura sp.) and its effect on the North American Spruce forests	III Workshop Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences (Lisbon, Portugal)
2009	Habitat Management for Deer Populations: The use of pastures and grasslands by Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)	1st Seminar in Ecology 2008-2009 Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2009	Habitat Management for Deer Populations: The use of pastures and grasslands by Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)	2nd Seminar in Ecology 2008-2009 Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/10/01 - Current	Composição e Estrutura da Comunidade de Mamíferos do Parque Nacional da Gorongosa (Moçambique) Supervisor	Biologia (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2024/02/01 - Current	Coexistência Homem-Elefante no Pós-Guerra em Angola: Dinâmicas de Interação e Mitigação de Conflito entre Humanos e Elefantes no Parque Nacional do Bicuar Co-supervisor	Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2020/07/31	Dinâmica de Grupos e Uso do Espaço pelos Elefantes (Loxodonta africana) no Parque Nacional do Bicuar (Angola), com recurso a foto-armadilhagem Co-supervisor	Biologia (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2020/07/31	Estimativa de Abundância da Hiena-malhada (Crocuta crocuta) no Parque Nacional do Bicuar, em Angola Co-supervisor of Rui Santos	Biologia (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/11/30	Diversidade de Mamíferos no Parque Nacional do Bicuar Co-supervisor of Milcíades Chicomo	Professor de Biologia (Degree) Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla, Angola

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2014/01/01 - 2014/02/15	V Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences (DSABNS) (2014/02/10 - 2014/02/13) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Matemática Aplicações Fundamentais e Investigação Operacional, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2013/02/15	IV Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences (DSABNS) (2013/02/13 - 2013/02/15) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Matemática Aplicações Fundamentais e Investigação Operacional, Portugal
2012/01/01 - 2012/02/15	III Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences (DSABNS) (2012/02/08 - 2012/02/10) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Matemática Aplicações Fundamentais e Investigação Operacional, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2015 - 2015	VI Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences (DSABNS) Workshop
2014 - 2014	14th Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering (CMMSE), Conference
2013 - 2013	13th Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering (CMMSE) Conference
2013 - 2013	International Conference and Advanced School Planet Earth, Dynamics, Games and Science II (DGS II 2013) Conference
2012 - 2012	10th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM) Conference
2012 - 2012	12th Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering (CMMSE) Conference
2009 - 2009	V World Conference on Mountain Ungulates. IUCN Conference
2007 - 2007	Vertebrates of Serra do Buçaco Workshop
2007 - 2007	Gorongosa National Park Symposium
2007 - 2007	Portuguese Red Book of threatened species Symposium
2007 - 2007	Marine Protected Areas Symposium

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022/12/01 - Current	Frontiers in Conservation Science
2021/01/01 - Current	Biological Research
2021/01/01 - Current	European Journal of Wildlife Research
2014/01/01 - Current	Mathematical methods in the Applied Sciences
2014/01/01 - 2015/09/30	African Journal of Biotechnology

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2024/10/01 - 2024/12/31	The consultancy, "Wildlife Parameter Estimates for Iona National Park," aims to develop occupancy and abundance models in a Bayesian framework to estimate demographic parameters for wildlife in the park, with particular focus on the cheetah, leopard, and brown hyena and their primary prey.	African Parks, South Africa

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2018/11/01 - 2018/11/30	Métodos e Técnicas de Campo	Mestrado em Ecologia e Gestão de Recursos Naturais (Mestrado)	Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla, Angola

Scientific expedition

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2024/11/22 - 2024/12/05	A scientific expedition to Iona National Park, in te subject of the consultancy with African Park, to work on site with the Park's Conservation Manager to estimate demographic parameters and densities of large mammals in the park	African Parks, South Africa
2023/06/05 - 2023/07/07	A scientific expedition to Angola, Bicuar National Park, Iona National Park, and Cuatir Conservation Area to continue the monitoring program set in these areas.	Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2022/10/12 - 2022/11/02	Scientific expedition to Angola, Bicuar National Park and Cuatir Conservation Area, to continue the monitoring program set in these areas.	Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2022/05/29 - 2022/06/22	Scientific expedition to Angola, Bicuar National Park and Cuatir Conservation Area, to continue the monitoring program set in these areas.	Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2021/10/05 - 2021/11/04	Scientific expedition to Angola, Bicuar National Park and Cuatir Conservation Area, to continue the monitoring program set in these areas.	Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2019/06/01 - 2019/07/15	Scientific expedition to Angola, Bicuar National Park and Cuatir Conservation Area, to continue the monitoring program set in these areas.	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2019/03/01 - 2019/04/05	Scientific expedition to Angola, Bicuar National Park and Cuatir Conservation Area, to continue the monitoring program set in these areas.	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2018/11/01 - 2018/12/15	Scientific expedition to Angola, particularly to Bicuar National Park, to expand the monitoring program within Bicuar and to a new area, the Cuatir Conservation Area. This monitoring program aimed to provide data to assess the composition of wild mammal assemblages and the status of extant populations. Additionally, the data was expected to provide insights regarding the functioning of the community and the ecological processes.	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2018/06/01 - 2018/07/28	Scientific expeditions to Angola, particularly Bicuar National Park, continue the monitoring program using camera trapping to assess the wild mammal assemblage composition and extant population status. We also launched a monitoring scheme to collect predator scats to do non-invasive genetics aiming at recognizing individuals and assessing their diet.	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2017/10/13 - 2017/12/18	Scientific expedition to Angola, particularly to Bicuar National Park, to set up a monitoring program to assess the wild mammal assemblage composition and extant population status.	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2024	Distinction Medal for Doctorates Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal