Ana Rita Caldas Patrício (8D15-F799-1252)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Rita Caldas Patrício

I am Research Assistant at the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes - cE3c of the Faculty of Sciences of the Universidade de Lisboa, and an honorary researcher at the University of Exeter. I am the Principal Investigator of the project 'Survie des Tortues Marines au niveau de l'Archipel des Bijagos - STM' (2023-2026), funded by the Regional Partnership for the Conservation of the Coastal and Marine Zone (PRCM). My research focuses on several aspects of sea turtle ecology, including migrations and connectivity, population dynamics, climate change impacts, trophic ecology, and emerging diseases. My recent works have led to some important breakthroughs, including unravelling the connectivity of green turtles across West Africa, which has resulted in solid partnerships and regional agreements. I have also identified new sites of conservation priority for sea turtles in the region. In addition to my research efforts, I strongly believe in participatory conservation, capacity building, and science communication, and have made a significant contribution to raising awareness and building capacity among key stakeholders and resource users. Currently, I supervise four Ph.D. students (FCUL and Ispa) and five MSc students (Ispa, FCUL, and UALG), and have previously supervised seven MSc theses and three post-doctoral researchers. I have published a total of 41 peer-reviewed scientific papers, including 12 as the first author, seven as the senior author, and a book chapter. In November 2024, my research work has been cited 1090 times, and I have an h-index of 18 in Google Scholar (19 in Research Gate). My mean impact factor in papers published as PI and first author over the last five years is 5.996 (range IF: 2.915 to 13.211). I earned my Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of Exeter, UK, in 2017, and my MSc in Biology from the University of Puerto Rico, USA, in 2011.

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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo: Ana Rita Caldas Patrício
Género: Feminino

Nomes de citação

Patrício, Ana Rita

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID: 8D15-F799-1252
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4963-2343
Google Scholar ID: _TYZe1gAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Researcher Id: B-3437-2019
Scopus Author Id: 53981714800

Endereços de correio eletrónico

R.Patricio@exeter.ac.uk (Profissional)
apatricio@ispa.pt (Profissional)

Moradas

Ispa, Rua Jardim do Tabaco 34, 1149-041, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Profissional)

Websites

https://biosciences.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Rita_Patricio (Profissional)
https://twitter.com/arcpatricio (Rede social)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ana_Patricio3 (Académico)
https://anaritapatricio.com/ (Pessoal)

Domínios de atuação

Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Conservação da Biodiversidade

Idiomas

Idioma	Conversação	Leitura	Escrita	Compreensão	Peer-review
Português (Idioma materno)
Inglês	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Espanhol; Castelhano	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Francês	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador independente (B2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador independente (B2)

Formação

	Grau	Classificação
2013 - 2017 Concluído	PhD in Biology (Doctor of Philosophy) University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Reino Unido "Ecology of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas L) in a changing world" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	Maximum
2008 - 2011 Concluído	Master of Sciences in Biology (Master) Universidad de Puerto Rico, Porto Rico "Survival Analysis of Green Turtles at Two Developmental Sites, in Culebra, Puerto Rico & Evolution and Phylogeography of the Fibropapillomatosis-associated Turtle Herpesvirus " (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	4.0 GPA - Maximum
2000 - 2006 Concluído	Biologia Ambiental - variante marinha (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	14

Percurso profissional

Ciência

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2023 - Atual	Investigador Auxiliar (carreira) (Investigação)	FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
	Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020 - 2023	Investigador Auxiliar (carreira) (Investigação)	MARE-ISPA, Portugal
	MARE-ISPA, Portugal
2018 - 2020	Pós-doutorado (Investigação)	MARE-ISPA, Portugal
	MARE-ISPA, Portugal (...)
2015 - 2016	Investigador Coordenador (carreira) (Investigação)	HBD - Principe Trust Foundation, São Tomé e Príncipe

2012 - 2012	Investigador Coordenador (carreira) (Investigação)	Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of Puerto Rico , Porto Rico

2011 - 2011	Assistente de Investigação (carreira) (Investigação)	Material Characterization Center, Porto Rico

2006 - 2007	Investigador (Investigação)	Chelonia Inc., Porto Rico

2005 - 2005	Assistente de Investigação (carreira) (Investigação)	University of the Sunshine Coast, QLD, Austrália

Docência no Ensino Superior

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2008 - 2010	Monitor (Docente Universitário)	Decanato de Estudios Graduados e Investigación, Porto Rico

Outros

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2003 - 2005	Educator	Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa, Portugal

Projetos

Bolsa

	Designação	Financiadores
2020 - Atual	Sea Turtle Resilience to Climate Change Impacts - TurtleResC LCF/BQ/PR20/11770003 Investigador responsável Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal	Obra Social La Caixa Em curso
2018 - 2019	Impacts of Climate Change on West African Green Turtles and Marine Turtle Conservation in Guinea-Bissau 25625-B Investigador responsável	Rufford Foundation Concluído
2013 - 2017	Impacts of Climate Change on West African Green Turtles FRH / BD / 85017 / 2012 SFRH / BD / 85017 / 2012 Bolseiro de Doutoramento	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013 - 2017	Participatory research at the service of biodiversity conservation in the João Vieira-Poilão Marine National Park (Bijagós Archipelago) MAVA PNMJVP Bolseiro de Doutoramento Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal	MAVA Foundation Concluído
2014/09 - 2015/09	Impacts of Climate Change on West African Green Turtles 16357-2 Orientador	Rufford Foundation Concluído
2013 - 2014	Impacts of Climate Change on Green Turtles from West Africa RSG12317-1 Orientador	Rufford Foundation Concluído

Projeto

	Designação	Financiadores
2023 - Atual	STM - Survie des tortues Marines - Guinea-Bissau - Phase 2 STM-Phase2-IBAP-Ispa Investigador responsável MARE-ISPA, Portugal Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	Regional Partnership for Coastal and Marine Conservation (PRCM), Senegal Em curso
2020/01/01 - 2022/09/30	STM - Survie des tortues marines - Guinea-Bissau - Phase 1 STM Investigador responsável Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal	Regional Partnership for Coastal and Marine Conservation (PRCM) Em curso
2020 - 2022	Consolidation of Sea turtle Conservation at the 'Parc National du Banc d'Arguin', Mauritania MAVA turtles PNBA Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal	MAVA Foundation Em curso
2018 - 2020	Consolidation of Sea Turtle Conservation at the Bijagós Archipelago MAVA Turtles Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento MARE-ISPA, Portugal	MAVA Foundation Em curso
2012 - 2012	Leatherback sea turtle nesting activities in the Caribbean, Culebra Archipelago, Puerto Rico Leatherback 2012 Outra Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network, Porto Rico	Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network Concluído
2006 - 2007	Proyecto Carey - Hawksbill turtle research & monitoring Proyecto Carey 2006, 2007 Outra	Concluído

Outro

	Designação	Financiadores
2011 - 2013	Biology and genetic structure of the lion fish Pterois volitans in the Caribbean Lionfish_UPR_2011 Outra Universidad de Puerto Rico, Porto Rico
2008 - 2011	In water monitoring of juvenile green turtles at Culebra and Culebrita Islands, Puerto Rico Master Scholarhip Bolseiro de Mestrado Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Río Piedras, Porto Rico
2008 - 2008	The Bermuda Turtle Project BTP_2009 Bolseiro de Mestrado Sea Turtle Conservancy, Bermudas	Sea Turtle Conservancy
2005 - 2005	Impact of beach nourishment on the macrobenthic communities of SE Queensland, Australia Sandy Beach Macrofauna 2005 Outra University of the Sunshine Coast, Austrália
2005 - 2005	Monitoring human impacts on population density and structure of the ghost crab Ocypode sp., in SE Queensland, Australia Ghost Crabs 2005 Outra University of the Sunshine Coast, Austrália

Produções

Publicações

Artigo em boletim informativo	Patrício, Ana Rita; Beal, Martin. "We attached tracking devices to West Africa green turtles. This is what we learnt", The Conversation, 2022, https://theconversation.com/we-attached-tracking-devices-to-west-africas-green-turtles-this-is-what-we-learnt-183858. Patrício, Ana Rita. "Understanding the movements of green turtles from the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau", MAVA Newsletter, 2018, http://mava-foundation.org/news-wonders-bijagos/. Patrício, Ana Rita. "How to Stop Sex Changes in Turtles on the Great Barrier Reef", Scientific American, 2018, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-stop-sex-changes-in-turtles-on-the-great-barrier-reef/. Patrício, Ana Rita. "How can we halt the feminisation of sea turtles in the northern Great Barrier Reef?", The Conversation, 2018, https://theconversation.com/how-can-we-halt-the-feminisation-of-sea-turtles-in-the-northern-great-barrier-reef-90102. Patrício, Ana Rita. "Minutes of the Africa Regional Meeting, 38th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Kober, Japan, 19 February 2018", África Sea Turtle Newsletter, 2018, http://oceanecology.org/african-sea-turtle-newsletter/.
Artigo em conferência	Patrício, Ana. "Fibropapillomatosis in Marine Turtles of the Caribbean Region: the Case Study of Puerto Rico". Trabalho apresentado em International Summit on Fibropapillomatosis: Global Status, Trends, And Population Impacts, Honolulu, 2015. Ferreira, Betania; Patrício, Ana Rita; Regalla, Aissa; Barbosa, Castro; Godley, Brendan; Broderick, Anne; Catry, Paulo. "Nest-site selection of green turtles from the third largest Atlantic rookery, Poilão, Guinea Bissau.". Trabalho apresentado em 34th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, New Orleans, USA, New Orleans, 2014. Publicado
Artigo em jornal	Patrício, Ana Rita. "African network protects key turtle sites", Phys.org, 2022, https://phys.org/news/2022-03-african-network-key-turtle-sites.html.
Artigo em revista	Patrício, AR; Coveney, SA; Barbanti, A; Barbosa, C; Broderick, AC; El’Bar, N; Godley, BJ; et al. "Atlantic connectivity of a major green sea turtle Chelonia mydas foraging aggregation at the Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania". Endangered Species Research 54 (2024): 365-382. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/esr01345. Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.3354/esr01345 Raposo, Cheila; Rebelo, Rui; Catry, Paulo; Ferreira-Airaud, Maria Betânia; Barbosa, Castro; Garcia, Tumbulo Bamba; Regalla, Aissa; Sampaio, Manuel Sá; Patrício, Ana Rita. "Inter-island nesting dynamics and clutch survival of green turtles Chelonia mydas within a marine protected area in the Bijagós Archipelago, West Africa". Marine Biology 171 7 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04463-w. 10.1007/s00227-024-04463-w Julie Mestre; Patrício, Ana Rita; Ebaye, Sidina; Cheibani Senhoury; Nahi El Bar; Beal, Martin; Catry, Paulo. "Movement patterns of green turtles at a key foraging site: the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania.". Marine Biology (2024): Aceite para publicação Fuentes, MMPB; McMichael, E; Kot, CY; Silver-Gorges, I; Wallace, BP; Godley, BJ; Brooks, AML; et al. "Key issues in assessing threats to sea turtles: knowledge gaps and future directions". Endangered Species Research 52 (2023): 303-341. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/esr01278. 10.3354/esr01278 Fuentes, M. M. P. B.; Santos, A. J. B.; Abreu-Grobois, A.; Briseño-Dueñas, R.; Al-Khayat, J.; Hamza, S.; Saliba, S.; et al. "Adaptation of sea turtles to climate warming: Will phenological responses be sufficient to counteract changes in reproductive output?". Global Change Biology 30 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16991. 10.1111/gcb.16991 Castro, Joana; Hughes, Ashley Payne; Cid, André; Patrício, Ana Rita; Laborde, Marina I.; Matos, Fábio L.. "First long-term study of live observations of loggerhead and leatherback turtles in southern Portugal with relevance for conservation". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3991. Publicado • 10.1002/aqc.3991 Tavares, Ana I.; Assis, Jorge; Larkin, Patrick D.; Creed, Joel C.; Magalhães, Karine; Horta, Paulo; Engelen, Aschwin; et al. "Long range gene flow beyond predictions from oceanographic transport in a tropical marine foundation species". Scientific Reports 13 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36367-y. 10.1038/s41598-023-36367-y Raposo, C; Mestre, J; Rebelo, R; Regalla, A; Davies, A; Barbosa, C; Patrício, AR. "Spatial distribution of inter-nesting green turtles from the largest Eastern Atlantic rookery and overlap with a marine protected area". Marine Ecology Progress Series 703 (2023): 161-175. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14225. 10.3354/meps14225 Catry, Paulo; Senhoury, Cheibani; Sidina, Ebaye; El Bar, Nahi; Bilal, Abdallahi Samba; Ventura, Francesco; Godley, Brendan J.; et al. "Satellite tracking and field assessment highlight major foraging site for green turtles in the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania". Biological Conservation 277 (2023): 109823. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109823. 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109823 Madeira, Fernando Miguel; Rebelo, Rui; Barbosa, Castro; Aissa Regalla; Catry, Paulo; Patrício, Ana Rita. "Fluorescent paints use as effective short-term markers tested in a high-density green turtle, Chelonia mydas, rookery, Poilão island, Guinea-Bissau". Herpetology Notes (2023): Aceite para publicação Martins, Samir; Patrício, Rita; Clarke, Leo J.; de Santos Loureiro, Nuno; Marco, Adolfo. "High variability in nest site selection in a loggerhead turtle rookery, in Boa Vista Island, Cabo Verde". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 556 (2022): 151798. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2022.151798. 10.1016/j.jembe.2022.151798 Díaz-Abad, Lucía; Bacco-Mannina, Natassia; Miguel Madeira, Fernando; Serrao, Ester A.; Regalla, Aissa; Patrício, Ana R.; Frade, Pedro R.. "Red, Gold and Green: Microbial Contribution of Rhodophyta and Other Algae to Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Gut Microbiome". Microorganisms 10 10 (2022): 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10101988. 10.3390/microorganisms10101988 Beal, Martin; Catry, Paulo; Regalla, Aissa; Barbosa, Castro; Pires, António J.; Mestre, Julie; Senhoury, Cheibani; Sidina, Ebaye; Patrício, Ana Rita. "Satellite tracking reveals sex-specific migration distance in green turtles ( Chelonia mydas )". Biology Letters 18 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0325. 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0325 Madeira, Fernando Miguel; Rebelo, Rui; Catry, Paulo; Neiva, João; Barbosa, Castro; Regalla, Aissa; Patrício, Ana Rita. "Fine-scale foraging segregation in a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding ground in the Bijagós archipelago, Guinea Bissau". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.984219. 10.3389/fmars.2022.984219 Tavares, Ana I.; Assis, Jorge; Patrício, A. R.; Ferreira, Rogério; Cheikh, Mohamed Ahmed Sidi; Bandeira, Salomão; Regalla, Aissa; et al. "Seagrass Connectivity on the West Coast of Africa Supports the Hypothesis of Grazer-Mediated Seed Dispersal". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.809721. 10.3389/fmars.2022.809721 Martins, Rita; Marco, Adolfo; Patino-Martinez, Juan; Yeoman, Kate; Vinagre, Catarina; Patrício, Ana Rita. "Ghost crab predation of loggerhead turtle eggs across thermal habitats". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 551 (2022): 151735. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2022.151735. 10.1016/j.jembe.2022.151735 Patrício, A. R.; Beal, M.; Barbosa, C.; Diouck, D.; Godley, B. J.; Madeira, F. M.; Regalla, A.; et al. "Green Turtles Highlight Connectivity Across a Regional Marine Protected Area Network in West Africa". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.812144. 10.3389/fmars.2022.812144 Díaz-Abad, Lucía; Bacco-Mannina, Natassia; Madeira, Fernando Miguel; Neiva, João; Aires, Tania; Serrao, Ester A.; Regalla, Aissa; Patrício, Ana R.; Frade, Pedro R.. "eDNA metabarcoding for diet analyses of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)". Marine Biology 169 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-04002-x. 10.1007/s00227-021-04002-x Beal, Martin; Oppel, Steffen; Handley, Jonathan; Pearmain, Elizabeth J.; Morera-Pujol, Virginia; Carneiro, Ana P. B.; Davies, Tammy E.; et al. "track2KBA: An R package for identifying important sites for biodiversity from tracking data". Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12 12 (2021): 2372-2378. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13713. 10.1111/2041-210x.13713 Monteiro, Jessica; Duarte, Margarida; Amadou, Kidé; Barbosa, Castro; El Bar, Nahi; Madeira, Fernando M.; Regalla, Aissa; et al. "Fibropapillomatosis and the Chelonid Alphaherpesvirus 5 in Green Turtles from West Africa". EcoHealth 18 2 (2021): 229-240. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-021-01526-y. Aceite para publicação • 10.1007/s10393-021-01526-y Patrício, AR; Hawkes, LA; Monsinjon, JR; Godley, BJ; Fuentes, MMPB. "Climate change and marine turtles: recent advances and future directions". Endangered Species Research 44 (2021): 363-395. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/esr01110. Aceite para publicação • 10.3354/esr01110 Patrício, Ana Rita; Barbosa, Castro; Aissa Regalla; Catry, Paulo. "Ecology and conservation of green turtles in Guinea-Bissau". Testudo 9 3 (2021): Publicado Godley, B. J.; Broderick, A. C.; Colman, L. P.; Formia, A.; Godfrey, M. H.; Hamann, M.; Nuno, A.; et al. "Reflections on sea turtle conservation". Oryx 54 3 (2020): 287-289. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605320000162. 10.1017/s0030605320000162 Madeira, Fernando; Patrício, Ana Rita; Indjai, Bucar; Barbosa, Castro; Regalla, Aissa; Catry, Paulo; Rebelo, Rui. "High Number of Healthy Albino Green Turtles from Africa’s Largest Population". Marine Turtle Newsletter 160 (2020): 192-22. https://search.proquest.com/openview/d4a1720c3bfa35cb7c789b11da95610f/1?cbl=54664&pq-origsite=gscholar. Publicado Bellini, C; Santos, AJB; Patrício, AR; Bortolon, LFW; Godley, BJ; Marcovaldi, MA; Tilley, D; Colman, LP. "Distribution and growth rates of immature hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata in Fernando de Noronha, Brazil". Endangered Species Research 40 (2019): 41-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/esr00979. Publicado • 10.3354/esr00979 Hancock, Joana M.; Vieira, Sara; Taraveira, Lúcio; Santos, Aladino; Schmitt, Vanessa; Semedo, Alcides; Patrício, Ana R.; et al. "Genetic characterization of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from São Tomé and Príncipe: Insights on species recruitment and dispersal in the Gulf of Guinea". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 518 (2019): 151181. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2019.151181. 10.1016/j.jembe.2019.151181 Raposo, Cheila; Patrício, Ana Rita; Catry, Paulo; Dellinger, Thomas; Granadeiro, José P.. "Evidence for trophic differences between live and bycatch oceanic juvenile loggerhead sea turtles". Marine Biology 166 3 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3466-8. 10.1007/s00227-019-3466-8 Patrício, Ana R.; Varela, Miguel R.; Barbosa, Castro; Broderick, Annette C.; Catry, Paulo; Hawkes, Lucy A.; Regalla, Aissa; Godley, Brendan J.. "Climate change resilience of a globally important sea turtle nesting population". Global Change Biology 25 2 (2018): 522-535. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14520. Publicado • 10.1111/gcb.14520 Varela, Miguel R.; Patrício, Ana R.; Anderson, Karen; Broderick, Annette C.; DeBell, Leon; Hawkes, Lucy A.; Tilley, Dominic; et al. "Assessing climate change associated sea-level rise impacts on sea turtle nesting beaches using drones, photogrammetry and a novel GPS system". Global Change Biology (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14526. Publicado • 10.1111/gcb.14526 Patrício, Ana R.; Varela, Miguel R.; Barbosa, Castro; Broderick, Annette C.; Ferreira Airaud, Maria B.; Godley, Brendan J.; Regalla, Aissa; Tilley, Dominic; Catry, Paulo. "Nest site selection repeatability of green turtles, Chelonia mydas , and consequences for offspring". Animal Behaviour 139 (2018): 91-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.03.006. Publicado • 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.03.006 Patrício, AR; Marques, A; Barbosa, C; Broderick, AC; Godley, BJ; Hawkes, LA; Rebelo, R; Regalla, A; Catry, P. "Balanced primary sex ratios and resilience to climate change in a major sea turtle population". Marine Ecology Progress Series 577 (2017): 189-203. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12242. Publicado • 10.3354/meps12242 Patrício, AR; Formia, A; Barbosa, C; Broderick, AC; Bruford, M; Carreras, C; Catry, P; et al. "Dispersal of green turtles from Africa’s largest rookery assessed through genetic markers". Marine Ecology Progress Series 569 (2017): 215-225. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12078. Publicado • 10.3354/meps12078 Patrício, A.R.; Vélez-Zuazo, X.; Van Dam, R.P.; Diez, C.E.. "Genetic composition and origin of juvenile green turtles foraging at Culebra, Puerto Rico, as revealed by mtDNA". Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 45 3 (2017): 506-520. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029719326&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Publicado • 10.3856/vol45-issue3-fulltext-2 Carneiro, C.; Henriques, M.; Barbosa, C.; Tchantchalam, Q.; Regalla, A.; Patrício, A.R.; Catry, P.. "Ecology and behaviour of Palm-nut Vultures Gypohierax angolensis in the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau^§". Ostrich 88 2 (2017): 113-121. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85017192542&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Publicado • 10.2989/00306525.2017.1291540 Patrício, AR; Diez, CE; van Dam, RP; Godley, BJ. "Novel insights into the dynamics of green turtle fibropapillomatosis". Marine Ecology Progress Series 547 (2016): 247-255. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11644. Publicado • 10.3354/meps11644 Colman, Liliana P.; Patrício, Ana Rita C.; McGowan, Andrew; Santos, Armando J. B.; Marcovaldi, Maria Ângela; Bellini, Cláudio; Godley, Brendan J.. "Long-term growth and survival dynamics of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at an isolated tropical archipelago in Brazil". Marine Biology 162 1 (2014): 111-122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-014-2585-5. 10.1007/s00227-014-2585-5 Cano, Raul J.; Toranzos, Gary A.; Santiago-Rodriguez, Tasha M.; Patricio, Ana R.; Rivera, Jessica I.. "Data on ancient microorganisms causes skepticism". FEMS Microbiology Letters 353 2 (2014): 87-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1574-6968.12414. Publicado • 10.1111/1574-6968.12414 Patrício, R; Diez, CE; van Dam, RP. "Spatial and temporal variability of immature green turtle abundance and somatic growth in Puerto Rico". Endangered Species Research 23 1 (2014): 51-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/esr00554. Publicado • 10.3354/esr00554 Toledo-Hernández, C.; Vélez-Zuazo, X.; Ruiz-Diaz, C.P.; Patricio, A.R.; Mège, P.; Navarro, M.; Sabat, A.M.; Betancur-R, R.; Papa, R.. "Population ecology and genetics of the invasive lionfish in Puerto Rico". Aquatic Invasions 9 2 (2014): 227-237. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84902345315&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3391/ai.2014.9.2.12 Santiago-Rodriguez, Tasha M.; Patrício, Ana R.; Rivera, Jessica I.; Coradin, Mariel; Gonzalez, Alfredo; Tirado, Gabriela; Cano, Raúl J.; Toranzos, Gary A.. "luxSin bacteria isolated from 25- to 40-million-year-old amber". FEMS Microbiology Letters 350 1 (2013): 117-124. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1574-6968.12275. Publicado • 10.1111/1574-6968.12275 Patricio, A. R.; Herbst, L. H.; Duarte, A.; Velez-Zuazo, X.; Santos Loureiro, N.; Pereira, N.; Tavares, L.; Toranzos, G. A.. "Global phylogeography and evolution of chelonid fibropapilloma-associated herpesvirus". Journal of General Virology 93 Pt_5 (2012): 1035-1045. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.038950-0. Publicado • 10.1099/vir.0.038950-0 Patrício, AR; Velez-Zuazo, X; Diez, CE; Dam, RV; Sabat, AM. "Survival probability of immature green turtles in two foraging grounds at Culebra, Puerto Rico". Marine Ecology Progress Series 440 (2011): 217-227. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09337. Publicado • 10.3354/meps09337
Capítulo de livro	Castro, Barbosa; Patrício, Ana Rita; Sampaio, Manuel; Catry, Paulo. "Tartarugas Marinhas". In Parque Nacional Marinho João Vieira e Poilão: Biodiversidade e Conservação. Lisboa, Portugal, 2019. Publicado
Recurso online	Ionescu, Andrei. African network helps protect green turtle populations. 2022. https://www.earth.com/news/african-network-helps-protect-green-turtle-populations/. Patrício, Ana Rita. Green turtles from Guinea-Bissau: where do they come from and where do they go?. 2019. http://www.mare-centre.pt/en/turtle-mare-guine. Patrício, Ana Rita. Green turtle migration. 2019. https://www.seaturtles-guineabissau.org/post/green-turtle-migration. Patrício, Ana Rita. My #ExeterMarine PhD: Marine Turtles of the Bijagós, Guinea-Bissau. 2018. http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/exetermarine/2018/06/13/my-exetermarine-phd-marine-turtles-of-the-bijagos-guinea-bissau/?fbclid=IwAR3WU_ToZxCQXyfMR0rUn96FSEwTH99eSHp70g7V6Zri8fLn301nL4G_4r8. Patrício, Ana Rita. How to Stop Sex Changes in Turtles on the Great Barrier Reef. 2018. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-stop-sex-changes-in-turtles-on-the-great-barrier-reef/.
Tese / Dissertação	Patrício, Ana Rita. "Ecology of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas L) in a changing world". Doutoramento, University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, 2017. https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/50538. Patrício, Ana Rita. "Survival Analysis of Green Turtles at Two Developmental Sites, in Culebra, Puerto Rico Evolution and Phylogeography of the Fibropapillomatosis-associated Turtle Herpesvirus". Mestrado, Universidad de Puerto Rico Departamento de Biologia, 2011. https://books.google.pt/books/about/Survival_Analysis_of_Green_Turtles_of_Tw.html?id=n7U6MwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y.

Outros

Outra produção

Chelonia mydas (South Atlantic subpopulation). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - assessment.. 2019. Broderick, Annette C.; Patrício, Ana Rita. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T142121866A142086337.en.
https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T142121866A142086337.en

Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

	Título da apresentação	Nome do evento Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2023/03/24	Atlantic-wide connectivity in Ascension Island green turtles, revealed by mitochondrial DNA	41st International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation International Sea Turtle Society (Cartagena, Colômbia)
2023/03/21	Twenty years of monitoring and tracking green turtles in West Africa: what have we learnt?	41st International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation International Sea Turtle Society (Cartagena, Colômbia)
2023/03	Genetic composition and origin of green turtles foraging at the Banc dArguin National Park, Mauritania	41st International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation International Sea Turtle Society (Cartagena, Colômbia)
2022/07/22	Migratory strategies of West Africa green turtles and connectivity across the regional network of marine protected areas (RAMPAO)	IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Kigali, Ruanda)
2022/03/22	The Banc d'Arguin (Mauritania) is a major foraging area for green turtles in the Atlantic Ocean	40th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation International Sea Turtle Society (Perth, Austrália)
2022	Inter-nesting habitat use of green turtles from Poilão Island, West Africa, and the importance of a marine protected area	40th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation International Sea Turtle Society (Perth, Austrália)
2021/06	Tartarugas-verdes da África Ocidental: conectividade através de fronteiras	Conservation of Sea Turtles in Africa - Webinar Projecto Kitabanga. www.kitabanga.org/index.php/pt / (Angola)
2018/04/09	Philopatry and nest-site fidelity in marine turtles - Individual and demographic consequences in a changing world	Workshop Doutoramento 2018, no âmbito to programa em Biologia do Comportamento Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Socias e da Vida - ISPA (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/12/04	Climate Change Impacts to Green Turtles in West Africa	Ciclo de conferências 2017/2018 - ISPA - Instituto Universitário Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Socias e da Vida - ISPA (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/03/01	Long term monitoring of immature green turtles in Puerto Rico: population dynamics and impacts of fibropapillomatosis.	36th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Lima, Peru International Sea Turtle Society - https://internationalseaturtlesociety.org/ (Lima, Peru)
2015/09/02	From East to West: Insights of the transoceanic migration of green turtles in the Atlantic	Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystems Conference. Liverpool, UK (Liverpool, Reino Unido)
2015/04/22	From East to West: Insights of the transoceanic migration of green turtles in the Atlantic	35th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Dalaman, Turkey International Sea Turtle Society - https://internationalseaturtlesociety.org/ (Dalaman, Turquia)
2014/04	Nest-site selection of green turtles from the third largest Atlantic rookery, Poilão, Guinea-Bissau	34th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. New Orleans, USA International Sea Turtle Society - https://internationalseaturtlesociety.org/ (New Orleans, Estados Unidos)
2010	Population, Habitat Assessment & Fibropapillomatosis in green turtles from Culebra Archipelago: Potential Projects and Preliminary Results	Widecast workshop on Sea Turtle Conservation Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of Puerto Rico and WIDECAST (Culebra, Porto Rico)
2009/09/09	Fibropapillomatosis - Rita Patrício	Wildlife Diseases Sierra Club (San Juan, Porto Rico)

Orientação

	Título / Tema Papel desempenhado	Curso (Tipo) Instituição / Organização
2023 - Atual	Impact of tidal inundation on the embryonic development of green turtles and consequences of nesting site selection Orientador	MSc in Marine Biology (Mestrado) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023 - Atual	Body size and in-water behavioural ecology of green turtles from a major population across its West African range Coorientador	Biology (Doutoramento) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2023 - Atual	Temporal and spatial distribution of breeding green turtles and mating behaviour Coorientador	MSc em Biologia Marinha e Conservação (Mestrado) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2023 - Atual	Green turtle abundance trends at Poilão Island, Guinea-Bissau Orientador	Mestrado em Bioestatística (Mestrado) Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022 - Atual	Nesting biology of Green Turtles of Principe Island Orientador	MSc in Marine Biology (Mestrado) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2020 - Atual	Resilience of West African Green Turtles to Climate Change Orientador	PhD in Behaviour Biology (Doutoramento) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2018 - Atual	Marine Turtle Conservation at the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau Orientador	PhD Programme in Biodiversity Genetics and Evolution (Doutoramento) Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2021 - 2023	Evolução do tamanho de maturação de tartarugas-verdes na Guiné-Bissau Orientador	MSc Marine Biology and Conservation (Mestrado) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2021 - 2022	A high-resolution mitochondrial DNA sequencing assessment of genetic structure and Atlantic-wide connectivity in Ascension Island green turtles Orientador	MSc Marine Vertebrate Ecology and Conservation (Mestrado) University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Reino Unido
2020 - 2022	Mergulho e seleção de habitat de tartarugas-verdes Chelonia mydas da África Ocidental Orientador	MSc Marine Biology and Conservation (Mestrado) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2019 - 2021	Investigating green sea turtle diet and digestive microbiome using DNA metabarcoding Coorientador	International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources, IMBRSea (Mestrado) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2018 - 2021	Métodos de monitorização e tendências numéricas de tartarugas-verdes em poilão, o local de reprodução mais importante de África Orientador	MSc Marine Biology and Conservation (Mestrado) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2018 - 2020	Aspectos da migração , do nicho isotópico e do sucesso reprodutor da tartaruga-verdes (Chelonia mydas) no arquipélago dos Bijagós Orientador	MSc Marine Biology and Conservation (Mestrado) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Fibropapillomatosis and the associated Chelonid herpesvirus 5 in green turtles from West Africa Orientador	MSc in Veterinary Medicine (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal

Organização de evento

	Nome do evento Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)	Instituição / Organização
2023 - 2023	Future technologies for large-scale monitoring of marine turtle nesting populations (2023 - 2023) Oficina (workshop) (Coorganizador)	University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Reino Unido
2021/06/06 - 2021/12/08	WEST AFRICA SEA TURTLE WORKSHOP (BISSAU 2021) - Sharing experiences to broaden and strengthen the regional network (2021/12/06 - 2021/12/08) Oficina (workshop) (Coorganizador)	MARE-ISPA, Portugal Regional Partnership for Coastal and Marine Conservation (PRCM), Senegal Instituto da Biodiversidade e Áreas Protegidas - Dr. Alfredo Simão da Silva (IBAP), Guiné-Bissau
2021/11/02 - 2021/11/05	Course on sea turtle biology and conservation to bachelor students of the University of Cabo Verde (2021/11/02 - 2021/11/05) Oficina (workshop) (Coorganizador)	MARE-ISPA, Portugal Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cabo Verde
2021 - 2021	Seminar on sea turtle biology, ecology, threats and conservation, with emphasis on the West Africa region (2021 - 2021) Seminário (Coorganizador)	University Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal MARE-ISPA, Portugal

Participação em evento

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de evento	Nome do evento Instituição / Organização
2023/03/18 - 2023/03/24	Poster presentation, PI: Movement patterns of green turtles at one of the largest foraging grounds: the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania Simpósio	41st International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2023/03/18 - 2023/03/24	Poster presentation, PI: Coming out of the Shell: First assessment of the hawksbills from the Bijagós archipelago, Guinea-Bissau Simpósio	41st International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2023/03/18 - 2023/03/24	Poster presentation, PI: Migration and isotopic niche of green turtles from Poilão Island, Bijagós Archipelago (Guinea-Bissau) Simpósio	41st International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2022 - 2022	Poster presentation, PI: Reproductive success of green turtles on Meio Island, Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea Bissau Simpósio	40th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2020 - 2020	Palestra escola IBN Mucana: A viagem da tartaruga	Escola IBN Mucana, Portugal
2019/02/14 - 2019/02/14	Speaker at lecture from the Centre for Comunication of the Oceans CCOceanos Outro	1.ª palestra CCOceanos 2019-Fundação Vodafone: https://ccoceanos.wixsite.com/ccoceanos CCOceanos, Portugal
2019 - 2019	The European Researchers Night is an initiative that started in 2005, funded by the European Commission, aiming to celebrate Science and bringing researchers and citizens closer together. Festival	Noite Europeia dos Investigadores 2019
2018/02/18 - 2018/02/23	Poster presentation - first author: Patrício AR, Varela M, Barbosa C, Broderick AC, Catry P, Hawkes L, Regalla R, Brendan J. Godley. Climate change impacts to West African Green Turtles Simpósio	38th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Kobe, Japan international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2015/04/19 - 2015/04/24	Poster presentation: first author - Patrício AR, Diez C.E., van Dam R.P., and Godley BJ. Dynamics of green turtle Fibropapillomatosis Simpósio	35th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Dalaman, Turkey international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2014/09/30 - 2014/10/04	Poster presentation: Marques A., Patrício R., Tchantchalam Q., Regalla A., Barbosa C., Rebelo R. and Catry P. 2014. How does the location of the nest influences the sex-ratio of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in Poilão, Guinea-Bissau? Congresso	XIII Iberian Congress of Herpetology. Aveiro, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2012/03/11 - 2012/03/16	Poster presentatio: first author - Patrício AR, Velez-Zuazo X, Diez CE and van Dam RP. Spatial and Temporal Variability on Abundance and Somatic Growth of Immature Green Turtles at Culebra, PR Simpósio	32nd Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Huatulco, Mexico international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2012/03/11 - 2012/03/16	Poster presentation: Velez-Zuazo X, Nava M, van Dam RP , and Patrício AR. 2012. Genetic assessment of sea turtle foraging aggregations of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles Simpósio	32nd Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Huatulco, Mexico international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2011/04/10 - 2011/04/15	Poster presentation: first author - Patrício AR, Velez-Zuazo X, Diez CE, van Dam RP and Sabat AM. 2011. Survival Probability Analysis as a Tool to Identify Green Turtle Juvenile Developmental Sites Simpósio	31st Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. San Diego, CA, USA international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2011 - 2011	Poster presentation: Velez-Zuazo X, Navarro M, Mege P, Ruiz CP, Patricio AR and Toledo-Hernandez C. 2011. mtDNA analysis of exotic lionfish in Puerto Rico supports origin from US East Coast invasion Conferência	Aquatic Sciences Meeting: Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO). San Juan, Puerto Rico. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography’, Portugal

Júri de grau académico

	Tema Tipo de participação	Nome do candidato (Tipo de grau) Instituição / Organização
2023/12/22	Implicações de invernar nos trópicos para aves limícolas migradoras Arguente	Ana Coelho (Doutoramento) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/12/19	The effect of nest abundance of Loggerhead turtles on the nest predation rate of ghost crabs in Cabo Verde Arguente principal	Kaja Lena Boner (Mestrado) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/11/30	Nesting habitat preferences and hatching success of green turtles, Chelonia mydas, in São Tomé Island, West Africa Arguente principal	Edilaine Cristina Bandeira Cunha (Mestrado) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/05/13	Assessing temporal and spatial patterns in habitat use of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Arguente principal	Ana Rita Marcelino Teresa (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/12/21	Adapting a comprehensive behavioural model to investigate drivers of illegal sea turtle trade Arguente principal	Morgan Rhys Dennis Mano Casal Ribeiro (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/09/23	Sea turtle conservation: genetics and genomics for a better management Arguente	Anna Barbanti (Doutoramento) Universitat de Barcelona, Espanha
2018/12/21	Influence of external factors in the survival and reproductive success of loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, in Maio Island, Cape Verde Arguente principal	Rita Ferreira Martins (Mestrado) Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/05/29	Green turtles on the island of Cavalos (Guinea-Bissau). Abundance, nest success and experimental nest predation Arguente principal	Manuel Maria Arauz de Sá Sampaio (Mestrado) Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Consultoria / Parecer

	Descrição da atividade	Instituição / Organização
2022 - 2022	Plano de Ação Nacional para a Conservação das Tartarugas Marinhas na Guiné-Bissau	Instituto da Biodiversidade e Áreas Protegidas - Dr. Alfredo Simão da Silva (IBAP), Guiné-Bissau
2016/05/16 - 2016/06/30	Scientific advisory and facilitation at MAVA workshop on sea turtle conservation at Boavista Island, Cape Verde, and writting of Final Project Proposals for Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau (FPPs)	MAVA Foundation, Suiça

Curso / Disciplina lecionado

	Disciplina	Curso (Tipo)	Instituição / Organização
2020 - Atual	Lectures on Climate Change Impacts to Sea Turtles at MSc Marine Vertebrate Ecology and Conservation Programme	Marine Vertebrate Ecology and Conservation (Master)	University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Reino Unido
2018 - Atual	Lectures on Sea turtle Biology for the Master programme in Marine Biology and Conservation	Seabirds and marine reptiles (Mestrado)	Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2018 - Atual	Lectures on Ecosystem services, Global Warming and Climate Change for the Biology bachelor degree	Ecosystem services, Global Warming and Climate Change (Licenciatura)	Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2022 - 2022	Lecture on Fibropapillomatosis disease in West Africa green turtles	Conservation Medicine (Bachelor)	University of Liverpool Institute of Infection Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, Reino Unido
2008/09 - 2010/12	2008 - 2010: TA of General Biology II: Study of the fundamentals of Biology in the following areas: Diversity in Biology, Ecology, Anatomy, Plant and Animal Physiology	General Biology II (Bachelor)	Universidad de Puerto Rico, Porto Rico

Entrevista (jornal / revista)

	Descrição da atividade	Jornal / Forum
2020/10/26	O que vai acontecer às tartarugas marinhas?	O Observador
2018/12/30	Global Warming Could Make These Sea Turtles 98% Female - Interview for Popular Mechanics news outlet	Popular Mechanics
2018/12/21	Every sea turtle in global study found to have synthetic fibers and microplastics in their guts - Interview	Mongabay
2018/12/20	Climate change is increasing sea turtle feminization - Interview for UPI news outlet	UPI

Entrevista / Programa (rádio / tv)

	Programa	Tema
2022 - 2022	Mentes Brilhantes, O Observador	O longo caminho para proteger as tartarugas
2022 - 2022	Geração Digital, RTP	Tartarugas Verdes na África ocidental
2020 - 2020	Merveilles de la nature; Bijagos: entre terre et óceans	Sea turtle conservation and research in the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau

Membro de associação

	Nome da associação	Tipo de participação
2011 - Atual	International Sea Turtle Society	member
2011/08 - 2012	Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho (AIMM)	Scientific Consultant

Membro de comissão

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de participação	Instituição / Organização
2022 - Atual	IUCN-Species Survival Commission (SSC) Marine Turtle Specialist Group Membro	International Union for Conservation of Nature, Suiça
2018/03/25 - 2019/12/31	Boavista Loggerhead Scientific Committee Member Membro	Boa Vista Loggerhead Scientific Committee, Cabo Verde

Distinções

Prémio

2012	Archie Carr award for runner up poster presentation in Biology, 32nd Internacional Symposium in Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Huatulco, Mexico, 11 - 16 March 2012 international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2011	Dr. José Ramón Ortiz Award for highest academic index achieved during the Master programme in Biology, at the University of Puerto Rico - 2008 to 2010 Fundação Ríos-Pasarell, Inc., Portugal

Outra distinção

2020	Junior Leader Research Fellow in the amount of 292K for a 3-year contract and project Obra Social La Caixa, Espanha