Curriculum Vitae
Soraia Isabel Moreira Barbosa
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Soraia Isabel Moreira Barbosa
Citation names
- Barbosa, Soraia
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 6E1C-382B-78BB
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-7806-4256
Email addresses
- soraiabarbosa@cibio.up.pt (Professional)
Websites
- https://soraiabarbosa.weebly.com/ (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
- Social Sciences - Media and Communications - Media and Socio-cultural Communication
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Italian | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2012/03/01 - 2017/06/12
Concluded
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Programa Doutoral em Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Cornell University Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, United States "The evolutionary history and conservation of an endemic and threatened Iberian rodent: the Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado por unanimidade |
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2008/09/01 - 2010/12/11
Concluded
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Mestrado em Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Molecular identification of the Iberian rodents" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2004 - 2008
Concluded
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Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Ancient DNA Genetic Analysis Methods - Difficulties of working with Ancient DNA: The Celtic case" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2022/04/01 - Current | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal |
| 2021/09/03 - 2022/03/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal |
| 2018/01/04 - 2021/08/31 | Postdoc (Research) | University of Idaho College of Natural Resources, United States |
| 2016/10 - 2017/12 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal |
| 2010/10 - 2012/03 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal |
| 2010/06/01 - 2010/06/15 | Research Trainee (Research) | Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2018/02 - 2019/12 | Assistant (University Teacher) | University of Idaho, United States |
| 2017/10/29 - 2017/11/03 | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2022/04/01 - Current | EYESPOT - The Genetic, Cellular, and Photonic Mechanisms of Avian Structural Colouration EYESPOT
101000504
Research Fellow
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European Research Council |
| 2023/03/01 - 2024/08/31 | Ancient GEnomics of Speciation and hybridisation
2022.07766.PTDC
Invited Scientist Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2021/08 - 2021/11 | Seeing people in the environment: the legacy of Luis Filipe Costa in the hands of the adults of tomorrow
6528/2021
Principal investigator
Associação portuguesa para a Conservação da Natureza (FAPAS), Portugal
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Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério do Ambiente
Concluded
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| 2016/10 - 2017/12 | POPCONNECT – combining genetic and field-based data to access the effects of roads on landscape functional connectivity and population viability | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2012/03 - 2016/02 | The evolutionary history and conservation of an endemic and threatened Iberian rodent: the Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae)
SFRH/BD/77726/2011
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2013/07 - 2015/09 | NETPERSIST. NETwork analysis of critical connectivity thresholds for metapopulation PERSISTence in complex agricultural landscapes | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2010/05 - 2013/06 | PERSIST - The role of matrix permeability for metapopulation PERSISTence in complex agricultural landscapes. The cases of Cabrera (Microtus cabrerae) and southern water voles (Arvicola sapidus). | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2018/01 - Current | Emergence, transmission and evolution of Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease
1316549
Post-doc
University of Idaho, United States
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National Science Foundation
Ongoing
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| 2018/01 - Current | Examining the taxonomy and genetic distinctiveness of the red wolf
#G16AC00234
Post-doc
University of Idaho, United States
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US Fish and Wildlife Service US Geological Survey Ongoing
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| 2018/01 - Current | Diet, population connectivity and adaptive differences among populations of northern Idaho ground squirrels
G16AS00004
Post-doc
University of Idaho, United States
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US Geological Survey |
| 2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (InBIO)
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
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| 2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
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
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| 2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
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
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| 2018/07/01 - 2021/06/30 | O papel dos roedores em ecossistemas agrícolas: articulando a gestão de pragas e a conservação da biodiversidade sob as alterações
ambientais
PTDC/BIA-ECO/31728/2017
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva
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
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| 2016/04/11 - 2019/07/11 | POPCONNECT - uso de dados genéticos e de campo para avaliar os efeitos das estradas na conectividade funcional da paisagem
e viabilidade populacional
PTDC/AAG-MAA/0372/2014
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2016/01/01 - 2017/08/30 | MateFrag – Impacts of habitat fragmentation on social and mating systems: testing ecological predictions for a monogamous
vole through non-invasive genetics
PTDC/BIA-BIC/6582/2014
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2013/07/01 - 2015/09/30 | NETPERSIST. Análise de redes na identificação de limiares críticos de conectividade para a persistência de metapopulações
em paisagens agrícolas complexas.
PTDC/AAG-MAA/3227/2012
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2010/05/01 - 2013/06/30 | PERSIST - O papel da permeabilidade da matriz na PERSISTência de metapopulações em paisagens agricolas complexas. Os casos
do rato de Cabrera (Microtus cabrerae) e do rato-de-água (Arvicola sapidus).
PTDC/BIA-BEC/105110/2008
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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Intellectual property
| Patent |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2019/10/01 | Conservation of Nevada shrews through genetic species identification | AFS & TWS Joint Conference
The Wildlife Society (Reno, NV, United States)
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| 2019/04/08 | Landscape genomics of adaptive differentiation in two sister species of Idaho ground squirrels | IALE-North America 2019 Annual Meeting
US-IALE (Fort Collins, CO, United States)
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| 2018/07/23 | What doesn’t kill you, may shift your path: road influence on dispersal routes in the absence of genetic structure | 4th North American Congress for Conservation Biology
Society for Conservation Biology (Toronto, Canada)
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| 2017/10/30 | Collaboration for Conservation: collaborative research in the conservation of small mammals | XXI Congreso Mesoamericano de Biología y Conservación
Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biología y la Conservación (San José, Costa Rica)
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| 2016/07/18 | Non-invasive genetic sampling in conservation: how far have we got and how far can we go? | 3rd North American Congress for Conservation Biology
Society for Conservation Biology (Madison, WI, United States)
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| 2016/05/11 | Non-invasive genetic sampling in conservation: how far have we got and how far can we go? | Evo-day – Evolution and Conservation
Cornell University (Ithca, NY, United States)
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| 2016/05/06 | Using genomics to define functional corridors and management units: an integrative approach to guide conservation decisions | Conference on Conservation Genomics
CIBIO/InBIO (Vairão, Portugal)
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| 2015/08/03 | Genomics informing conservation strategies | which populations should be reconnected in an endangered rodent? | 27th International Congress for Conservation Biology – 4th European Congress for Conservation Biology
Society for Conservation Biology (Montpellier, France)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2019 - Current | Conservation Genomics: Investigation of Population Structure and Inbreeding in the Hawaiian goose, the Nene (Branta sandvicensis).
Co-supervisor
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University of Idaho, United States
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| 2023/09/01 - 2024/06/26 | Characterization of interactions between genotype and phenotype associated with modifications of the structural colour of
mutant peacock feathers
Supervisor
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| 2018/09 - 2019/12 | Optimization of nuclear DNA microsatellite loci for individual identification of bison from Grand Canyon National Park
Co-supervisor
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University of Idaho College of Natural Resources, United States
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2019/10 - Current | Interactive session organizer on "What does adaptive capacity mean to you? Integrating perspectives on adaptive potential
for climate change planning" at the North American Congress for Conservation Biology (2020/07/26 - 2020/07/31)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Society for Conservation Biology, United States |
| 2018/02 - Current | Symposium on "Incorporating local adaptation into conservation: connecting science to practice" at the North American Congress
for Conservation Biology (2018/07/21 - 2018/07/26)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Society for Conservation Biology, United States |
| 2016/02 - Current | Symposium on "Communicating Genetics for Improved Conservation Action" at the North American Congress for Conservation Biology (2016/07/17 - 2016/07/21)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
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Society for Conservation Biology, United States |
| 2015/12 - Current | ConGenOmics 2016 - Conference on Conservation Genomics at CIBIO/InBIO (2016/05/03 - 2016/05/06)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal |
| 2022/10/03 - 2022/12/07 | Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution - The Biology of Color (2022/12/03 - 2022/12/07)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2017/02/15 - 2017/02/16 | Advanced course on "Museum techniques in the 21st century (birds and mammals)"
Seminar
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Museum techniques in the 21st century (birds and mammals)
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
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| 2016/05/31 - 2016/06/10 | Summer school CONGEN2016 – Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics
Seminar
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CONGEN2016 – Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics
Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Ökológiai Kutatóközpont Balatoni Limnológiai Intézet, Hungary
American Genetic Association, United States |
| 2015/06/23 - 2015/06/26 | Introduction to next-generation sequencing data and analysis course
Workshop
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Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
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| 2015/06/15 - 2015/06/17 | Genotyping by Sequencing (GBS): principles, approaches and applications
Workshop
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Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
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| 2015/05/25 - 2015/05/27 | Applied Wildlife Population Ecology Advanced Course
Seminar
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Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
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| 2014/03/23 - 2014/03/29 | Spring School on "Landscape genetics in transition to landscape genomics: challenges and opportunities to explore NGS data
in a spatially explicit context"
Workshop
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European Science Foundation, France
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| 2013/09/03 - 2013/09/08 | ConGen 2013, Population Genomics Data Analysis Course: Application of Next Gen sequence data to understand genetic population
structure and detect Natural Selection
Workshop
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University of Montana Missoula, United States
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal |
| 2013/06/23 - 2013/06/24 | Next Generation Population Genomics for Nonmodel Taxa. A Hands-on Workshop
Workshop
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Cornell University, United States
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| 2012/09/13 - 2012/09/14 | Genotyping-by-Sequencing
Workshop
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Cornell University, United States
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| 2011/10/12 - 2011/10/21 | Palaeogenomics Summer School
Seminar
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Institut Jacques Monod, France
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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| 2024/11/15 | Energetics and thermoregulation of the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) | Jonathan Barreiro Bittencourt (Master) |
| 2023/12/04 | Genetic characterization of Toll-Like receptor 7 in Chondrichthyans
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Beatriz Dias (Master)
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
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| 2023/11/16 | Influence of landscape and social dynamics on grey wolf population genetics and demography
(Thesis) Arguer
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Maria Carolina Pacheco de Freitas (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal |
| 2023/07/27 | Trophic niches of rodent communities in agroecosystems of Northeastern Portugal | Maria Luísa Jardim Martins Brás Rodrigues (Master) |
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2020/10 - Current | Associação Portuguesa para a Conservação da Biodiversidade | Contribution with paintings and texts of wildlife species for scientific outreach through social media "Almanac of Portuguese Biodiversity - confinement edition" |
| 2019/02 - Current | International Association for Landscape Ecology | |
| 2018/07 - Current | The Wildlife Society | |
| 2015/04 - 2019/12 | Society for Conservation Biology | Co-chair of Education ad Events Committee of the Conservation Genetics Working Group |
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2022/09/15 - Current | Consultancy for population and conservation genetic studies on Asian houbara (Chlamydotis macqueenii) captive breeding program of the Prince Mohamed bin Salman Reserve. | Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2019/05 - 2019/12 | Conservation Genetics in-class and online course | Conservation Genetics (Doctor) | University of Idaho College of Natural Resources, United States |
| 2018/02 - 2018/05 | Landscape Genetics in-class and online course | Landscape Genetics (Doctor) | University of Idaho College of Natural Resources, United States |
| 2018/03/11 - 2018/03/17 | The Wildlife Society Conclave field trip | The Wildlife Society Western Ecosystems Nomadic Conclave (Bachelor) | University of Idaho College of Natural Resources, United States |
| 2017/10/29 - 2017/11/03 | II International Advanced Course in Conservation Genetics | Conservation Genetics | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica |
| 2014 - 2017 | Field lecturer on "Small mammal trapping and sampling techniques" | Biologia (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2011 - 2014 | Field lecturer for the Conservation Genetics module | Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2012/03/27 - 2012/03/30 | Field lecturer on "Small mammal trapping and sampling techniques" | Biologia (Ensino básico 3º ciclo) | Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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| 2019/04 - Current | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (1095-9513) | Elsevier |
| 2019/02 - Current | Conservation Genetics (1572-9737) | Springer-Verlag |
| 2018/10 - Current | Molecular Ecology (1365-294X) | Wiley (Blackwell Publishing) |
| 2018/09 - Current | Journal of Biogeography (1365-2699) | Wiley (Blackwell Publishing) |
| 2018/06 - Current | Mammal Research (2199-241X) | Springer-Verlag |
| 2018/04 - Current | Ecology and Evolution (2045-7758) | Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) |
| 2017/11 - Current | European Journal of Wildlife Research (1439-0574) | Springer-Verlag |
| 2017/09 - Current | BMC Evolutionary Biology (1471-2148) | Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.) |
| 2017/09 - Current | Journal of Zoology (1469-7998) | Wiley (Blackwell Publishing) |
| 2017/07 - Current | Journal of Mammalogy (1545-1542) | Oxford University Press |
| 2017/01 - Current | Scientific Reports (2045-2322) | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
| 2016/10 - Current | Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (1099-0755) | Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) |
| 2016/07 - Current | Integrative Zoology (1749-4877) | Wiley (Blackwell Publishing) |
| 2013/06 - Current | Molecular Ecology Resources (1755-0998) | Wiley (Blackwell Publishing) |
Distinctions
Other distinction
| 2015 | Runner up for best student presentation
Society for Conservation Biology, United States
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