Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Hugo Rafael Cardoso Oliveira
Citation names
- Oliveira, Hugo Rafael
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 4515-38C3-60F6
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-5038-073X
Websites
- https://www.icarehb.com/holiveira/ (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - History and Archaeology - Archaeology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Botany
- Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology - Marker Assisted Selection
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
French | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | |
Swedish | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2011
Concluded
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PhD in Archaeology (Doutoramento)
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
"Archaeogenetics and the Spread of Agriculture in the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa: a study of genetic variation
within tetraploid and diploid wheats" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aproved |
2007
Concluded
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MPhil in Archaeology (Mestrado)
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
"Neolithisation and the adoption of agriculture in Iberia and North Africa: an archaeogenetic study of tetraploid wheats." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Distinction |
2003
Concluded
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Licenciatura em Biologia Aplicada (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"Estudo da expressão de genes de proteínas arabinogalactânicas em Arabidopsis thaliana" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/06/01 - Current | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal |
2012/01/01 - 2013/01/01 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Nordiska museet, Sweden |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2018/10/01 - 2018/10/31 | Blue Book Estagiaire | European Commission, Belgium |
2015/06/01 - 2018/09/30 | Post-Doctoral Research Associate (PDRA) | The University of Manchester, United Kingdom |
2013/06/01 - 2015/06/01 | Post-doctoral Researcher | Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
2013/02/01 - 2013/05/01 | Post-doctoral Researcher | Linköpings universitet, Sweden |
2011/07/01 - 2011/12/31 | Post-doctoral Researcher | National Institute of Agricultural Botany, United Kingdom |
2007/10/01 - 2011/06/01 | PhD Student | University of Cambridge McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, United Kingdom |
2010/11/01 - 2011/04/30 | Research Assistant in the ERC-funded project AGRIWESTMED | University of Cambridge McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, United Kingdom |
2005/05/01 - 2006/02/01 | Researcher (Research Grant) | Ministério da Cultura, Portugal |
2003/11/01 - 2005/04/01 | Researcher (Research Grant) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
2003/02/01 - 2003/10/01 | Reseracher (training period) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/01/01 - 2025/06/30 | POPPY-Early History of the Opium Poppy in Europe and Southwestern Asia
POPPY
Researcher
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France
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Agence nationale de la recherche
Ongoing
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2022/01/15 - 2025/01/15 | Domestication of the Opium poppy in Prehistoric Europe (DOPE)
Principal investigator
Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2021/01 - 2022/12 | Boca do Rio: um sítio pesqueiro entre dois mares (BRIO).
BRIO
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Portugal
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Republica Portuguesa Direção-Geral do Património Cultural
Ongoing
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2016 - 2016 | Phenomics of wheat and barley domestication
BB/J004464/1
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Concluded
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2013 - 2014 | History of rye cultivation in Europe
NA
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Nordiska museet, Sweden
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Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse
Concluded
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2012 - 2012 | Rye (Secale cereale L.) domestication and spread
NA
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Linköpings universitet, Sweden
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Sven och Lilly Lawskis Fond för Naturvetenskaplig Forskning
Concluded
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2012 - 2012 | Genomic analysis of historical rye accessions
NA
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Nordiska museet, Sweden
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Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien
Concluded
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2011 - 2011 | Genomic analysis of wheat herbaria accessions
NA
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
University of Cambridge McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, United Kingdom
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Isaac Newton Trust
Concluded
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2006/10 - 2010/11 | PhD Grant
SFRH/BD/21748/2005
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Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior |
Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2015 - 2018 | Life in a cold climate: the adaptation of cereals to new environments and the establishment of agriculture in Europe
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
The University of Manchester Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, United Kingdom
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European Research Council
Concluded
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2011/01/01 - 2011/12/31 | AGRISWESTMED
AGRIWESTMED
Post-doc Fellow
National Institute of Agricultural Botany, United Kingdom
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European Research Council |
Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2019/04/01 - 2024/03/31 | OWLDER - Old World Legume Domestication, Evolution and Resources
OWLDER
Principal investigator
Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Journal article |
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Activities
Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2020/01/01 - 2024/08/31 | Reconstructing the environmental and agricultural history of the Pre-Aksumite:
A multiple palaeobotanical and Environmental proxies
Supervisor
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Archaeology (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal
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2021/01/01 - 2023/09/30 | Algorithms to analyse Genotype-by-Sequencing of tetraploid wheat species.
Co-supervisor
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Bioinformática (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2021/09 - Current | Coordinated and participated in ICArEHB stand at Noite Europeia dos Investigadores (2021/09/21)
Festival (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal |
2022/10 - 2022/10 | Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética. Hot-Topics Seminar Sessions. Ancient DNA: Genomics meets Archaeology (October 2022). I set-up
the topic, invited the speakers and moderated this seminar session.
https://www.spgenetica.pt/c%C3%B3pia-q-a-cycle-1
(2022/10 - 2022/10)
Seminar
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana, Portugal |
2022/09 - 2022/09 | ICArEHB Prehistoric Archaeology Thinktank (PATH). Co-evolution during the domestication of plants and animals (September 2022).
With Roz Gillis (DAI) and Marta Dal Corso (University of Kiel), I coordinated a 4-day meeting in Faro aimed at producing a
ground-breaking reflection on domestication. As a result, a special volume on the topic will be proposed in the journal Proceedings
of the Royal Society B. (2022/09 - 2022/09)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal |
2022/05 - 2022/05 | Training In Frontier Archaeology (TIFA) 3-day course on Genetics for Archaeologists (May 2022). I prepared the contents, theoretical,
laboratory and computer sessions for the course and taught some of the modules. The course ran for 18 hours and included international
speakers and participants.
http://www.icarehb.com/icarhub/tifa/genetics/
(2022/05 - 2022/05)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2022/11 - Current | Invited Speaker for the Intern/Resident Medical Training Programme of the Medical Genetics College of the Ordem dos Médicos,
under the topic “Arqueogenética e o Prémio Nobel da Medicina e Fisiologia de 2022 – Svante Pääbo”. Coordinator: João Paulo
F. S. Oliveira, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto.
Symposium
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Arqueogenética e o Prémio Nobel da Medicina e Fisiologia de 2022 – Svante Pääbo
Ordem dos Médicos, Portugal
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2022 - Current | Contributed to the production of the board game “InMoz: a Aventura para o conhecimento”, created by Ana Gomes within an FCT
project PTDC/HAR-ARQ/28148/2017 https://ccvalg.pt/inmoz/inmozPT.html
Meeting
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Centro Ciência Viva do Algarve, Portugal
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2021 - Current | Speaker in the 4th session of ICArEHB Dialogues: ‘Origins of Agriculture’ (with Dorian Fuller and Hugo Oliveira, convened
by Roz Gillis). http://www.icarehb.com/origins-of-agriculture/
Seminar
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ICArEHB Dialogues: ‘Origins of Agriculture’
Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal
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2021 - Current | Invited Speaker at FIC.A Festival Internacional de Ciência (October 2021, Oeiras), with a talk intitled “Comerás o teu pão:
arqueologia, genómica e as origens da agricultura.”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQzEiup88qw&ab_channel=FIC.A-FestivalInternacionaldeCi%C3%AAncia
Festival
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FIC.A Festival Internacional de Ciência
Camara Municipal Oeiras, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2023/12/18 | Genomic analysis of emmer wheat: insights into domestication, dispersal and adaptation.
President of the jury
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Alice Iob (PhD)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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2023/07/12 | Jury for the final Undergraduate project, Biomedical Sciences BSc Degree (FMCB, Universidade do Algarve).
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Linda Inês Geraldo (Other)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2022/07/01 | Jury for the final Undergraduate project, Biomedical Sciences BSc Degree (FMCB, Universidade do Algarve).
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Raquel Coelho Reis (Other)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2023/10/01 - Current | Comissão Especializada do Senado Académico para Assuntos Disciplinares. | |
2023/06/01 - Current | Senado Académico da Universidade do Algarve | Representative of the R&D staff. |
2022/09/01 - Current | ICArEHB Board of Direction | Member of the Board of Direction |
2022/09/01 - 2024/12/01 | ICArEHB Theme Coordination | "Emmergence of Complex Societies" Theme Coordinator |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2024/02/01 - 2024/06/30 | Archaeogenetics | Arqueologia (Doutoramento) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2023/09/15 - 2024/01/15 | Genética Humana. | Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2023/02/01 - 2023/06/30 | Sustentabilidade e Colapso de Sociedades no Passado | Património Cultural e Arqueologia (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2022/02/01 - 2022/06/30 | Arqueociências. | Património Cultural e Arqueologia (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Portugal |
2021/02/01 - 2021/06/30 | Biomolecular Archaeology | Arqueologia (Doutoramento) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2020/01/10 - 2020/12/31 | Biomolecular Archaeology | Arqueologia (Doutoramento) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2023 | News Feature of the Proceedings of the National Academy of the USA (PNAS) with the tittle “Unearthing the origins of agriculture”. (PNAS, April 5, 2023; 120 (15) e2304407120) | |
2023 | News Feature of the science news website Live Science with the title “Who were the first farmers?”. | Live Science |
2022/02/01 | Speaker in the Geneticamente Falando Com… Q&A seminar sessions of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética with a talk intitled "O ópio do povo: genómica, arqueologia e a domesticação da papoila-dormideira" (February 2022). | Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética |
2021 | Research project covered in an article in the UAlgZine review nr. 13 “A Local Contribution to Global Development”. | UAlgZine |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2020 - Current | “90 Segundos de Ciência”, a radio show (Antena 1) aimed at communicating science and research made in Portugal. | Legume domestication |
Other jury / evaluation
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/06/01 - 2023/06/30 | Jury member for the attribution of a PhD Research Grant within the project 2022.07737.PTDC – ParaFunction (UAlg). | Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal |
2023/06/01 - 2023/06/30 | Jury member for the attribution of a Master’s Research Grant within the project 2022.07737.PTDC – ParaFunction (UAlg). | Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal |
2022/07/01 - 2022/07/02 | Jury for attribution of a Post-Doctoral Research Grant (PDRG) within the DOPE project (ICArEHB). | Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal |
2022/01/01 - 2022/06/30 | Jury for the Estácio da Veiga Prize for Archaeology and Human Evolution (ICArEHB-FCHS, Universidade do Algarve). | Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal |
Distinctions
Other distinction
2016 | Pilot Experiment Funding for a Phenomics Project at the National Plant Phenomics Centre-Aberystwyth University
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdom
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2013 | Research Fund, Helge Ax:Son Johnsons Stiftelse
Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, Sweden
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2012 | Research Fund, Helge Ax:Son Johnsons Stiftelse
Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, Sweden
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2012 | Research Fund, KVA Forskningsstipendium |
2012 | Post-doctoral Stipend, Sven och Lilly Lawskis Fond för Naturvetenskaplig Forskning |
2011 | Post-doc Grant from the Isaac Newton Fellowship |
2008 | Summer School Participation Grant |
2006 | PhD grant |
2002 | School Merit Award
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2001 | School Merit Award
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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