Catarina Constantino Siopa (071D-4A74-D9A2)

Curriculum Vitae

Catarina Siopa

Catarina Siopa is a researcher in the areas of crop pollination, pollination ecology and insect conservation. Currently, she is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the PolinizAÇÃO project. She completed her PhD In Biosciences in September 2024 at the Universidade de Coimbra, funded by FCT through an individual grant (2020-2024). She has also a Master's in Ecology and a Bachelor's in Biology at the Universidade de Coimbra. She has a national and international network, resulting in 18 published articles (including 12 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 3 as first author ). She participates/has participated in 7 projects (funded by Interreg Sudoe, FCT, CAPES, Centro2020). In their professional activities, she interacted with 97 different collaborators. Participation in meetings and seminars is a common activity, with several oral presentations and posters of her developed work (5 invited seminars and 6 presentations in conferences as presenter). During her PhD, she led the development of the PolLimCrop dataset, a global resource on pollen limitation in crops, enabling insights into pollination deficits and agricultural productivity. She was also the lead author of the compilation of pollinator dependence levels of crops, an important tool for researchers and stakeholders. In her thesis, she also assessed the temporal trends of pollen limitation and performed a series of studies on sweet cherry, from the floral biology aspects to the impact of landscape composition on pollination services. She has significant experience in pollinator identification, pollen tube observation, statistical analysis (R), and GIS applications. She has taught courses (master and advanced courses) in pollen identification, pollinator census methods and pollen tube observation. She has tutored national and international students (bachelor and master level) in their fieldwork and laboratory techniques. Regarding science communication activities, she actively engages in public outreach activities (<10), with several lectures and hands-on workshops for diverse audiences, including farmers, producers, students and the general public, to raise awareness of the importance and role of pollinators.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Catarina Constantino Siopa

Citation names

Siopa, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 071D-4A74-D9A2
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5289-9287
Researcher Id: AAJ-7858-2020

Email addresses

catarinasiopa@gmail.com (Professional)

Addresses

Universidade de Coimbra. Calçada Martim de Freitas, Coimbra, 3000-456 , Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Agriculture
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2024/10/27 - 2024/11/08 Attended	SPSAS - Co-designing Biodiversity Assessments (Brazil) (Outros) Major in Advanced Course Escola São Paulo de Ciência Avançada, Brazil
2019/09 - 2024/09/05 Concluded	PhD In Biosciences (Doutoramento) Major in Biosciences - Ecology Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Animal-pollinated crops: Drivers and Trends of Pollinators and Pollination in Agricultural Landscapes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2024/07/22 - 2024/07/24 Concluded	Quality and Cleaning of Biodiversity Data (Lisbon) (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2024/05/06 - 2024/05/29 Concluded	Communicate Clear Science (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2024/04/09 - 2024/04/09 Concluded	Systematic review and meta-analysis (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/02/29 - 2024/02/29 Concluded	Introduction to Github, project management, and collaborative work (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/04/17 - 2023/04/28 Concluded	Moderation, logistic and multinomial regression models with R software (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/11/25 - 2022/11/27 Concluded	SPRING Intermediate Taxonomic Course (Barcelona, Spain) (Outros) Major in Entomology Fundació Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
2022/11/16 - 2022/11/17 Concluded	Healthy Writinh Retreat for Doctoral Researchers (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/06 - 2020/07 Attended	Sustainable Food Security: Crop Production (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
2020/06/14 - 2020/06/15 Concluded	Python Programming for Beginners in Data Science (Outros) Udemy Inc, United States
2020/03 - 2020/03 Concluded	Introduction to multilayer networks (Outros) Major in Ecology Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2019/08/29 - 2019/10/10 Concluded	Going Places with Spatial Analysis (Outros) Major in Geographic information system Esri, United States
2019/04/20 - 2019/06/01 Concluded	Cartography (Outros) Major in GIS Training Esri, United States
2019/03/07 - 2019/03/09 Concluded	Field Course in Mediterranean Ecosystems (Outros) Major in Ecology Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
2018/02/26 - 2018/03/02 Concluded	Statistics and Programming with R for Biological Sciences (Porto) (Outros) Major in R programming Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal	20
2018 Concluded	Master in Ecology (Mestrado) Major in Ecology Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "The role of selfing in the establishment of neotetraploid lineages of Jasione maritima" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	19
2012 - 2016 Concluded	Bachelor in Biology (Licenciatura) Major in Biology Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal	16

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/10 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/01 - 2024/06/30	PhD fellowship (SFRH/BD/145962/2019)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
2023/10 - 2023/12	Mobility - Research stay at INBIOMA (Argentina)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente, Argentina
2022/05 - 2022/07	Mobility - Research stay at Luísa Carvalheiro's Lab (Brazil)	Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil
	Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil
2018/12/07 - 2019/12/06	Research Fellowship	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal (...)
2016/09/01 - 2016/09/15	Biologist Trainee	Parque Biológico da Serra da Lousã, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2024 - Current	EPIC - Enhancing Pollinator Insect Communities and Pollination in human-modified ecosystems NA Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal	Submitted
2023 - Current	PolinizAÇÃO - Plano de Ação para a Conservação e Sustentabilidade dos Polinizadores Despacho nº 3355-A/2023 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal	Ongoing
2019/01/01 - Current	Centre for Functional Ecology UIDB/04004/2020 Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2024/06/30	Pollination and pollinators in Prunus spp.: status, trends and drivers of pollination services under current and future global change scenarios SFRH/BD/145962/2019 COVID/BD/153552/2024 PhD Student Fellow Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019/11/01 - 2024/06	CULTIVAR - Network for sustainable development and innovation in the agri-food sector CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000020 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento em Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal	Concluded
2022/05/25 - 2022/07/01	RESilience of Insects and ecosystem functioning to CLIMatic changes 88881.467778/2019-01 2019.00202.CBM Researcher Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Concluded
2018/12/07 - 2019/12/06	I9K – InovKiwi - Development of strategies for the sustainability of the kiwi production through the creation of a value-added product PDR2020-101-031204 Research Fellow Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento em Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal	Ministério da Agricultura Florestas e Desenvolvimento Rural Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2024 - Current	SOlutions for Improving Landscape, Soil health, Promote pollInators and Restore AgroEcosystems 101219005 Application preparation	Submitted
2024 - Current	CLIMAte resilience tailored to the needs of regions and local authorities through WEFE NEXUS cross-sectoral and integrated solutions 101213746 Application preparation	Submitted
2022 - 2024	SPRING: Strengthening pollinator recovery through indicators and monitoring NA Colaborador
2017 - 2018	Poll-Ole-GI SUDOE: Pollinator Protection and Ecosystem Services in SUDOE Oleaginous Agroecosystems SOE1/P5/E0129 Researcher Universidad de Burgos, Spain Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France	Ongoing
2016 - 2018	What are the ecological and evolutionary consequences of genome duplications? Using neopolyploids as key innovation to understand the widespread occurrence of polyploid lineages IF/01267/2013/CP1155/CT0007 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Gaspar, Hugo; Castro, Sílvia; Siopa, Catarina; Lopes, Sara; Castro, Helena; Carvell, Claire; Chiazzese, James; Loureiro, João. "FITCount, uma aplicação de ciência cidadã para monitorizar interações planta-polinizador". Paper presented in National Citizen Science Meeting, Coimbra, 2023. Published Siopa, Catarina; Gaspar, Hugo; Lopes, Sara; Loureiro, João; Castro, Sílvia. "Plant and pollinator communities in a diverse agriculture mosaic – a yearly assessment of habitats with different human-management practices". Paper presented in Oral presentation at SIBECOL AIL 2022, Aveiro, 2022. Published Siopa, Catarina; Gaspar, Hugo; Lopes, Sara; Loureiro, João; Castro, Sílvia. Corresponding author: Siopa, Catarina. "Serviço de polinização em agroecossistemas: dados preliminares no tempo e no espaço". Paper presented in Oral presentation at II Annual Meeting of CULTIVAR, Castelo Branco, 2022. Published Gaspar, Hugo; Loureiro, João; Castro, Helena; Siopa, Catarina; Castro, Mariana; Casais, Vinicius; Castro, Sílvia. "Combining multiple sampling methods to study the pollinator community in an insect-dependent crop". Paper presented in XIX Congresso Ibérico de Entomologia, 2021. Published Siopa, Catarina; Celeste Dias, Maria; Castro, Mariana; Loureiro, João; Castro, Sílvia. Corresponding author: Siopa, Catarina. "Is selfing a reproductive assurance promoting polyploid establishment? Reduced fitness, leaky self-incompatibility and lower inbreeding depression in neotetraploids". Paper presented in Oral presentantion at XVII EcoFlor meeting, Bilbao, 2020. Published
Conference paper	Alves, David; Loureiro, João; Silveira, Paulo; Siopa, Catarina; Castro, Sílvia. "Mixed mating strategy guarantees reproduction under limited pollination resources in the endemic Verbascum litigiosum Samp.". Paper presented in 8th European Garden Congress, Lisboa, 2018. Published
Conference poster	Siopa, C; Afonso, A; Gaspar, H; Loureiro, J; Castro, S. "The Impact of Landscape Features on Pollination Services provided to Sweet cherry". Paper presented in SCAPE, 2023. Siopa, Catarina; Carvalheiro, L G; Castro, H; Loureiro, J; Castro, S. "Animal Pollinated Crops produced in portugal - Assesssment of pollinator dependence values using PolLimCrop database". Paper presented in Farm to Fork 2023, 2023. Leão, Inês; Castro, Helena; Gaspar, Hugo; Siopa, Catarina; Lopes, Sara; Loureiro, João; Castro, Sílvia. "Effects of green infrastructures in pollination services on a pollinator-dependent crop". Paper presented in 2nd Congress of the Iberian Society of Ecology (SIBECOL), 2022. Carvalho, Rafael; Loureiro, João; Carvalheiro, Luísa; Siopa, Catarina; Castro, Mariana; Mota, Lucie; Tavares, Daniela; et al. Corresponding author: Carvalho, Rafael. "Do wild pollinators influence the productivity and quality of 'Rocha' pear?". Paper presented in 2nd Congress of the Iberian Society of Ecology (SIBECOL), 2022. Siopa, Catarina. "Effect of eutrophication on plant-pollinator interactions of crop species". Paper presented in XIX Congresso Ibérico de Entomologia, 2021. Carvalho, Rafael; Loureiro, João; Gigante Carvalheiro, Luísa; Siopa, Catarina; Castro, Mariana; Mota, Lucie; Tavares, Daniela; et al. "Importância dos polinizadores silvestres no agro-ecossistema de Pomoideae/ Importance of wild pollinators in Pomoideae agroecosystem". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional de Ecologia 2020 (XIX ENE), 2020. Afonso, A; Castro, M; Siopa, Catarina; Arroyo, J; Loureiro, J; Castro, S. "Consequences of genome duplications in floral polymorphism and incompatibility system in the diploid-polyploid Linum suffruticosum s.l.". Paper presented in SESBE - CONGRESO DE LA SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE BIOLOGÍA EVOLUTIVA, 2020. Siopa, Catarina; João Loureiro; Maria Celeste Dias; Mariana Castro; Sílvia Castro. "The role of selfing in the establishment of neotetraploid lineages of Jasione maritima". Paper presented in 15th EEF Congress & 18th SPECO Meeting: Embedding Ecology in Sustainable Development Goals, 2019. Mota, Lucie; Castro, Sílvia; Loureiro, João; Siopa, Catarina; Garcia, Fernanda; Almeida, Liliana; Alves, Joana; et al. "Poll-Ole-GI Sudoe: Rural green infrastructures for the improvement of pollination services". Paper presented in I Iberian Meeting on Agroecological Research, 2018.
Journal article	Julia Osterman; Zeus Mateos-Fierro; Catarina Siopa; Helena Castro; Sílvia Castro; Maxime Eeraerts. "The impact of pollination requirements, pollinators, landscape and management practices on pollination in sweet and sour cherry: A systematic review". Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109163. 10.1016/j.agee.2024.109163 Catarina Siopa; Luísa G. Carvalheiro; Helena Castro; João Loureiro; Sílvia Castro. "Animal-pollinated crops and cultivars—A quantitative assessment of pollinator dependence values and evaluation of methodological approaches". Journal of Applied Ecology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14634. 10.1111/1365-2664.14634 Catarina Siopa; Helena Castro; João Loureiro; Sílvia Castro. "PolLimCrop, a global dataset of pollen limitation in crops". Scientific Data (2023): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02797-6. 10.1038/s41597-023-02797-6 Gaspar, Hugo; Loureiro, João; Castro, Helena; Siopa, Catarina; Castro, Mariana; Casais, Vinicius; Castro, Sílvia. Corresponding author: Gaspar, Hugo. "A cultura do kiwi e a comunidade de polinizadores". AGROTEC 47 (2023): 50-54. Ferreira, Miguel; Lopes, Betina; Granado, António; Siopa, Catarina; Gaspar, Hugo; Castro, Helena; Castro, Sílvia; Loureiro, João. "Video abstract production guide". Frontiers in Communication 8 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1060567. 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1060567 Gaspar, H; Wood, TJ; Siopa, Catarina; Tavares, D; Loureiro, J; Castro, S. "New contributions to the portuguese bee fauna (hymenoptera: anthophila), with captures from recent pollination ecology studies". Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 72 (2023): 199-211. https://www.uc.pt/flowerlab/news/new-publication-new-contributions-to-the-portuguese-bee-fauna-hymenoptera-anthophila-with-captures-from-recent-pollination/. Published Gaspar, Hugo; Loureiro, João; Castro, Helena; Siopa, Catarina; Castro, Mariana; Casais, Vinicius; Castro, Sílvia. "A cultura do kiwi e a comunidade de polinizadores, parte I, O impacto das práticas agrícolas dentro do pomar.". AGROTEC 47 (2023): Gaspar, Hugo; Loureiro, João; Castro, Helena; Siopa, Catarina; Castro, Mariana; Casais, Vinícius; Castro, Sílvia. "A cultura do kiwi e a comunidade de polinizadores, parte II, A importância da diversidade de habitats envolventes ao pomar". AGROTEC 48 (2023): Castro, Helena; Siopa, Catarina; Casais, Vinicius; Castro, Mariana; João Loureiro; Gaspar, Hugo; Sílvia Castro. "Polinização artifical no kiwi". AGROTEC 45 (2022): 52-57. http://www.agrotec.pt/noticias/polinizacao-artificial-no-kiwi-bibliografia/. Mota, Lucie; Hevia, Violeta; Rad, Carlos; Alves, Joana; Silva, António; González, José A.; Ortega-Marcos, Jorge; et al. "Flower strips and remnant semi-natural vegetation have different impacts on pollination and productivity of sunflower crops". Journal of Applied Ecology 59 9 (2022): 2386-2397. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14241. 10.1111/1365-2664.14241 Castro, Helena; Siopa, Catarina; Casais, Vinícius; Castro, Mariana; João Loureiro; Gaspar, Hugo; Castro, Sílvia. Corresponding author: Castro, Helena. "Quantificação dos défices de polinização na cultura do kiwi em Portugal". AGROTEC 43 (2022): 56-60. http://www.agrotec.pt/noticias/quantificacao-dos-defices-de-polinizacao-na-cultura-do-kiwi-em-portugal/. Gaspar, Hugo; Loureiro, João; Castro, Helena; Siopa, Catarina; Castro, Mariana; Casais, Vinicius; Castro, Sílvia. "Impact of local practices and landscape on the diversity and abundance of pollinators in an insect-dependent crop". Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 326 (2022): 107804. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107804. Published • 10.1016/j.agee.2021.107804 Gaspar, H; Wood, TJ; Siopa, Catarina; Lopes, S; Loureiro, J; Castro, S. "New regional contributions to the knowledge of the Portuguese bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Anthophila)". Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 71 (2022): 54-62. H. Castro; C. Siopa; V. Casais; M. Castro; J. Loureiro; H. Gaspar; S. Castro. "Pollination as a key management tool in crop production: Kiwifruit orchards as a study case". Scientia Horticulturae 290 (2021): 110533-110533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110533. 10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110533 Helena Castro; Catarina Siopa; Vinícius Casais; Mariana Castro; João Loureiro; Hugo Gaspar; Maria Celeste Dias; Sílvia Castro. "Spatiotemporal Variation in Pollination Deficits in an Insect-Pollinated Dioecious Crop". Plants 10 7 (2021): 1273-1273. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10071273. 10.3390/plants10071273 Siopa, Catarina; Maria Celeste Dias; Mariana Castro; João Loureiro; Sílvia Castro. "Is selfing a reproductive assurance promoting polyploid establishment? Reduced fitness, leaky self-incompatibility and lower inbreeding depression in neotetraploids". American Journal of Botany 107 (2020): 526-538. https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajb2.1441. 10.1002/ajb2.1441 Castro, Mariana; Loureiro, João; Serrano, Miguel; Tavares, Daniela; Husband, Brian C; Siopa, Catarina; Castro, Sílvia. "Mosaic distribution of cytotypes in a mixed-ploidy plant species, Jasione montana: nested environmental niches but low geographical overlap". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society (2019): 1-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boz007. Published • 10.1093/botlinnean/boz007
Magazine article	Castro, Helena; Siopa, Catarina; Casais, Vinícius; Castro, Mariana; Loureiro, João; Gaspar, Hugo; Castro, Sílvia. "Impacto dos défices de polinização na produção de kiwi em Portugal", AGROTEC, 2022, http://www.agrotec.pt/noticias/impacto-dos-defices-de-polinizacao-na-producao-de-kiwi-em-portugal-bibliografia/. Siopa, Catarina; Gaspar, H; Castro, S; Loureiro, J. "Um jardim de aromáticas para os polinizadores", APH - A revista da Associação Portuguesa de Horticultura, 2022, https://www.uc.pt/site/assets/files/430565/revista_aph_144_web-1.pdf.
Manual	Siopa, Catarina. Project Poll-Ole-GI (2019) Rural Green Infrastructures for Pollinator Protection. Technical Guide. 2019. Published Siopa, Catarina. Project Poll-Ole-GI (2019) Rural Green Infrastructures for Pollinator Protection. Policy Guide. 2019.
Online resource	João Loureiro; Castro, Sílvia; Gaspar, Hugo; Lopes, Sara; Siopa, Catarina; Castro, Helena; Monteiro, Eva; Caetano, Carolina; Ramos, Cândida. FITCount portuguese version. 2024. https://www.pollinet.pt/fitcount. Siopa, Catarina; Loureiro, João; Castro, Sílvia. Polinizadores e serviços de polinização de cereja (Prunus avium L.). 2023. https://icultivar.pt/plataforma/ecosystem_services/support_and_regulation_services/pollination. Siopa, Catarina; Afonso, Ana; Gaspar, Hugo; Loureiro, João; Castro, Sílvia. Impacto da paisagem na polinização de cereja (Prunus avium L.). 2023. https://icultivar.pt/plataforma/ecosystem_services/support_and_regulation_services/pollination. Castro, Helena; Leão, Inês; Siopa, Catarina; Gaspar, Hugo; Lopes, Sara; Loureiro, João; Castro, Sílvia. O papel das infraestruturas verdes na promoção dos polinizadores e da polinização de culturas agrícolas. 2023. https://icultivar.pt/plataforma/endogenous_plant_genetic_resources/resources_under_study/almond_tree. Castro, Helena; Ferreira, Miguel; Loureiro, João; Gaspar, Hugo; Siopa, Catarina; Castro, Sílvia. Abstract Video - Spatiotemporal Variation in Pollination Deficits in an Insect-Pollinated Dioecious Crop. 2021. Available at: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/7/1273.
Preprint	Catarina Siopa; Luísa Carvalheiro; Helena Castro; João Loureiro; Sílvia Castro. "Quantifying crop pollinator dependence values - an updated compilation and discussion on methodological approaches". 2023. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.167828466.63884414/v1. 10.22541/au.167828466.63884414/v1
Thesis / Dissertation	"Animal-pollinated crops: drivers and trends of pollinators and pollination in agricultural landscapes". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 2024. https://estudogeral.uc.pt/handle/10316/116666. Siopa, Catarina. "The role of selfing in the establishment of neotetraploid lineages of Jasione maritima". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, 2018. https://estudogeral.uc.pt/handle/10316/86253.

Other

Other output

SMALL RESEARCH PROJECT PROPOSAL (PI) - "Bee-yond orchards: Potential of studying foraging and reproductive strategies of wild bees for landscape-level pollinator management." 2024 (not financed). 2024. Siopa, Catarina.
PROJECT PROPOSAL (member)-Pode o efeito da seca alterar as interações planta-polinizador, afetando a produção de fruto? O mirtilo como um sistema de estudo com elevado valor económico." Competitive National Call "Projetos de IC&DT em todos os Domínios Científicos 2022" (not financed).. 2022. Castro, Helena; Figueiredo, Albano; Loureiro, João; Siopa, Catarina; Gaspar, Hugo; Castro, Sílvia; Costa, Joana; et al.
PROJECT PROPOSAL (member)- The role of polyploidy in shaping current patterns of plant diversity in nature: an ecological and evolutionary approach. Competitive National Call "Projetos de IC&DT em todos os Domínios Científicos 2021" (not financed). 2021. Castro, Sílvia; Castro, Mariana; Loureiro, João; Castro, Helena; Afonso, Ana; Siopa, Catarina; Tavares, Daniela.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/10/17	Invited Seminar: Temporal trends of pollen limitation in crops: the role of managed pollinators and pollinator dependence	BioEnv Seminar Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences (Gothenburg, Switzerland)
2024/10/12	The impact of landscape features on pollination services provided to sweet cherry	SCAPE NIBIO -Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (Lofthus, Norway)
2024/03/20	Invited Webinar: Importância da polinização na produção agrícola	Polinizadores e Agricultura A ROCHA (Portugal)
2024/03/20	Seminar: Pollination and Pollinators in Crops	DCV talks Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)
2023/11/17	Expanding the knowledge on the pollinator's entomofauna in Beira Baixa through ecology-based and taxonomic studies	Farm to Fork 2023 Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco (Portugal)
2023/11/10	Invited Seminar: Pollen Limitation and Pollinator Dependence in crops	Grupo de Ecología de la Polinización Seminar Universidad Nacional del Comahue (Bariloche, Argentina)
2023/04/26	Invited Seminar: A global compilation of pollination experiments for the assessment of pollen limitation and pollinator dependence in animal-pollinated crops	Ecology & Evolution Seminar University of Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany)
2021/12/17	Invited Speaker: Aplicar pólen ou não aplicar pólen? Avaliação do sucesso da aplicação de pólen em pomares de kiwi	Congresso Final do I9Kiwi Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/12/16	Limitação de serviços de polinização em pomares de kiwi	Congresso Final do I9Kiwi
2021/12/16	O efeito das práticas agrícolas e da paisagem nos polinizadores em pomares de kiwi	Congresso Final do I9Kiwi (Portugal)
2021/02/05	Polinização e polinizadores em Prunus spp. – Estado atual dos serviços de polinização atuais e em cenários futuros de alterações globais	1ª Reunião Anual CULTIVAR (Portugal)
2020/02	Consequences of genome duplications in floral polymorphism and incompatibility system in the diploid-polyploid Linum suffruticosum s.l.	VII Congress of the Spanish Society for Evolutionary Biology Sociedad Española de Biología Evolutiva (Sevilha, Spain)
2019/06/11	What are the ecological mechanisms involved with the allopatric distribution of a diploid-tetraploid complex?	International Conference on Polyploidy (Ghent, Belgium)
2019/06	Ex-situ conservation, phytochemical screening and genetic diversity in several Hypericum species from Romania and the Balkans	SYMPOSIUM ON THE FLORA OF SOUTHEASTERN SERBIA AND NEIGHBORING REGIONS (Stara Planina, Serbia)
2018/12/15	Avaliação do défice de polinização em pomares de kiwi	2ª Jornadas Técnicas Associação de Produtores de Kiwi (APK) (Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/02/01 - 2024/02/03	ECOFLOR 2024 (2024/02/01 - 2024/02/03) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29	European Researchers' Night 2023 - Coimbra (2023/09/29) Meeting (Other)
2023/08/28 - 2023/08/31	COST Action CA18201 ConservePlants Meeting (2023/08/28 - 2023/08/31) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2022 - Current	Abelhas no Recreio - Pedagogical laboratory for agroecology and sustainable food systems Exhibition	Abelhas no Recreio Escola Profissional de Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural de Vagos, Portugal
2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27	European Researchers' Night 2024 - Coimbra Other	Pólen Rangers - Os guardiões da biodiversidade! Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal
2023/09/22 - 2023/09/22	European Researchers'Night 2023 - Alcobaça Meeting	NEI 2023 Alcobaça
2023/09/14 - 2023/09/14	Summer School - A polinização e a importância dos polinizadores Workshop	Ciência Viva no Verão - A polinização e a importância dos polinizadores Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/03 - 2023/03	Jornadas Técnicas do CULTIVAR: Polinização e polinizadores em fruteiras	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/07/29 - 2019/08/02	Promote discussions and interactions on how to integrate basic and applied ecological research, and their trans-disciplinarily impacts, for the effective implementation of the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Congress	EEF 2019 Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/06/02 - 2018/06/02	Às voltas na Serra dos Candeeiros: 1ª edição da Spring School em Biodiversidade, Conservação e Serviços de Ecossistemas Workshop	Às voltas na Serra dos Candeeiros Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
2016/03 - 2016/03	Detecção e investigação de pragas e doenças de espécies hortícolas, frutícolas e florestais Workshop	XIX Encontro Nacional De Estudantes de Biologia Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2015/07/26 - 2015/08/01	15º Campo Científico (CTC) sobre "Controlo de Plantas Invasoras", Mata do Desterro, em Seia Desenvolvimento de actividades de controlo de plantas invasoras e sessões de formação ambiental em temas diversos: Invasões Biológicas, Espécies Invasoras em portugal, Gestão e Controlo de Plantas Invasoras e Biodiversidade da Serra da Estrela Other	15º Campo de Trabalho Científico (CTC) sobre "Controlo de Plantas Invasoras" Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
2015/03 - 2015/03	Scientific Photography Workshop	XVIII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014/12/12 - 2014/12/12	To clone or not to clone Workshop	To Clone or not to Clone: Worshop de multiplicação de plantas Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal Inproplant Investigação e Propagação de Plantas Lda, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2014/04/12 - 2014/04/15	Introduction to Entomology Workshop	XVII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024 - 2024	Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity
2024 - 2024	Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
2024 - 2024	PLOS ONE
2023 - 2024	Scientific Reports
2023 - 2023	Ecology and Evolution
2021 - 2021	American Journal of Botany

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2023/11 - Current	International Commission on Plant Pollinator Relationships	Member of the Student Group
2015/02 - 2016/06	Associação de estudantes de Biologia da Universidade de Coimbra	Secretária e Colaboradora na Organização de Diversos Eventos Culturais
2014 - 2016	Associação de estudantes de Biologia da Universidade de Coimbra	Membro do Pelouro da Cultura com organização de diversos eventos

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023/02/27 - 2023/03/03	MODULE II : Flower Biology and Pollination Ecology: from concept to practice	(Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 - 2021	Field Course in Mediterranean Ecosystems - Pollen analysis	International Master in Applied Ecology (Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2024/04	Press coverage (26 news): Estudo revela subestimação dos valores de dependência dos polinizadores na agricultura e destaca a sua importância
2022	Saiba como pode tornar o seu jardim num refúgio para os polinizadores	Wilder
2022	Andrena lusitania: Uma nova abelha para a Ciência foi descoberta em Portugal	Wilder
2022	Nova abelha foi capturada no Fundão	Jornal do Fundão

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2023/04/01 - Current	As palavras do mundo" da RTP2	Importância da polinização

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2024/02 - 2024/06	Student Supervison: Fluorescence microscopy, Pollen-Pistil interactions	Lore Jacobs
2023/05 - 2023/06	Student supervison: Pollen analysis and pollen ID	Margarida Campos
2023/03 - 2023/06	Student Supervison: Pollen analysis	Hava Verbessem

Scientific expedition

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2024/10/14 - 2024/10/18	Scientific Stay: University of Gothenburg	Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden
2019/05 - 2019/06	Fieldwork Expedition: Colletion of Linum sufruticosum s.l. samples in Spain