Curriculum Vitae
Paulo Gonçalves Miranda Agria Torres
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Paulo Gonçalves Miranda Agria Torres
Citation names
- Torres, Paulo
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 1C11-1EE7-BA3A
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-4452-5832
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Elementary (A2) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) |
| French | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2021/12/06 - 2021/12/10
Concluded
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Workshop on Multivariate Analysis in Ecology (& Other Sciences) (Outros)
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom
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2012/11/01 - 2017/10/02
Concluded
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Marine Biology and Ecology (Doutoramento)
Universidade dos Açores Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
"Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays), a potential resource to protect in the Azores?" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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19 (0-20) |
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2016 - 2016
Concluded
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Divemaster (Outros)
SSI - Scuba Schools International, Portugal
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2005/09/01 - 2008/03/12
Concluded
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Evaluation and Management of Marine Resources (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Reproductive biology and egg quality in the genus Uca (Brachyura: Ocypodidade) in the mangroves of Inhaca Island, Mozambique" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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19 (0-20) |
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2000/09/09 - 2005/07/19
Concluded
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Marine Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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15 (0-20) |
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2004
Concluded
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Open Water Diver (Outros)
PADI: Professional Association of Diving Instructors, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2009/03/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade dos Açores Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal |
| Universidade dos Açores Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal | ||
| 2006/06/01 - 2008/07/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2012/11/01 - 2017/10/02 | Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays), a potential resource to protect in the Azores?
FRC/M3.1.2/F/045/2011
PhD Student Fellow
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Concluded
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| 2010/06/01 - 2010/11/30 | GIBs-Green Islands, Blue Streams
Funded by MIT Portugal
Researcher
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Concluded
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| 2009/03/01 - 2010/05/31 | INSPECT - "Introduced marine alien species in Portuguese estuaries and coastal areas: patterns of distribution and abundance,
vectors and invading potential"
PTDC/MAR/73579/2006
Researcher
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Concluded
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| 2006/06/01 - 2008/07/31 | PUMPSEA - "Peri-urban mangrove forests as filters and potential phytoremediators of domestic sewage in East Africa"
INCO-CT2004-510863
Researcher
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Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2020/11/01 - Current | SCAPETOUR - "SeasCAPEs promotion to diversity TOURristic products"
ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000083
Researcher
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Ongoing
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| 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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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2020/07 - Current | IslandShark - "Oceanic islands as Essential Habitat for Sharks"
Funded by the Oceanário and the Oceano Azul Foundation
Researcher
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| 2019/10/01 - Current | MoniCO - "Programa de Monitorização de Recursos e Ambientes Costeiros dos Açores"
Funded by local government
Researcher
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Ongoing
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| 2013 - 2015 | Azorean Sharks and Rays: food web assessment and heavy metal biomonitoring
FLAD- Proj. 275/2013.
Researcher
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Concluded
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| 2012 - 2014 | ASMAS - "Açores: Stop-over for Marine Alien Species?"
M2.1.2/I/032/2011
Researcher
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Concluded
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| 2006/06/01 - 2008/07/31 | eTRANSMAP - "Transboundary networks of marine protected areas for integrated conservation and sustainable development: biophysical,
socio-economic and governance assessment in East Africa"
INCO-CT2004-510862
Researcher
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2017/10 | Mid-Atlantic Elasmobranchs: suitable metal scouts? | 22th Annual Scientific Conference of the European Elasmobranch Association (EEA)
(Peniche, Portugal)
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| 2016/10 | Dead or alive: the growing importance of shark diving in the Mid-Atlantic region | 20th Annual Scientific Conference of the European Elasmobranch Association (EEA)
(Bristol, United Kingdom)
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| 2016/09/30 | Poluição no meio marinho: a ameaça silenciosa do plastico | Noite Europeia dos Investigadores
Expolab (Lagoa, Portugal)
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| 2014/11/21 | A vida no mar: parecidos, mas diferentes | Noite Europeia dos Investigadores
Expolab (Lagoa, Portugal)
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| 2011/06 | New alien barnacles in the Azores and some remarks on the invasive potential of Balanidae | Crustacean Society meeting
(Honolulu, United States)
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| 2010 | Aspects of the biology of the invasive species Zoobotryon verticillatum (Della Chiaje, 1822) at São Miguel Island, Azores | XVI Simpósio Ibérico de Estudios de Biologia Marinha (SIEBM)
(Alicante, Spain)
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| 2009 | Marine alien species of the Azores | Second DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference: Biodiversity and Society: Understanding Connections, Adapting to Change
(Capetown, South Africa)
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| 2009 | Qual o verdadeiro impacte dos parques eólicos e linhas eléctricas na avifauna? Avaliação das metodologias em uso e propostas para o seu aperfeiçoamento | Vl Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA & lV Congresso lbérico de Ornitologia
(Elvas, Portugal)
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| 2009 | INSPECT Project. Introduced marine non-indigenous in Portuguese estuaries and coastal areas | World Conference on Biological Invasions and Ecosystem Functioning
(Porto, Portugal)
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| 2007 | Fecundity, brood loss and egg quality in genus Uca (Brachyura: Ocypodidae) in the mangroves of Inhaca island, Mozambique | Fifth Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) Scientific Symposium
(Durban, South Africa)
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| 2007 | Species composition, size structure and abundance of the genus Littoraria (Gastropoda, Littorinidae) from different mangrove strata in an Eastern African gradient | Fifth Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) Scientific Symposium
(Durban, South Africa)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2014/09/22 - 2014/09/22 | Marine microparasites (2014/09/22 - 2014/09/22)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Universidade dos Açores Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2013 - Current | Seminar series on marine biodiversity
Seminar
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BioIsle Seminars 2013
Universidade dos Açores Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
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| 2016/06/23 - 2016/06/24 | Maritime Spatial Planning
Congress
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MSP Stakeholder series: 6. Maritime Spatial Planning Worldwide
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
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| 2008/02/25 - 2008/02/27 | Series of conferences on biology
Conference
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III Congress of Biologists |
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2014 - Current | Associação Portuguesa para o Estudo e Conservação de Elasmobrânquios (A.P.E.C.E.) |
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2019 - Current | Consulting for a public local entity that evaluates and supports the development of small projects in the coastal area for companies, fishermen, entrepreneurs and municipalities. | Grupo de Ação Local - Mar Açores Oriental, Portugal |
| 2018 - Current | Biodiversity and marine biology adviser | AZZURRO - Dive Academy, Portugal |
| 2018/11/01 - 2019/12/31 | Science advisor (biology and aquaculture) | Aquaponics Iberia (IBERPONICS, LDA.), Portugal |
| 2018/07/01 - 2018/09/30 | Environmental impact assessment | LabGeo – Engenharia e Geotecnologia, Portugal |
| 2018/04/01 - 2018/06/30 | Development of a Regional Strategy for Blue Economy | Bluegrowth, Lda, Portugal |
| 2009/02/01 - 2011/09/30 | Environmental impact assessment | Bio3 - Estudos e Projectos em Biologia e Valorização de Recursos Naturais, Lda, Portugal |
| 2010/06/01 - 2010/11 | Methodology design and data analysis | ARENA - Agência Regional de Energia e Ambiente da Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
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| 2013 - Current | Marine Biology | Nuno Bolhão |
| 2010 - Current | Marine Biology (invasive species) | Claudia Hipólito |