Ana Rita Leal Pena (2C16-9A3E-F30F)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Rita Leal Pena

Ana Rita Leal Pena. Concluiu o(a) Mestrado em Mestrado em Bioinformática e Biologia Computacional em 2018 pelo(a) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Licenciatura em Biologia em 2015 pelo(a) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências. É Investigador Contratado no(a) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências. Publicou 2 artigos em revistas especializadas. Participa e/ou participou como Bolseiro de Investigação em 1 projeto(s).

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Rita Leal Pena

Citation names

Pena, Ana R

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 2C16-9A3E-F30F
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1683-7943

Knowledge fields

Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2018 Concluded	Mestrado em Bioinformática e Biologia Computacional (Mestrado) Major in Bioinformática Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Dating evolution on island ecosystems: a case-study with the Cape Verde terrestrial biodiversity" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2015 Concluded	Biologia (Licenciatura) Major in Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento com Minor em Informática Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	13

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/05/01 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2018/05/01 - 2020/06/30	CajOmics PTDC/AGR-PRO/5727/2014 Research Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Pena, Ana. "Tropical agroecosystems in West Africa: the case of the cash crop cashew (Anacardiumoccidentale L.) in Guinea-Bissau". Paper presented in cE3c 4th Annual Meeting, Lisboa, 2018. Published Oliveira, F.; Silva, F.. "Disease assessment and modelling for sustainable production as a prospective measure of cashew in Guinea-Bissau". Paper presented in 24th Annual Conference, “Actions for a Sustainable World: from theory to practice, Messina, 2018. Published • 10.2495/st100471 Pena, Ana. "Phylogeny of Cabo Verde reptiles: implications for evolution and biogeography". Paper presented in cE3c: 3rd Annual Meeting 2017 Frontiers in E3, Lisboa, 2017. Published
Conference poster	Pena, Ana. "Research lines and ongoing activities at the Tropical Plants and Systems subgroup of ESFE". Paper presented in cE3c 4th Annual Meeting, 2018. Pena, Ana. "Integrating biological histories from different taxonomic groups to reveal the origin of the Cabo Verde biodiversity". Paper presented in Phytosociology, Biogeography and Syntaxonomy of the Eastern Atlantic Regions, 2017. Pena, Ana. "Tropical Plants and Systems: multidisciplinary approaches to the knowledge and preservation of biodiversity". Paper presented in cE3c: 3rd Annual Meeting 2017 Frontiers in E3, 2017.
Journal article	Filipa Monteiro; Inês Diniz; Ana Rita Pena; Aladje Baldé; Luís Catarino; Dora Batista. "First Report of Three Lasiodiplodia Species (L. theobromae, L. pseudotheobromae, and L. caatinguensis) Causing Cashew Gummosis in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa)". Plant Disease (2020): PDIS--01--20--0167-PDIS--01--20--0167. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-20-0167-PDN. 10.1094/PDIS-01-20-0167-PDN Pena, Ana R. "Exploring glucosinolates diversity in Brassicaceae: a genomic and chemical assessment for deciphering abiotic stress tolerance". Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.02.032. 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.02.032 Pena, Ana. "Diversification of African Tree Legumes in Miombo–Mopane Woodlands". Plants (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants8060182. 10.3390/plants8060182 Pena, Ana. "Shortcomings of Phylogenetic Studies on Recent Radiated Insular Groups: A Meta-Analysis Using Cabo Verde Biodiversity". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20112782. 10.3390/ijms20112782

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2019/07/30	Unravelling fungal diversity through unconventional DNA barcoding and metagenomics: implications for cashew agroecosystem sustainability in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa)	15th European Ecological Federation (EEF) Congress and 18th National SPECO Meeting Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/06/13	Disease assessment and modelling for sustainable production as a prospective measure of cashew in Guinea-Bissau	24th Annual Conference, “Actions for a Sustainable World: from theory to practice ISDRS (Messina, Italy)