Personal identification

Full name

María García Álvarez

Citation names

• García, María

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

4A17-4C8C-A665

ORCID iD

0000-0002-5282-2845

Email addresses

• mgalvarez@fc.ul.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone

• (+351) 932831427 (Personal)
• (+34) 680231674 (Personal)

Addresses

• Campo Grande , 1749-016 , Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

• Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Freshwater Biology
• Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)

	Degree	Classification
2023/03/01 - 2026 Ongoing	PhD Programme in Biology (Doutoramento) Major in Specialty in Conservation Biology Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/09 Concluded	Master's degree in biodiversity applied to conservation biology and biodiversity management (Master Universitario) Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia, Spain "Ássessment of the presence of naiads in the Iberian Peninsula." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2012/09 - 2018/05 Concluded	Bachelor’s Degree in Biology | (Bachelor) Universidad de Oviedo, Spain "Mechanisms for the recovery of micro-crustacean communities after the drought: contribution of the sediment effipy bank and anemocory in a tropical temporary pond" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016/10 - 2017/09 Concluded	Framework agreement for academic, scientific and cultural collaboration (Bachelor) Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/06 - 2022/11	Researcher (Research)	Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
2020/07/15 - 2021/04/14	Researcher (Research)	FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
	Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal (...)

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/07/06 - 2022/04/05	Biologist. Management, cataloging and identification of the malacological collection of the Instituto Português de Malacologia.	Instituto Português de Malacologia, Portugal
	Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Portugal
2021/03 - 2021/12	Collaborator supporting field work for the project MARERIOS	MARE- Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Portugal
2016/05 - 2019/09	Seasonal Field Technician participating in various projects concerning study and monitoring of freshwater mussels in both North of Portugal and Spain	BIOSFERA Consultoría Medioambiental, Spain
2018/01 - 2018/01	Collaborator supporting field work for the project "Advances in the ecology of metacommunities in intermittent rivers to improve their conservation and management" (MECODISPER).	Gobierno de España- Ministerio de Economía y competitividad, Spain
2015/06 - 2015/08	Professional Internship supporting field work studies concerning freshwater mussels in the area affected by the Tâmega Hydropower Systems	BIOSFERA Consultoría Medioambiental, Spain

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020 - 2022/08/31	MUSSELFLOW - Host-dependent evolution, ecology and conservation of freshwater mussels under varying hydrologicalconditions: consequences of climate change (PTDC/BIA-EVL/29199/2017) PTDC/BIA-EVL/29199/2017 Researcher Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal	Concluded
2021 - 2021	Recovery and Protection of Margaritifera margaritifera (POSEUR-03-2215-FC-000096) POSEUR-03-2215-FC-000096 Collaborator

Publications

Journal article

Joaquim Reis; Silvia Perea; Mafalda Gama; Sofia L. Mendes; Vitor C. Sousa; Cristina Lima; Filipe Banha; et al. "Conservation Challenges Imposed by Evolutionary History and Habitat Suitability Shifts of Endangered Freshwater Mussels under a Global Climate Change Scenario". Diversity (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d16040209. 10.3390/d16040209 L. Salgado; M.G. Alvarez; A.M. Díaz; J.R. Gallego; R. Forján. "Impact of wildfire recurrence on soil properties and organic carbon fractions". Journal of Environmental Management (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120293. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120293 Manuel Lopes-Lima; Joaquim Reis; Maria G. Alvarez; Pedro M. Anastácio; Filipe Banha; Pedro Beja; Paulo Castro; et al. "The silent extinction of freshwater mussels in Portugal". Biological Conservation (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110244. 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110244 S. Perea; S. L. Mendes; C. Sousa-Santos; P. Ondina; R. Amaro; J. Castro; E. San-Miguel; et al. "Applying genomic approaches to delineate conservation strategies using the freshwater mussel Margaritifera margaritifera in the Iberian Peninsula as a model". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20947-5. 10.1038/s41598-022-20947-5 C. López; L. M. Soto; W. Lafuente; M. García; F. D. Rocha-S; P. de Los Ríos. "First record of Diaphanosoma spinulosum Herbst 1975 (Cladocera: Sididae) for inland water bodies of Ecuador". Brazilian Journal of Biology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.229455. 10.1590/1519-6984.229455