Personal identification

Full name

Nuno Xavier Jesus Capela

Gender

Male

Citation names

• Capela, Nuno

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

601E-2377-2B06

ORCID iD

0000-0001-7645-3207

Email addresses

• nuno.capela@uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

• Center for Functional Ecology - Universidade de Coimbra. Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Languages

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

	Degree	Classification
2018/02/15 - 2023/04/11 Concluded	Doutoramento em Biociências (Doutoramento) Major in Ecologia Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "The impact of landscape structure and management on the development of Apis mellifera colonies: a multifactorial approach" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015 Concluded	Mestrado em Ecologia (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Climate change effects on Porcellionides sexfasciatus (Isopoda) inhabiting metal contaminated sites" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2013 Concluded	Licenciatura em Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "n.a." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/11/01 - 2027/10/31	Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/06 - 2033/04	Freelance Researcher - Advancing the Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemicals to Better Protect Insect Pollinators (IPol-ERA)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/01/15 - 2018/01/15	Bolseiro de Investigação no projecto "INTERREG POLL-OLE-GI-SUDOE SOE1/P5/E0129"	Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
2016/03/13 - 2016/12/13	Bolseiro de Investigação Científica em Ecologia de Solo	Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
2015/11/15 - 2016/02/15	Bolseiro de Investigação no projecto “Invasive capacity and reproductive isolation in native and non-native areas from Centaurea species”	Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2018/02 - 2022/01	The impact of landscape composition and disposition on honeybee colonies development in agricultural areas. A multifactorial approach Provided by PTCRIS: SFRH/BD/133352/2017 Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2017 - 2019	POLL-OLE-GI: Proteção de polinizadores e dos serviços do ecossistema na região SUDOE: o papel das infraestruturas verdes na sustentabilidade de agro-sistemas de oleaginosas SOE1/P5/E0129 Research Fellow Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal	Interreg Europe Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/11/01 - 2027/10/31	Improving Bees' Resilience to Stressors by Restoring Harmony and Balance Grant agreement ID: 101081444 Invited Scientist Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal	Ongoing
2021/03 - 2024/03	CONTROLVESPA - Desenvolvimento de estratégias para CONTROLar a invasão de VESPA velutina Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/CTA-AMB/2123/2020	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2022 - 2023	IPolERA - Development of roadmaps for action on advancing the environmental risk assessment of chemicals for insect pollinators OC/EFSA/ED/2021/01 Researcher Aarhus Universitet, Denmark	European Food Safety Authority Ongoing
2020 - 2023	B-GOOD: Giving beekeeping guidance by computational-assisted decision making Grant agreement No. 817622 Researcher	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Societal Challenges Ongoing
2018 - 2022	GO-Fitoglobulus - Prevenção e combate ao gorgulho-do-eucalipto, Grupo Operacional (GO) Fitoglobulus PDR2020-101-031160
2019 - 2021	Research project on field data collection for honey bee colony model evaluation C/EFSA/SCER/2017/02 Researcher	European Food Safety Authority Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Centro de Ecologia Funcional UID/BIA/04004/2019 Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020 - 2021	Towards an Implementation of the EU Bee Partnership Platform for Harmonised data Collection and Sharing Among Stakeholders on Bees and Pollinators OC/EFSA/SCER/2021/09

Publications

Conference poster	Alves da Silva, António; Alves, Joana; Coelho, Catarina; Capela, Nuno; Sousa, José Paulo. Corresponding author: Alves da Silva, António. "Creating a "Landscape Suitability Map" for honeybees as a strategic planning tool for sustainable beekeeping across Europe". Paper presented in 19th COLOSS Conference, 2023. Simoes, Sara; Martínez, Aingeru; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Capela, Nuno; Alves, Joana; da Silva, António Alves; Jones, T. Hefin; Sousa, José Paulo; Canhoto, Cristina. "Annual patterns of litter decomposition in an intermittent stream". Paper presented in 12th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences Virtual Conference, 2021. Domingues, Caio; Capela, Nuno; Sarmento, Artur; Azevedo-Pereira, Henrique M.V.S.; Silva-Zacarin, Elaine; Malaspina, Osmar; Sousa, José Paulo. Corresponding author: Domingues, Caio. "A multifactor approach to assess the health status of honeybee colonies in Eucalyptus plantations". Paper presented in SETAC Latin America 13th Biennial Meeting, 2019. Sarmento, Artur; Capela, Nuno; Azevedo-Pereira, Henrique M.V.S.; Sousa, José Paulo. Corresponding author: Sarmento, Artur. "A novel protocol to get high quality data on hive health and development". Paper presented in 2018 COLOSS Conference, 2018. Capela, Nuno; Sarmento, Artur; Azevedo-Pereira, Henrique M.V.S.; Sousa, José Paulo. "Honey bee dependence on wild flowers in an agricultural landscape". Paper presented in 2018 COLOSS Conference, 2018. Costa, Dalila; Capela, Nuno; Simoes, Sara; Sousa, José Paulo. "Molecular characterization of collembola biodiversity". Paper presented in EMBO Practical Course "Metagenomics: From the Bench to Data Analysis", 2013.
Journal article	Regis Lefebre; Lina De Smet; Anja Tehel; Robert Paxton; Emma Bossuyt; Wim Verbeke; Coby van Dooremalen; et al. "Allele Frequencies of Genetic Variants Associated with Varroa Drone Brood Resistance (DBR) in Apis mellifera Subspecies across the European Continent". Insects (2024): https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/15/6/419. 10.3390/insects15060419 Nuno Capela; Xiaodong Duan; Elzbieta Ziólkowska; Christopher John Topping. "Modelling foraging strategies of honey bees as agents in a dynamic landscape representation". Food and Ecological Systems Modelling Journal (2024): https://doi.org/10.3897/fmj.5.99103. 10.3897/fmj.5.99103 Coby van Dooremalen; Zeynep N. Ulgezen; raffaele dall'olio; Ugoline Godeau; Xiaodong Duan; JP Sousa; Marc O. Schäfer; et al. "Bridging the Gap between Field Experiments and Machine Learning: The EC H2020 B-GOOD Project as a Case Study towards Automated Predictive Health Monitoring of Honey Bee Colonies". Insects (2024): https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/15/1/76. 10.3390/insects15010076 Nuno Capela; Artur Sarmento; Sandra Simões; Sara Lopes; Sílvia Castro; António Alves da Silva; Joana Alves; et al. "Exploring the External Environmental Drivers of Honey Bee Colony Development". Diversity (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/d15121188. 10.3390/d15121188 NUNO CAPELA. "Exposure and risk assessment of acetamiprid in honey bee colonies under a real exposure scenario in Eucalyptus sp. landscapes". Science of The Total Environment 840 (2022): 156485-156485. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156485. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156485 NUNO CAPELA. "Sub-lethal doses of sulfoxaflor impair honey bee homing ability". Science of The Total Environment 837 (2022): 155710-155710. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155710. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155710 NUNO CAPELA. "High accuracy monitoring of honey bee colony development by a quantitative method". Journal of Apicultural Research (2022): 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2022.2098899. 10.1080/00218839.2022.2098899 Sarmento, Artur; Domingues, Caio; Capela, Nuno; Azevedo-Pereira, Henrique M.V.S.; Sousa, José Paulo. Corresponding author: Domingues, Caio. "Monitoring the effects of field exposure of acetamiprid to honey bee colonies in Eucalyptus monoculture plantations". Science of the Total Environment (2022): Under revision Yoko L, Dupont; Nuno, Capela; Per, Kryger; Joana, Alves; Jørgen A, Axelsen; Mette G, Balslev; Marianne, Bruus; et al. "Research project on field data collection for honey bee colony model evaluation". (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2021.en-6695. 10.2903/sp.efsa.2021.en-6695 Simões, S.; Martínez, A.; Gonçalves, A.L.; Capela, N.; Alves, J.; da Silva, A.A.; Jones, T.H.; Sousa, J.P.; Canhoto, C.. "Annual patterns of litter decomposition in the channel and riparian areas of an intermittent stream". Aquatic Ecology 55 2 (2021): 519-526. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85101217412&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s10452-021-09841-w
Manual	Project Poll-Ole-GI (2019) Rural Green Infrastructures for Pollinator Protection. Technical Guide. https://www.pollolegi. Rural Green Infrastructures for Pollinator Protection. Technical Guide. 2019. Project Poll-Ole-GI (2019) Rural Green Infrastructures for Pollinator Protection. Policy Guide. https:/www.pollolegi.eu. Rural Green Infrastructures for Pollinator Protection. Policy Guide. 2019.