Curriculum Vitae
Ana Rita Pereira de Almeida
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ana Rita Pereira de Almeida
- Date of birth
- 1993/05/07
- Gender
- Female
Citation names
- Almeida, Rita
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 8F1D-21AC-E100
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-9188-8831
Email addresses
- ritapalmeida93@gmail.com (Professional)
- arpalmeida@ciencias.fc.ul.pt (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Freshwater Biology
- Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Fishery
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2023/01/01 - 2026/12/31
Ongoing
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Marine Science (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"FRESHseaBASS - Divergent sea bass freshwater incursions" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2021/10 - 2022/07
Concluded
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Postgraduate Studies in Statistics Applied to Biology and Health Sciences (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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14 valores |
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2014/09 - 2016/12
Concluded
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Ecology and Environmental Management (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Evolutionary history and genetic diversity of native cyprinids from the Portuguese West region: implications for conservation
management" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 valores |
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2011/09 - 2014/07
Concluded
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Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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14 valores |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2021/11 - 2022/12 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
| 2020/04 - 2021/09 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2020/02 - 2020/04 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
| 2017/08 - 2018/06 | Research Assistant (Research) | Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/07 - 2020/01 | Biologist | Montis - Associação de Conservação da Natureza, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/02 - 2022/12 | SALMOLINK - Contribution of scientists and fishermen for the conservation and participated management of Atlantic salmon populations
in Portugal
MAR-01.03.02-FEAMP-0048
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal |
Ministério da Agricultura e do Mar |
| 2020/02 - 2022/06 | EVOLAMP - Genomic footprints of the evolution of alternative life histories in lampreys
PTDC/BIAEVL/30695/2017
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2020/02 - 2021/09/30 | MIGRACORV - Integrated approach to study the movement dynamics of the meagre Argyrosomus regius
PTDC/BIA-BMA/30517/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/07 - 2020/01 | LIFE ELCN - Development of a European Private Land Conservation Network
LIFE 16 PRE/DE/005
Biologist
Montis - Associação de Conservação da Natureza, Portugal
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LIFE programme |
| 2018/07 - 2020/01 | LIFE Volunteer Escapes - Volunteer with European Solidarity Corps for Activities in Portugal with Ecological Sense
LIFE 17 ESC/PT/003
Biologist
Montis - Associação de Conservação da Natureza, Portugal
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LIFE programme
Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/11 - Current | MEGAPREDATOR - A giant on the water: from predation pressure to population control of the European catfish (Silurus glanis)
PTDC/ASP-PES/4181/2021
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2021/03/01 - Current | Implementação Preliminar do Plano de Monitorização da Afluência de Peixes Migradores a Jusante do Aproveitamento Hidroelétrico
de Foz Tua (AHFT)
CCA 931312
Researcher
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EDP |
| 2020/02 - Current | CRER - Adaptation of the Campelo Aquaculture for the Experimental Breeding of Wild Trouts
MAR-02.01.01-FEAMP-0106
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
Ongoing
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| 2020/02 - Current | Technical and scientific support to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the fish passage (PPPeixes) built in the
Açude-Ponte de Coimbra
2012/017/APA
Researcher
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APA - Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente |
| 2020/02 - Current | LIFE Águeda - Conservation and Management Actions for Migratory Fish in the Vouga River Basin
LIFE16 ENV/PT/000411
Researcher
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LIFE programme |
| 2021/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | SMOLTRACK IV - Quantifying smolt survival from source to sea: informing management strategies to optimise returns
S12.817653
Researcher
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NASCO SMIV - EU |
| 2022 - 2023 | Characterization of fish fauna, available habitat and conditions in the adjacent areas to the Belver and Fratel dams
NA
Other
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EDP |
| 2021/01 - 2022 | Monitoring Abrantes weir fish passage - 2nd phase
CONTRATO N.º 126/2020
Researcher
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
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Câmara Municipal de Abrantes |
| 2020/02 - 2022 | DiadES - Assessing and enhancing ecosystem services provided by diadromous fish in a climate change context
EAPA_18/2018
Researcher
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Interreg Europe |
| 2018/07 - 2020/01 | "Era necessário trazer fogo e alimento"
N/A
Biologist
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Ministério do Ambiente, Fundo Ambiental |
| 2018/07 - 2020/01 | Montis project
N/A
Biologist
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Santa Casa da Misericórdia - Fundo Recomeçar
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2024/07/08 | Not so much a sea bass: Divergent freshwater incursions of European sea bass | All about the bass
(Essex, United Kingdom)
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| 2024/06/21 | Freshwater incursions of European sea bass in the Tagus river: an overlooked issue in European rivers? | X Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
(Vic, Spain)
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| 2023/11/18 | Rumo ao mar: Avaliação da migração dos juvenis de salmão-do-atlântico, na bacia hidrográfica do rio Minho | XI Simpósio Aquamuseu
(Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal)
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| 2023/05/24 | FRESHseaBASS - Divergent sea bass freshwater incursions. | Symposium on Human Impacts on Marine Functional Connectivity
(Sesimbra, Portugal)
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| 2022/06/21 | Evidence of High Levels of Gene Flow in a Widely Distributed Catadromous Species: The Thin-Lipped grey Mullet | SIBIC 2022 - IX Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
(Porto, Portugal)
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| 2022/06/20 | Genetic Structure and Diversity of Brown Trout (Salmo trutta L.) in Portugal | SIBIC 2022 - IX Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
(Porto, Portugal)
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| 2022/06/20 | Genetic Structure of Meagre (Argyrosomus regius) in Portugal: Implications for Fisheries Management | SIBIC 2022 - IX Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
(Porto, Portugal)
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| 2021/12/06 | Evaluating movement and population dynamics of meagre (Argyrosomusregius) using an interdisciplinary approach. | The 6th International Marine Connectivity Conference
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France)
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| 2021/06/22 | "Estuário do Tejo à hora de ponta (piscícola)." | Workshop "Do Estuário do Tejo aoCanhão de Lisboa: conhecer paravalorizar"
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2019/10/25 | "Dar uma mão à natureza" | 2.º Encontro Nacional de Ciência Cidadã
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2018/11/06 | International Volunteering in Nature Conservation | Jornada Anual XCT - XVAC
XCT - Xarxa de custodi del terretori & XARXA de voluntariat ambiental de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/07 - 2020/01 | Organization and coordination of volunteer events focused on the rehabilitation of habitats and nature conservation, within
the scope of LIFE ELCN (LIFE 16 PRE/DE/ 005), LIFE VOLUNTEER ESCAPES (LIFE 17 ESC/PT/ 003) and Montis - Fundo Recomeçar projects. (2018/07 - 2020/01)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Montis - Associação de Conservação da Natureza, Portugal |
| 2018/07 - 2020/01 | Organization and coordination of citizen science events aimed at registering biodiversity - Bioblitz, within the scope of
LIFE ELCN (LIFE 16 PRE/DE/ 005), LIFE VOLUNTEER ESCAPES (LIFE 17 ESC/PT/ 003) and Montis - Fundo Recomeçar projects. (2018/07 - 2020/01)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Montis - Associação de Conservação da Natureza, Portugal |
| 2019/09 - 2019/11 | Organization of sustainable culinary and landscape workshops within the scope of the project "Era necessário trazer fogo e
alimento" financed by Fundo Ambiental, which aimed to discuss the relationship between landscape management and food. (2019/09 - 2019/11)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Montis - Associação de Conservação da Natureza, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2024/06/10 - 2024/06/13 | Training workshop: Network analysis and graph theory: exploring marine functional connectivity - training on graph theory
and complex network analysis
Workshop
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Training workshop: Network analysis and graph theory: exploring marine functional connectivity
Cost action SEA-UNICORN - Unifying approaches to Marine Connectivity for Improved Resource Management for the Seas (CA19107),
France
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| 2023/12/11 - 2023/12/15 | CAL-AQUA Course - Laboratory Animal Science Course specifically designed for the use of aquatic animals as experimental models,
with particular emphasis on aquatic vertebrates (fish and amphibians) and cephalopods. The objective of the CAL-AQUA course
is to enable researchers to use aquatic animals as experimental models.
Workshop
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23rd edition CAL-AQUA - Laboratory Aquatic Animal Science (Curso de Ciências de Animais Aquáticos de Laboratório)
CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, Portugal
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| 2023/05/29 - 2023/06/01 | Training School on Aquatic Telemetry Basics - Telemetry of all types; Animal welfare & handling; Research questions & study
design; Range testing & maintenance; In-field tracking
Workshop
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Training School on Aquatic Telemetry Basics
European Aquatic Animal Tracking Network ETN, COST Action CA18102, Poland
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| 2023/05/09 - 2023/05/12 | Training School: Using chemical markers to assess marine connectivity - How to use different tissues and markers to answer
different questions regarding animal movement, contaminant exposure histories, diet, growth and health, highlighting the various
underlying assumptions and limitations.
Workshop
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Training School: Using chemical markers to assess marine connectivity
Cost action SEA-UNICORN - Unifying approaches to Marine Connectivity for Improved Resource Management for the Seas (CA19107),
France
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| 2023/03/20 - 2023/03/24 | Training school: Introduction to genetic tools for estimating connectivity - general overview of genetic data, history, concepts
(ecological and evolutionary connectivity), sampling approaches and tools and practical components using R and other commonly
used software.
Workshop
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Training school: Introduction to genetic tools for estimating connectivity
Cost action SEA-UNICORN - Unifying approaches to Marine Connectivity for Improved Resource Management for the Seas (CA19107),
France
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| 2019/10/07 - 2019/10/11 | 8th Edition of the course on fish identification of river ecosystems in Portugal - The workshop aim was to explored the fish
communities existing in Portuguese river ecosystems, through a practical component of learning to identify 65 native and exotic
species found in Portuguese rivers and dams.
Workshop
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8th Edition of the course on fish identification of river ecosystems in Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Museu Nacional de História Natural, Portugal
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| 2019/06/20 - 2019/06/21 | Bird identification and citizen science workshop - The workshop aim was to use citizen science tools for bird identification.
The event was organized within the scope of the III Atlas das Aves Nidificantes em Portugal
Workshop
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Bird identification and citizen science workshop
SPEA – Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves , Portugal
CERVAS – Centro de Ecologia, Recuperação e Vigilância de Animais Selvagens., Portugal |
| 2018/11/08 - 2018/11/10 | Natural Engineering Workshop - The workshop was organized by Município de Santarém, within the scope of the environmental
project "Reabilitar Troço a Troço", in partnership with the ECOSALIX - Sistemas Ecológicos de Engenharia Natural. The aim
of the workshop was to approach dynamics of river rehabilitation, which contribute to the stabilization of the banks and increase
of the biodiversity in the riparian ecosystems.
Workshop
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Natural Engineering Workshop
ECOSALIX - Sistemas Ecológicos de Engenharia Natural, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 - Current | Fisheries Society of the British Isles (https://fsbi.org.uk/) | Association member |
| 2022 - Current | Iberian Society of Icthyology (https://www.sibic.org/pt-pt/) | Association member |
Distinctions
Other distinction
| 2024 | STSM - Short Term Scientific Mission: Unravelling freshwater migrations and life history plasticity of the European sea bass
using otolith chemistry
Cost action SEA-UNICORN - Unifying approaches to Marine Connectivity for Improved Resource Management for the Seas (CA19107),
France
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