Vanessa Alves Mata (9012-EA87-89C2)

Curriculum Vitae

Vanessa Alves Mata

Vanessa A. Mata graduated in Biology at the University of Aveiro in 2010 and finished her MSc in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution at the University of Porto in 2012. She then worked as a research technician at CIBIO-InBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto) for 2 years and won a PhD scholarship for the Doctoral Programme BioDiv from the University of Porto. In 2020 she finished her PhD with a thesis on "Advancing metabarcoding techniques for the study of trophic interactions and ecosystem services". In 2021 she started her position as a Junior Researcher under the program "Stimulus of Scientific Employment, Individual Support - 3rd Edition" (2020.02547.CEECIND) at CIBIO-InBIO. During the past 5 years, she has been a member of 6 FCT projects, 2 Horizon 2020 ERA Chair, 1 Horizon Europe, 1 Biodiversa+, and vice-leader of a COST Action working group looking at the effect of climate change on the provision of ecosystem services by bats (ClimBats: CA18107). She was also recently awarded a small research grant from the British Ecological Society to study the seasonal and reproductive status effects on the trophic interactions of European Freetailed bats. She has authored (or co-authored) 63 publications in international peer-review journals and has 1,301 citations (h-index 16). Many of these articles were published in top ecology journals like Current Biology, Molecular Ecology Resources, Molecular Ecology, and Biology Letters. She has presented her work in over 10 international conferences, and for 4 times was awarded with either best or best student presentation. She has co-supervised 13 MSc thesis and 2 BSc project dissertations, and is currently co-supervising 1 MSc and 3 PhD students. Most of her research is focused on the use of molecular tools, in particular metabarcoding, for the study of species interactions, community structure, and ecosystem services.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Vanessa Alves Mata

Citation names

Mata, Vanessa A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 9012-EA87-89C2
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3005-9030

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2015/09/01 - 2020/02/13 Concluded	Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (Doutoramento) Major in Sem especialidade Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Advancing metabarcoding techniques for the study of trophic interactions and ecosystem services in small vertebrates" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2010/10/01 - 2012/12 Concluded	Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "A comparison of avian haemosporidian parasite communities across the strait of Gibraltar" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2006/09 - 2010/09 Concluded	Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "A importância dos corpos de água para os vertebrados da reserva da Faia Brava" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/05/01 - 2027/04/30	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2021/04/30	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2020/08/31	Research Assistant (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2015/08/30	Research Assistant (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2013/08/01 - 2014/07/31	Research Assistant (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2015/09/01 - 2019/08/31	PhD Fellowship	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2008/09/01 - 2009/06/30	Exchange Program	Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2022 - Current	ROCKinBIO: A biodeterioration model to predict biological impact on exposed rock surfaces and open-air rock-art 2022.04830.PTDC Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/01/01 - Current	Conserving biodiversity and enhancing food security: the role of birds and bats as suppressors of rice insect pests in West Africa PTDC/ASP-AGR/0876/2020 Researcher Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2025/02/03 - 2026/04/30	ISLANDBIRDIET: Dietary niche divergence of island birds and the evolution of morphological adaptations 2023.12030.PEX 10.54499/2023.12030.PEX Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023/12/01 - 2026	METAPLANTCODE - Harmonization of plant metabarcoding pipelines in Europe to support monitoring activities in the field of plants and their functional organismic networks 216811 Researcher	European Biodiversity Partnership Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2025/09/30	MULTI-CRASH: Cascatas ecológicas a múltiplas dimensões desencadeadas por uma espécie invasora em habitats pristinos PTDC/CTA-AMB/0510/2021 Universidade do Minho, Portugal Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021 - 2025	Action for sustainable landscape management in São Tomé e Príncipe: Environmental impact of invasive mammal species and associated risks of zoonosis EuropeAid/168944/DD/ACT/ST Researcher	EuropeAid Ongoing
2019/02/26 - 2023	Climate change and bats: from science to conservation CA18107 Researcher	European Cooperation in Science and Technology Concluded
2018/07/26 - 2023	Top-down biological control by flying vertebrates on the eucalyptus weevil PTDC/ASP-SIL/30250/2017 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2018/06/01 - 2023	Promoting the resilience of ecosystem services to climate change: a case study with pine plantations, pine processionary moth and bats PTDC/BIA-ECO/31731/2017 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2022	Disentangling seasonal and reproductive status effects on trophic interactions of European Free-tailed bats SR20/1575 Principal investigator Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal	British Ecological Society Ongoing
2015 - 2020	EnvMetaGen: Capacity Building at InBIO for Research and Innovation Using Environmental Metagenomics Grant agreement ID: 668981 Researcher Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation Concluded
2016 - 2019	Parque Natural Regional do Vale do Tua: Control of agricultural and forest pests by bats PNRVT-ADRVT Researcher Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal	Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/01/01 - Current	Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology UID/BIA/50027/2019 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Francisco Amorim; Leonardo Ancilloto; Vanessa A. Mata. "European free-tailed bat Tadarida teniotis (Rafinesque, 1814)". In Handbook of the Mammals of Europe, edited by Klaus Hackländer; Frank E. Zachos. Springer, 2020. Under revision
Conference abstract	Pinho, Catarina J.; Santos, Bárbara; Mata, Vanessa A.; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Romeiras, Maria; Lopes, Evandro; ALVES, Paulo C; Emerson, Brent; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Table for two: diet composition differences of allopatric and sympatric populations of island geckos". Paper presented in XIX Annual Meeting of Portuguese Association for Evolutionary Biology, Lisboa, 2023. Carreiro, Ana Rita; Jaime A. Ramos; Mata, Vanessa A.; Almeida, Nathalie; Rodrigues, Isabel; dos Santos, Ivo; Matos, Diana M.; et al. Corresponding author: Carreiro, Ana Rita. "DNA metabarcoding uncovers prey diversity overlap among tunas and seabirds of Eastern Tropical Atlantic". Paper presented in International Conference for Young Marine Researchers – ICYMARE, Bremerhaven, 2022. Published Pinho, Catarina J.; Santos, Bárbara; Mata, Vanessa A.; Romeiras, Maria; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Lopes, Evandro; ALVES, Paulo C; Emerson, Brent; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Table for two: diet composition differences of the threatened geckos Tarentola gigas and Tarentola raziana in allopatry vs sympatry". Paper presented in BES Annual Meeting, Edinburgh, 2022. Pinho, Catarina J.; Gil, Vanessa; Santos, Bárbara; Mata, Vanessa A.; Aguiar, Carlos; Seguro, Mariana; Jardim, Carolina; et al. "Metabarcoding analysis of endemic lizards' diet for guiding reserve management in the Macaronesian islands.". Paper presented in Third International Conference on Island Ecology, Evolution & Conservation, Ilha La Réunion, 2019. Published Beja, Pedro; Paupério, Joana; Martins, Filipa; Filipe, Ana Filipa; Rebelo, Hugo; Ferreira, Sónia; Mata, Vanessa A.; et al. "Barcoding LTER Biodiversity: A Case Study and Applications in LTER Sabor (Portugal)". Paper presented in ILTER Open Science Meeting 2016, Kruger National Park, 2016. Published
Conference paper	da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Mata, Vanessa A.; Lopes PB; Pinho C; Chaves C; Correia, Edna; Pinto J; et al. "Pest consumption by birds: a regulatory service simplified by agriculture and driven by bird abundance". Paper presented in XI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia., 2023.
Conference poster	Pinho, Catarina J.; Mata, Vanessa A.; Seguro, Mariana; Romeiras, Maria M.; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Genética da conservação para guiar a gestão de reservas em Cabo Verde: Caso de estudo com a emblemática osga gigante.". Paper presented in Flora and Natural Resources of the Cabo Verde Islands Symposium, 2023. Oliveira, Daniela; Mata, Vanessa A.; da Silva, Luis P.. "Exquisite taste: can bats contribute to biocontrol services of exotic eucalypt pests?". Paper presented in 6th International Berlin Bat Meeting, 2021. Carreiro, Ana Rita; Mata, Vanessa A.; Paiva, Vitor H.; Militão, Teresa; González-Sólis, J; Matos, Diana M.; Sarmento, I; et al. "Assessment of Cabo Verde seabirds’ diet and its relation with sub-surface predators through metabarcoding.". Paper presented in Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution (TiBE) Conference - Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, 2020. Mata, Vanessa A.; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Veríssimo, Joana; Horta, Pedro; Raposeira, Helena; Santos, Cátia; Pinho, Catarina J.; et al. "Using metabarcoding to understand pest control services by flying vertebrates.". Paper presented in Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution - TiBE2020, 2020. Ferreira, Sónia; Paupério, Joana; Martins, Filipa MS; Veríssimo, Joana; Chaves, Cátia; Pinto, Joana; Sousa, Pedro; et al. "InBIO Barcoding Initiative: DNA Barcoding Portuguese terrestrial invertebrate biodiversity". Paper presented in Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution (TIBE) - Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution in Mediterranean ecosystems, 2019. Ferreira, Sónia; Paupério, Joana; Martins, Filipa MS; Veríssimo, Joana; Chaves, Cátia; Pinto, Joana; Sousa, Pedro; et al. "IBI - InBIO Barcoding Initiative: DNA Barcoding Portuguese terrestrial invertebrate biodiversity". Paper presented in XVIII Congreso Ibérico de Entomología, 2019. Mata, Vanessa A.. "IBI – InBIO Barcoding Initiative: DNA Barcoding of Portuguese terrestrial invertebrate biodiversity". Paper presented in XVIII Congreso Ibérico de Entomología, 2019. da Silva, Luis P.; Alves da Silva, António; Valente, Carlos; Gonçalves, Catarina; Azevedo-Pereira, HMVS; Alves, Joana; Sousa, JP; et al. "Topdevil - Top-down biological control by flying vertebrates on the eucalyptus weevil". Paper presented in VII Iberian Congress and XXIV Spanish Congress of Ornithology, 2019. Mata, Vanessa A.. "Worms in your gut: diet metabarcoding data as a source of unknown helminths in bats". Paper presented in TiBE 2018 – Host-Parasite interactions, 2018. Borloti, I.; Dinis, H. A.; Montrond, G.; Mata, Vanessa A.; Rebelo, Hugo; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Bats out of Africa: disentangling the systematic positions of bats in Cabo Verde". Paper presented in 7th SECEMU Conference, 2018. Mata, Vanessa A.. "Metabarcoding in passerine diet analysis: efforts, biases and results". Paper presented in 3rd Symposium on Ecological Networks and Molecular Analysis of Trophic Interactions, 2017. Mata, Vanessa A.. "Bats and pests: ecosystem services at Parque Natural do Vale do Tua, Portugal". Paper presented in 14th European Bat Research Symposium, 2017. Mata, Vanessa A.. "Continental-level metabarcoding of the bat Miniopterus schreibersii reveals widespread consumption of pest insects". Paper presented in 14th European Bat Research Symposium, 2017. Garcês, Andreia Manuela Vieira; Gilberto Igrejas; Mata, Vanessa A.; Amorim, Francisco; Patricia Poeta; Garcês, Andreia Manuela Vieira; Igrejas, Gilberto; Vanessa Mata; Poeta, Patrícia. "Diversidade genética de grupos filogenéticos em Echeririchia coli de morcego-rabudo (Tadarida teniotis) em Portugal". Paper presented in II Fórum de Ciências Biológicas, 2017. Mata, Vanessa A.. "Metabarcoding reveals trophic relations between the giant wall gecko, Tarentola gigas, and other endemic species in an Integral Reserve in the Atlantic Ocean (Raso islet, Cape Verde)". Paper presented in Congenomics 2016 – Conference on Conservation Genomics, 2016. Mata, Vanessa A.. "InBIO barcoding initiative: moth reference database using next-generation sequencing". Paper presented in Congenomics 2016 – Conference on Conservation Genomics, 2016. Mata, Vanessa A.. "The black wheatear Oenanthe leucura in Portugal: a doomed species?". Paper presented in VI Iberian Congress of Ornithology, 2016. Mata, Vanessa A.. "Diet analysis of European Free-tailed Bats Tadarida teniotis using High Throughput Sequencing". Paper presented in 6th International Barcode of Life Conference, 2015. Mata, Vanessa A.. "BARCODING MED: building a high taxonomic resolution database for the Mediterranean basin". Paper presented in 6th International Barcode of Life Conference, 2015. 10.1016/c2013-0-04143-6 Vanessa A. Mata. "A comparison of avian haemosporidian parasite communities across the strait of Gibraltar". Paper presented in International Conference on Malaria and Related Haemosporidian Parasites of Wildlife, 2013.
Journal article	Pinho, Catarina J.; Santos, Bárbara; Mata, Vanessa A.; Lopes, Ricardo J.; Romeiras, Maria M.; Lopes, Evandro P.; Alves, Paulo C.; Emerson, Brent C.; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Table for two: Diet composition differences of allopatric and sympatric populations of island geckos". Global Ecology and Conservation 57 (2025): e03412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03412. Published • 10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03412 Crinan Jarrett; Marc Illa; Marta Burri; Gabriel Marcacci; Vanessa A Mata; Maria Luisa Boglino; Oumnia Himmi; Ivan Maggini; Barbara Helm. "‘Vampire birds’: diet metabarcoding reveals that migrating Woodchat Shrikes Lanius senator consume engorged camel ticks in a desert stopover site". Ostrich (2024): https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2024.2386454. 10.2989/00306525.2024.2386454 Ana Filipa Palmeirim; Ana Catarina Araújo-Fernandes; Ana Sofia Castro-Fernandes; Patricia Guedes; José Cassari; Vanessa A. Mata; Natalie Yoh; et al. "Insectivorous bat activity dataset across different land-use types in the Islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, Central West Africa". Biodiversity Data Journal (2024): https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e131955. 10.3897/BDJ.12.e131955 Sónia Ferreira; Martin Corley; João Nunes; Jorge Rosete; Sasha Vasconcelos; Vanessa Mata; Joana Veríssimo; et al. "The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Portuguese moths". Biodiversity Data Journal (2024): https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e117169. 10.3897/BDJ.12.e117169 Sílvia Pina; Joana Pauperio; Francisco Barros; Cátia Chaves; Filipa MS Martins; Joana Pinto; Joana Veríssimo; et al. "The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Orthoptera from Portugal". Biodiversity Data Journal (2024): https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e118010. 10.3897/BDJ.12.e118010 Luis P. da Silva; Vanessa A. Mata; Pedro B. Lopes; Catarina J. Pinho; Catia Chaves; Edna Correia; Joana Pinto; et al. "Dietary metabarcoding reveals the simplification of bird–pest interaction networks across a gradient of agricultural cover". Molecular Ecology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17324. 10.1111/mec.17324 Thomas Wood; Hugo Gaspar; Romain Le Divelec; Andreia Penado; Teresa Luísa Silva; Vanessa Mata; Joana Veríssimo; et al. "The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Iberian Bees". Biodiversity Data Journal (2024): https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e117172. 10.3897/BDJ.12.e117172 Edna Correia; José Pedro Granadeiro; Bárbara Santos; Vanessa A. Mata; Emanuel Dias; Aissa Regalla; Teresa Catry. "Diet of the critically endangered blackchin guitarfish Glaucostegus cemiculus revealed using DNA metabarcoding". Journal of Fish Biology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15574. 10.1111/jfb.15574 Michael S. Lukubwe; Daniel Velarde-Garcéz; Fernando Sequeira; Susana Lopes; Adrian J.F.K. Craig; Vanessa A. Mata. "Feeding ecology and interactions with mammal hosts in a symbiotic genus of birds (Buphagus spp.) in Namibia". Avian Research (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100200. 10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100200 Oliveira, H.F.M.; Freire-Jr, G.B.; Silva, D.C.; Mata, V.A.; Abra, F.D.; Camargo, N.F.D.; Araujo Goebel, L.G.; et al. "Barcoding Brazilian mammals to monitor biological diversity and threats: Trends, perspectives, and knowledge gaps". Environmental Research 258 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85196168291&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119374 Tuneu-Corral, C.; Puig-Montserrat, X.; Flaquer, C.; Mata, V.A.; Rebelo, H.; Cabeza, M.; López-Baucells, A.. "Bats and rice: Quantifying the role of insectivorous bats as agricultural pest suppressors in rice fields". Ecosystem Services 66 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85185571062&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101603 Gonçalves, A.; Nóbrega, E.K.; Rebelo, H.; Mata, V.A.; Rocha, R.. "A metabarcoding assessment of the diet of the insectivorous bats of Madeira Island, Macaronesia". Journal of Mammalogy 105 3 (2024): 524-533. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85194916261&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1093/jmammal/gyae033 Challéat, S.; Farrugia, N.; Froidevaux, J.S.P.; Gasc, A.; Pajusco, N.; Zina, V.; Puccherelli, I.Z.; et al. "A dataset of acoustic measurements from soundscapes collected worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic". Scientific Data 11 1 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85202741609&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1038/s41597-024-03611-7 Augusto, A.M.; Raposeira, H.; Horta, P.; Mata, V.A.; Aizpurua, O.; Alberdi, A.; Jones, G.; et al. "Bat diversity boosts ecosystem services: Evidence from pine processionary moth predation". Science of the Total Environment 912 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85180739862&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169387 Daniel A. Velarde-Garcéz; Vanessa A. Mata; Pedro Beja; Luis P. da Silva. "DNA metabarcoding, diversity partitioning and null models reveal mechanisms of seasonal trophic specialization in a Mediterranean warbler". Molecular Ecology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17245. 10.1111/mec.17245 Estel Blanch; Adrià López-Baucells; Vanessa A. Mata; Carles Flaquer; David López-Bosch. "To share or not to share: DNA metabarcoding reveals trophic niche overlap between sympatric trawling bats". European Journal of Wildlife Research (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01712-z. 10.1007/s10344-023-01712-z Ricardo S. Ceia; Nuno Faria; Pedro B. Lopes; Joana Alves; António Alves da Silva; Carlos Valente; Catarina I. Gonçalves; et al. "Bird taxonomic and functional diversity, group- and species-level effects on a gradient of weevil-caused damage in eucalypt plantations". Forest Ecology and Management (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121233. 10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121233 Paolo Rosa; Thomas Wood; Teresa Luísa Silva; Joana Veríssimo; Vanessa Mata; Denis Michez; Pedro Beja; Sónia Ferreira. "The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: contribution to the knowledge on DNA barcodes of cuckoo wasps, with the description of new species from the Iberian Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae)". Biodiversity Data Journal (2023): https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e98743. 10.3897/BDJ.11.e98743 Carreiro, Ana Rita; Ramos, Jaime A.; Mata, Vanessa A.; Almeida, Nathalie M.; Paiva, Vítor H.; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge. "DNA sequencing shows that tropical tuna species misidentification can be an underestimated issue in fish landings". Food Control 145 (2023): 109473. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109473. Published • 10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109473 Julia Zurdo; Adrián Barrero; Luís P. da Silva; Daniel Bustillo-de la Rosa; Julia Gómez-Catasús; Manuel B. Morales; Juan Traba; Vanessa A. Mata. "Dietary niche overlap and resource partitioning among six steppe passerines of Central Spain using DNA metabarcoding". Ibis (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13188. 10.1111/ibi.13188 Luis P. da Silva; Daniela Oliveira; Vanessa A. Mata. "Can bats help paper industry? An evaluation of eucalypt insect-related predation by bats". Mammalian Biology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00333-4. 10.1007/s42991-022-00333-4 Sandra Fernandes; Vanessa A. Mata; Luis P. da Silva. "Feeding ecology of a highly aerial bird during its long breeding season". Avian Research (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100073. 10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100073 Correia, E.; Granadeiro, J.P.; Santos, B.; Regalla, A.; Mata, V.A.; Catry, T.. "Trophic ecology of a migratory shorebird community at a globally important non-breeding site: combining DNA metabarcoding and conventional techniques". Marine Ecology Progress Series 705 (2023): 127-144. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85160110164&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3354/meps14241 Froidevaux, J.S.P.; Toshkova, N.; Barbaro, L.; Benítez-López, A.; Kerbiriou, C.; Le Viol, I.; Pacifici, M.; et al. "A species-level trait dataset of bats in Europe and beyond". Scientific Data 10 1 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85158059054&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1038/s41597-023-02157-4 Carreiro, A.R.; Ramos, J.A.; Mata, V.A.; Almeida, N.M.; Rodrigues, I.; dos Santos, I.; Matos, D.M.; et al. "DNA metabarcoding to assess prey overlap between tuna and seabirds in the Eastern tropical Atlantic: Implications for an ecosystem-based management". Marine Environmental Research 187 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85151467079&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105955 Melo, M.; Covas, R.; de Lima, R.F.; da Horta, O.V.; do Bom Jesus, C.; da Veiga, M.B.; Samba, S.; et al. "DNA Barcode library of the endemic-rich avifauna of the oceanic islands of the Gulf of Guinea". Biodiversity Data Journal 11 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85176285165&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3897/BDJ.11.E110428 Nóbrega, E.K.; Toshkova, N.; Gonçalves, A.; Reis, A.; Soto, E.J.; Ruiz, S.P.; Mata, V.A.; Rato, C.; Rocha, R.. "Insights into the habitat associations, phylogeny, and diet of Pipistrellus maderensis in Porto Santo, northeastern Macaronesia". Web Ecology 23 2 (2023): 87-98. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85170840964&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.5194/we-23-87-2023 Carreiro, Ana Rita; Ramos, Jaime A.; Mata, Vanessa A.; Matos, Diana M.; dos Santos, Ivo; Araújo, Pedro M.; Rodrigues, Isabel; et al. "High-throughput sequencing reveals prey diversity overlap between sympatric Sulids in the tropical Atlantic". Food Webs 33 (2022): e00258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2022.e00258. Published • 10.1016/j.fooweb.2022.e00258 da Silva, Luis P.; Oliveira, Daniela; Ferreira, Sónia; Gonçalves, Catarina I.; Valente, Carlos; Mata, Vanessa A.. "Birds as potential suppressing agents of eucalypt plantations’ insect pests". BioControl (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10526-022-10164-4. In press • 10.1007/s10526-022-10164-4 Grilo, Clara; Afonso, Beatriz C.; Afonso, Filipe; Alexandre, Marta; Aliácar, Sara; Almeida, Ana; Alonso, Ivan Prego; et al. "MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL: A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occurrences in Portugal". Ecology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3654. In press • 10.1002/ecy.3654 Marques, Adam J. D.; Mata, Vanessa A.; Velo-Antón, Guillermo. "COI Metabarcoding Provides Insights into the Highly Diverse Diet of a Generalist Salamander, Salamandra salamandra (Caudata: Salamandridae)". Diversity 14 2 (2022): 89. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d14020089. Open access • Published • 10.3390/d14020089 Amorim, Francisco; Pita, Ricardo; Mata, Vanessa A.; Beja, Pedro; Rebelo, Hugo. "Crowding after sudden habitat loss affects demography and social structure in a bat population". Journal of Animal Ecology 91 3 (2022): 668-680. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13659. 10.1111/1365-2656.13659 Martins, B.; Silva-Rocha, I.; Mata, V.A.; Gonçalves, Y.; Rocha, R.; Rato, C.. "Trophic interactions of an invasive gecko in an endemic-rich oceanic island: Insights using DNA metabarcoding". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85144052732&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3389/fevo.2022.1044230 Santos, B.; Pinho, C.J.; Št'Áhlavský, F.; Mata, V.A.; Lopes, R.J.; Vasconcelos, R.; Santos, Bárbara; et al. "Diet study of geckos reveals the first records of pseudoscorpions on Desertas Islands (Cabo Verde)". Journal of Arachnology 50 1 (2022): 39-42. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85132603160&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Published • 10.1636/JoA-S-20-085 Ricardo S. Ceia; Nuno Faria; Pedro B. Lopes; Joana Alves; António Alves da Silva; Carlos Valente; Catarina I. Gonçalves; et al. "Local and landscape effects on the occurrence and abundance of the Eucalyptus weevil Gonipterus platensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)". Forest Ecology and Management 500 (2021): 119618-119618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119618. 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119618 Mata, Vanessa A.; Silva, Luis P.; Veríssimo, Joana; Horta, Pedro; Raposeira, Helena; McCracken, Gary F.; Rebelo, Hugo; Beja, Pedro. "Combining DNA metabarcoding and ecological networks to inform conservation biocontrol by small vertebrate predators". Ecological Applications 31 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.2457. Open access • Published • 10.1002/eap.2457 Ferreira, Sónia; Oosterbroek, Pjotr; Starý, Jaroslav; Sousa, Pedro; Mata, Vanessa; da Silva, Luis; Paupério, Joana; Beja, Pedro. "The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Portuguese Diptera 02 - Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae". Biodiversity Data Journal 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/bdj.9.e69841. Open access • Published • 10.3897/bdj.9.e69841 Hellgren, Olof; Kelbskopf, Victor; Ellis, Vincenzo A.; Ciloglu, Arif; Duc, Mélanie; Huang, Xi; Lopes, Ricardo J.; et al. "Low MSP-1 haplotype diversity in the West Palearctic population of the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium relictum". Malaria Journal 20 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03799-8. Published • 10.1186/s12936-021-03799-8 Esnaola, Amaiur; Mata, Vanessa; Arrizabalaga-Escudero, Aitor; González-Esteban, Jorge; Larrañaga, Aitor; Rebelo, Hugo; Elosegi, Arturo; Aihartza, Joxerra. "It is the ambience, not the menu. Prey availability does not drive habitat selection by the endangered Pyrenean desman". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31 7 (2021): 1859-1872. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3563. Published • 10.1002/aqc.3563 O’Mara, M. Teague; Amorim, Francisco; Scacco, Martina; McCracken, Gary F.; Safi, Kamran; Mata, Vanessa; Tomé, Ricardo; et al. "Bats use topography and nocturnal updrafts to fly high and fast". Current Biology 31 6 (2021): 1311-1316.e4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.12.042. Published • 10.1016/j.cub.2020.12.042 Sousa, Pedro; Grosso-Silva, José Manuel; Andrade, Rui; Chaves, Cátia; Pinto, Joana; Paupério, Joana; Beja, Pedro; et al. "The InBIO barcoding initiative database: DNA barcodes of portuguese Hemiptera 01". Biodiversity Data Journal (2021): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/21761. Published • https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e65314 Silva, Luís P.; Mata, Vanessa A.; Lopes, Pedro B.; Lopes, Ricardo J.; Beja, Pedro. "High-resolution multi-marker DNA metabarcoding reveals sexual dietary differentiation in a bird with minor dimorphism". Ecology and Evolution 10 19 (2020): 10364-10373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6687. Open access • 10.1002/ece3.6687 Mata, Vanessa A.; Ferreira, Sónia; Campos, Rebeca M.; Silva, Luís P.; Veríssimo, Joana; Corley, Martin F. V.; Beja, Pedro. "Efficient assessment of nocturnal flying insect communities by combining automatic light traps and DNA metabarcoding". Environmental DNA (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/edn3.125. Open access • 10.1002/edn3.125 Hugo Rebelo; Sónia Ferreira; Francisco Amorim; Pedro Horta; Helena Raposeira; Helena Santos; Pedro Beja; Vanessa Mata. "Hidden in our pockets: building of a DNA barcode library unveils the first record of Myotis alcathoe for Portugal". Biodiversity Data Journal (2020): https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e54479. 10.3897/BDJ.8.e54479 Amorim, Francisco; Razgour, Orly; Mata, Vanessa A.; Lopes, Susana; Godinho, Raquel; Ibáñez, Carlos; Juste, Javier; et al. "Evolutionary history of the European free-tailed bat, a tropical affinity species spanning across the Mediterranean Basin". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 58 1 (2019): 499-518. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12326. Published • 10.1111/jzs.12326 Luís P. Silva; Vanessa A. Mata; Pedro B. Lopes; Paulo Pereira; Simon N. Jarman; Ricardo J. Lopes; Pedro Beja. "Advancing the integration of multi-marker metabarcoding data in dietary analysis of trophic generalists". Molecular Ecology Resources 19 6 (2019): 1420-1432. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13060. Open access • Published • 10.1111/1755-0998.13060 Ferreira, Sónia; Andrade, Rui; Oosterbroek , P; Starý , J; Puppo, Pamela; Sousa, Pedro; Pinto, Joana Correia; et al. "Filling the gap: DNA barcode of Portuguese Dipterans. in Scientific abstracts from the 8th International Barcode of Life Conference". Genome 62 6 (2019): 373-373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/gen-2019-0083. Published • 10.1139/gen-2019-0083 Paupério, Joana; Grosso-Silva, José Manuel; Martins, Filipa MS; Filipe, Ana Filipa; Penado, Andreia; Mata, Vanessa A.; Rebelo, Hugo; Alves, Paulo Célio; Beja, Pedro. "BARCODING.MED: building a high taxonomic resolution database for the Mediterranean basin. In Scientific abstracts from the 6th International Barcode of Life Conference.". Genome 58 (2019): 265-265. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/gen-2019-0083. Published Martin F. V. Corley; Sónia Ferreira; Vanessa A. Mata. "Ypsolopha rhinolophi sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Ypsolophidae), a new species from Portugal and France unveiled by bats". Zootaxa 4609 3 (2019): 565-573. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4609.3.10. Published • 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.3.10 da Silva, Luis P.; Mata, Vanessa A.. "Stop harvesting olives at night — it kills millions of songbirds". Nature 569 7755 (2019): 192-192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01456-4. Published • 10.1038/d41586-019-01456-4 Lopes, Ricardo J.; Pinho, Catarina J.; Santos, Bárbara; Seguro, Mariana; Mata, Vanessa A.; Egeter, Bastian; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Intricate trophic links between threatened vertebrates confined to a small island in the Atlantic Ocean". Ecology and Evolution 9 8 (2019): 4994-5002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5105. Open access • Published • 10.1002/ece3.5105 da Silva, Luís P.; Heleno, Ruben H.; Costa, José M.; Valente, Mariana; Mata, Vanessa A.; Gonçalves, Susana C.; da Silva, António Alves; Alves, Joana; Ramos, Jaime A.. "Natural woodlands hold more diverse, abundant, and unique biota than novel anthropogenic forests: a multi-group assessment". European Journal of Forest Research 138 3 (2019): 461-472. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10342-019-01183-5. Published • 10.1007/s10342-019-01183-5 Mata, Vanessa A.; Rebelo, Hugo; Amorim, Francisco; McCracken, Gary F.; Jarman, Simon; Beja, Pedro. "How much is enough? Effects of technical and biological replication on metabarcoding dietary analysis". Molecular Ecology 28 2 (2019): 165-175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.14779. Open access • Published • 10.1111/mec.14779 Correia, E.; Granadeiro, J.P.; Mata, V.A.; Regalla, A.; Catry, P.. "Trophic interactions between migratory seabirds, predatory fishes and small pelagics in coastal West Africa". Marine Ecology Progress Series 622 (2019): 177-189. Published • 10.3354/meps13022 Pinho, Catarina; Santos, Bárbara; Mata, Vanessa; Seguro, Mariana; Romeiras, Maria; Lopes, Ricardo; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "What Is the Giant Wall Gecko Having for Dinner? Conservation Genetics for Guiding Reserve Management in Cabo Verde". Genes 9 12 (2018): 599. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes9120599. Open access • Published • 10.3390/genes9120599 Martin FV Corley; Jorge Rosete; Ana Rita Gonçalves; Vanessa A Mata; João Nunes; Pedro Pires. "New and interesting Portuguese Lepidoptera records from 2016 (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia 46 181 (2018): 33-56. https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=45560385004. Open access • Published Aizpurua, Ostaizka; Budinski, Ivana; Georgiakakis, Panagiotis; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Ibañez, Carlos; Mata, Vanessa; Rebelo, Hugo; et al. "Agriculture shapes the trophic niche of a bat preying on multiple pest arthropods across Europe: Evidence from DNA metabarcoding". Molecular Ecology 27 3 (2018): 815-825. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.14474. Published • 10.1111/mec.14474 Mata, Vanessa A.; Amorim, Francisco; Guillén-Servent, Antonio; Beja, Pedro; Rebelo, Hugo. "First complete mitochondrial genomes of molossid bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae)". Mitochondrial DNA Part B 2 1 (2017): 152-154. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2017.1298419. Open access • Published • 10.1080/23802359.2017.1298419 Mata, Vanessa A.; Amorim, Francisco; Corley, Martin F. V.; McCracken, Gary F.; Rebelo, Hugo; Beja, Pedro. "Female dietary bias towards large migratory moths in the European free-tailed bat (Tadarida teniotis)". Biology Letters 12 3 (2016): 20150988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0988. Published • 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0988 Mata, Vanessa A.; da Silva, Luís P.; Lopes, Ricardo J.; Drovetski, Sergei V.. "The Strait of Gibraltar poses an effective barrier to host-specialised but not to host-generalised lineages of avian Haemosporidia". International Journal for Parasitology 45 11 (2015): 711-719. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.04.006. Published • 10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.04.006 Amorim, Francisco; Mata, Vanessa A.; Beja, Pedro; Rebelo, Hugo. "Effects of a drought episode on the reproductive success of European free-tailed bats (Tadarida teniotis)". Mammalian Biology 80 3 (2015): 228-236. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2015.01.005. Published • 10.1016/j.mambio.2015.01.005 Drovetski, Sergei V.; Aghayan, Sargis A.; Mata, Vanessa A.; Lopes, Ricardo J.; Mode, Nicolle A.; Harvey, Johanna A.; Voelker, Gary. "Does the niche breadth or trade-off hypothesis explain the abundance-occupancy relationship in avian Haemosporidia?". Molecular Ecology 23 13 (2014): 3322-3329. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.12744. Published • 10.1111/mec.12744
Report	Egeter, Bastian; Fonseca, Nuno; Paupério, Joana; Galhardo, Mafalda; Ferreira, Sónia; Oxelfelt, Fredrik; Aresta, Sandra; et al. 2018. Deliverable 4.3 (D4.3): Protocol for field collection and preservation of eDNA samples, EnvMetaGen project (Grant Agreement No 668981).. https://zenodo.org/record/2598129. 10.5281/zenodo.2598129 Paupério, Joana; Fonseca, Nuno; Egeter, Bastian; Galhardo, Mafalda; Ferreira, Sónia; Oxelfelt, Fredrik; Aresta, Sandra; et al. 2018. Deliverable 4.4 (D4.4): Protocol for next-gen analysis of eDNA samples, EnMetaGen project (Grant Agreement No 668981). https://zenodo.org/record/2586885. 10.5281/zenodo.2586885 Galhardo, Mafalda; Fonseca, Nuno; Egeter, Bastian; Paupério, Joana; Ferreira, Sónia; Aresta, Sandra; Oxelfelt, Fredrik; et al. 2018. Deliverable 4.5 (D4.5): Protocol for the processing of DNA sequence data generated by next-gen platforms, EnMetaGen project (Grant Agreement No 668981). https://zenodo.org/record/2586889. 10.5281/zenodo.2586889
Thesis / Dissertation	Mata, Vanessa A.. "Advancing metabarcoding techniques for the study of trophic interactions and ecosystem services in small vertebrates". PhD, 2020. Vanessa Cristina Alves Mata. "A comparison of avian haemosporidian parasite communities across the strait of Gibraltar". Master, 2012. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/75308.

Other

Other output

Responses of Insectivorous Bats to Different Types of Land-Use in an Endemic-Rich Island in Central West Africa. 2024. Fernandes, A.S.; Fernandes, A.C.; Guedes, P.; Cassari, J.; Mata, V.A.; Yoh, N.; Rocha, R.; Palmeirim, A.F.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85189798647&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.2139/ssrn.4784126
Diel activity of insectivorous bats in response to land-use change in São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea. 2024. Araújo-Fernandes, A.C.; Castro-Fernandes, A.S.; Guedes, P.; Cassari, J.; Mata, V.A.; Yoh, N.; Rocha, R.; Palmeirim, A.F.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85196726596&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.21203/rs.3.rs-4437801/v1

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/09	In guanum veritas: from bat diet to pest control and beyond!	16th European Bat Research Symposium (Tarragona, Spain)
2024/05	Predação de insetos praga por morcegos: uma complexa rede de interações revelada através de DNA metabarcoding	III Jornadas Quiropterianas (Mafra, Portugal)
2021	Bats predating insect pests: a complex network of interactions revealed by DNA metabarcoding	6th International Berlin Bat Meeting Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
2020	Using metabarcoding to understand pest control services by flying vertebrates	Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution (TiBE) 2020: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics CIBIO-InBIO
2019	Trophic groups in a Mediterranean bat community: are echolocation and foraging behavior really important?	18th International Bat Research Conference (Thailand)
2019	What shapes bat’s diet? Trophic snapshot of a Mediterranean bat community	8th International Barcode of Life Conference (Norway)
2019	Trophic interactions between migratory seabirds, predatory fishes and small pelagics in coastal West Africa	X Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (Peniche, Portugal)
2019	The night shift: improving the conservation assessment of nocturnal flying insects using DNA metabarcoding	8th International Barcode of Life Conference (Trondheim, Norway)
2019	Filling the gap: DNA barcode of Portuguese Dipterans	8th International Barcode of Life Conference (Trondheim, Norway)
2019	InBIO Barcoding Initiative: DNA barcoding Portuguese terrestrial invertebrate biodiversity	8th International Barcode of Life Conference (Trondheim, Norway)
2019	DNA metabarcoding and the biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin	XVIII Congreso Ibérico de Entomología (Madrid, Spain)
2019	The diet of a threatened passerine using metabarcoding: the Black wheatear Oenanthe leucura	X Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (Peniche, Portugal)
2019	Using metabarcoding to study the diet of a generalist passerine: the black Wheatear	VII Iberian Congress and XXIV Spanish Congress of Ornithology (Cádiz, Spain)
2017	How much is enough? Estimating individual bat diet using metabarcoding	3rd Symposium on Ecological Networks and Molecular Analysis of Trophic Interactions (Sweden)
2017	The poop experiment: defining sampling procedures for metabarcoding dietary studies in bats	14th European Bat Research Symposium (Spain)
2016	Advancements in trophic analysis: a metabarcoding approach to the diet of bats	17th International Bat Research Conference (South Africa)
2016	Diet analysis of European Free-tailed Bats Tadarida teniotis using Metabarcoding	Congenomics 2016 – Conference on Conservation Genomics (Portugal)
2014	Bridging the Droughts: Adaptations of a Mediterranean Bat Species	XIII European Bat Research Symposium (Croatia)
2013	A comparison of avian haemosporidian parasite communities across the strait of Gibraltar	6th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (Portugal)
2012	A comparison of avian haemosporidian parasite communities across the strait of Gibraltar	Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution (TiBE) (Vairao, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025 - Current	Improve plant species identification accuracy and precision in Portugal based on environmental DNA through multimodal data aggregation, analysis and artificial intelligence Co-supervisor	Uso Sustentável da Terra (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2023 - Current	Diet and distribution of invasive mammals in São Tomé: Impact of predation on local fauna Supervisor	Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021 - Current	ANTHROPHIBIANS: adaptive genomic and microbiotic responses of amphibians in anthropogenic landscapes Co-supervisor	Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2022 - 2023	Activity patterns and species-level responses of tropical insectivorous bats to land-use change: insights from the Gulf of Guinea Co-supervisor	Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022 - 2023	Local and landscape-scale predictors of aerial insectivorous bats in the endemic-rich islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, West Africa Co-supervisor	Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021 - 2022	A metabarcoding assessment of the diet of insectivorous bats in an subtropical oceanic island Co-supervisor	Ecologia, Ambiente e Território (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021 - 2022	Disentangling seasonal and reproductive status effects on trophic interactions of European Free-tailed bats Co-supervisor	Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021 - 2022	Feeding ecology of an aerial Mediterranean bird: the pallid swift Co-supervisor	Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021 - 2022	Azores Woodpigeon's diet and its variation with season and habitat - a preliminary evaluation based on non-invasive sampling methods Co-supervisor	Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021 - 2022	Rapid bioassessment of terrestrial vertebrate diversity using Tsetse flies’ diet metabarcoding: a case study in Corubal river gallery forest in Guinea Bissau Co-supervisor	Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020 - 2021	Seasonal inter and intra-specific niche partitioning in the diet of Sylvia Warblers (Sylviidae): a metabarcoding approach Co-supervisor	Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019 - 2021	Comparing the detectability between diagnostic PCR and metabarcoding: a case study with exotic insects of eucalypts Co-supervisor	Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019 - 2020	Eucalyptus pest control by insectivorous flying vertebrates Co-supervisor	Ecologia (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017 - 2018	DNA metabarcoding in terrestrial biodiversity assessment and monitoring: the case of nocturnal insects in NE Portugal Co-supervisor	Ecologia e Gestão Ambiental (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016 - 2017	Effects of forest fragmentation on population genetics and connectivity of the grey-long-eared-bat Co-supervisor	Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016 - 2016	Bats: new allies in vineyards? Co-supervisor	Biologia (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016 - 2016	Winter diet of the lesser-horseshoe-bat Co-supervisor	Biologia (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2016 - 2016	VI Jornadas SECEMU (Spanish Society for the Conservation and Study of Bats). Organizing committee. Conference held at CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal. (2016 - 2016) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2024	Chocolate bats: Promoting sustainable cacao through bat ecosystem services (Thesis) Arguer	Diogo Ferreira (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2024	Batconnect: an integrative approach combining molecular, behavioural and ecological data to assess the effects of roads on bats (Thesis) Arguer	Denis Medinas (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023	Assessment of dietary patterns for cheetah and brown hyena in Iona National Park, Angola, using DNA metabarcoding (Thesis) Main arguer	Milene Gabriel (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022	A metabarcoding assessment of the diet of insectivorous bats in a subtropical oceanic island Supervisor	Angelina Gonçalves (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2019	Genome Prize for best student oral presentation
2017	Best oral communication
2016	Best runner-up presentation
2016	Best flash-talk presentation

Other distinction

2012	IJUP - Projectos Pluridisciplinares para Estímulo à Iniciação à Investigação na U.Porto Universidade do Porto, Portugal