André Sucena Afonso (B513-502C-1865)

Curriculum Vitae

André Sucena Afonso

André Sucena Afonso completed his PhD in Marine, Earth and Environmental Sciences in 2013 at the University of Algarve Faculty of Science and Technology and a B.Sc. in Biology in 2004 at the University of Lisbon Faculty of Science. He is an Assistant Researcher at the Functional Ecology Center of the Life Sciences Department of the University of Coimbra. He has published 42 articles in peer-reviewed international journals, with > 1000 citations. He has written 1 book chapter and organized 3 events. He co-supervised 1 doctoral thesis and supervised 7 master's dissertations and 3 undergraduate/bachelor's degree dissertations. He received 3 awards and/or honors. Participated as a Doctoral Fellow in 1 project, Scientific Initiation Fellow in 1 project, Research Fellow in 2 projects, Post-Doctoral Fellow in 2 projects, Researcher in 4 projects and Principal Investigator in 5 projects. In his professional activities he has interacted with dozens of collaborators in co-authoring scientific papers.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: André Sucena Afonso
Gender: Male

Citation names

Afonso, André S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: B513-502C-1865
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9129-278X
Google Scholar ID: 3e4dabgAAAAJ

Telephones

Telephone

239 240785 Ext.: 262285 (Professional)

Addresses

Centre for Functional Ecology (CFE) - Science to People and the Planet, University of Coimbra, Rua da Matemática 49, Edifício do Patronato, 3004-517, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Water Resources

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2008/01/01 - 2013/05/16 Concluded	Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (Doutoramento) Major in Especialidade: Ciências do Mar Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Bioecologia e Padrões de Movimentação das Espécies de Tubarões Costeiros do Litoral de Pernambuco, Brasil: Aplicação na Minimização dos Riscos de Ataque" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Muito bom por unanimidade
1998/09 - 2004/12 Concluded	Biologia (Licenciatura) Major in Biologia Aplicada aos Recursos Animais Marinhos Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Recrutamento pós-larvar da lagosta Panulirus argus na lagoa de Bimini, Bahamas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/06/01 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

2021/06 - 2022/05/31	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria MARE, Portugal

2018/10/15 - 2020/12/31	Postdoc (Research)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal

2014/01/01 - 2016/12/31	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil

2012/01/01 - 2013/12/31	Researcher (Research)	Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil

2007/06 - 2007/12	Researcher (Research)	Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal

2006/04 - 2006/05	Researcher (Research)	Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2004/12/01 - 2005/11/30	Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior)	Oceanário de Lisboa, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/11 - Current	Manager of Laboratory, Institute, Museum, Centre or Observatory	Instituto Tubarões de Noronha, Brazil

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2014/01/01 - 2016/12/31	The shark attack problem in Pernambuco and mitigation strategies based on an ecosystemic approach between Fernando de Noronha and Recife, with focus on the potential bioecologic and socioeconomic contributions BJT-A049/2013 Post-doc Fellow Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil	Coordenação para o Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal do Ensino Superior - CAPES Cancelled
2012/01 - 2013/12	Shark Monitoring Program of Pernambuco Sem Referência Research Fellow Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil	Governo do Estado de Pernambuco
2008/02/01 - 2012/01/31	BIOECOLOGIA E PADRÕES DE MOVIMENTAÇÃO DAS ESPÉCIES DE TUBARÕES COSTEIROS DO LITORAL DE PERNAMBUCO, BRASIL: APLICAÇÃO NA MINIMIZAÇÃO DOS RISCOS DE ATAQUE SFRH/BD/37065/2007	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2008/01 - 2011/12	Bioecology and movement patterns of sharks off Recife, Brazil: Applications in the mitigation of shark attack hazard SFRH/BD/37065/2007 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2007/06 - 2007/12	Tracking systems for underwater vehicles and marine animals - RUMOS PDCT/MAR/55609/2004 Research Fellow Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2004/01 - 2004/07	Recruitment of decapod pueruli in the Bimini Lagoon, Bahamas PRODEP Scientific Initiation Fellow Bimini Biological Field Station, Bahamas	Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2022/06/01 - 2028/05/31	Integrated optimization of marine protected areas towards a sustainable use of the sea 2021.02566.CEECIND/CP1656/CT0026 10.54499/2021.02566.CEECIND/CP1656/CT0026 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Rede de Infraestruturas em Investigação Aquática LA/P/0069/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Aquatic Research Infrastructure Network LA/P/0069/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020 Universidade de Évora, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2017/08/01 - 2021/07/31	Conservação e ecologia espacial de predadores marinhos vulneráveis numa área marinha protegida crescentemente ecoturística 1094_20171 Principal investigator Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil	Fundação Grupo Boticário de Proteção à Natureza Ongoing
2018/10/15 - 2020/12/31	Smart Valorization of Endogenous Marine Biological Resources Under a Changing Climate: SmartBioR CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000018 Post-doc Fellow Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal	Ongoing
2018/12/01 - 2020/11/30	Optimizing the conservation value of marine protected areas using an environmental awareness spillover mechanism Sem Referência Principal investigator Instituto Tubarões de Noronha, Brazil	Clear Reef Social Fund for Environmental Research and Conservation Ongoing
2016/09 - 2020/08	Optimizing the potential value of Marine Protected Areas for the conservation of shark populations in the South Atlantic Sem Referência Principal investigator Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil	Marine Conservation Action Fund of the New England Aquarium Ongoing
2015/05 - 2019/04	Reconciling sharks and people: conservation of marine top predators in a highly hazardous region #C314-15 Principal investigator Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil	National Geographic Society Ongoing
2014/07/15 - 2014/08/06	Expedition Ocearch to Brazil Sem Referência Principal investigator Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil	Ocearch Foundation Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2014/06/30	Advanced Tracking and Telemetry Methodologies to Study Marine Animals PTDC/EEA-CRO/111197/2009 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal Stanford University Hopkins Marine Station, United States Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2009/10 - 2013	Technological innovations for the sustainability of industrial and artisanal fisheries off northeastern Brazil - INOVAPESCA FINEPE Researcher Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil	Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31	Strategic Project - LA 15 - 2011-2012 PEst-C/MAR/LA0015/2011 Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31	Strategic Project - LA 15 - 2011-2012 PEst-C/MAR/LA0015/2011 Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2010 - 2012	Advanced Tracking and Telemetry Methodologies to Study Marine Animals - MAST/AM PTDC/EEA-CRO/111197/2009 Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Stanford University, United States	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2009 - 2011	Biological colonization process or the artificial ship wreck Walsa FACEPE Researcher Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil	Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco Concluded
2009 - 2011	Behavior and habitat use by large pelagic fish in the Southern Atlantic Ocean - ETHOPELAGOS CNPq Researcher Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil	Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Aquatic Research Infrastructure Network LA/P/0069/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Afonso, André S.. "Para ver tubarão crescer é preciso paciência". In Encontros e desencontros com Tubarões e Raias: uma história (não) contada por pesquisadores brasileiros, 44-48. Blumenau, Brazil: Hugo Bornatowski, 2021. Published Afonso, André S.; Niella, Yuri V.; Hazin, Fábio H.V.. "Tubarões e raias: Histórico do conhecimento e das interações com humanos em Pernambuco". In Ecologica de peixes recifais em Pernambuco, 173-188. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2018. Published
Conference abstract	Afonso, André S.. "Afonso AS, Mourato B, Hazin FHV. 2019. The effect of lightstick color in pelagic longline fisheries". Paper presented in ICCAT joint t-RFMO By-catch WG, Doc. No. BYC-06/2019, Porto, 2019. Published Afonso, André S.. "Silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis (Bribon, 1839) Satellite Tagging in the Equatorial and Southwestern Atlantic Ocean". Paper presented in Sharks International III, João Pessoa, 2018. Published Afonso, André S.. "Scale and habitat-dependent movement behaviour of a large marine predator". Paper presented in Biologging Symposium, 2017. Published Afonso, André S.. "Idade e crescimento do tubarão tigre Galeocerdo cuvier na região nordeste do Brasil". Paper presented in IX Reunião da Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo de Elasmobrânquios, Penedo, 2016. Published Afonso, André S.. "Hormonal influence on migration patterns in tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier)". Paper presented in IX Reunião da Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo de Elasmobrânquios, Penedo, 2016. Published Afonso, André S.. "Life history and conservation of a marine top predator from the western south atlantic: the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae)". Paper presented in XXI Encontro Brasileiro de Ictiologia, Recife, 2015. Published Afonso, André S.. "Vertical movement patterns and ontogenetic niche expansion in the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, from the western South Atlantic Ocean". Paper presented in Sharks International II, Durban, 2014. Published Afonso, André S.. "The Shark Monitoring Program of Recife: A green strategy for shark attack mitigation". Paper presented in Sharks International II, Durban, 2014. Published Afonso, André S.. "Bioquímica plasmática del tiburón-gata (Ginglymostoma cirratum) capturado en la costa de Pernambuco, Brasil". Paper presented in IV Encuentro colombiano sobre condrictios, Medellin, 2014. Published Afonso, André S.. "Fishing gear modifications to reduce elasmobranch mortality in pelagic and bottom longline fisheries off Northeast Brazil". 2012. 10.5343/bms.2012.1031 Riter, Stephen. "Habitat use of the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, off Recife, Northeast Brazil: a combined survey with longline and acoustic telemetry". Paper presented in Joint Meeting of Herpetologist and Ichthyologist –American Elasmobranch Society, Vancouver, 2012. Published • 10.4043/1174-ms Afonso, André S.. "Shark Monitoring Program of Recife, Brazil". Paper presented in Joint Meeting of Herpetologist and Ichthyologist –American Elasmobranch Society, Vancouver, 2012. Published Oliveira, P.; Silvestre, C.; Morgado, M.; Erzini, K.; Bentes, L.; Afonso, A.; Hazin, F.; Block, B.. "Preliminary results from project MAST/AM-advanced tracking and telemetry methodologies to study marine animals". Paper presented in OCEANS 2011 IEEE, 2011. Published • 10.1109/oceans-spain.2011.6003392 Afonso, André S.. "Fishing gear modifications to reduce elasmobranch mortality in pelagic and bottom longline fisheries off Northeast Brazil". Paper presented in Circle Hook Symposium, Miami, 2011. Published Afonso, André S.. "Shark Monitoring Program off Recife, Brazil". Paper presented in Sharks International I, Cairns, 2010. Published Afonso, André S.. "Movimentações em larga escala de um tubarão tigre, Galeocerdo cuvier, capturado no litoral de Recife, Pernambuco". Paper presented in VI Reunião da Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo de Elasmobrânquios, Fortaleza, 2008. Published Afonso, André S.. "Shark Monitoring Program off the Coast of Pernambuco, Brazil". Paper presented in VI Reunião da Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo de Elasmobrânquios, Fortaleza, 2008. Published Afonso, André S.. "Fishing Gear Modifications to reduce Elasmobranch Mortality in Pelagic and Bottom Longline Fisheries off Northeast Brazil". Paper presented in Joint Meeting of Herpethologist and Ichthyologist–American Elasmobranch Society, Montreal, 2008. Published
Conference paper	S. Gouvêa, Thiago; Kath, Hannes; Troshani, Ilira; Lüers, Bengt; Serafini, Patricia P.; Campos, Ivan B.; Afonso, André S.; et al. "Interactive Machine Learning Solutions for Acoustic Monitoring of Animal Wildlife in Biosphere Reserves". Paper presented in Thirty-Second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-23), 2023. Published • 10.24963/ijcai.2023/711
Conference poster	Afonso, André S.. Corresponding author: Afonso, André S.. "Trophic-mediated habitat structuring and partitioning by sympatric pelagic elasmobranchs". Paper presented in TRIATLAS Project Workshop, 2021. Afonso, André S.. "Diagnóstico da saúde ambiental do Arquipélago de Fernando de Noronha através da análise de danos genômicos em tubarões-lixa, Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 778).". Paper presented in XI Seminário de Pesquisa e XII Encontro de Iniciação Científica do ICMBio - Desafios diante da Pandemia de COVID-19., 2020. Afonso, André S.. "Proporção sexual e distribuição de frequência de comprimento do Carcharhinus perezi (Poey, 1876) no Arquipélago de Fernando de Noronha.". Paper presented in XI Seminário de Pesquisa e XII Encontro de Iniciação Científica do ICMBio - Desafios diante da Pandemia de COVID-19., 2020. Afonso, André S.. "Examining tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) post-release behavior and mortality in relation to injuries produced by plastic debris". Paper presented in Congresso Brasileiro de Oceanografia, 2016. Afonso, André S.. "Assessing public perceptions and knowledge about sharks in a hazardous region of northeastern Brazil". Paper presented in IX Reunião da Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo de Elasmobrânquios, 2016. DA SILVA, IRENICE BEZERRA; UGIETTE, SANDRA DAYSE DE ALBUQUERQUE ; NERES, RINALDO DA SILVA ; AGUIAR, JEANE MARTA GUEDES. "Leucócitos encontrados no sangue periférico de tubarões-lixa capturados no litoral do Recife, Pernambuco". Paper presented in IX Reunião da Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo de Elasmobrânquios, 2016. 10.17143/ciaed/xxiilciaed.2017.00239 Afonso, André S.. "Abundance patterns of potentially dangerous sharks off the Metropolitan Region of Recife (Pernambuco State, Brazil), a hazardous area for bathers". Paper presented in V Congresso Brasileiro de Biologia Marinha, 2015. Aline Lima da Silva, Letícia; Magalhães de Mendonça Cunha Miranda, Vitor; Ximenes de Oliveira, Marina; Cristiano Ferreira Costa, Anderson; de Figueiredo Porto Neto, Fernando. "Estrutura populacional e aspectos do uso do habitat pela raia prego, Dasyatis americana (Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928), no litoral da região metropolitana do Recife, estado de Pernambuco Brasil". Paper presented in VII Reunião da Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo de Elasmobrânquios, 2014. 10.31692/2526-7701.iicointerpdvagro.2017.00108 Afonso, André S.. "Aplicação de telemetria acústica para aferição do comportamento pós-liberação de tubarão tigre, Galeocerdo cuvier, na plataforma continental pernambucana". Paper presented in XVIII Congresso Brasileiro de Engenharia de Pesca, 2013. Afonso, André S.. "Extraordinary growth in tiger sharks from the South Atlantic Ocean". Paper presented in Congresso Brasileiro de Oceanografia, 2012. Afonso, André S.. "A bathymetric survey for assessing hot-spots in a seashore with high incident of shark attacks on humans". Paper presented in Congresso Brasileiro de Oceanografia, 2012. DIAS, JULIA; de Freitas Adrião, Theresa Maria. "Dados preliminares sobre ocorrência de neonatos e juvenis de Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey, 1861) no litoral de Barra de Jangada, Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco, Brasil". Paper presented in Congresso Brasileiro de Oceanografia, 2012. 10.19146/pibic-2016-51076 Afonso, André S.. "Large-scale movements of the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, in the Southwest Atlantic: implications for shark attack hazard management". Paper presented in Sharks International I, 2010. Afonso, André S.. "Estudos preliminares sobre o monitoramento acústico do tubarão lixa, Ginglymostoma cirratum, no litoral do Recife, Pernambuco". Paper presented in Congresso Brasileiro de Oceanografia, 2010. Afonso, André S.. "Shark Monitoring Program off the Coast of Pernambuco, Brazil". Paper presented in VI Reunião da Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo de Elasmobrânquios, 2008.
Journal article	André S. Afonso. "Humans influence shark behavior: Evidence from the COVID-19 lockdown". Ocean & Coastal Management (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106965. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106965 André S. Afonso; Leonardo Fidelis. "The fate of plastic-wearing sharks: Entanglement of an iconic top predator in marine debris". Marine Pollution Bulletin 194 (2023): 115326-115326. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115326. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115326 Rangel, Bianca S.; Afonso, André S.; Bettcher, Vanessa; Bucair, Nayara; Andres, Nauther; Veras, Leonardo B.; Hazin, Fábio Hissa Vieira; Garla, Ricardo. "Evidence of mating scars in female tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) at the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazilian Equatorial Atlantic". Environmental Biology of Fishes 106 1 (2022): 107-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-022-01380-z. 10.1007/s10641-022-01380-z Rangel, Bianca S.; Afonso, André S.; Garla, Ricardo. "Female wound records suggest mating periods for the Caribbean reef shark at an insular marine protected area from the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean". Journal of Fish Biology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15212. Published • 10.1111/jfb.15212 Andrzejaczek, Samantha; Lucas, Tim C.D.; Goodman, Maurice C.; Hussey, Nigel E.; Armstrong, Amelia J.; Carlisle, Aaron; Coffey, Daniel M.; et al. "Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology". Science Advances 8 33 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abo1754. Published • 10.1126/sciadv.abo1754 Afonso, André S.; Macena, Bruno C. L.; Mourato, Bruno; Bezerra, Natalia P. A.; Mendonça, Sibele; de Queiroz, Joyce D. G. R.; Hazin, Fábio H. V.. "Trophic-Mediated Pelagic Habitat Structuring and Partitioning by Sympatric Elasmobranchs". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.779047. Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmars.2022.779047 "Abundance dynamics of a new, endemic batoid from Brazil: The Lutz’s stingray, Hypanus berthalutzae". Regional Studies in Marine Science 48 (2021): 102059-102059. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.102059. 10.1016/j.rsma.2021.102059 Afonso, André S.. "Reply to: Caution over the use of ecological big data for conservation". Nature 595 7866 (2021): E20-E28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03464-9. 10.1038/s41586-021-03464-9 Afonso, André S.. "Reply to: Shark mortality cannot be assessed by fishery overlap alone". Nature 595 7866 (2021): E8-E16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03397-3. 10.1038/s41586-021-03397-3 Afonso, André S.; Mourato, Bruno; Hazin, Humberto; Hazin, Fábio H.V.. "The effect of light attractor color in pelagic longline fisheries". Fisheries Research 235 (2021): 105822. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105822. Published • 10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105822 Afonso, André S.. "Population genetics reveals global and regional history of the apex predator Galeocerdo cuvier (Carcharhiniformes) with comments on mitigating shark attacks in North-eastern Brazil". Marine Ecology (2021): In press • 10.1111/maec.12640 Conde, Anxo; Pacheco, Joana; Marques, Sónia; Afonso, André S.; Leandro, Sérgio; Maranhão, Paulo. "Ecological features of a rocky intertidal community exposed to sewage effluent". Marine Pollution Bulletin 158 (2020): 111391. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111391. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111391 Afonso, André S.. "Does Lack of Knowledge Lead to Misperceptions? Disentangling the Factors Modulating Public Knowledge About and Perceptions Towards Sharks". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 663 (2020): Published • 10.3389/fmars.2020.00663 Nunes, Diogo; Hazin, Fabio; Branco, Ilka; Hazin, Humberto; Pacheco, Jose; Afonso, Andre; Mourato, Bruno; Carvalho, Felipe. "Survivorship of species caught in a longline tuna fishery in the western equatorial Atlantic Ocean". Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 47 5 (2019): 798-807. http://dx.doi.org/10.3856/vol47-issue5-fulltext-9. 10.3856/vol47-issue5-fulltext-9 Afonso, André S.; Afonso, André S.. "Public support for conservation may decay with residence time in suboptimal marine protected areas". Marine Policy 108 (2019): 103665. Published • 10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103665 Queiroz, Nuno; Afonso, André S.. "Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries". Nature 572 (2019): 461-466. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1444-4. Published • 10.1038/s41586-019-1444-4 Mendonça, Sibele A.; Macena, Bruno C. L.; Afonso, André S.; Hazin, Fabio H. V.. "Seasonal aggregation and diel activity by the sicklefin devil ray Mobula tarapacana off a small, equatorial outcrop of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge". Journal of Fish Biology 93 6 (2018): 1121-1129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13829. Published • 10.1111/jfb.13829 Afonso, André S.. "Hormones and migration in tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier): can they be related?". Aqua – International Journal of Ichthyology 24 1 (2018): 9-14. Published Afonso, André; Hazin, Fábio; Veras, Leonardo. "Spatial ecology and conservation of the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean". Frontiers in Marine Science 5 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/conf.fmars.2018.06.00021. Published • 10.3389/conf.fmars.2018.06.00021 Afonso, André S.; Hazin, Fábio; Veras, Leonardo. "Spatial ecology and conservation of the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean". Frontiers in Marine Science 5 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/conf.fmars.2018.06.00021. Open access • Published • 10.3389/conf.fmars.2018.06.00021 Niella, Yuri V.; Afonso, André S.; Hazin, Fábio H. V.. "Bioecology and movements of bull sharks, Carcharhinus leucas , caught in a long-term longline survey off northeastern Brazil". Neotropical Ichthyology 15 3 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-20170106. Published • 10.1590/1982-0224-20170106 Afonso, André S.; Garla, Ricardo; Hazin, Fábio H. V.. "Tiger sharks can connect equatorial habitats and fisheries across the Atlantic Ocean basin". PLOS ONE 12 9 (2017): e0184763. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184763. Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0184763 Niella, Yuri V.; Hazin, Fábio H. V.; Afonso, André S.. "Detecting Multispecific Patterns in the Catch Composition of a Fisheries-Independent Longline Survey". Marine and Coastal Fisheries 9 1 (2017): 388-395. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19425120.2017.1347115. Published • 10.1080/19425120.2017.1347115 Afonso, André S.; Niella, Yuri V.; Hazin, Fábio H. V.. "Inferring trends and linkages between shark abundance and shark bites on humans for shark-hazard mitigation". Marine and Freshwater Research 68 7 (2017): 1354. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf16274. Published • 10.1071/mf16274 Wosnick, Natascha; Bornatowski, Hugo; Ferraz, Carolina; Afonso, André; Sousa Rangel, Bianca; Hazin, Fábio Hissa Vieira; Freire, Carolina Arruda. "Talking to the dead: using Post-mortem data in the assessment of stress in tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) (Péron and Lesueur, 1822)". Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 43 1 (2016): 165-178. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10695-016-0276-5. 10.1007/s10695-016-0276-5 Afonso, A. S.; Niella, Y. V.; Cavalcanti, E.; Andrade, M. B.; Afonso, J. S.; Pinto, P. S.; Hazin, F. H. V.. "Spinal deformities in free-ranging bull sharks, Carcharhinus leucas (Müller and Henle, 1839), from the western South Atlantic Ocean". Journal of Applied Ichthyology 32 6 (2016): 1217-1220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jai.13125. Published • 10.1111/jai.13125 Afonso, André S.; Cantareli, Carlos V.; Levy, Rafael P.; Veras, Leonardo B.. "Evasive mating behaviour by female nurse sharks, Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788), in an equatorial insular breeding ground". Neotropical Ichthyology 14 4 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-20160103. Published • 10.1590/1982-0224-20160103 André S. Afonso; Renato Santiago; Humberto Hazin; Fábio H.V. Hazin. "Corrigendum to “Shark bycatch and mortality and hook bite-offs in pelagic longlines: Interactions between hook types and leader materials” [Fish. Res. 131–133 (2015) 9–14]". Fisheries Research 167 (2015): 278-279. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.fishres.2015.03.007. 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.03.007 Afonso, André S.; Hazin, Fábio H. V.. "Vertical Movement Patterns and Ontogenetic Niche Expansion in the Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvier". PLOS ONE 10 1 (2015): e0116720. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116720. Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0116720 Afonso, André S.; Andrade, Humber A.; Hazin, Fábio H. V.. "Structure and Dynamics of the Shark Assemblage off Recife, Northeastern Brazil". PLoS ONE 9 7 (2014): e102369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102369. Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0102369 Hazin, F. H. V.; Afonso, A. S.. "Response: A conservation approach to prevention of shark attacks off Recife, Brazil". Animal Conservation 17 4 (2014): 301-302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12160. Published • 10.1111/acv.12160 Afonso, André S.; Hazin, Fábio H.V.. "Post-release survival and behavior and exposure to fisheries in juvenile tiger sharks, Galeocerdo cuvier, from the South Atlantic". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 454 (2014): 55-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2014.02.008. Published • 10.1016/j.jembe.2014.02.008 Hazin, F. H. V.; Afonso, A. S.. "A green strategy for shark attack mitigation off Recife, Brazil". Animal Conservation 17 4 (2013): 287-296. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12096. Published • 10.1111/acv.12096 HAZIN, FABIO H.V.; AFONSO, ANDRE S.; CASTILHO, PEDRO C. DE; FERREIRA, LUCIANA C.; ROCHA, BRUNO C.L.M.. "Regional movements of the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, off northeastern Brazil: inferences regarding shark attack hazard". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 85 3 (2013): 1053-1062. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0001-37652013005000055. Published • 10.1590/s0001-37652013005000055 Afonso, André S.; Santiago, Renato; Hazin, Humberto; Hazin, Fábio H.V.. "Shark bycatch and mortality and hook bite-offs in pelagic longlines: Interactions between hook types and leader materials". Fisheries Research 131-133 (2012): 9-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2012.07.001. Published • 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.07.001 Afonso, A. S.; Hazin, F. H. V.; Barreto, R. R.; Santana, F. M.; Lessa, R. P.. "Extraordinary growth in tiger sharksGaleocerdo cuvierfrom the South Atlantic Ocean". Journal of Fish Biology 81 6 (2012): 2080-2085. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03455.x. Published • 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03455.x Ferreira, Luciana C.; Afonso, André S.; Castilho, Pedro C.; Hazin, Fábio H. V.. "Habitat use of the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, off Recife, Northeast Brazil: a combined survey with longline and acoustic telemetry". Environmental Biology of Fishes 96 6 (2012): 735-745. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-012-0067-5. Published • 10.1007/s10641-012-0067-5 Afonso, André S.; Hazin, Fábio H.V.; Carvalho, Felipe; Pacheco, José C.; Hazin, Humberto; Kerstetter, David W.; Murie, Debra; Burgess, George H.. "Fishing gear modifications to reduce elasmobranch mortality in pelagic and bottom longline fisheries off Northeast Brazil". Fisheries Research 108 2-3 (2011): 336-343. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2011.01.007. Published • 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.01.007 Afonso, André S.. "Anatomic-Radiographic Study Of The Axial Skeleton oF The Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)". Brazilian Journal of Morphological Science 25 (2008): 234. Published Afonso, André S.. "Anatomic-Radiographic Study Of The Scapular Girdle And Anterior Flipper Of The Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)". Brazilian Journal of Morphological Science 25 (2008): 235. Published Afonso, André S.. "Anatomic-Radiographic Study Of The Pelvic Girdle And Posterior Flipper Of The Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)". Brazilian Journal of Morphological Science 25 (2008): 236. Published Afonso, André S.. "Pueruli Settlement in the Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus Argus, at Bimini, Bahamas". Crustaceana 80 11 (2007): 1355-1371. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854007782605628. Published • 10.1163/156854007782605628
Newsletter article	Afonso, André S.. "Estado actual da investigação em elasmobrânqueos na Bimini Biological Field Station, Bahamas", Elasmoinfo, 2004
Newspaper article	Afonso, André S.. "Sopa de polímeros: como e por que o plástico está sufocando os nossos mares", The Conversation, 2023, https://theconversation.com/sopa-de-polimeros-como-e-por-que-o-plastico-esta-sufocando-nossos-mares-214135. Afonso, André S.. "Os incidentes com tubarões em Recife: por onde seguir?", Diário de Pernambuco , 2018, http://www.impresso.diariodepernambuco.com.br/noticia/cadernos/vidaurbana/2018/04/os-incidentes-com-tubaroes-no-recife-por-onde-seguir.html. Afonso, André S.. "Towing sharks out to sea will let us protect people … and sharks.", The Conversation, 2014, https://theconversation.com/towing-sharks-out-to-sea-will-let-us-protect-people-and-sharks-22183.
Report	Afonso, André S.. 2023. Oliveira N, Carvalho S, Silva E, Almeida A, Afonso A, Correia J, Andrade J. 2023. Inovação e transferência de conhecimentos entre cientistas e pescadores de anzol e pequenos palangreiros. Relatório final do Projeto Anzol+ (MAR-01.03.02-FEAMP-0026). Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves, Lisbon.. Afonso, André S.. 2022. Oliveira N, Carvalho S, Silva E, Almeida A, Correia J, Afonso AS, Andrade J. 2022. Report on the project “Anzol+ -Caracterização e avaliação da pesca à linha (cana e palangre fundeado) operada dentro da Reserva Natural das Berlengas” (MAR-01.03.02-FEAMP-0026). Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves, Lisbon. Available at https://www.spea.pt/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Relatorio_Anzol-_carcateri. Afonso, André S.. 2022. Afonso AS, Sérgio M. Leandro, Pedro Leitão, Aida Campos,Vitor Henriques, Narcisa Bandarra. 2022. Second report on the project TECPESCAS – Tecnologia da Pesca e Seletividade (MAR-01.04.02-FEAMP-0010). Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, 7 September.. Afonso, André S.. 2021. Afonso AS, Sérgio M. Leandro, Pedro Leitão, Aida Campos. 2021. First report on the project “TECPESCAS – Tecnologia da Pesca e Seletividade” (MAR-01.04.02-FEAMP-0010). Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera; Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, 19 October.. Afonso, André Sucena; Mourato, Bruno; Hazin, Fábio Hissa Vieira. 2019. The effect of lightstick color in pelagic longline fisheries. Afonso, André S.. 2018. Spatiotemporal distribution of shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) in southwestern Atlantic waters: Possible influence of climatic and environmental driver.
Thesis / Dissertation	Afonso, André S.. "Bioecology and movement patterns of sharks off Recife, Brazil: Applications in the mitigation of shark attack hazard". PhD, Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/2872. Afonso, André S.. "Spatiotemporal patterns in the early-recruitment of decapods at Bimini Lagoon, Bahamas". Degree, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, 2004.

Artistic / Performance

Short fiction

Afonso, André S.. 2023. "O Mar Debaixo". Leiria, Portugal: Instituto Politécnico de Leiria.
Afonso, André S.. 2009. "O Estripador à Moda do Porto". Papiro Editora.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/11/18	O Nosso Mar: Investigação e Desafios	Dia Nacional do Mar Câmara Municipal da Figueira da Foz (Figueira da Foz)
2023/04/26	O Mar Debaixo	Circular à volta do plástico Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (Peniche, Portugal)
2022/10/19	Desmistificando os acidentes com fauna marinha: motivos e frequências	XVIII Semana da Biologia Marinha e Gerenciamento Costeiro Universidade Estadual Paulista (Brazil)
2022/07/15	Tubarões de Fernando de Noronha	Semana do Tubarão Sea Shepherd (Brazil)
2022/06/29	The tiger shark in the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean	Geep Week III Grupo de Estudos em Elasmobrânqueos do Paraná (Brazil)
2022/06/07	Promoting and Strengthening the Sustainable Exploitation of Underwater Resources	Blue Talks República Portuguesa (Doha, Qatar)
2021/11	Desenvolvimento de ferramentas para a monitorização da pesca.	Workshop of project TECPESCAS – Tecnologias de Pesca e Selectividade. Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia Marinha, Politécnico de Leiria (Peniche, Portugal)
2021/10/15	Áreas Marinhas Protegidas na gestão de conflitos	31º Seminário CoastWatch “Um Mar de Oportunidades” Geota – Grupo de Estudos de Ordenamento do Território e Ambiente (Portugal)
2018/06	Silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis (Bribon, 1839) Satellite Tagging in the Equatorial and Southwestern Atlantic Ocean	Sharks International III Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo de Elasmobranquios (João Pessoa, Brazil)
2017/09	Scale and habitat-dependent movement behaviour of a large marine predator.	6th International Bio-logging Science Symposium International Bio-logging Society (Lake Constance, Germany)
2016/04	Aplicações no estudo da bioecologia e conservação de tubarões no nordeste brasileiro	IX Reunião da Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo de Elasmobrânquios Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo de Elasmobrânquios (Penedo, Brazil)
2016	Ecologia espacial do tubarão tigre Galeocerdo cuvier no Oceano Atlântico Sul	Ciclo de Palestras Tamar TAMAR (Fernando de Noronha, Brazil)
2015/02	Electronic tagging of elasmobranchs off the Pernambuco State	Symposium on telemetry, mark and recapture studies in fish ecology Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia (Recife, Brazil)
2013	Tubarões de Pernambuco – Maestros do Ecossistema Marinho	V Jornadas da Ecologia Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (Recife, Brazil)
2013	O Programa de Monitoramento de Tubarões de Recife	Jornadas da História Ambiental: Debates Interdisciplinares Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (Recife, Brazil)
2009	Tubarões – Aspectos Biológicos e Importância Ecológica	Jornadas da Ecologia Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (Recife, Brazil)
2009	Short note on large-scale movements of the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, in the South Atlantic Ocean	III Workshop on the Portuguese research about Sharks and Rays Associação Portuguesa para o Estudo e Conservação de Elasmobrânquios (Cascais, Portugal)
2005	Cenário actual da investigação em elasmobrânqueos na Bimini Biological Field Station	I Workshop on the Portuguese research about Sharks and Rays Associação Portuguesa para o Estudo e Conservação de Elasmobrânquios (Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023 - 2025	Assessing pollution effects on nektonic marine fauna Supervisor	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 - 2024	Abundance and distribution of elasmobranchs in a tropical marine reserve Supervisor	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 - 2024	Using baited remote underwater video to assess the distribution of fisheries resources Supervisor	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 - 2024	Examining environmental effects on marine communities using a multivariate approach Supervisor	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017 - 2019	Diving behavior of the tiger shark Co-supervisor	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
2017 - 2018	Using baited remote underwater video to monitor sharks in Fernando de Noronha Co-supervisor	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
2015 - 2016	Comparing postrelease behavior of longline-caught tiger sharks in relation to their survival Supervisor of Leonardo Lima Fidelis	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
2015 - 2016	Knowledge and perceptions of undergradute students at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco about sharks Co-supervisor
2015 - 2016	Analysis of the bycatch in a longline and drumline coastal survey targeting potentially aggressive sharks Supervisor	Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil
2015 - 2016	The shark attack problem of Recife and mitigation strategies based on scientific and socioeconomic development Supervisor
2014 - 2016	Population structure, dynamics and movements of the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas off northeastern Brazil Co-supervisor	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
2013 - 2016	Movements of the Southern stingray Dasyatis americana off Pernambuco Co-supervisor	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
2013 - 2015	Movements and habitat use of the nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum Co-supervisor	Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil
2014 - 2014	The shark attack problem of Recife and mitigation strategies based on scientific and socioeconomic development Supervisor	Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2015 - Current	XXI Encontro Brasileiro de Ictiologia (2015) Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia, Brazil
2014 - Current	V International workshop on Incidents with Sharks (2014) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil
2014 - Current	World Fish Migration Day. Responsible for the organization of the program of Recife, "Capibaribe: Um Rio de Vida"; URL: http://capibariberiodevida.blogspot.com.br (2014) Festival (President of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2023	Uso de habitat e determinação de área berçário do tubarão-tigre (Galeocerdo cuvier) no litoral do Paraná. (Thesis) Main arguer	Samuel Balanin (Master)
2017	Abundância relativa e uso do habitat por tubarões do gênero Carcharhinus (C. falciformis, C. galapagensis e C. obscurus) no arquipélgado de São Pedro e São Paulo – Brasil. (Thesis) Arguer	Luiza Pacheco (Master) Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
2016	Distribuição espacial de habitats essenciais na costa do Brasil e abundância, estrutura populacional e monitoramento via satélite do tubarão-baleia no Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo (Thesis) Arguer	Bruno Cézar Luz Macena Rocha (PhD) Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
2015	Esforço de pesca e cpue da tainha e da saúna capturadas com rede de emalhe na pesca artesanal em um estuário tropical no sudoeste do atlântico (Thesis) Arguer	Victor Teruo Goto (Other) Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil
2013	Relação entre o tráfego de navios no complexo portuário de Suape e os ataques de tubarões nas praias de Pernambuco, no período de 1991 a 2012 (Thesis) Arguer	Marcílio Ferreira Batista da Silva (Other) Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil
2008	Avaliação dos índices de captura com o uso do espinhel de fundo no litoral de Pernambuco (Thesis) Arguer	Rafael Ferreira Muniz (Other) Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024 - Current	Science of Total Environment
2024 - Current	Journal of Ethnobiology
2023 - Current	Regional Studies in Marine Science
2022 - Current	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2022 - Current	Clinical Case Reports
2021 - Current	Human–Wildlife Interactions
2021 - Current	Ocean and Coastal Management
2021 - Current	People and Nature
2021 - Current	Frontiers in Marine Science
2020 - Current	Biodiversity and Conservation
2020 - Current	Marine Biology
2019 - Current	Journal of Applied Ecology
2018 - Current	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology
2018 - Current	Animal Conservation
2017 - Current	Society & Animals
2017 - Current	Scientific Reports
2017 - Current	Marine Biology Research
2016 - Current	Fish and Fisheries
2016 - Current	International Aquatic Research
2016 - Current	North American Journal of Fisheries Management
2016 - Current	Aquatic Living Resources
2016 - Current	Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
2016 - Current	Fishery Bulletin
2016 - Current	Marine and Coastal Fisheries
2016 - Current	Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
2015 - Current	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
2015 - Current	Royal Society Open Science
2015 - Current	Marine Ecology Progress Series
2015 - Current	Endangered Species Research
2015 - Current	Marine Biodiversity Records
2015 - Current	Journal of Biogeography
2015 - Current	Journal of Fish Biology
2014 - Current	Biological Conservation
2014 - Current	Latin America Journal of Aquatic Research
2013 - Current	PLoS ONE
2013 - Current	Life Sciences
2013 - Current	Journal of Marine Biology
2012 - Current	Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology
2012 - Current	Fisheries Research
2009 - Current	International Review of Hydrobiology

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2017/11 - Current	Instituto Tubarões de Noronha	Fundador e Diretor de Relações Institucionais
2015 - Current	Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
2011 - Current	American Elasmobranch Society
2009 - Current	Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo de Elasmobrânquios
2003 - Current	Associação Portuguesa para o Estudo e Conservação de Elasmobrânqueos
2003 - Current	European Elasmobranch Society
2002 - 2003	Liga para a Protecção da Natureza

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2015 - Current	XXI Encontro Brasileiro de Ictiologia	Recife
2015 - Current	XXI Brazilian Meeting on Ichthyology	Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2023/07/07 - Current	Afonso AS. 2023. Participation in the National Participatory Workshop on the Plan of Action for Shark and Ray Management and Conservation, produced by the Associação Natureza Portugal / World Wildlife Fund, Lisbon, Portugal. 7 July.
2023 - Current	Afonso AS. 2023. A theoretical appraisal on the feasibility of implementing a non-lethal, translocation-based shark hazard mitigation strategy in Réunion Island. Specialized consultancy on shark hazard mitigation management provided to the Association VAGUES; invitation made by Mr. Didier Dérand, Réunion Island, France. 110 pp.	Association VAGUES, France
2023 - Current	Afonso AS. 2023. Invited specialist consultancy provided to Wosnick et al. on the development of a management plan for tiger shark conservation. Full report citation is: “Wosnick et al., 2023. Planejamento para a conservação do tubarão-tigre (Galeocerdo cuvier) no litoral do Paraná. Associação MarBrasil, Pontal do Paraná, Brazil. 44 pp.”	Associação MarBrasil, Brazil

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024/03 - Current	Observação remota da fauna marinha: Como descobrir o impossível?	Week of Science of the University of Coimbra (Ensino secundário)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/10/27 - Current	Fisheries: New Challenges	Marine Biology and Ecology (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/10/18 - Current	Introduction to Ichthyology	Marine Biology and Ecology (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/04 - Current	Observação remota da fauna marinha: Como descobrir o impossível?	Week of Science of the University of Coimbra (Ensino secundário)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/12 - Current	Observação remota da fauna marinha: Como descobrir o impossível?	Week of Science of the University of Coimbra (Ensino secundário)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 - Current	Tubarões: Maestros do Oceano	Week of Science of the University of Coimbra (Ensino secundário)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/08 - Current	Desafios tecnológicos para a monitorização ambiental	Summer course on Monitoring and Management of Marine Resources (Outros)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2019/12/15 - Current	Morphology and biology of elasmobranchs	2 hour workshop at the scientific meeting Jornadas do Mar	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2019/10 - Current	Biologia marinha	Telemetry and conservation of sharks in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2016/06 - 2016/07	Telemetry techniques for marine wildlife research	(Doctor)	Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2024/02/17	The Hidden Effects Of COVID-19 Lockdowns On Shark Populations	Forbes Magazine (USA)
2024/01/04	Universidade de Coimbra concluiu que ausência humana altera comportamento dos tubarões	Jornal Observador
2018	Projeto de Monitoramento de Tubarões de Fernando de Noronha	Diário de Pernambuco
2018	Projeto de Monitoramento de Tubarões de Fernando de Noronha	G1 Globo
2017	Projeto de Monitoramento de Tubarões de Fernando de Noronha	Diário de Pernambuco
2017	Projeto de Monitoramento de Tubarões de Fernando de Noronha	Revista Arquipélago
2017	Projeto de Monitoramento de Tubarões de Fernando de Noronha	Folha PE
2016	Projeto de Monitoramento de Tubarões de Fernando de Noronha	Folha PE
2015	Projeto de Monitoramento de Tubarões de Recife	Sinc (Espanha)
2014	Projeto de Monitoramento de Tubarões de Recife	Revista Mergulho
2014	Projeto de Monitoramento de Tubarões de Recife	Tecnociência
2009	Projeto de Monitoramento de Tubarões de Recife	Correio Brasiliense
2009	Projeto de Monitoramento de Tubarões de Recife	Revista Super Interessante
2009	Projeto de Monitoramento de Tubarões de Recife	Jornal Zoom
2008	Projeto de Monitoramento de Tubarões de Recife	Revista Sábado

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2023 - Current	When Sharks Attack
2022/02/10 - Current	Repórter Aventura
2022/02/06 - Current	Domingo Espetacular
2022 - Current	“Deadly Sharks of Brazil”	Shark Week
2021/07/17 - Current	Os dias do futuro – Episode 26
2019/10/30 - Current	Rede GPS	Entrevistas a portugueses investigadores com actuação no estrangeiro.
2018 - Current	National Geographic Wild	Projecto de Monitoramento de Tubarões de Recife
2017 - Current	TV Jornal	Projecto de Marcação de Tubarões de Fernando de Noronha
2017 - Current	Domingo Espetacular	Projecto de Marcação de Tubarões de Fernando de Noronha
2017 - Current	Phoenix	Projecto de Marcação de Tubarões de Fernando de Noronha
2016 - Current	Shark Week - Episode Shark Exile	Projecto de Monitoramento de Tubarões de Recife
2016 - Current	Missão Américas - Episódio Ilhas Oceânicas	Projecto de Marcação de Tubarões de Fernando de Noronha
2016 - Current	Fantástico	Projecto de Marcação de Tubarões de Fernando de Noronha
2014 - Current	Caldeirão do Huck	Projecto de Marcação de Tubarões de Fernando de Noronha
2012 - Current	GloboMar	Projecto de Monitoramento de Tubarões de Recife

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2019 - Current	Journal of Applied Ecology (1365-2664)	Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2018 - Current	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology (1029-0362)	Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2018 - Current	Animal Conservation (1469-1795)	Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2017 - Current	Society & Animals
2017 - Current	Scientific Reports (2045-2322)	Springer Nature
2017 - Current	Marine Biology Research (1745-1019)	Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2016 - Current	Fish and Fisheries (1467-2979)	Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2016 - Current	International Aquatic Research (2008-6970)	Springer-Verlag
2016 - Current	North American Journal of Fisheries Management (1548-8675)	Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2016 - Current	Aquatic Living Resources (1765-2952)	EDP Sciences
2016 - Current	Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (1548-8659)	Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2016 - Current	Fishery Bulletin (0090-0656)	NMFS Scientific Publications Office
2016 - Current	Marine and Coastal Fisheries (1942-5120)	Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2016 - Current	Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (1537-5293)	The University of Chicago Press
2015 - Current	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (1432-0762)	Springer-Verlag
2015 - Current	Royal Society Open Science (2054-5703)	The Royal Society
2015 - Current	Marine Ecology Progress Series (1616-1599)	Inter-Research Science Center
2015 - Current	Endangered Species Research (1613-4796)	Inter-Research Science Center
2015 - Current	Marine Biodiversity Records (1755-2672)	Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2015 - Current	Journal of Biogeography (1365-2699)	Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2015 - Current	Journal of Fish Biology (1095-8649)	Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2014 - Current	Biological Conservation (0006-3207)	Elsevier
2014 - Current	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research (0718-560X)	Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
2013 - Current	PLoS ONE (1932-6203)	Public Library of Science
2013 - Current	Life Sciences
2013 - Current	Journal of Marine Biology (1687-949X)	Hindawi Limited
2012 - Current	Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology (1993-5005)	Springer-Verlag
2012 - Current	Fisheries Research (0165-7836)	Elsevier
2009 - Current	International Review of Hydrobiology (1522-2632)	Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2015 - Current	Avaliação de mérito científico de candidaturas ao programa NOAA_NMFS_Saltonstall-Kennedy Research Program	National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Regional Office, United States
2015 - Current	NOAA/NMFS/Saltonstall-Kennedy Research Funding Program - Evaluation of Proposals	NOAA Fisheries California Coastal Office, United States
2014 - Current	Avaliação de mérito científico para o programa Endangered Species Act/ NOAA	National Marine Fisheries Service, United States
2014 - Current	NOAA-Endangered Species Act Funding Program - Evaluation of proposals	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States

Distinctions

Award

2020	+ International Scientific Publication Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2013	Scientific Award Casa da América Latina/ Santander Totta to the best PhD thesis produced by Portuguese and Latin American academia in the area of Natural Sciences and Technology Casa da América Latina, Portugal
2009	Scientific Award Seeds of Science Junior Ciência Hoje, Portugal