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I'm a Researcher engaged in international projects in the field of biodiversity, ecology and pollination biology. I received a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the Belgian University of Louvain (UCL) in 2017. Through the integrated academic training in Ecology and Evolution, I addressed fundamental questions in the field of pollination biology by studying the role of pollinators as drivers of genetic and phenotypic plant diversification. In 2018, I obtained a Postdoctoral Fellowship financed by The Wallonia Brussels International (WBI) World Excellence. I in collaboration with the Biodiversity, Biogeography and Conservation research group (IBBC) of cE3c (University of Lisbon) and the Tropical and Mediterranean Biodiversity group (TMB), I have investigated the factors driving variation in the structure and dynamics of plant-pollinator interactions through the study of ecological networks using Oceanic Islands as model systems. In 2021, I started a Postdoc funded by Marie Sklodowska Curie's COFUND action, that aims to study the factors of bee decline in an urban ecosystem.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Fabiana Esposito

Citation names

  • Esposito, Fabiana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B811-B249-3FD6
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6119-4174

Addresses

  • Largo da Graça 82, 1170-165, Lisboa, Graça, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Botany
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Genetics and Heredity
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Entomology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Italian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021 - 2023
Ongoing
 Impacts of environmental stressors on bee diversity and interaction networks in Brussels, Belgium (Pós-doutoramento)
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
2018/09/01 - 2020/11/01
Concluded
 Bolsas de Pós-Doutoramento (Pós-doutoramento)
Major in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Postdoc Fellowship
2012/09/01 - 2017/07/04
Concluded
 Doutoramento (Doctor of Philosophy)
Université catholique de Louvain Musée universitaire de Louvain, Belgium
"Characterization of sympatric Platanthera bifolia and Platanthera chlorantha (Orchidaceae) populations and study of phenotypic selection" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Ph.D.in Sciences
2007/10 - 2009/10
Concluded
 Biodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Quality (Laurea Specialistica)
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Dipartimento di Biologia, Italy
"Does the floral scent of deceptive orchids have an adaptative role?" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 110/110 com laude
2009/02 - 2009/06
Concluded
 Specialization in Geographical Information Systems for the land’s sustainable management. (Master)
Major in GIS geographic information system and land management
Universita degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale, Italy
2004/11 - 2007/11
Concluded
 Biological Sciences (Laurea Magistrale)
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Dipartimento di Biologia, Italy
"Habitat management in order to preserve the rare plants Lonicera Stabiana and Convolvulus cneorum present in the Campana region, Italy. Analysis of the status of plants according to the IUCN criteria." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/11/15 - Current Postdoc (Research) Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
2021/05 - 2021/11 Research Trainee (Research) Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Belgium
Universidade de Lisboa Museu Nacional de História Natural, Portugal
2018/09 - 2020/11 Postdoc (Research) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2017/05/01 - 2018/09/01 Research Assistant (Research) Fonds de la Recherche Scientific, Belgium
Université catholique de Louvain - Mons, Belgium
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2018/02 - 2018/03 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Museu Nacional de História Natural, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Museu Nacional de História Natural, Portugal
2012 - 2017 Contracted Researcher (Research) Fonds de la Recherche Scientific, Belgium
Université catholique de Louvai Ecole de Biologie, Belgium
2011/09 - 2012/03 Researcher (Research) Musée des Sciences naturelles - Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Belgium

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015 - 2015 Assistant Laboratory Technician CARI - L'apiculture wallonne et bruxelloise, Belgium
CARI A.S.B.L. Louvain La Neuve. Belgium. , Belgium
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. "Chemical Composition of Essential Oil from four Sympatric Orchids in NW-Italy". Plants (2022):
    Submitted
  2. Esposito, Fabiana; Costa, Ricardo; Boieiro, Mário. "Foraging Behavior and Pollen Transport by Flower Visitors of the Madeira Island Endemic Echium candicans". Insects 12 6 (2021): 488. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects12060488.
    Published • 10.3390/insects12060488
  3. Esposito, Fabiana; Ambroise, Valentin; Scopece, Giovanni; Tyteca, Daniel. "Can phenotypic selection on floral traits explain the presence of enigmatic intermediate individuals in sympatric populations of Platanthera bifolia and P. chlorantha (Orchidaceae)?". Plant Species Biology 35 1 (2019): 59-71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1442-1984.12257.
    10.1111/1442-1984.12257
  4. Esposito, Fabiana. "Characterization of sympatric Platanthera bifolia and Platanthera chlorantha (Orchidaceae) populations with intermediate plants.". PeerJ (2018): https://peerj.com/articles/4256/.
    https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3279v1
  5. Esposito, Fabiana; Merckx, Thomas; Tyteca, Daniel. "Noctuid moths as potential hybridization agents for Platanthera orchids". Lankesteriana 17 3 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/lank.v17i3.31576.
    10.15517/lank.v17i3.31576
  6. Esposito, Fabiana. "The importance of pollen chemistry in evolutionary host shifts of bees". Scientific Reports (2017): https://www.nature.com/articles/srep43058.
    doi: 10.1038/srep43058
  7. Esposito, Fabiana. "Mycorrhizal fungal diversity and community composition in two closely related Platanthera (Orchidaceae) species.". PLoS ONE (2016): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164108.
    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164108
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020 Pollinator behaviour and pollen loads on the Madeiran endemic Echium Canadians. Presentation at the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (ce3c)
University of Lisbon (Portugal)
2015 Mixed Platanthera populations: the case for introgression or selection pressure. Congress of the Graduate School BEE (Biodiversity, Ecology, Evolution).