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I am a Postdoctoral Fellow dedicated to the study of movement ecology and to advancing our knowledge on the mechanisms underlying animal movement decisions, both over an individual's lifespan and in response to environmental change. I completed a PhD at Univ. East Anglia (UK) in 2022, a MSc in Conservation Biology (2012), and a degree in Biology (2009) at the Univ. Lisbon (Portugal). I have authored 17 peer-reviewed papers, worked in 11 research projects in 8 countries, with researchers across 5 continents, demonstrating my collaborative spirit. My research has been recognised through 10 grants and awards. I have co-supervised 5 MSc students, 1 MSc internship and 1 BSc project, and mentored 1 PhD candidate and 2 MSc students. During my PhD, I analysed the environmental determinants of dispersal and migratory behaviour of long-lived birds, using white storks and shoebills as study species. Currently, I am based at French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (France) to investigate how anthropogenic resources affects bird health and movement, potentially increasing human-bird interactions and pathogen transmission risks. I am also coordinating a research project, in collaboration with the BIOPOLIS-CIBIO (Portugal), University of East Anglia (UK), and University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), investigating the effects of early-life conditions on the migratory behaviour of white storks. In addition, I am in the core team of the COST Action "EUFLYNET", where I serve as Grant Awarding Coordinator. Since 2014, my main research interest has been bird movement ecology and the development of technological tools to study animal movement. This has led me to collaborate with several national and international research institutes (e.g., BIOPOLIS-CIBIO - Portugal, Institute of Avian Research - Germany, FitzPatrick Institute for African Ornithology - South Africa, Tel Aviv University - Israel, University of California LA - USA), working with the movement ecology of a several bird species. I am actively engaged in the scientific community as reviewer for leading journals, editor for EcoEvoRxiv, and member of the British Ornithologists’ Union committee. I have delivered 35 presentations at conferences, with awards for best oral (2022) and poster (2023) presentations. My work has been covered by over 50 international outlets, 2 podcasts, 3 blogs, 2 nature documentaries, and at 7 science communication events, demonstrating my ability to disseminate my research to diverse audiences.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Marta Acácio

Citation names

  • Acácio, Marta

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C013-D63D-F4DF
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9947-1181
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZeFljoQAAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id
GLR-5221-2022
Scopus Author Id
57204427690

Addresses

  • MIVEGEC, University of Montpellier CNRS IRD, Centre IRD, Montpellier, France, 34090, Montpellier, Montpellier, France (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2018 - 2022
Concluded
 Environmental Sciences (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of East Anglia School of Environmental Sciences, United Kingdom
"The environmental determinants of dispersal and migratory behaviour of long lived birds" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2009 - 2012
Concluded
 Biologia da Conservação (Mestrado)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"Influência do pastoreio nas aves do montado" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2006 - 2009
Concluded
 Biologia Ambiental (Licenciatura)
Major in Terrestre
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/12 - Current Postdoc (Research) Institut de recherche pour le développement, France
2024 - Current Postdoc (Research) Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain
2022/03 - 2024/11 Postdoc (Research) Tel Aviv University, Israel
2014/11 - 2017/12 Researcher (Research) University of East Anglia School of Environmental Sciences, United Kingdom
2015/03 - 2015/06 Researcher (Research) University of East Anglia School of Environmental Sciences, United Kingdom
2014/01 - 2014/07 Research Trainee (Research) Institut für Vogelforschung, Germany
2014 - 2014 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2012/02 - 2013/12 Researcher (Research) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Research Trainee (Research) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2025/09/01 - Current Individual drivers and energetic costs of partial migration under future climate change scenarios
JDC2023-050742-I
Principal investigator
Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain
 Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Ongoing
2024/12/01 - Current Effects of anthropogenic food subsidies on the health and movements of opportunistic avian species: a One Health approach
No-identifier
Principal investigator
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement Centre de Montpellier, France
 Campus France
Ongoing
2023/10/12 - Current A European flyway research network for the effective conservation of migrant landbirds (EUFLYNET)
CA22117
Grant Awarding Coordinator
Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Austria
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
2022 - Current Consequences of early-life conditions on first-year migratory decisions of a partially migratory species
LRB22/1006
Principal investigator
British Ecological Society
Ongoing
2022 - 2024 Ageing in nature: lifelong changes in the movement and social behavior of the endangered Griffon Vulture
NA
Principal investigator
Tel Aviv University, Israel
 Tel Aviv University
Ongoing
2018 - 2022 The environmental determinants of dispersal and migratory behaviour of long-lived birds
NE/N012070/1
PhD Student Fellow
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
 Natural Environment Research Council
Concluded
2018 - 2022 NEXUSS Capital Grant: "The environmental determinants of dispersal and migratory behaviour of long-lived birds"
NE/N012070/1 - capital grant
PhD Student Fellow
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
 Natural Environment Research Council
Concluded
2018 - 2021 Latitudinal differences in migratory behaviour of juvenile black storks from a partial migratory population
No-reference
Principal investigator
Microwave Telemetry, Inc.

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/03 - 2024/11 Uncovering how links between social and spatial interactions affect ecological processes
822/2019
Post-doc Fellow
Tel Aviv University, Israel

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
Binational Science Foundation
Ongoing
2018 - 2022 BIRDS ON THE MOVE - adaptive migratory behaviour in response to global environmental change
PTDC/BIA-ECO/28176/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/11 - 2017/12 Long range wireless devices for high-resolution monitoring of animal movement
NE/P003907/1
Researcher
University of East Anglia School of Environmental Sciences, United Kingdom
 Natural Environment Research Council
Concluded
2015 - 2015 Houbara Conservation & Sustainable Hunting: An evidence-based approach
NA
Researcher
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Concluded
2012/02 - 2013/12 Agro-forestry management practices of montados and its impacts on bats and birds
108448
Researcher
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Franco, Aldina M.A.; Acácio, Marta. "New long-distance migratory routes of the recently reintroduced UK white storks". Paper presented in Global Flyways - British Ornithologists’ Union, 2023.
  2. Soriano-Redondo, Andrea; Acácio, Marta; Catry, Inês. "Fitness, behavioral, and energetic trade-offs of different migratory strategies in a partially migratory species". Paper presented in XVIII Congreso Nacional y XV Iberoamericano de Etología y Ecología Evolutiva, 2023.
  3. Acácio, Marta; Kaija Gahm; Nili Anglister; Gideon Vaadia; Ohad Hatzofe; Roi Harel; Ran Nathan; Noa Pinter-Wollman; Orr Spiegel. Corresponding author: Acácio, Marta. "Ageing in nature: Lifelong changes in the movement and social behaviour of griffon vultures". Paper presented in Gordon Research Conference, 2023.
  4. Acácio, Marta; Kaija Gahm; Nili Anglister; Gideon Vaadia; Ohad Hatzofe; Roi Harel; Ran Nathan; Noa Pinter-Wollman; Orr Spiegel. Corresponding author: Acácio, Marta. "Ageing in nature: lifelong changes in movement and social behaviour of a long-lived species". Paper presented in Gordon Research Seminars, 2023.
  5. Solomon, Tovale; Acácio, Marta; Spiegel, Orr. "Comparing factors affecting individuality in movement across avian species". Paper presented in Movement ecology of animals, Gordon Research Conference, 2023.
  6. Martins, BH; Acácio, Marta; Pacheco, Carlos; Encarnação, Vitor; Moniz, F; Tenreiro, P.J.Q.; da Silva, Luis P.; et al. "Changes in the migratory behavior of the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) in Portugal". Paper presented in XIX Portuguese National Congress of Ecology, 2020.
  7. Acácio, Marta. "Influence of weather conditions on the migration performance of juvenile white storks (Ciconia ciconia)". Paper presented in X Portuguese Congress of Ornithology, 2019.
  8. Acácio, Marta. "Influence of weather conditions on the migration performance of juvenile white storks (Ciconia ciconia)". Paper presented in BOU Annual Conferece - Tracking migration: drivers, challenges and consequences of seasonal movements, 2019.
  9. Catry, Inês; Andrea Soriano-Redondo; Acácio, Marta; Rogerson, Katharine; Catry, Teresa; Pacheco, Carlos; Martins, Bruno Herlander; et al. "Human food waste and recent changes on migratory behaviour of white-storks (Ciconia ciconia): towards the end of migration?". Paper presented in BOU Annual Conference - Tracking migration: drivers, challenges and consequences of seasonal movements, 2019.
  10. Acácio, Marta; Atkinson, Philip W; Silva, João Paulo; Franco, Aldina. "Quantifying the 3-dimensional accuracy of a novel GPS/GPRS tracking device". Paper presented in 3rd International Congress on Bird Migration and Global Change, 2018.
  11. Acácio, Marta; Atkinson, Philip W; Silva, João Paulo; Franco, Aldina. "Flyway-50: a new GPS/GPRS logger by Movetech Telemetry". Paper presented in 6th International Bio-Logging Symposium, 2017.
  12. Acácio, Marta; Rocha, Ricardo; Bernard, Enrico; López-Baucells, Adrià. "Ametrida centurio: small bat, big traveller?". Paper presented in 4th International Berlin Bat Meeting: Movement Ecology of Bats, 2015.
  13. Acácio, Marta; Rainho, Ana; Meyer, Christoph F J; Palmeirim, Jorge M. "Influence of grazing intensity on foraging opportunities for birds in Montados". Paper presented in ICAAM International Conference 2013: Acknowledging the Montados and Dehesas as High Nature, 2013.
  14. Acácio, Marta; Rainho, Ana; Meyer, Christoph F J; Palmeirim, Jorge M. "Influence of grazing intensity on foraging opportunities for birds in managed cork and holm oak woodlands". Paper presented in 9th Conference of the European Ornithologists’ Union, 2013.
  15. Lopes, Paula; Acácio, Marta; Rainho, Ana; Meyer, Christoph F J; Palmeirim, Jorge M. "Importance of the vegetation associated with rock outcrops for Montado birds". Paper presented in ICAAM International Conference 2013: Acknowledging the Montados and Dehesas as High Nature Value Farming Systems, 2013.
Journal article
  1. D'Bastiani, Elvira; Anglister, Nili; Lysnyansky, Inna; Mikula, Inna; Acácio, Marta; Vaadia, Gideon; Gahm, Kaija; Spiegel, Orr; Pinter-Wollman, Noa. "Social interactions do not affect mycoplasma infection in griffon vultures". Royal Society Open Science (2024):
    Open access • Accepted
  2. Gahm, Kaija; Nguyen, Ryan; Acácio, Marta; Anglister, Nili; Vaadia, Gideon; Spiegel, Orr; Pinter-Wollman, Noa. "A wrap-around movement path randomization method to distinguish social and spatial drivers of animal interactions". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 379 1912 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0531.
    Published • 10.1098/rstb.2022.0531
  3. Acácio, Marta; Gahm, Kaija; Anglister, Nili; Vaadia, Gideon; Hatzofe, Ohad; Harel, Roi; Efrat, Ron; et al. Corresponding author: Acácio, Marta. "Behavioral plasticity shapes population aging patterns in a long-lived avian scavenger". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 35 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2407298121.
    Published • 10.1073/pnas.2407298121
  4. Serratosa, Juan; Oppel, Steffen; Rotics, Shay; Santangeli, Andrea; Butchart, Stuart H.M.; Cano-Alonso, Luis S.; Tellería, Jose Luis; et al. "Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale". Biological Conservation 293 (2024): 110525. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110525.
    Published • 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110525
  5. Soriano-Redondo, Andrea; Franco, Aldina M. A.; Acácio, Marta; Payo-Payo, Ana; Martins, Bruno Herlander; Moreira, Francisco; Catry, Inês. "Fitness, behavioral, and energetic trade-offs of different migratory strategies in a partially migratory species". Ecology 104 10 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4151.
    10.1002/ecy.4151
  6. Marta Acácio; Nili Anglister; Gideon Vaadia; Roi Harel; Ran Nathan; Ohad Hatzofe; Orr Spiegel. "A lifetime track of a griffon vulture: The moving story of Rehovot ( Y64 )". Ecology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3985.
    10.1002/ecy.3985
  7. Marcelino, J.; Franco, A.M.A.; Acácio, M.; Soriano-Redondo, A.; Moreira, F.; Catry, I.. "Anthropogenic food subsidies reshape the migratory behaviour of a long-distance migrant". Science of the Total Environment 858 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85141922362&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159992
  8. Jethro G. Gauld; João P. Silva; Philip W. Atkinson; Paul Record; Marta Acácio; Volen Arkumarev; Julio Blas; et al. "Hotspots in the grid: Avian sensitivity and vulnerability to collision risk from energy infrastructure interactions in Europe and North Africa". Journal of Applied Ecology (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14160.
    10.1111/1365-2664.14160
  9. Marta Acácio; Laurentiu Rozylowicz; Philip W. Atkinson; João Paulo Silva; Aldina M. A. Franco. "Performance of GPS/GPRS tracking devices improves with increased fix interval and is not affected by animal deployment". PLOS ONE 17 3 (2022): e0265541-e0265541. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265541.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0265541
  10. Acácio, M.; Catry, I.; Soriano-Redondo, A.; Silva, J.P.; Atkinson, P.W.; Franco, A.M.A.. "Timing is critical: consequences of asynchronous migration for the performance and destination of a long-distance migrant". Movement Ecology 10 1 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85132201965&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s40462-022-00328-3
  11. Soriano-Redondo, A.; Franco, A.M.A.; Acácio, M.; Martins, B.H.; Moreira, F.; Catry, I.. "Flying the extra mile pays-off: Foraging on anthropogenic waste as a time and energy-saving strategy in a generalist bird". Science of the Total Environment 782 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85104106385&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146843
  12. Acácio, M.; Mullers, R.H.E.; Franco, A.M.A.; Willems, F.J.; Amar, A.. "Changes in surface water drive the movements of Shoebills". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85111996974&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41598-021-95093-5
  13. Marcelino, J.; Moreira, F.; Franco, A.M.A.; Soriano-Redondo, A.; Acácio, M.; Gauld, J.; Rego, F.C.; Silva, J.P.; Catry, I.. "Flight altitudes of a soaring bird suggest landfill sites as power line collision hotspots". Journal of Environmental Management 294 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85109117623&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113149
  14. Rocha, Ricardo; López-Baucells, Adrià; Farneda, Fábio Z; Ferreira, Diogo F; Silva, Inês; Acácio, Marta; Palmeirim, Jorge M; Meyer, Christoph F J. "Second-growth and small forest clearings have little effect on the temporal activity patterns of Amazonian phyllostomid bats". Current Zoology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoz042.
    10.1093/cz/zoz042
  15. Leal, A.I.; Acácio, M.; Meyer, C.F.J.; Rainho, A.; Palmeirim, J.M.. "Grazing improves habitat suitability for many ground foraging birds in Mediterranean wooded grasslands". Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 270-271 (2019): 1-8. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85055579238&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.agee.2018.10.012
  16. Soriano-Redondo, A.; Acácio, M.; Franco, A.M.A.; Herlander Martins, B.; Moreira, F.; Rogerson, K.; Catry, I.. "Testing alternative methods for estimation of bird migration phenology from GPS tracking data". Ibis (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85077869234&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/ibi.12809
  17. Bader, E.; Acácio, Marta; Monadjem, A.. "The importance of water bodies for insectivorous bats in a Malagasy dry deciduous forest: A case example from Kirindy (CNFEREF)". Malagasy Nature 9 (2015): 88-96.
    Accepted
Preprint
  1. Acácio, Marta; Gahm, Kaija; Anglister, Nili; Vaadia, Gideon; Hatzofe, Ohad; Harel, Roi; Efrat, Ron; et al. "Behavioural plasticity shapes population ageing patterns". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/x22321.
    10.32942/x22321
  2. Pedro Andrade; Aldina M. A. Franco; Marta Acacio; Sandra Afonso; Cristiana I. Marques; Francisco Moreira; Miguel Carneiro; Ines Catry. "Mechanisms underlying the loss of migratory behaviour in a long-lived bird". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.06.583673.
    10.1101/2024.03.06.583673
  3. D'Bastiani, Elvira; Anglister, Nili; Lysnyansky, Inna; Mikula, Inna; Acácio, Marta; Vaadia, Gideon; Gahm, Kaija; Spiegel, Orr; Pinter-Wollman, Noa. "Social interactions do not affect mycoplasma infection in griffon vultures". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/x2vc9k.
    10.32942/x2vc9k
  4. Anglister, Nili; Acácio, Marta; Vaadia, Gideon; Arnon, Eitam Arnon; Bruer, Michael Bruer; Hatzofe, Ohad; Miller, Ygal; et al. "Extreme temperatures impede the release success of captive-bred avian scavengers". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.14.585025.
    10.1101/2024.03.14.585025
  5. Nili Anglister; Miranda May Crafton; On Avraham; Acácio, Marta; Gideon Vaadia; Ohad Hatzofe; Yigal Miller; et al. "Factors affecting the individual probability of infection with a prevalent pathogen (Mycoplasma) and the effect on Griffon vultures’ movement behavior". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.01.606137.
    10.1101/2024.08.01.606137

Other

Dataset
  1. Acácio, Marta; Spiegel, Orr. Dataset for "Behavioural plasticity shapes population ageing patterns". Zenodo. 2024.
    10.5281/zenodo.10651582
  2. Acácio, Marta; Nili Anglister; Gideon Vaadia; Roi Harel; Ran Nathan; Ohad Hatzofe; Orr Spiegel. Data for: "A lifetime track of a griffon vulture: The moving story of Rehovot (Y64)". Zenodo. 2023.
    https://zenodo.org/record/7413086#.Y-p2rHZBxPY
  3. Acácio, Marta; Catry, Inês; Andrea Soriano-Redondo; Silva, João Paulo; Philip W. Atkinson; Franco, Aldina. Data for: Timing is critical: consequences of asynchronous migration for the performance and destination of a long-distance migrant. Movebank Data Repository. 2022.
    https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.137cn005
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/11 Avaliação dos fatores de risco de colisão de cegonha-branca com linhas elétricas através de seguimento por GPS 23º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia
(Portugal)
2024/10 Ageing behavior of Griffon vultures 4th Israeli Conference for Conservation Science
(Israel)
2023/11 Ageing in nature: lifelong changes in the movement and social behaviour of griffon vultures XI Portuguese Conference of Ornithology / II Conference of Macaronesia
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2023/11 Mechanisms underlying the loss of migratory behaviour in a long-lived bird. XI Portuguese Conference of Ornithology, II Conference of Macaronesia
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2023/11 Ageing in nature: lifelong changes in the movement and social behaviour of griffon vultures European Vulture Conference
Vulture Conservation Foundation (Cáceres, Spain)
2023/11 Accelerometer-based remote classification of Griffon Vulture behavior as a conservation tool European Vulture Conference
Vulture Conservation Foundation (Cáceres, Spain)
2023/11 The effect of extreme weather conditions on the survival of translocated Griffon Vultures in a desert climate in Israel European Vulture Conference
Vulture Conservation Foundation (Cáceres, Spain)
2023/11 Using long-term tracking data to study behavioural plasticity in birds Seminar - cancelled due to the war Israel-Palestine
Tel Aviv University (Tel Aviv, Israel)
2023/11 Using long-term tracking data to study behavioural plasticity in birds. Seminar - cancelled due to the war Israel-Palestine
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel)
2023/08 Ageing in nature: lifelong changes in movement and social behaviour of a long-lived species European Ornithologists Union Conference
European Ornithologists Union (Lund, Sweden)
2023/07 Movement behavior predicts social position across behavioral situations in an avian scavenger Animal Behavior Society Conference
(United States)
2023/05 Ageing in nature: lifelong changes in movement and social behaviour of a long-lived species Movement Ecology of Animals Conference
Gordon Research Conference (Italy)
2022 Developmental plasticity drives the loss of migratory behaviour in white storks European Ornithologists Union Conference
European Ornithologists Union
2022 Ageing in nature: lifelong changes in the movement behavior of the endangered Griffon Vulture Zoology School Conference
Tel Aviv University
2021 Timing of migration influences the performance and destination of a long-distance migrant. 7th International Bio-Logging Society Symposium
Bio-Logging Society (United States)
2021 Surfing the blue wave: changes in surface water drive the movements of Shoebills. Rebellion Conference
University of East Anglia (United Kingdom)
2020 The influence of weather on the migratory performance of juvenile and adult white storks. Festival of Ecology
British Ecological Society (United Kingdom)
2020 The influence of weather on the migratory performance of juvenile and adult white storks. Portuguese Ecological Society Conference
SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Portugal)
2019 SoapBox Science communication: "Fly another day: Spying on the incredible journeys of migratory birds." SoapBox Science - Norwich
(Norwich, United Kingdom)
2018 The determinants of dispersal and migratory movement of long-lived birds. Seminar
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town (South Africa)
2012 Influence of grazing intensity on foraging opportunities for birds in managed cork and holm oak woodlands XXI Congreso Español y V Ibérico de Ornitología
SEO / SPEA (Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/06 - Current Effect of age and sex on the migration of griffon vultures
Supervisor
 Biology BSc (Degree)
Tel Aviv University, Israel
2024/04 - 2024/07 Assessing White storks (Ciconia ciconia) reliance on anthropogenic habitats in southern Iberian Peninsula
Co-supervisor
 4th Year diploma (Other)
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
2023 - 2023 Using GPS technology to unravel the nesting behaviour and parental effort of white storks
Co-supervisor
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
2023 - 2023 Use of anthropogenic debris as nesting material by white storks: origin, occurrence, and effects on nesting success
Co-supervisor
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
2020 - 2020 White Storks response to reducing anthropogenic food sources in Portugal
Co-supervisor
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
2019 - 2019 White stork (Ciconia ciconia) pre-fledging activity and post fledging behaviour, migration timing and survival in a partially migrant population
Co-supervisor
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
2018 - 2018 Physical and migration metrics of White Storks (Ciconia ciconia) and the influence that landfills play in their variation
Co-supervisor
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/02/20 - Current "When I grow up, I want to be a Biologist!" - Activity in primary school about biology and bird migration
Other
 "When I grow up, I want to be a Biologist!"
Escola Básica Frei André da Veiga, Portugal
2021/10 - 2021/10 Presentation at Sagres Birdwatching Festival "Do White Storks still migrate?"
Festival
 Sagres Birdwatching Festival
2021/10 - 2021/10 Presentation at Sagres Birdwatching Festival "A year in the life of a Black Stork"
Festival
 Sagres Birdwatching Festival
2021/05 - 2021/05 BioBlitz Tapada da Ajuda - one of the leaders of the nocturnal birds' guided tour, and part of the bird ringing team
Festival
 BioBlitz
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2020/10 - 2020/10 Presentation at the Sagres Birdwatching Festival 2020 "Do White Storks still migrate?"
Festival
 Sagres Birdwatching Festival
2018 - 2019 Stand at the Norwich Science Festival in 2018 and 2019, including our own designed floor game "Fly - The Bird Migration Game"
Festival
 Norwich Science Festival

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024 - Current Journal of Avian Biology
2024 - Current Journal of Applied Ecology
2024 - Current Journal of Animal Ecology
2023 - Current Global Ecology and Conservation
2023 - Current Bird Conservation International
2022 - Current PLOS One
2021 - Current Ibis Wiley

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023 - Current Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE) Member
2019 - Current British Ecological Society Member
2017 - Current British Ornithologist's Union Member
2017 - Current British Trust for Ornithology Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Member of the "Awards Nominations Committee"
Member
 British Ornithologists' Union, United Kingdom
2018 - 2021 Student representative in the Next Generation Unmanned Systems Science Centre for Doctoral Training (NEXUSS CDT) Steering Committee
Member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/11 - 2024/11 Ecology and Management of Animal Populations MSc on Management and Conservation of Natural Resources (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2024/09/26 Blog post: "Are you becoming a creature of habit with age? You’re aging fine like a Griffon Vulture!" Vulture Conservation Foundation
2024/09/08 Newspaper article: "Just Like Us: Retired Eagles Like To Stay In" Mirage, Australia
2024/09/03 Newspaper article: "While young vultures gad about, older ones prefer to stay home" Times of Israel
2024/09/02 Newspaper article: "TAU & UCLA Researchers Discover Older Vulture Don’t Go Out Much" The Jewish Press
2024/09 Interview for the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development: Marta Acácio: Reducing human waste is protecting the health of animals and humans. https://en.ird.fr/marta-acacio-reducing-human-waste-protecting-health-animals-and-humans
2024/09 Full list of media outputs resulting from the publication "Behavioral plasticity shapes population aging patterns in a long-lived scavenger" https://tauex-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/martaoc_tauex_tau_ac_il/EW4wt2GaINBPulJ0giGFibIBWRMYUE5zXCc4sdGMt2c4HQ?e=2OorIU
2024/08/30 Newspaper article: "Not unlike many humans, vultures have fewer friends as they age, researchers say" Yahoo News
2024/08/29 Newspaper article: "Like people, vultures get set in their ways and have fewer friends as they age" Phys.org
2024/08/24 Newspaper article: "Like humans: in old age, vultures also prefer to "stay at home"" YNet
2024/02 Article in National Geographic Portugal - "Cegonhas-pretas - ou as primas tímidas" National Geographic Portugal
2023/10 BOU Blog: "Who has a voice at scientific conferences? Gender equality during the 2023 European Ornithologists' Union conference" British Ornithologists' Union Blog
2021/10 BOU Blog "Surfing the blue wave: Do changes in surface water drive the movement of Shoebills?" BOU
2021/06/22 Written interview and podcast on "Visão Verde", of Visão newspaper. Visão Verde
2020 Interview for Wilder "Cinco curiosidades sobre a migração das cegonhas portuguesas." Wilder
2020 Wilder article "Duas cegonhas-pretas juvenis marcadas no Douro Internacional." Wilder
2018 Interview for Le Figaro "Ces cigognes que ne migrent plus" Le Figaro

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2024/04 - Current Podcast - A Viagem do Maçarico: Marta Acácio e os projectos Birds on the Move e EUFLYNET
2023 - Current RTP Nature Documentary: "Cegonha-branca: entre a igreja e o penhasco"
2015 - Current Nature Documentary - "Morcegos - entre o mistério e a ciência"
2021 - 2021 ARTE Nature Documentary: "Quand passent les oiseaux (Einhimmel voller vögel)"

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/03 - Current EcoEvoRXiv

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/10 - 2024/12 White Storks as plastic biovectors Julián Cano Povedano
2022/03 - 2024/11 Using accelerometer-based behavioural classification to study the drivers and consequences of supplementary feeding stations for vultures Gideon Vaadia
2023/02 - 2023/08 Effects of landfills on breeding white storks’ behaviour and parental role Clara Garcia-Maurino-Taboada
Distinctions

Award

2024 Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellowship
Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Spain
2024 Make Our Planet Great Again (MOPGA) Postdoctoral Fellowship
Campus France, France
2023 Best Poster - 2nd Place: 2023 Movement Ecology of Animals Conference
Gordon Research Conference, United States
2023 Conference Attendance Grant
British Ornithologists' Union, United Kingdom
2022 George S. Wise Postdoctoral Fellowship
Tel Aviv University, Israel
2020 Best oral communication at the SPECO Conference
SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal
2018 The Christiane Howey Rising Scholar Award
Microwave Telemetry, Inc., United States
2018 Newton Fund Scholarship
Newton Fund, United Kingdom
2013 Leonardo da Vinci EU Grant
2011 Travel Grant
British Ecological Society, United Kingdom