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Patrícia Alexandra Rachinas Lopes, PhD in Behavioral Biology, with interests in animal behaviour and welfare, both in the wild and under human care. Currently, she is a lecturer at ISPA - Instituto Universitário in Psychology, Biology and Cognitive and Behavioural Sciences bachelor's degrees. She is also a collaborator of MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, working on animal welfare projects. With an increase in international publications, book chapters and experience as a project manager in a consulting business company. Patrícia was awarded with 2 prices and a PhD grant from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Patrícia Alexandra Rachinas Lopes

Citation names

  • Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
DF1E-EEA7-E6AB
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6795-2610

Addresses

  • ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Rua Jardim do Tabaco 34, 1100-304, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Behavioural Sciences Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2011/04 - 2018/04
Concluded
 PhD in Behavioral Biology (Doutoramento)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal

ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
"The use of accelerometry, video-tracking and acoustic recordings to study the behavior of captive bottlenose dolphins" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2007 - 2010
Concluded
 Master Degree in Psychobiology (Mestrado)
ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
"Measuring Neurophysiological Markers of Acoustic Signal Processing in Bottlenose Dolphins With a New Non-Invasive Device" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17 out of 20
2002 - 2007
Concluded
 Graduation in Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
"Without thesis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14 out of 20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/12 - Current Science and Technology Management AnimalConcepts, Spain
2015/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2008/07 - 2014/12 Researcher (Research) Eco-ethology research unit, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/09 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/05 - 2018/09 Environmental Educator Zoomarine, Mundo Aquático SA, Portugal
Zoomarine, Mundo Aquático SA, Portugal
2011/06 - 2011/06 Collaboration in the exposition entitled “Um Oceano de Vida” in the theme “Posters sobre Golfinhos-Roazes do Estuário do Sado” in Padrão dos Descobrimentos, Lisboa N/A, Portugal
ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2009 - 2009 Training period in aquatic animals’ rehabilitation, environmental education and collaboration in international projects (grade of scientific report: 19 out of 20). Zoomarine, Mundo Aquático SA, Portugal
2006/05 - 2006/05 Voluntary work in the monitoring and preferred foraging sites of the Falco naumanni in the special protected zone of Castro Verde, Portugal Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2011/04 - 2018/04 The use of accelerometry, video-tracking and acoustic recordings to study the behavior of captive bottlenose dolphins
SFRH/BD/73886/2010
PhD Student Fellow
Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/06 - 2022 Study of the ecological and nature conservation values, and hydric resources, in the context of the maritime accessibility to Setúbal harbour improvement project
71335000-5, Estudos de engenharia
Researcher
APSS - Administração dos Portos de Setúbal e Sesimbra, SA
Concluded
2019 - 2020 Complementary study of the ecological and nature conservation values, and hydric resources, in the context of the maritime accessibility to Setúbal harbour improvement project
10252/2019
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
 APSS - Administração dos Portos de Setúbal e Sesimbra, SA
Concluded
2011/01 - 2012/06 Caracterization of underwater noise generated by maritime traffic in Sado estuary and assessment of its potential impact on the bottlenose dolphins' resident population
-
Researcher
Tróia-Natura, SA
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. S. Brando; Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia; M. Norman. "41. Flying bamboo across the globe and invisible animals: tales of feeding animals in zoos". In Transforming food systems: ethics, innovation and responsibility. Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2022.
    Published • 10.3920/978-90-8686-939-8_41
  2. Augusto, Joana; Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia; dos Santos, Manuel E.. "Golfinhos-Roazes do Sado: Passado, Presente e Cenários para o Futuro". In Cetáceos de Portugal Passado, Presente e Futuro, edited by Brito, Cristina; Carvalho, Inês, 89-101. Lisboa, Portugal: Escola de Mar, 2012.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Veloso, Mariana Mendonça; cristina lima; pedro coelho; Sousa-Santos, Carla; Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia. "On the impact of fin clipping in swimming patterns: a preliminary study using a model fish species.". Paper presented in Recent advances in animal welfare science VII – Virtual UFAW Animal Welfare Conference, 2021.
  2. Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia; Paixão, Vitor B.; dos Santos, Manuel E.; Costa, Rui M.. "What can acceleration tell us about the movements of an animal? An in-depth analysis of dolphin behavior". Paper presented in World Marine Mammal Conference, 2019.
    10.1063/1.35394
  3. Mendes-Carneiro, Inês; Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia; Luís, Ana R.; Couchinho, Miguel N.; Alves, Inês; Sobreira, Filipa; dos Santos, Manuel E.. "New kids on the block! Studying stereotyped whistles in a resident population of common bottlenose dolphins". Paper presented in World Marine Mammal Conference, 2019.
    10.1109/oceans.1988.794904
  4. Coelho, Ana M.; Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia; dos Santos, Manuel E.. "Structure and group composition of a small community of common bottlenose dolphins in the Sado estuary, Portugal". Paper presented in 31th European Cetacean Conference, 2017.
  5. Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia; Paixão, Vitor B.; Ribeiro, Ricardo; dos Santos, Manuel E.; Costa, Rui M.. "Automatized analyses of dolphin movements and activities combining accelerometry and videotracking". Paper presented in 30th European Cetacean Conference, 2016.
  6. Couchinho, Miguel N.; Luís, Ana R.; Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia; dos Santos, Manuel E.. "Who’s Whistling? Signature Whistles and Group Composition in Resident Bottlenose Dolphins". Paper presented in XII Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, 2015.
  7. Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia; Paixão, Vitor B.; Ribeiro, Ricardo; dos Santos, Manuel E.; Costa, Rui M.. "Movements, Acceleration and Vocalizations of Captive Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus) During Free Behavior". Paper presented in 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 2015.
  8. Borges, Ana S.; Luís, Ana R.; Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia; dos Santos, Manuel E.. "Whistles Emitted by Captive Bottlenose Dolphins in Isolation and in Social Groups". Paper presented in 28th European Cetacean Conference, 2014.
  9. Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia; Paixão, Vitor B.; Gomez-Marin, Alex; dos Santos, Manuel E.; Costa, Rui M.. "Analysis of a Bottlenose Dolphin’s Behavior Using an Inertial Sensor and a Tracking System". Paper presented in 10º Congresso Nacional de Etologia, 2013.
  10. Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia; Paixão, Vitor B.; dos Santos, Manuel E.; Costa, Rui M.. "Detailed analysis of bottlenose dolphin behavior and brain activity throughout the wake/sleep Cycle". Paper presented in 27th European Cetacean Conference, 2013.
  11. Augusto, Joana; Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia; dos Santos, Manuel E.. "Simulating demographic scenarios for a declining bottlenose dolphin community: is there any hope for the Sado dolphins?". Paper presented in 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 2009.
  12. Augusto, Joana; Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia; dos Santos, Manuel E.. "Composition and Group Structure of a Small Endangered Resident Population of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)". Paper presented in 22nd European Cetacean Conference, 2008.
Journal article
  1. Patrícia Rachinas-Lopes; Inês C. Rocha; Tiago Dias; Maria Tavares; Ricardo Neto; Carla Flanagan; João Neves. "The Effects of Enrichment on Zoo-Housed Scarlet Ibis Behavior". Animals (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14131903.
    10.3390/ani14131903
  2. Sabrina Brando; Patrícia Rachinas-Lopes; Vinícius Donisete Lima Rodrigues Goulart; Lynette A. Hart. "Understanding Job Satisfaction and Occupational Stressors of Distinctive Roles in Zoos and Aquariums". Animals (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13122018.
    10.3390/ani13122018
  3. J. L. Saraiva; P. Rachinas-Lopes; P. Arechavala-Lopez. "Finding the “golden stocking density”: A balance between fish welfare and farmers' perspectives". Frontiers in Veterinary Science 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.930221.
    10.3389/fvets.2022.930221
  4. Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia; Ribeiro, Ricardo; Santos, Manuel Eduardo dos; Costa, Rui M.. "Correction: D-Track—A semi-automatic 3D video-tracking technique to analyse movements and routines of aquatic animals with application to captive dolphins". (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/9236.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0211383
  5. Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia; Ribeiro, Ricardo; dos Santos, Manuel E.; M. Costa, Rui. "D-Track—A semi-automatic 3D video-tracking technique to analyse movements and routines of aquatic animals with application to captive dolphins". PLOS ONE 13 8 (2018): e0201614. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201614.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0201614
  6. Lopes, Patrícia Alexandra Rachinas; Luís, Ana Rita; Borges, Ana Sofia; Neto, Márcia P.; Santos, Manuel Eduardo dos. "Whistle stability and variation in captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) recorded in isolation and social contexts". Aquatic Mammals 43 1 (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/5447.
    Published • 10.1578/AM.43.1.2017.1
  7. Augusto, Joana F.; Lopes, Patrícia Alexandra Rachinas; Santos, Manuel Eduardo dos. "Social structure of the declining resident community of common bottlenose dolphins in the Sado Estuary, Portugal". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 92 8 (2012): 1173-1782. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/1805.
    Published
Magazine article
  1. Augusto, Joana F.; Rachinas-Lopes, Patrícia; dos Santos, Manuel E.. "The Dolphins Social Club", JMBA Global Marine Environment, 2013
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Lopes, Patrícia Alexandra Rachinas. "The use accelerometry, video-tracking and acoustic recordings to study the behavior of captive bottlenose dolphins". PhD, Fundação Champalimaud, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/6404.
  2. Lopes, Patrícia Alexandra Rachinas. "Measuring neurophysiological markers of acoustic signal processing in bottlenose dolphins with a new non-invasive device". Master, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/4267.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/03 D-Track – a method to quantify animal movements. What can it say about the welfare of dolphins? European Association for Aquatic Mammals (EAAM)
(Online, Spain)
2016/03 Signature whistles and group composition in resident bottlenose dolphins: can we link photo-id with emissions? 30th European Cetacean Conference
(Funchal, Portugal)
2015/10 Movements and Acceleration as an Approach to Study Behavior and Daily Routines of Captive Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) XII Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2015 Combining Video, Accelerometry and Acoustics to Study Movements and Routines of Captive Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) - AWARDED PRESENTATION 43rd Annual IMATA (International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association) Conference
IMATA
2008 Análise da composição dos grupos e das actividades dos golfinhos-roazes na região do estuário do Sado 8º Congresso Nacional de Etologia
Sociedade portuguesa de etologia (Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/10 - 2021/12 Effects of environmental enrichment on the behaviour of Scarlet Ibis, Eudocimus ruber
Supervisor
 Marine biology and conservation (Master)
ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2020/04 - 2021/12 The impact of fin clipping in zebrafish (Danio rerio) swimming patterns
Supervisor
 Marine biology and conservation (Master)
ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Characterization of captive bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) whistles in social segregation context
Supervisor
 Biologia (Other)
ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Analysis of group size, composition and activities, of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the region of Sado estuary
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Marinha e Conservação (Master)
ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2016/10 - 2017/08 Project Manager of Behaviour 2017 international meeting (2017/07/30 - 2017/08/04)
Conference (Other)
 ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2006/05 - 2006/05 Voluntary participation in the organizing committee International Conference of Conservation & Animal Welfare
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/12/11 Behavioral budgets and effects of environmental enrichment on the activities of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) at Oceanário de Lisboa
(Thesis) Arguer
 Rui Neto (Master)
ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2023/11/06 Association patterns of resident bottlenose dolphins in the region of the Sado estuary
(Thesis) Arguer
 Luana Rodrigues (Master)
ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2021/02/12 Ocorrência e distribuição espacial de cetáceos no Parque Marinho Professor Luiz Saldanha (PMPLS) e na Reserva Natural das Berlengas (RNB): Contributo da ciência cidadã no estudo dos mamíferos marinhos
(Thesis) Arguer
 Beatriz Uva (Master)
ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2021/02/03 Monitorização da População do Roaz-corvineiro (Tursiops truncatus) do Estuário do Sado
(Thesis) Arguer
 Catarina Soromenho (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2008/07 - 2020/03 Projecto Delfim - Centro Português de Estudo dos Mamíferos Marinhos, Portugal Researcher

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2008/10 - 2009/05 Organizing committee of the symposium “Biologia e Conservação de Mamíferos Aquáticos” in Peniche, Portugal
Member
 Projecto Delfim - Centro Português de Estudo dos Mamíferos Marinhos, Portugal, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09 - Current Biology and Neuroscience Cognitive and Behavioural Sciences (Licenciatura) ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2021 - Current How to Study Animal Welfare Animal Welfare Promotion (Pós-Graduação) ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2019/02 - Current Laboratory Techniques Biology (Licenciatura) ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2018/09 - Current Biology and Neurosciences Psychology (Licenciatura) ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/06 Advanced Topics in Behavioural Biology II Behavioural Biology (Doutoramento) ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2020 - 2023 Psychobiology Psychology (Licenciatura) ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/06 Project Biology (Licenciatura) ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021 - Current Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (2077-1312) MDPI
2021 - Current Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens (2673-5636) MDPI
2020 - Current SLAS TECHNOLOGY: Translating Life Sciences Innovation (2472-6311) Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening
2019 - Current PLoS ONE (1932-6203) Public Library of Science
2018 - Current acta ethologica (1437-9546) Springer-Verlag
2018 - Current Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2041-210X) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2018 - Current Animals (2076-2615) MDPI
2016 - Current Aquatic Mammals (0167-5427) European Association for Aquatic Mammals (EAAM), the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums (AMMPA), and the International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association (IMATA)
Distinctions

Award

2018 Diploma of Academic Merit
ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2015 Outernet Technologies International Award