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Andry Castro is geographer and teacher. He has a degree in Geography specialised in Physical Geography (2016) and an MSc in Physical Geography and Spatial Planning (2018), by the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon. In 2016, he received an award for being the best graduated student in his year (2015/2016), funded by Caixa Geral de Depósitos. In 2018, Andry worked as monitor in IGOT, where he assists the pratical classes of Geomorphology. In 2019, he started the ARBOMONITOR project funded by FCT Portugal. Between 2020 and 2021, he assumed the position of Professor of Geography, Spatial Planning and Protected Areas in a High school. He is now an associate researcher at the Center for Geographical Studies at the University of Lisbon and is developing his doctoral work. His interests and work fields are geomorphology, coastal enviroments, territorial modeling, biological invasions and polar and montains environments.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Andry Castro
Date of birth
1994/01/02
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Castro, Andry
  • Castro, A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
E519-A431-3F59
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5635-5271

Email addresses

  • andrycastro@campus.ul.pt (Professional)
  • andrycastro@edu.madeira.gov.pt (Professional)
  • andrey.castro@hotmail.co.uk (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 969440809 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Bairro dos Pescadores D3, 9200-213, Água de Pena, Machico, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

  • https://biochange-research.weebly.com/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Physical Geography
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/10/01 - 2025
Ongoing
 Geografia (Doutoramento)
Major in Geografia Física
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2016 - 2018
Concluded
 Geografia Física e Ordenamento do Território (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
"The Coastal Hazard Wheel aplicada ao arco litoral Caparica-Espichel no contexto das alterações climáticas"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2013 - 2016
Concluded
 Geografia (Licenciatura)
Major in Physical Geography
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/12 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/03 - 2018/06 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/10/13 - 2021/08/31 Professor do ensino básico e secundário (Professor do ensino básico e secundário) Secretaria Regional de Educação, Portugal
Escola Básica e Secundária Professor Dr. Francisco de Freitas Branco, Porto Santo, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/05/01 - 2020/06/30 Bolseiro de Investigação Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/05 - 2020/06 ARBOMONITOR: Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika vector in Europe: cost effective optimization of surveillance and control
PTDC/BIA-OUT/29477/2017;
Research Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Dorosh, Valeriya; Rocha, Jorge; Castro, Andry; Capinha, César. "Modelo espacialmente explícito de fatores determinantes à transmissão da dengue e outras doenças arbovirais em Portugal continental". Paper presented in GeoSaúde, Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  2. Castro, Andry; Ramos-Pereira, Ana. "The Coastal Hazard Wheel aplicada ao arco litoral Caparica Espichel no quadro das alterações climáticas". Paper presented in XVI Colóquio Ibérico da Geografia, Lisbon, 2018.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Castro, Andry; Capinha, César; Ribeiro, Joana; Reino, Luís. Corresponding author: Capinha, César. "Who is reporting non-native species and how? A cross-expert assessment of practices and drivers of non-native biodiversity reporting in species regional listing". Paper presented in 52nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, 2023.
  2. Valadas, Vera; Pichler, Verena; Horvath, Cintia; Akiner, Mustafa; Castro, Andry; Capinha, César; Caputo, Beniamino ; et al. "Molecular survey of the F1534C knockdown mutation in Aedes albopictus from Europe". 2022.
Journal article
  1. Castro, Andry; Pinto, João; Reino, Luís; Pipek, Pavel; Capinha, César. Corresponding author: Capinha, César. "Large language models overcome the challenges of unstructured text data in ecology". Ecological Informatics 82 (2024): 102742. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102742.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102742
  2. Fernandes, Raquel ; Silva, Tiago; Castro, Andry; Baptista, Joana Pedro; Gonçalves, Ana; Vieira, Gonçalo. "A investigação em Geografia Física em Portugal: Uma análise das teses de doutoramento entre 2000 e 2001". Finisterra 58 124 (2023):
    Published
  3. Andry Castro; Joana Ribeiro; Luís Reino; César Capinha. "Who is reporting non-native species and how? A cross-expert assessment of practices and drivers of non-native biodiversity reporting in species regional listing". Ecology and Evolution 13 5 (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10148.
    10.1002/ece3.10148
  4. Rousseau, Julieta; Castro, A; Novo, Teresa; Maia, Carla. "Dipylidium caninum in the twenty-first century: epidemiological studies and reported cases in companion animals and humans". Parasites & Vectors 15 131 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05243-5.
    10.1186/s13071-022-05243-5
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Castro, Andry Marcel Pão. "The Coastal Hazard Wheel aplicada ao arco litoral Caparica-Espichel no quadro das alterações climáticas". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/36715.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/14 A investigação em Geografia Física em Portugal: Uma análise das teses de doutoramento entre 2000 e 2001 XIV Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa
IGOT-UL (Portugal)
2022/09/12 Modelo espacialmente explícito de fatores determinantes à transmissão da dengue e outras doenças arbovirais em Portugal continental. GeoSaúde,
IGOT-UL (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022 Análise das condições dos campos de refugiados em contexto de alterações climáticas 4º Encontro Internacional do CEGOT
(Porto, Portugal)
Distinctions

Award

2016 Best graduated Student of the year 2015/2016 in IGOT
Caixa Geral de Depositos, Portugal