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Literary Qualifications
2001 - Degree of licentiate in Biology – Scientific-Technologic Branch (Biology Applied to Animal Resources) – in Faculty of Science, University of Porto.
2005 - MSc in Applied Ecology from Faculty of Science, University of Porto
2010 - PhD in Biology from Leiden University.
Professional Experience
September 2001 - August 2004: Scientific Research Grant holder on the project “Genetic and environmental assessment of a mixed-model hybrid zone by hipervariable DNA and Geographical Information Systems” in the Centro de Investigação de Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO) – University of Porto in Vairão - Portugal.
March 2005 – March 2009: Guest researcher at Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands working within the Department of Zoology, with Dr. J.W. Arntzen.
July 2009 – January 2010: Post-doctoral researcher at the Population Biology group, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, working with Prof. Annette Kjær Ersbøll.
February 2010 – present: Post-doctoral researcher at the National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, working with Prof. Annette Kjær Ersbøll.
Further Education
2001 - Introductory Course to Bird Watching, in FAPAS (Wild Animals Protection Fund), Porto – Portugal.
2004 - Course "Sistemas de Informação Geográfica Aplicados ao Estudo da Biodiversidade" (Geographical Information Systems applied to Biodiversity studies) from Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
2006 - Scientific writing course, "Write-it-right" in University of Amsterdam (UvA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2007 - ‘Phylogenetic Systematics and Alignment’ course in University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2009 – ‘Spatial Epidemiology Workshop in Copenhagen’ in University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2009 – ‘Veterinary Epidemiology’ course, Modules I, II and III, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2009 – ‘Bayesian Disease Mapping’ course, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2010 - 'Application of Molecular Tools to Spatial Epidemiology' workshop, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Australia.
Participation in Events
27 - 28 of March, 1998 - III National Meeting of Biology Students, with the theme “Biology, a World with Future”, Coimbra, Portugal.
14 - 16 of March, 2000 - V National Meeting of Biology Students, Faro, Portugal.
30 March, 2000 - “Transgénicos, Legislação e Saúde” conference in the Portuguese Catholic University, Porto, Portugal.
6 - 8 April, 2001 - II National Congress of Biology Students, Évora, Portugal, including a Workshop on Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
November, 2001 - III Ornitology congress in Castelo Branco, Portugal.
11 - 15 of March, 2002 - “Phylogeography in Southern European Refugia” symposium (also part of the organization), CECA – ICETA, Vairão, Portugal.
21 - 23 January, 2008 - "EDIT Symposium on Future Trends of Taxonomy" - Carvoeiro, Portugal.
Poster presentations
9 - 12 January, 2007 - ‘Nuclear introns aimed to elucidate phylogeny and historical biogeography of newts in the genus Triturus’, ‘PopGroup 2006’ in Manchester, U.K.
20 - 25 August, 2007 - ‘Nuclear introns provide evidence for reticulate evolution in the Triturus cristatus superspecies’, ‘ESEB XI’ in Uppsala, Sweden.
5 - 8 June, 2008 - 'Resolving a rapid radiation of newts: A boost from multiple nuclear markers.', 'SMBE 2008' in Barcelona, Spain.
24 - 26 March, 2010 - 'Persistent spatial clustering of Aleutian disease in Danish mink farms', 'SVEPM 2009', Nantes, France. (Pdf) Also presented at:
19 - 20 April, 2010, '24th NKVET Symposium', Copenhagen, Denmark.
Oral presentations
2 - 5 October, 2002 - “Genetic and Morphological Variability of Triturus marmoratus in Portugal” - VII “Luso – Espanhol” Herpetology Congress, Évora, Portugal.
13 - 17 July, 2004 - "Estudo da estrutura da zona híbrida de Triturus (marmoratus) marmoratus / T. (m.) pygmaeus através da análise combinada de marcadores genéticos e SIG’s" - VII “Luso – Espanhol” Herpetology Congress, Málaga, Spain.
11 November, 2006 - "Study of the Marbled Newt (Triturus marmoratus and T. pygmaeus) hybrid zone by genetic markers" Invited lecturer at the ‘Evolutionary Analysis’, part of the third year BSc program at Leiden University.
19 - 23 September, 2007 – "Nuclear introns provide evidence for reticulate evolution in the Triturus cristatus superspecies" 14th European Congress of Herpetology in Porto, Portugal.
19 October, 2007 - Invited lecturer at the ‘Evolutionary Analysis’ course, part of the third year BSc program at Leiden University with the talk ‘The phylogeny of Triturus cristatus superspecies’.
15 April, 2008 – Colloquium "Resolving a rapid radiation of newts: A boost from multiple nuclear markers". Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands.
17 - 19 May 2010 - "Spatio-temporal distribution of Aleutian mink disease in Denmark". '8th French Danish Workshop on Spatial Statistics and Image Analysis in Biology', Copenhagen, Denmark.
29 November - 5 December 2010 - "Spatio-temporal distribution of mink plasmacytosis in Denmark". 'GEOVET 2010'. Sydney, Australia.
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