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Ines Rosario

Inês Teixeira do Rosário

Researcher (Group Leader)

Inês is a biologist with a PhD in Ecology from the University of Lisbon (2013), focused on the ecology of an endangered Iberian vole. She is currently a researcher of  cE3C Thematic Line 3 (Sustainable Management Strategies for High Nature Value Farmlands), with a main focus on the area of the LTsER Montado platform, where she is also a data manager. Particularly interested in people’s relationship with nature, she focuses on social science methods to assess people’s perceptions of landscape, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. She also belongs to the Board of Directors of Biodiversity4All, an association dedicated to citizen science in the field of biodiversity.
Inês is also dedicated to science dissemination and communication, being the co-author of   “Outside: a guide to discovering nature” an awarded  children’s book translated into more than 10 different languages.

MSR

Margarida Santos-Reis

Senior Researcher

Margarida has a Ph.D. in Biosystematics and Ecology from the University of Lisbon (1990), is the former scientific coordinator of the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c R&D unity – 2009 to 2017), and  currently is the Vice-Director of the Faculty of Science, Lisbon University (FCUL) for research affairs. Margarida also leads the Carnivore Conservation Ecology Subgroup of Conservation in Socio-Ecological Ecosystems and is a professor of Ecology at FCUL. Her present research interests focus on three structuring areas (1 – Population and Community Ecology, 2 – Conservation Biology, 3 – Long Term Ecological Research) and two cross-cutting themes (4 – Anthropogenic Impacts, 5 – Ecosystem Services), with emphasis on two social-ecological systems (the Montado and urban systems).

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Maria Ana Dias

Researcher

Maria is an assistant professor of Ecology at the University of Lisbon. She received a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Lisbon in 2009 and is currently focused on understanding and addressing major threats to biodiversity at various spatial scales (from local to global). Maria has a particular interest on migratory bird species and has been using animal tracking technology (e.g., GPS, GLS) to understand the interaction between birds and human activities, to identify important areas for conservation (Key Biodiversity Areas) and to study migratory connectivity. Her research work has led to the creation of one of the largest Marine Protected Areas in the High Seas of the North Atlantic, designated in 2021 by the OSPAR commission to protect highly migratory pelagic seabirds. She has been also involved in several projects and initiatives aiming to promote biodiversity conservation to the general public (including the awarded “Lá Fora: Guia para descobrir a natureza; English version: Outside: a guide to discovering nature).
Patricia Garcia-Pereira

Patrícia Garcia-Pereira

Researcher

Patrícia is a biologist with a PhD in Biology from the Universidade Autónoma de Madrid with a dissertation on Portuguese butterflies. She has curated several scientific exhibitions and projects related to public awareness on natural history. The promotion of people participation and contribution for the knowledge of Portuguese biodiversity, with special regard on insects, has been a constant goal of her work. Currently she is working in the consolidation of Biodiversity Stations network, which are nature walks with posters where visitors are invited to participate in the monitoring of footpath’s diversity, and also coordinating insect’s conservation status for the first Portuguese Invertebrates Red list.

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Patrícia Tiago

Researcher

Patrícia is a biologist with a PhD in Biology by the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (2017), in the area of citizen science. She is a founding member of the citizen science platform – BioDiversity4All – project launched in 2010 that aims to bring together the largest number of citizens in the knowledge and recording of national biodiversity. Patrícia has collaborated in the areas of communication and dissemination of science and environmental education with Oceanário de Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica and Associação Bandeira Azul. Patrícia worked in PORBIOTA project and coordinated the cE3c communication office. Received a contract from the Stimulus for Scientific Employment Program to develop research in citizen science in touristic activities to foster biodiversity knowledge.
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Joana Martelo

Researcher

Before joining SER in 2018, Joana did her PhD at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon on habitat selection of Mediterranean stream fishes and the mechanisms underlying it. Her first degree was in Biology at the same institution, and her MSc at Imperial College of London was on habitat associations of exploited fish in the Amazon river-floodplain system. Joana’s research interests are focused on studying the effects of human impacts on species and ecosystems, particularly in freshwaters, and exploring  how people and the environment interact in social-ecological systems, and the way these interactions might be managed to slow biodiversity loss. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at MARE UL on ISOINVA Quantifying food web dynamics in invaded stream communities, and she collaborates on other projects related to biological invasions and public awareness (e.g., LIFE Invasaqua).

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Paula Gonçalves

Researcher

Paula has an MCs in Conservation Biology by the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon and is conducting a PhD in Urban Ecology under the supervision of Professor Margarida Santos-Reis, in the frame of the Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (BIODIV) Doctoral Program of cE3c. She is applying a biocultural approach to study the interplay of nature and culture in urban parks, and her main interest is to understand how parks’ biophysical characteristics influence users’ perceptions on biodiversity and attachment to place and how they contribute to users’ psychological well-being.
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Filipa Grilo

PhD student

Filipa is conducting a PhD in urban ecology in the frame of the Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (BIODIV) doctoral program, in cE3c of the University of Lisbon. Her PhD is in collaboration with the SER group, the Ecology of Environmental Change (eChanges) research groups of cE3c, and the Urban Systems Lab of the New School of New York. Her research interests include socio-ecological systems, urban ecology, ecosystem services assessment and ecological resilience. She is interested in understanding the social and ecological factors that can affect urban biodiversity and ecosystem services delivery, particularly climate regulation, in urban areas.
Raquel Mendes

Raquel C. Mendes

PhD student

Raquel is a PhD student, supervised by Professor Margarida Santos-Reis (Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon) and Professor Martin Scheuch (University College for Agricultural and Environmental Education). The main aim of her doctoral thesis is to study the social-ecological factors that promote the connection of children and youth with nature, contributing to an education for sustainability strategy in Lisbon schools. Currently, her research interests are Urban Ecology, Education for Sustainable Development, Citizen Science, and Nature-Based Solutions. Previously, she obtained a MSc in Conservation Biology at FCUL/Lisbon and, since 2013, has done research in Urban Ecology in the following areas: Road Ecology, Ecosystem Restoration and Soil Ecology. She is also involved in science communication and environmental literacy, through different courses and activities.
Past members
AnaLuz

Ana Luz

AnaMartins

Ana Filipa Martins

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Ana Margarida Santos