Team

Ruben Heleno

PI

Associate Professor in Ecology

Seed dispersal, Ecological networks, Island Biogeography, Biotic Invasions

Sergio Timóteo

Senior Researcher

Multilayer Networks, Plant Phenology, Tropical Ecology, Fire ecology

José Miguel Costa

Senior researcher

Botany, Seed dispersal, Biodiversity, Fire ecology, Ecological networks

Leonardo Craveiro

PhD student

Plant Phenology, Ecological networks, Climate change

Gerson Tomo

PhD student

Ecological corridors, Tropical conservation ecology, Mozambique

Helena Raposeira

PhD student

Bat ecology, Altitudinal gradients, Conservation Biology

(Universidade do Porto)

Patrícia Chaves

PhD student

Ecological networks, Pest control, Human-Wildlife interactions

(Universidade de Lisboa)

Renato Calado

PhD student

Island Biogeography, Plant-Aphid-Predator food webs, Evolution

(Universidade dos Açores)

Master Students

Leonardo Romagnoli

MSc student

Bird-Feather mite interactions, Avian ecology, Ecological networks

Rui Pereira

MSc student

Ecological restoration, Biotic Invasions, Azores

Previous PhD students

Sara Mendes

on to a postdoc position at University of Göttingen, Germany

Thesis: Seed dispersal in the Anthropocene

Luis Pascoal da Silva

on to a postdoc position at CIBIO-UP, Portugal

Thesis: Consequences of monospecific alien forests on biodiversity and ecosystem function and possible strategies to minimize their impact

Marta Correia

on to a postdoc position at IMEDEA-CSIC, Spain

Thesis: Bridging the roles of seed dispersal and plant mycorrhizal interactions as drivers of ecosystem structure and function

José Miguel Costa

on to a research technitian position at CFE-UC, Coimbra

Thesis: The disruption of mutualistic networks

Francisco (Paco) López Núñez

on to a postdoc position at CFE-UC and ESAC, Coimbra

Thesis: Disentangling the ecological impacts of Acacia longifolia and monitoring its biological control: a multi-network approach

Mauro Nereu

on to a postdoc position at CFE-UC (FAST), Coimbra

Thesis: Ecological Integration in the Novel Ecosystems of Central Portugal

Sasha Vasconcelos

on to a postdoc position at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

Thesis: Linking agricultural management, host-parasitoid interactions and natural pest control in Mediterranean olive farms: a molecular-based food web approach

Alba Costa

on to a postdoc position at IMEDEA-CSIC, Spain

Thesis: Spatio‐temporal responses of ecosystem functions to ecological restoration in the Seychelles

Visiting scientists

Ana Elisa Teixeira

Adrian González Chaves

Guadalupe Peralta

Patricia Moreno Colom

Cecília Andreazi

Patricia Mateo-Tomás

Beatriz Rumeu Ruiz

Alberto Coelho

Lucia Grundmann

Felipe Monzón

Kathryn Dix

Catherine O’Connor

Carolina Esteves

Alban Mazars-Simón

Previous MSc students

Miguel Andrade

Paula Feldman

Leonardo Craveiro

André Branquinho

Andreia Murta

Joana Dias

Cátia Gamito

Inês Lacerda

Gonçalo Fino

João Ribeiro

Patrícia Chaves

Alexandre Fuster-Calvo

Francisco López Núñez

Filipa Mendes

Ana Coelho

Mauro Nereu

Mariana Valente

Sérgio Ribeiro

Sanjay Sonet

Joana Cruz