MSc and PhD Students
| PhD and MSc Students |
 | Aina Rossinyol (MSc Student 2022-). Patterns and predictors of mid-sized mammal diversity in agricultural landscapes of Guinea-Bissau (West Africa). Supervisor: Filipa Palmeirim. Co-supervisor: Mar Cabeza (Helsinki University). Master’s Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Integrative Plant Sciences. Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences/Helsinki University. | |
 | Alma Liss S. Quiñones (PhD Candidate 2022-). Elucidating Pollination Ecosystem Services in Cameroonian Cocoa Farms. Supervisors: Andreanna Welch (Durham University, UK), Co-supervisors: Luke Powell (Biodiversity Initiative & CIBIO) & Tom Wanger (Westlake University, China). PhD in Biosciences, Durham University, United Kingdom. | |
 | Ana Catarina Araújo Fernandes (MSc Student 2022-). Activity patterns and species-level responses of tropical insectivorous bats to land-use change: insights from the Gulf of Guinea. Supervisor: Filipa Palmeirim (CIBIO) Co-supervisors: Ricardo Rocha (CIBIO) & Vanessa Mata (CIBIO). Mestrado em Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução. University of Porto, Portugal. | |
 | Ana Sofia Castro Fernandes (MSc Student 2022-). Local and landscape-scale predictors of aerial insectivorous bats in the endemic-rich islands of Sao Tome and Principe, West Africa. Supervisor: Filipa Palmeirim (CIBIO). Co-supervisors: Ricardo Rocha (CIBIO) & Vanessa Mata (CIBIO). Mestrado em Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução. University of Porto, Portugal. | |
 | Anna Karoline Azevedo (PhD Student 2021-). The man-nature relationship in the conservation of protected areas and their fauna: a cultural approach. Supervisor: Richard Ladle (CIBIO) & Co-supervisor: Fernanda Alves Martins (CIBIO). PPGDIBICT Doctoral Programme. Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil. | |
 | Cristian Pizzigalli (PhD Student 2021-). Investigating ecological networks in extreme climate environments: Landscape genomics and adaptive genetic variation in West African populations of crocodiles and baboons. Supervisor: José Carlos Brito (CIBIO) & Co-supervisors: Raquel Godinho (CIBIO), Orly Razgour (University of Exeter) and Maria Joana Ferreira da Silva (CIBIO). Biodiv Doctoral Programme. University of Porto, Portugal. | |
 | Daniel A. Velarde-Garcéz (PhD Student 2022-). Diet and distribution of invasive mammals in São Tomé: Impact of predation on local fauna. Supervisor: Pedro Beja (CIBIO) & Co-supervisor: Vanessa Alves Mata (CIBIO). BIODIV Doctoral Programme, CIBIO, University of Porto, Portugal. | |
 | Felipe Alexandre Santos Vieira (PhD Student 2019-). Relating value generating practices with human well-being in Protected Areas. Supervisor: Richard Ladle (CIBIO). PPGDIBICT Doctoral Programme. Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil. | |
 | Filipa Borges (PhD Student 2020-2024). Integrating genomics with local knowledge to understand responses of West African primates to past and present ecological and anthropogenic changes. Supervisor: Tania Minhós (Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA) e Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal), Co-supervisors: Maria Joana Ferreira da Silva (CIBIO) and Kimberley Hockings (Exeter University, UK). | |
 | Francisco dos Reis Silva (MSc Student 2022-). Responses of amphibians and reptiles to land-use change in Guinea-Bissau. Supervisor: Filipa Palmeirim. Co-supervisors: Mar Cabeza (University of Helsinki) and Cristian Pizzigalli (CIBIO). Master’s Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Integrative Plant Sciences. Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences/Helsinki University. | |
 | Ivo Colmonero Costeira (PhD Student 2020-2024). Ethnobiological and genomic insights of traditional management practices of insular mammals by the Bijagó ethnic group in Guinea-Bissau and its applications to non-human primate conservation. Supervisors: Maria Joana Ferreira da Silva (CIBIO) & Co-supervisors: Michael W. Bruford (Cardiff University) and Susana Costa (CIAS, University of Coimbra, Portugal). PhD student from Cardiff University, UK, associated with CIBIO/InBio, Portugal and Coimbra University. | |
 | Laura Torrent (PhD Student 2021-). Discovering the bat fauna from the continental region of Equatorial Guinea, Africa. Supervisor: Hugo Rebelo (CIBIO) & Co-supervisor: Javier Juste Ballesta (Doñana Biological Station - CSIC) and Adrià López-Baucells (Natural Science Museum of Granollers - BiBIO). Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution Doctoral Programme. Universidade do Porto, Portugal. | |
 | Patricia Rodrigues (PhD Student 2018-). Are African ant-following birds specialized? A cross-continental comparison of behavior to help shed light on global patterns of decline. Supervisor: Philip C Stouffer (Louisiana State University) & Co-supervisors: Luke L. Powell (CIBIO) and Henry S. Pollock (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). Renewable Natural Resources Department, Louisiana State University, United States. | |
 | Raquel Oliveira (MSc Student 2022-). Conserving biodiversity and enhancing food security: small mammals and their ecosystem (dis)services across rice paddies in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa). Supervisor: Filipa Palmeirim (CIBIO). Co-supervisor: Ana Rainho. Master in Conservation Biology. Faculty of Sciences/University of Lisbon (FCUL). | |
 | Sonia Llorente Culebras (PhD Student 2019-). Conservation of functional and phylogenetic diversity of vertebrates. Supervisor: Ana Margarida Coelho dos Santos (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain). Co-supervisor: Richard J. Ladle (CIBIO). FPI-UAM Doctoral Programme. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. | |
 | Thainá Lessa Pontes Silva (PhD Student 2020-). Identifying and mapping biodiversity knowledge shortfalls in sub-Saharan Africa. Supervisor: Richard Ladle (CIBIO) & Co-supervisor: Fernanda Alves Martins. PPGDIBICT Doctoral Programme. Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil. | |
 | Tiff DeGroot (PhD Candidate 2019-). Investigating mammal distribution and diversity in Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa. Supervisors: Kristin Brzeski (MTU), Jared Wolfe (MTU) & Co-supervisors: Tao Liu (MTU), Luke Powell (CIBIO). Forest Science. Michigan Technological University, United States of America. |