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Ana Ceia-Hasse
Ana Ceia-Hasse
PhD in Biology, expertise in ecological modelling and biodiversity conservation. She focuses on better understanding and predicting environmental change impacts on biodiversity, including: impact of roads on population persistence; early warning tools for disease vectors and invasive species; multi-scale ecological connectivity design.
Contact: ana.ceia.hasse@cibio.up.pt
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Ana Teresa Marques
Ana Teresa Marques
PhD in Ecology, specialized in bird ecology and conservation. Her research has focused on the interaction between birdlife and human activities, particularly those resulting from agricultural activities and infrastructure, especially power lines and wind farms.
Contact: anateresamarques@cibio.up.pt
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Clara Grilo
PhD degree in Conservation Biology at University of Lisbon in 2009. Her line of research has largely focused on the effects of road network on birds and mammals, such as behavior, relative abundance, mortality, genetic structure, and extinction risk. Currently, she focuses on bridging the gap between science and practice in road ecology by developing user-friendly tools, performing training capacity and analyzing scenarios for mitigation.
Contact: clara.grilo@cibio.up.pt
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Filipa Coutinho Soares
Filipa Coutinho Soares
PhD in Macroecology with expertise in Global Biodiversity Change and Conservation. Her research explores large-scale biodiversity patterns, assessing human impacts on biodiversity to inform and enhance conservation strategies.
Contact: filipa.soares@cibio.up.pt
Francisco Moreira
Francisco Moreira
PhD in Ecology. Expertise on impacts of power lines and solar farms on biodiversity.
Contact: fmoreira@cibio.up.pt
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Joana Bernardino
Joana Bernardino
Wildlife biologist with a PhD in Biodiversity. She focuses her research on studying bird interactions with power lines, wind farms, and other infrastructures, as well as strategies for impact monitoring and mitigation.
Contact: jbernardino@cibio.up.pt
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João Paulo Silva
João Paulo Silva
PhD in Ecology. Expertise on the impacts of collision and electrocution on bird species. One of his interest is to understand what factors expose the birds to higher risk of mortality and address these problems to reduce the threat from hazardous utility structures.
Contact: jpsilva@cibio.up.pt
Ricardo Martins
Ricardo Martins
PhD in ecology, with expertise mainly on ornithology, under different frameworks. His main research interest is focused on interactions between birds and power lines, such as infrastructure impacts, monitoring practices, mitigation methods and also opportunities created for wildlife. His interests include also providing scientific advisory and knowledge transfer to the society.
Contact: rcmartins@cibio.up.pt
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Rui Morgado
Rui Morgado
PhD in Ecology. His research has focused mostly on bird ecology and conservation in agricultural landscapes (e.g. investigating the impacts of changing land-uses, policies and farming practices). He is currently interested in the interactions between biodiversity and energy infrastructures, mainly solar farms, but also wind farms and powerlines.
Contact: ruimorgado@cibio.up.pt
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Sara Veríssimo
Sara Veríssimo
PhD in Biosciences with specialization in Ecology, with expertise on avian conservation, marine biology, contamination and avian physiology. Her research focused on understanding the impacts of human activities on wildlife, with a current focus on biodiversity-energy infrastructures interactions.
Contact: sara.verissimo@cibio.up.pt
Tomé Neves
Tomé Neves
PhD in Ecology of Global Changes and a Master's Degree in Computational Biology. His research interests focus on how species distribution may be influenced by global changes. He is also interested in the development of user-friendly computational tools in Ecology.
Contact: tome.matos@cibio.up.pt
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STUDENTS
Alex Silva is a PhD candidate studying the effects of roads on felids worldwide. During his master's he studied the road effects on leopards' occurrence and decided to expand his studies to all the Felidae family. He works mainly with geographic information systems and modeling, reusing data collected from other studies. His main objective is to hinder the gaps in knowledge regarding the impacts of roads on this elusive family (2023/2027).
Manisha Bishnoi is a PhD candidate studying the habitat connectivity of three large mammals (tiger, rhino, and elephant) across Terai Arc Landscape (India- Nepal) to ensure their long-term survival amid climate change and developmental pressures. She has been collecting field data to evaluate the impacts of Linear Infrastructure and the road-effect zone in transboundary TAL, providing decision-makers with actionable insights for planning effective mitigation strategies at the regional and ecosystem levels (2025/2028).
Manisha Bishnoi is a PhD candidate studying the habitat connectivity of three large mammals (tiger, rhino, and elephant) across Terai Arc Landscape (India- Nepal) to ensure their long-term survival amid climate change and developmental pressures. She has been collecting field data to evaluate the impacts of Linear Infrastructure and the road-effect zone in transboundary TAL, providing decision-makers with actionable insights for planning effective mitigation strategies at the regional and ecosystem levels (2025/2028).
Inês Fonseca is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Applied Biology at the University of Aveiro. Her main areas of interest are Ecology, Conservation and Genetics, with a special focus on mammals and reptiles. For her thesis, she is studying the extinction risk of reptiles due to mortality caused by vehicle collisions (2024/2025).
Surabhi Dhakal is currently pursuing a master's degree in Sustainable Natural Resource Management at the University of Milan. Her research interests lie in biodiversity conservation, with a special focus on mammals. Her master thesis is focused on reevaluating the IUCN classification of transport infrastructure as a threat to Mammals. This project forms part of her Erasmus exchange semester in Lisbon, where I am exploring the impacts of infrastructure on wildlife conservation (2025).
Surabhi Dhakal is currently pursuing a master's degree in Sustainable Natural Resource Management at the University of Milan. Her research interests lie in biodiversity conservation, with a special focus on mammals. Her master thesis is focused on reevaluating the IUCN classification of transport infrastructure as a threat to Mammals. This project forms part of her Erasmus exchange semester in Lisbon, where I am exploring the impacts of infrastructure on wildlife conservation (2025).
Jimena Garcia Burgos is a PhD candidate studying road impact on vertebrates in Mexico. Her main research interest lies in using advanced geostatistical approaches to address fundamental questions about how multiple ecological dimensions of biodiversity—including distribution patterns, species richness, and behavioral responses—respond to different types of human disturbance. Her work integrates spatial analysis with ecological theory to understand cross-scale responses and develop robust conservation strategies (2025/2028).
Danna Perondi Ferreira is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Applied Ecology at the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Brazil. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences with an emphasis on Environmental Sciences at the Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL), Brazil, where she conducted a research project on the compilation and analysis of wildlife roadkill data in relation to landscape characteristics (2025/2027).
Danna Perondi Ferreira is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Applied Ecology at the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Brazil. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences with an emphasis on Environmental Sciences at the Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL), Brazil, where she conducted a research project on the compilation and analysis of wildlife roadkill data in relation to landscape characteristics (2025/2027).
EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS
WTI, USA
CATS, China
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