I am an early-career conservation scientist and a PhD candidate in ‘Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies’ at the University of Lisbon. I hold an MSc in Marine Systems and Policies with Distinction from the University of Edinburgh and a BSc in Biology from the Autonomous University of Madrid. I have 7 years of experience as a researcher and consultant and I have worked in several marine and fisheries research and conservation projects, mostly in São Tomé and Príncipe and Mozambique, but also in Maldives, Scotland, Portugal, and Spain. I am interested in exploring how societies interact with their natural environment and how environmental management measures and policies can support communities to improve ecosystem functioning and generate resilient socio-ecosystems.

CV

Complete CV, One-page CV

Career

May 2019 - Now - Independent fisheries consultant
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May 2017 - April 2019 - Research assistant, The University of Exeter. São Tomé and Príncipe

May 2016 - April 2017 - Project officer (intern with a scholarship), Bioclimate, Research and Development. Edinburgh (Scotland, UK)

September 2013 - November 2013 - Field-work technician (intern with a scholarship), Biota, estudos e divulgação em ambiente Lda. Mogadouro (Portugal)

June 2013 - September 2013 - Laboratory technician (intern with a scholarship), Quercus, associação nacional de proteção da natureza. Campelo (Portugal)

Qualifications

April 2021 - April 2025 - PhD candidate - Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies, Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)

September 2015 - August 2016 - MSc Marine Systems and Policies (Distinction), The University of Edinburgh (UK)

​September 2008 - July 2014 - BSc Biology (8.23/10), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)

September 2006 - July 2008 - Diploma of the International Baccalaureate, Instituto de Educación Secundaria Ramiro de Maeztu (Madrid, Spain)