BIOCHANGE TEAM
César Capinha, PhD.
Head of BIOCHANGE team & Ass. Researcher in Global Change Biogeography and Predictive Modelling.
César is an environmental scientist with research interests in the analysis and prediction of biogeographic changes caused by human mediated dispersal of species, with a global scale perspective. He is also very interested in spatiotemporal predictive modelling of ecological and biological phenomena. He often approaches these topics through state-of-the-art machine learning techniques and small- to large-scale data sources.
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Head of BIOCHANGE team & Ass. Researcher in Global Change Biogeography and Predictive Modelling.
César is an environmental scientist with research interests in the analysis and prediction of biogeographic changes caused by human mediated dispersal of species, with a global scale perspective. He is also very interested in spatiotemporal predictive modelling of ecological and biological phenomena. He often approaches these topics through state-of-the-art machine learning techniques and small- to large-scale data sources.
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Andry Castro, MSc.
PhD Candidate - Researcher.
Andry is graduated in Geography (2016) and did his masters in Physical Geography and Spatial Planning (2018) at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (University of Lisbon). Currently he's developing a PhD focused in the use of ‘Big’ unstructured data to assess and monitor the distribution of the ‘Culicidae’ family. His interests are biological invasions and biogeographic changes, geomorphology, coastal and glacial environments.
Henrique Couto, MSc.
PhD Candidate - Researcher.
Henrique holds a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Biology and a Master's degree in Conservation Biology from the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Lisbon (FCUL). He is currently pursuing his PhD in Conservation Biology with our research team at IGOT and at the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c). Henrique's research focuses on the identification, quantification, and evaluation of the impacts of invasive lepidopterans worldwide, utilizing advanced big data and machine learning approaches.
Maurício Faria, MSc.
PhD Candidate - Researcher.
Mauricio is graduated in Geography – minor in cartography and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and holds a master’s degree in GIS, both from the University of Lisbon. He is currently doing a PhD in Geography with a specialization in Geographic Information Sciences at the same institution, which is funded by a grant from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. His research focuses on spatiotemporal predictive modelling of disease vectors through GIS and machine learning techniques.
Miguel Geraldes, MSc
PhD Candidate - Researcher.
Miguel is developing predictive modelling approaches to map and project the distribution of peatland ecosystems in the Iberian Peninsula and Northern Morocco.
PhD Candidate - Researcher.
Miguel is developing predictive modelling approaches to map and project the distribution of peatland ecosystems in the Iberian Peninsula and Northern Morocco.
Raquel Fernandes, MSc.
PhD Candidate - Researcher.
Raquel graduated in Geography from Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Lisbon (IGOT) and did her Masters in Physical Geography and Spatial Planning in the same institution. Currently she's doing her PhD research focused on the study of the impacts of climate change, presence of invasive flora and land use change on the climate regulation and carbon storage services of organic soils in Portugal.
Rebecca Pabst, MSc.
PhD Candidate - Researcher.
Rebecca has both a Bachelor and Master in Landscape Ecology, obtained at the University of Münster, Germany. She is currently developing her doctoral thesis in our research group at IGOT and at the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT). Her work aims to link the two disciplines of biogeography and human health by studying changes in the global distribution of insect species that act as vectors of diseases to humans.
André Silva, BSc.
MSc Candidate.
André graduated in Geography from IGOT-UL and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Physical Geography. For his master's thesis, André is evaluating the accuracy of distinct cartographic sources representing wetlands in mainland Portugal and developing methods to integrate this information into an enhanced national map of wetlands.
Matilde Mendes, BSc.
MSc Candidate.
Matilde holds a BSc in Geography from the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning at the University of Lisbon (IGOT), where she is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Physical Geography. Her thesis focuses on analysing the patterns and drivers behind land abandonment and the subsequent invasion by Acacia species, using UAV mapping and remote sensing techniques.
Márcia Silva, BSc.
MSc Candidate.
Márcia graduated in Geography from the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Lisbon (IGOT) and is currently doing her master’s degree in Physical Geography in the same institution. Her study focuses on mapping and spatial analysis of cork oak mortality, accounting for the effects of climate change and pest species.
Former members
Iúri Diogo, MSc.
Iúri, graduated in Geography from the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT-UL), and has a MSc in Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Modeling. He is analyzing the invasion susceptibility by Myriophyllum heterophyllum in mainland Portugal.
Iúri, graduated in Geography from the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT-UL), and has a MSc in Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Modeling. He is analyzing the invasion susceptibility by Myriophyllum heterophyllum in mainland Portugal.
Miguel Monteiro, PhD.
PhD Researcher.
Miguel Monteiro has a BSc in Forestry and Natural Resources, a MSc in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Lisbon. His research is focused on increasing the current capacity of understanding the temporal and spatial trends of alien macrofungi distribution patterns worldwide.
PhD Researcher.
Miguel Monteiro has a BSc in Forestry and Natural Resources, a MSc in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Lisbon. His research is focused on increasing the current capacity of understanding the temporal and spatial trends of alien macrofungi distribution patterns worldwide.
Ana Ceia Hasse, PhD.
Ass. Researcher in Global Change Biogeography and Predictive Modelling.
Ana holds a PhD degree in Biology (2017) from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. She is currently working for H2020 project EuropaBON , where she is using statistical and machine learning models for the spatiotemporal analysis of biodiversity data, to contribute to satisfy the needs of European countries and decision makers regarding biodiversity related information.
Ass. Researcher in Global Change Biogeography and Predictive Modelling.
Ana holds a PhD degree in Biology (2017) from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. She is currently working for H2020 project EuropaBON , where she is using statistical and machine learning models for the spatiotemporal analysis of biodiversity data, to contribute to satisfy the needs of European countries and decision makers regarding biodiversity related information.
Gonçalo Varela, MSc.
Gonçalo graduated in Geography and Regional Planning from Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH-NOVA) and did her Masters in Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Modelling in Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT-UL). His thesis focused on the modelling of spatial patterns of nest occurance of the invasive Asian wasp (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) in urban areas of mainland Portugal.
Gonçalo graduated in Geography and Regional Planning from Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH-NOVA) and did her Masters in Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Modelling in Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT-UL). His thesis focused on the modelling of spatial patterns of nest occurance of the invasive Asian wasp (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) in urban areas of mainland Portugal.