Thomson Reuters has just published the 2015 list of the world’s most highly cited researchers based on papers published and cited between 2003 and 2013. Miguel Araújo was listed for second consecutive year as a highly cited research in the category of Ecology/Environment, together with other 142 leading researchers worldwide. The 2015 Highly Cited Researchers represents some of world’s most . . . [ Read More ]
New PhD Student Fábio Santos
We welcome the new PhD student Fábio Carvalho dos Santos, which is arriving enrolled in the BioDiv Programme funded by FCT and organized by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP) and the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), with the collaboration of the Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO-InBIO) and the Centre for Ecology, Evolution . . . [ Read More ]
New visitor Fernando Chacón
We welcome the visit of Fernando Chácon, a Master student from the Spatial Analisis and Geoinformatics Master of Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. Fernando is enrolled in a mobility programme funded by CONACyT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología) and attend the Conservation Biology Master in University of Évora. Fernando is biologist and GIS specialist, working with Spatial . . . [ Read More ]
Conference: Biodiversity Informatics and Modelling Species Distributions
Miguel Araújo, Antoine Guisan, and Town Peterson will provide keynote addresses at the Symposium and Panel Discussion: Frontiers of biodiversity informatics and modelling species distributions that will take place on the 4th of November in New York at the American Museum of Natural History. The event is part of a task force created by GBIF. Details on the task group and the public event are . . . [ Read More ]
Conference: Biodiversity of Tropical Andes and Amazon Rainforest
Miguel Araújo will give provide a plenary talk at the upcoming International Conference "Biodiversity of the Tropical Andes and the Amazon Rainforest" (15-18 October 2015). He will be speaking about the next-generation forecasting models of biodiversity under climate change and the need to better understand the role of biotic interactions in species and community dynamics. Miguel is thrilled . . . [ Read More ]
Appointment: Visiting Professor at Imperial College
As part of ongoing collaborations in the context of London's Grand Challenges in Ecosystems and Environment Initiative, Miguel Araújo was appointed Visiting Professor at the Imperial College London. "This is an opportunity to maintain and strengthen ongoing research activities as well planning new ones", says Araújo. The appointment, which carries no remuneration, will cease in August 2018. . . . [ Read More ]
New Post Doc– Søren Faurby
Congratulations to Søren Faurby who just started a post doc at Miguel Araújo lab funded by the Danish research council. Søren is trained as an evolutionary biologist but much of his research has been on the interface between ecology and evolutionary biology. Søren received his PhD in 2009 from Aarhus University (Denmark) and has since then worked as a post doc at UCLA (California) and at Aarhus . . . [ Read More ]
New postdoctoral research fellow – Diogo Alagador
Congratulations to Diogo Alagador who obtained a Postdoctoral Fellowship through the extremely competitive Portuguese FCT programme. Diogo has been developing research in spatial conservation planning since his MSc and PhD and this is his second post doc. In the upcoming three years Diogo will work on global-scale spatial conservation planning for vertebrate and plant species, integrating climate . . . [ Read More ]
Cátia Pereira obtained a PhD studentship
Congratulations to Cátia Pereira who obtained a PhD studentship funded through the extremely competitive Portuguese FCT programme. Cátia’s project seeks to improve understanding of climate change effects on aquatic food webs using the lab’s unique mesocosm experimental facility. Cátia will read for her PhD at the University of Copenhagen’s Natural History Museum in a partnership involving CMEC, . . . [ Read More ]
New Marie Curie Fellow – Miguel Matias
Congratulations to Miguel Matias who just started a Marie Curie Fellowship at Miguel Araújo lab. Miguel is an ecologist trying to understand the mechanisms underlying species’ responses to changes in their natural habitats. His research integrates empirical, experimental and theoretical approaches ranging from bacterial microcosms to macro-ecological models (see his publications here). In 2011, . . . [ Read More ]