Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (16 February 1834 – 9 August 1919) was a German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist, and artist who discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms, and coined many terms including ecology. It comes with no surprise that the European Ecological . . . [ Read More ]
Welcome Sabrina Mazzoni
We would like to welcome a new addition to the lab: Dr. Sabrina Mazzoni. You can learn more about her here. Sabrina was recently hired as a post doc in a project led by lab member Luis Reino and co-led by Miguel Araújo. Sabrina will be working towards assessing risks of invasion of birds around the world using species distributions models, climate change and bird trade information. We are thrilled . . . [ Read More ]
Miguel Araújo awarded the King James I Prize
Miguel Araújo was selected by a panel including 23 Nobel Prizes to receive the 2016 King James I Prize in the category of environmental protection. Miguel won this award for his research on the effects of climate change on biodiversity and for his science dissemination and outreach activities. The King James I Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in Spain. It is awarded every year to . . . [ Read More ]
Conference: Community Ecology for the 21st Century
Photo by Miguel Araújo (Guys fulvus in Monfrague) Of the many problems confronting society on the veil of the 21st Century, one of the gravest is the likelihood that modern humans may so change the intrincate workings of the earth's ecosystems that they will no longer be able to provide the support that human culture requires for its existence. Yet, our ability to understand and predict the . . . [ Read More ]
Report: Improving GBIF-mediated data for distribution modelling
Miguel Araújo participated in the group of experts tasked with helping to improve the usefulness of GBIF-mobilized data for distribution modelling research. The report has just been published. The report summarizes survey results drawn from the distribution modelling research community and the group’s own views. ‘Frontiers of Biodiversity Informatics and Modelling Species Distributions’, a . . . [ Read More ]
Conference: Species on the Move
Miguel Araújo is thrilled to participate in the "Species on the Move International Conference" at Hobart, in Tasmania, Australia, between the 9th and the 12th of February 2016. During this conference he will provide an oral presentation with the following title and abstract: From models of species distributions to models of communities: Climate and land use changes are leading to alterations in . . . [ Read More ]
2015 Highly Cited Researchers
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 ]