Career

• 2013 - 2018: Ph.D. scholarship SFRH/BD/84195/2012 , entitled “Genomic phylogeography and demographic history of the Iberian honeybee (Apis mellifera iberiensis)” at Mountain Research center - Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
• 2011 - 2013: Research grant integrated in the project PTDC/BIA-BEC/099640/2008 at Mountain Researcher Center - Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal

Qualifications

• 2018 - PhD. Molecular and Environmental Biology with specialization in Evolution, Biodiversity and Ecology, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
• 2011 - MSc. in Biodiversity Genetic and Evolution, University of Porto, Portugal
• 2009 - Graduation in Genetics and Biotecnology, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal

Awards and Honors

• 2006 - Honorable mention for the best high school science Project in the field of aquatic-benthology, given by the North American Benthological Society
• 2006 - 3rd place in the XXIV Juvenile encounter for Science, with the paper “Algas da Serrada Gardunha”, given by the organization committee
• 2005 - 2rd place in the XXIII Juvenile encounter for Science, with the paper “Algas da Serrada Gardunha”, given by the organization committee
• 2005 - 2rd place in the XXIII Juvenile encounter for Science, with the paper “Algae from Serrada Gardunha”, given by the organization committee
• 2005 - 2rd place in the XXIII Juvenile encounter for Science, with the paper “Algae from Serrada Gardunha”, given by the organization committee

Interests

• Population Genomics
• Conservation Genetics
• Honey bees
• Bioinformatics