Knowledge areas

I am broadly interested in ecohydraulics and anthropogenic changes to aquatic systems, fish passage engineering, effects of turbulence on fish behaviour and swimming performance and energetic costs, ecology and fish conservation and restoration, fish physiology, fish evolution and behaviour, biomechanics of fish, hydrodynamics, hydropower impacts on eels, re-establishment of eels populations.

Key qualifications

Ecohydraulics, fish passage engineering, ecology and fish conservation and restoration, fish physiology, fish ecolution and behaviour, biomechanics of fish, hydrodynamics.

Education

2005 – 2010: Ph.D. in Forestry Engineering, ISA , University of Lisbon , Portugal

1998 - 2003: B.Sc. in Forestry Engineering, ISA, University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Experience

2015 – present: Postdoctoral position/researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)

2013 – 2015: Postdoctoral position, Carleton University, Canada (Cooke Lab- Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory)

2010– 2013: Postdoctoral position, Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada.

2010– 2013: Postdoctoral position, Forest Research Center at the ISA, University of Lisbon, Portugal.

2010– 2013: Visiting Postoctoral Research, Freshwater Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Canada.

2007– 2012: Collaboration in the Portugal. Institute of Oceanography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon,

2009– 2010: Researcher at the Forest Research Center at the ISA, University of Lisbon, Portugal.

2005– 2009: PhD Student at ISA, University of Lisbon, Portugal.

2003– 2004: Research assistant, Forest Research Center at the ISA, University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Languages

Portuguese: Mother tongue

English: Fluent – conversation, reading and writing

French: Fluent reading, good conversation and writing

Spanish: Fluent reading, very good conversation and writing

Worked in

Portugal, Canada, USA, Denmark, Norway

Publications:

• Publications in CRIStin