Our team

We are a team of young researchers using Data Science tools to aid biodiversity conservation and management, in support of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. We believe our work is crucial for ensuring a sustainable future for both human society and the natural world.

Core team members

Dr. Jorge Assis
Group leader
Eliza Fragkopoulou
Assistant researcher
Prof. Ester A. Serrão
Full professor
Dr. Lidiane Gouvea
Assistant researcher
Dr. Frederico Mestre
Assistant researcher
Kyle Cavanaugh
Visiting researcher
Juan González-Trujillo
Assistant researcher

Current students

Marcel Sayago
PhD student
Lauren Vapillon
PhD student
Amy Mackintosh
PhD student
Hannah Truter
PhD student
Megan Nolan
PhD student
Samuele Fanna
PhD candidate
Maria Arredondo
MSc student
Polina Kravchenko
MSc student
Aidan Murray
MSc student

Past students

Griffin Hill
PhD student
Ariadni Vafeiadou
MSc student
Adriano Fossati
MSc student
Núria Suárez
MSc student
Lara Martins
MSc student
Viktória Balogh
MSc student
Laura Márquez
MSc student
Lara Martins
MSc student
Raquel Gaião
MSc student
Lessyn Kalwenya
MSc student

If you are interested in conducting your postdoc, PhD or MSc project in our team, we can discuss the possibility of helping secure your own funding. Please review available funding schemes (list below) and send us a one-page summary of your research idea, along with your CV. If you don’t have a clear research idea, have a look at our publications, and book a meeting with us.
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), which is the national public agency that supports research in science, technology and innovation in all areas of knowledge;
European Research Council (ERC), which is the premier European funding organisation for excellent frontier research. It funds creative researchers of any nationality and age, to run projects based across Europe;
”la Caixa” Foundation, which is committed to the present and future of people by focusing on those programmes with the greatest impact and capacity to transform.


biodiversityDS.
Centre of Marine Sciences
Faro, Portugal