Education

• 2010-2014: PhD in Conservation Biology, (suma cum laude - com distinção e louvor) from Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.
  Thesis : “Rewilding abandoned landscapes in Europe: biodiversity impact and contribution to human well-being”.
• 2006-2007: MSc in Ethno-ecology (suma cum laude - mention très bien) from the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
  Thesis : “Uses and perceptions of lemurs, traveller’s palms and baobabs in Northwestern Madagascar”.
• 2004-2006: MSc in Conservation Biology from University Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France.
  Thesis : “Is dispersal good or bad in a fragmented landscape?”.
• 2001-2004: BSc in Biology (magna cum laude - mention très bien) from University Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France.

Work experience

• Nov. 2021 - Present: Postdoctoral Researcher in the Conservation Biology and Global Change department of the Estacion Biologica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Sevilla, Spain.
• Jan. 2021 - Oct. 2021 Maternity leave
• Oct. 2020 - Sep. 2021: Postdoctoral Researcher in the Biodiversity Conservation research group at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU).
• Oct. 2016 - Sep. 2020: Executive Secretary of the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) based at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). FTEs allocated to research: 40%
• Oct. 2014 - Sep. 2016: Postdoctoral Researcher in the Biodiversity Conservation research group at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU).
• Oct. 2009 - Jan. 2010: Research Assistant at Center for Environmental Biology, University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Service and leadership

• Leadership and recognition
  • Co-lead of the Policy Task Force, GEO BON, 2017-ongoing.
  • Member of the interim Steering Committee of the Alliance for Biodiversity Knowledge, 2018-2020.
  • Member of the Science-Policy Committee of iDiv, Leipzig, Germany, 2016-2020.
  • Lead author in the IPBES Thematic Assessment on Land Degradation and Restoration, 2015-2018.

• Reviewer for Nature Ecology and Evolution; Methods in Ecology and the Environment; BioScience; Conservation Biology; Ecography; Ecological Indicators; Biological Conservation; Diversity and Distributions; Landscape Ecology; Proceedings B; Restoration Ecology; Ambio; Journal of Wildlife Management; Global and Planetary Change; Land Use Policy; Ecosystems and People; Environmental and Sustainability Indicators; Trends in Ecology and Evolution; Conservation Science and Practice.

• Reviewer of grant proposals (once each) for the Natural Sciences Research Council of Canada (2020), the French National Agency (2017), and the Polish National Science Center (2016).

• Outreach
  • Semana de la Ciencia (Week of Science) – Outreach activity with high school students from Seville organized at EBD-CSIC: Ecología histórica: una ventana a la biodiversidad del pasado (“Historical ecology: a window to the biodiversity of the past”), 15.11.2023.
  • Pint of Science Sevilla presentation – Un paseo por el lado silvestre (“Take a walk on the wild side”), 10.05.2022.
  • Participation in the preparation of a TV documentary on Rewilding for ARTE, broadcasted on national TV in France and Germany in May 2019 (“L’Europe à la reconquête de la biodiversité”).
• Organization of international conferences and meetings
  • GEO BON Open Science Conference and All Hands Meeting. Head of the Organizing Committee (±580 participants). 07.2020, virtual.
  • CBD COP 14 Side-event “From Biodiversity Data to reporting”, co-organized by GEO BON with the GBIF Secretariat and NatureServe. Main organizer. 11.2018, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
  • Global Biodiversity Informatics Conference (GBIC2). Member of the Steering Committee led by the GBIF Secretariat. 06.2018, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • GEO BON All Hands meeting. Head of the Organizing Committee (±70 participants). 07.2018, Beijing, China.
  • CBD COP 13 Side-event “Biodiversity Observations for Decision-Making: National Needs and Approaches.”, organized by GEO BON. Main organizer. 12.2016, Cancun, Mexico.
  • Data Mobilization Symposium. Head of the Organizing Committee (±60 participants with a budget of 50K euros). 06.2016, Leipzig, Germany.
  • GEO BON Open Science Conference and All Hands meeting, Leipzig, Germany. Member of the Organizing Committee (±250 participants). 07.2016, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Symposium “From abandoned to wild landscapes: practices, consequences and perceptions of Rewilding in Europe”, 27th ICCB and 4th ECCB. Co-applicant and co-organizer. 07.2015, Montpellier, France.