Curriculum vitae
Professional positions
Fellow by Examination | Magdalen College, UK
Senior Research Fellow | University of Oxford, UK
Topic: Specular colouration and mirror-like camouflage in fish
Postdoctoral Research Associate | Durham University, UK
Topic: Behavioural adaptations to avoid desiccation in mosquito pupae
Postdoctoral Research Assistant | University of Cambridge, UK
Topic: Schooling behaviour of the Caribbean reef squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea
Research Assistant | University of Würzburg, Germany
Topic: Visual flower inspection and proboscis guidance behaviour in hawkmoths
Education
PhD Zoology | University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Thesis: Dynamic lighting and its impact on the behaviour of marine invertebrates
M.Sc. Marine Biology | University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal
Thesis: Habitat preference and behavioural ecology of bobtail squids (Sepiolidae)
B.Sc. Biology | Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
Thesis: The influence of terminal end structures on settlement behaviour and attachment strength in the barnacle Balanus improvisus
Funding
- Magdalen College Fellowship by Examination in Biological Sciences (04/2026)
- Cambridge Trust European Scholarship (10/2020)
- Natural Environment Research Council C-CLEAR DTP Studentship (10/2020)
- Okinawa Institute for Science and Technology Research Internship Grant (02/2019)
- Portuguese Directorate for Higher Education Merit Scholarship (01/2020)
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Promos Grant (11/2015)
- Malacological Society of London Early Career Research Grant (04/2021)
- National Geographic S.E.E. Initiative Grant (12/2018)