PhD Theses
Integrating Fishers’ Ecological and Scientific Knowledge to support mapping and conservation of deep-sea vulnerable marine ecosystems in Portugal.
Ana Sofia Soares (2022 – ongoing)
PhD programme in Marine Science, Technology and Management (Do*Mar), University of Porto (Portugal).
Supervisors: Joana Xavier (CIIMAR), Cristina Pita (Univ. Aveiro), Sebastian Villasante (Univ. Santiago Compostela).
Unravelling the ecological drivers of deep-sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems biodiversity, and structure in the temperate Northeast Atlantic.
Alejandra Mejía-Saenz (2021 – ongoing)
PhD programme in Marine Science, Technology and Management (Do*Mar), University of Porto (Portugal).
Supervisor: Joana Xavier (CIIMAR)
Biodiversity patterns of deep-sea hexactinellid sponges in the Atlantic.
Celso Domingos (2021- ongoing)
PhD programme in Marine Science, Technology and Management (Do*Mar), University of Porto (Portugal).
Supervisors: Joana Xavier and Sandra Ramos (CIIMAR)
Changing seas: unravelling the genomic diversity, connectivity and climate resilience of deep-sea habitat-forming sponges.
Inês Gregório (2020 – ongoing)
PhD programme in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution, University of Porto (Portugal).
Supervisor: Joana Xavier (CIIMAR), Rute Fonseca (Univ. Copenhagen), Andrew Davies (Univ. Rhode Island)