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A TEAM OF EXPERTS IN AQUATIC
BIOACOUSTICS

M. Clara P. Amorim

Group leader

I lead a research group dedicated to understanding sound in aquatic ecosystems. The lab was founded jointly with Prof. Paulo Fonseca, and we continue to work closely together as part of the team. Our group studies how aquatic animals produce and use acoustic signals to communicate, interact socially, and reproduce, how these signals integrate with other sensory modalities, and how human activities are reshaping underwater soundscapes. Together, we combine fundamental and applied research, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and student training in aquatic bioacoustics.

Principal Investigators

Paulo J. Fonseca

Paulo J. Fonseca

(co-founder)
Acoustic communication, physiology of hearing and sound production.

Raquel O. Vasconcelos

Raquel O. Vasconcelos

Animal behaviour and Neurophysiology.

Manuel Vieira

Manuel Vieira

Computational Bioacoustics, Soundscape Ecology, Passive Acoustics Monitoring and Machine Learning (AI).

Team Members

Beatriz Estevão

Beatriz Estevão

MSc thesis

Júlio Pronto

Júlio Pronto

MSc thesis

Grace Davies

Grace Davies

Fellow researcher

Mariana Viegas

Mariana Viegas

MSc thesis

Thomas Weiß

Thomas Weiß

Post-doc

Vicente Maximino

Vicente Maximino

MSc thesis

Stefany Paiva

Stefany Paiva

MSc thesis

Shaka Furtado

Shaka Furtado

Phd Student

Past Members

Flora Gordillo-Martinez

Post-doc

Daniel Alves

PhD student

Andreia Ramos

MSc thesis

Daniela Pio Castelo

MSc thesis

Marina Moreva

MSc thesis

Simon von Sachsen -Coburg und Gotha

MSc thesis

Morgane Millot

Internship

Joana Jordão

Post-doc

José Miguel Simões

PhD student

André Matos

MSc thesis

Gregor Colas

MSc thesis

Marius Dufort

MSc thesis

Stelios Tsampourakis

MSc thesis

Jorge Penim

Fellow researcher

Marta Bolgan

Post-doc

Noelia Ríos

PhD student

Beatriz Pereira

MSc thesis

Joan Wanjala

MSc thesis

Ricardo Pereira

MSc thesis

Gerdina Verloop

MSc Internship

Silvia S. Pedroso

Fellow researcher

Thibaut Marin-Cudraz

Post-doc

Rita Carriço

PhD student

Carlotta Conti

MSc thesis

Joana R. Vicente

MSc thesis

Rita Trabulo

MSc thesis

João Pontes

MSc Internship

Ana Lopes

Fellow Researcher

Rafael Ayala Lara

Phd Student

Greta Di Martino

PhD Internship

Cornelius Aleonope

MSc thesis

Jodanne Pereira

MSc thesis

Robin Noé

MSc thesis

Martin Pena

MSc Internship

Blanca Gomez

BSc Internship

Bárbara Cartagena-Matos

PhD student

Mariangela Norcia

PhD Internship

Dana Nolte

MSc thesis

Man Ieng (Vivian) Wong

MSc thesis

Sebastian Muñoz

MSc thesis

Ana Zuazu

Internship

Clement Desreumaux

BSc Internship

Collaborations

International

Eric Parmentier

Université de Liège

Belgique

Marilyn Beauchaud

ENES lab - University Jean Monnet, St. Etienne

France

Shay Tal

Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research

Israel

Karen de Jong

Institute of Marine Research

Norway

Marta Bolgan

Ocean Science Consulting Limited

Sven Horvatić

University of Zagreb

Croatia

Lise Doksæter Sivle

Institute of Marine Research

Norway

Nicolas Mathevon

ENES lab - University Jean Monnet, St. Etienne

France

Vincent Médoc

ENES lab - University Jean Monnet, St. Etienne

France

Lucia di Iorio

Université de Perpignan

France

Ricardo Duarte

CAIRIM / Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

Moçambique

National

Ana M. Faria

MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ISPA- Instituto Universitário

Filipe Ribeiro

MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Universidade de Lisboa

João Monteiro

MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, UMadeira/ARDITI

Pedro Félix

MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Universidade de Lisboa

Yorgos Stratoudakis

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera Portugal

Bernardo Quintella

MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Universidade de Lisboa

Gabriel Martins

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

Manuel Lopes

Instituto Superior Tecnico GAIPS - TagusPark

Sara Novais

MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ESTM, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria

Carlos J.C. Teixeira

Departamento de Informática, Universidade de Lisboa

Jorge Maia Alves

Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa

Marcos F. L. Lemo

Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria

Teresa Modesto

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Universidade do Algarve

Filipe Alves

MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, UMadeira/ARDITI

José Lino Costa

MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Universidade de Lisboa

Marta Pimentel

MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Universidade de Lisboa

Tiago A. Marques

Universidade de Lisboa; University of St Andrews

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