Curriculum Vitae
Full name: Carla Sofia Madeira Gomes Pimentel
Birth place and date: Luanda, Angola, 8th October 1971.
Nationality: Portugal
E-mail: [email protected]
Academic degrees
1993: B.Sc. (Licenciatura) in Biology, Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute, University
of Porto.
1998: M.Sc. (Mestrado) in Ecology, Management and Modelling of Marine Resources,
Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon.
2004: Ph.D (Doutoramento) in Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology,
New University of Lisbon.
Previous and current scientific and/or professional activities
1993-96: Research collaborator of the Centre for Ecological Modelling FCT/UNL/IMAR.
1994-96: M.Sc. candidate working on the thesis “Heavy metal contamination of the salt
evaporation ponds ecosystem in the Sado Estuary” under the supervision of Maria Helena
Costa, Centre for Ecological Modelling FCT/UNL/IMAR.
1996-99: Research collaborator of the Group of Terrestrial Ecology, FCT/UNL.
1999-03: Ph.D candidate working on the thesis “Pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea
pityocampa) and Great Tit (Parus major) in Portugal: population dynamics and interactions”
under the supervision of Maria Rosa Paiva and Jan-Åke Nilsson, Group of Terrestrial
Ecology, FCT/UNL. The Ph.D programme included three month stays per year on the
Department of Animal Ecology, Lund University, Sweden.
2003-08: Research collaborator of the Group of Terrestrial Ecology, FCT/UNL.
2008-09: Fulbright Scholar at the Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College.
2009- :Post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College and
CEF/ISA.
Research Grants and Scholarships
1994-96: M.Sc. scholarship; Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, program
PRAXXIS XXI; refª PRAXIS XXI /BM/1545/94.
1997-99: Research technician grant; Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology,
program PRAXXIS XXI; refª PRAXIS XXI /BTI/14348/97
1999-03: Ph.D scholarship; Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, program
PRAXXIS XXI; refª PRAXXIS XXI /BD/18 119/98
2009-11: Post-Doctoral grant; Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, program
PRAXXIS XXI; refª SFRH/BPD/46995/2008
Prizes and Awards
2008: Fulbright award for Scholars.
Participation in research projects
1993-96: Water-sediment transference of carbon, nutrients and heavy metals in costal
environments; coordinator Maria Helena Costa; National Scientific and Technological
Research Council; refª PEAM/C/GEN/245/93.
1996-97: Pheromones in African Grasshoppers; coordinator Maria Rosa Paiva; European
Commission Contract nº TS3-CT93-0294; DG12HSMU.
1997-01: Pine Ecosystems: management and biodiversity conservation; coordinator Maria
Rosa Paiva, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, program PRAXXIS XXI;
refª 2/2.1/BIA/22/94.
2002-2005: Global change and pine processionary moth: a new challenge for integrated pest
management; coordinator Maria Rosa Paiva, European Commission Contract refª QLRT2001-00852.
2003-04: Impact of irrigation channels upon the fauna of Sorraia river, coordinator Maria
Rosa Paiva, National Institute of Water, Contract nº 2003/009/INAG.
2004-07: Pest Management in Pine and Eucalyptus Stands – minimization of environmental
impacts and biodiversity conservation, coordinator Teresa Calvão, Ministry of Agriculture,
program AGRO, project nº 550 AGRO, 8.1, 2/2003.
2009- : Towards understanding subcontinental variation in forest pestilence from the southern
pine beetle, coordinator Matthew P. Ayres, USDA AFRI Competitive Grant: 2009-2012.
2010- : Developing an adaptive management system for predicting and mitigating damage
caused the pine wilt nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) in
Portugal, coordinator Carla Pimentel, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, refª
PTDC/AGR-CFL/098869/2008.
Publications
Thesis:
Pimentel, C. 1998. Heavy metal contamination of the salt evaporation ponds ecosystem in the
Sado Estuary. M.Sc. Thesis. Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon.
Lisboa, 232 p. (in Portuguese)
Pimentel, C. 2004. Pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) and Great Tit
(Parus major) in Portugal: population dynamics and interactions. Ph.D Thesis. Faculty of
Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon. Lisboa, 171 p.
Chapters in books
Paiva, M.R., Mateus, E., Munhá, J., Pimentel., C., Farral, M.H. 2000. Pinus spp. chemical
composition and host selection by the winter pine processionary moth. IUFRO World Series,
Vol. 11: 141-145.
Papers in international scientific periodicals with referees
Pimentel, C., Calvão, T., Santos, M., Ferreira, C., Neves, M., Nilsson, J.-Å., 2006.
Establishment and expansion of a Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Den. & Schiff.) (Lep.
Notodontidae) population with a shifted life cycle in a production pine forest, Central-Coastal
Portugal. Forest Ecology and Management, 233: 108-115. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2006.06.005.
Pimentel, C., Nilsson, J-Å, 2007. Breeding patterns of great tits (Parus major) in pine forests
along the Portuguese west coast. Journal of Ornithology, 148: 59-68. DOI 10.1007/s10336006-0100-6.
Pimentel, C., Nilsson, J-Å., 2007. Response of great tits Parus major to an irruption of a pine
processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa population with a shifted life cycle. Ardea, 95:
191-199.
Pimentel, C., Nilsson, J.-Å., 2009. Responses of passerine birds to an irruption of a pine
processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa population with a shifted phenology. Ardeola,
56: in press.
Pimentel, C., Ferreira, C., Nilsson, J-Å. Latitudinal gradients and the shaping of life-history
traits in a gregarious caterpillar. Invited resubmission to Biological Journal of the Linnean
Society.
Pimentel, C., Calvão, M.T. Impact of climate on the population dynamics of the pine
processionary moth in Central-South Portugal. Manuscript
Pimentel, C., Santos, M., Ferreira, C., Nilsson, J-Å. Body size, reproductive allocation, and
life- history evolution in a social caterpillar. Manuscript in prep.
Papers in national periodicals with referees:
Pimentel, C., Tavares, A e Paiva, M. R. 2000. Studies on population dynamics and feeding
ecology of the pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera,
Thaumetopoeidae) in Portugal. Revista de Biologia (Lisboa), 18: 105-115. (in Portuguese)
Papers in conference proceedings
Pimentel, C.S., Costa, M.H., Rufino, R., Neves, R., 1996. Salt evaporation ponds in the Sado
Estuary. Contamination by heavy metals; Bioacumulation and Bioamplification. V
Conferência Nacional de Ambiente, 10-12 Abril de 1996, Aveiro, pp:1525 - 1534. (in
Portuguese)
Pimentel, C.S., Costa, M.H, 1996. Heavy metal contamination of the salt evaporation ponds in the
Sado Estuary, and of the juveniles of Himantopus himantopus. I Congresso da Sociedade
Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves, 1-3 de Novembro de 1996, Vila Nova de Cerveira, pp:
47-48. (in Portuguese)
Pimentel, C., Costa, M.H. 1998. Heavy metal contamination of the salt evaporation ponds in
the Sado Estuary. 1º Simpósio Interdiscipliar Sobre Processos Estuarinos, 15-17 Junho de
1998, Faro, pp: 168-170. (in Portuguese)
Pimentel, C., Tavares, A, Branco, M., Paiva, M.R. 1999. Larval parasitoids of the pine
processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera, Thaumetopoeidae). V Encontro
Nacional de Protecção Integrada, 27-29 de Outubro de 1999, Bragança, pp: 282-291. (in
Portuguese)
Referee assignments in international scientific periodicals.
Ecology, Environmental Management, Journal of Insect Science, Oikos.
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