Curriculum Vitae
18.11.2010
Dr. Andreia Miraldo
Postodctoral researcher
MRG, University of Helsinki, Finland
Email: [email protected]
Academic background
2005 - 2009: PhD in Evolutionary Biology by the University of East Anglia (UK)
2000 - 2001: ERASMUS – exchange student program at the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
1997 - 2002: Graduate in Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (Portugal)
Employment record and research experience
April 2010 – present: Postdoctoral researcher at Ilkka Hanski’s group, MRG, University of Helsinki, Finland
2009 April - September: Field Research Manager, University of East Anglia (UK)
Project: The experimental investigation of allocation norms across contexts and the implications for
household models and development policies
Principal Investigators: Dr. Arjan Verschoor, Dr. Bereket Kebede
2005 January - 2009 March: PhD student, University of East Anglia (UK)
Project: Phylogeography and population dynamics of secondary contact zones of Lacerta lepida in the
Iberian Peninsula
Supervisors: Prof. Godfrey Hewitt, Dr. Brent Emerson and Prof. Octavio Paulo
2004 October- December: Visiting student, Universitat Barcelona (Spain)
Project: Colonization of America by Drosophila subobscura
Supervisor: Prof. Marta Pascual
2003 October - 2004 September: Research Fellowship, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (Portugal)
Project: Coalescent methods applied to population analyses with microsatellites
Principal Investigator: Prof. Octavio Paulo
2003 July - September: Research technician, Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovacao,
Lisbon (Portugal)
Project: Microsatellite Analysis of cork oak (Quercus faginea) populations in Iberia
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jose A. S. Pereira de Matos
2003 April - June: Research technician, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (Portugal)
Project: Salvamento de répteis na área regolfo da barragem do Alqueva (Relocation of reptiles from
the Alqueva dam)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Octavio Paulo
2002 June - 2003 February: BSc research project, University of Lisbon (Portugal)
Project: Sistemas de Informação Geográfica aplicados ao estudo da população de camaleão comum
(Chamaeleo chamaeleon, L. 1758) do sul de Portugal: área de distribuição, abundância e efectivo
populacional. (GIS applied to the study of the common chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon, L. 1758)
in south Portugal: distribution, abundance and effective population size)
Supervisor: Prof. Octavio Paulo
2001 September - 2002 May: BSc research project, University of Lisbon (Portugal) and University of
Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Project: Patterns of ground level seed dispersal in Terra Firme and Varzea Forests during low and high
level water periods in the Amazon Rainforest, Colombia
Supervisors: Prof. Antoine van Cleef and Prof. Jorge Palmeirim
Teaching experience
2010 – Mentor of discussion groups of the postgraduate course Conservation in Fragmented Landscapes,
University of Helsinki, Finland
2008 – Co-supervisor of a BSc project student, University of East Anglia
2007-2008 – Demonstrator for the Science Foundation course, University of East Anglia
Fellowships and Grants
2010: Travel grant from ESF to attend the summer-school on Methods of Empirical Speciation Research
2005-2008: Ph.D. scholarship, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (SFRH/BD/1696/2004, 4 years)
2003-2004: Research fellowship Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (POCTI/BSE/47999/2002, 12 months)
2003: Research Technician fellowship, Fundação Faculdade Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (3 months)
2000: ERASMUS exchange student scholarship (6 months)
Workshops/Summer-schools/Courses
Methods of Empirical Speciation Research
European Science Foundation (Frontiers in Speciation Research), Kastanienbaum, Switzerland. 29th
August - 4th September 2010. Organizers: Prof. Ole Seehausen
Genetics and Genomics of Speciation
MARIE CURIE Initial Training Network, University of Sheffield, UK. 10-13th January 2010. Organizers:
Prof. Roger Butlin, Prof. Rhonda Snook, Prof. Claudius Kerth and Prof. Allan Debelle
Molecular Evolution and Diversity
BBSRC Summer School, University of Nottingham, UK. 14-19th July 2008. Organizers: Prof. John
Brookefield and Prof. Deborah Charlesworth
Geographic Information Systems (GIS, ArcView).
Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal. 3rd-16th February 2002. Organizer: Prof. Rui Silva.
Publications
Peer reviewed
Paulo OS, Pinheiro J, Miraldo A, Bruford MW, Jordan WC, Nichols RA (2008). The role of vicariance vs.
dispersal in shaping genetic patterns in ocellated lizard species in the western Mediterranean.
Molecular Ecology 17(6): 1535–1551.
Miraldo A, Pinto I, Pinheiro J, Rosário I, Maymone M, Paulo OS (2005). Distribution and conservation of the
common Chamaeleo chamaeleon, in Algarve, Southern Portugal. Israel Jour. Zoology 51: 157-164.
Thesis
Miraldo A (2009). Phylogeography and population dynamics of secondary contact zones of Lacerta lepida in
the Iberian Peninsula. University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
Miraldo A (2003). Sistemas de Informação Geográfica aplicados ao estudo da população de camaleão
comum (Chamaeleo chamaeleon L. 1758) do sul de Portugal: área de distribuição, abundância e
efectivo populacional. Relatorio de Estagio, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa,
Portugal.
Chapters in books
Miraldo A, Paulo OS (2008). Chamaeleo chamaeleon. In: Loureiro, A., Ferrand de Almeida, N., Carretero,
M.A. & Paulo, O.S. (eds.), Atlas dos Anfíbios e Répteis de Portugal. Instituto da Conservação da
Natureza e da Biodiversidade, Lisboa.
In review
Miraldo A, Hewitt GM, Paulo OS, Emerson, BC. Phylogeography and demographic history of Lacerta lepida
in the Iberian Peninsula: multiple refugia, range expansions and secondary contact zones.
Miraldo A, Hewitt GM, Paulo OS, Emerson, BC. Intra-individual mtDNA polymorphism helps to reconstruct
the demographic history of Lacerta lepida mitochondrial lineages in a zone of secondary contact.
In progress
Miraldo A, Wirta H, Hanski, I. Origin and diversification of dung beetles in Madagascar. Invited review
Miraldo A, Hewitt GM, Paulo OS, Emerson, BC. Microsatellite analysis of a hybrid zone between divergent
Lacerta lepida mitochondrial DNA phylogroups.
Nunes VL, Miraldo A, Beaumont MA, Butlin RK, Paulo OS. Analysis of the MC1R gene reveals aminoacid
changes with strong association to colour phenotype in Lacerta lepida nevadensis subspecies.
Presentation at International meetings
Miraldo A, Hewitt GM, Paulo OS, Emerson BC (2008). Phylogeography of Lacerta lepida in the Iberian
Peninsula - BBSRC Summer School in Molecular Evolution and Diversity, Lincoln Hall, University of
Nottingham, UK. 14th-19th July 2008. Type of presentation: Poster
Miraldo A, Hewitt GM, Paulo OS, Emerson, BC (2007). Mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy and recombination
in a reptilian secondary contact zone. 11th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology
(ESEB), Uppsala, Sweden, 20-25 August. Type of presentation: Oral
Paulo OS, Miraldo A, Nunes VL, Bruford MW, Jordan WC, Nichols RA (2005). Congruence among markers
suggests the persistence of phylogeographic patterns throughout interglacial periods. 10th Congress
of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Krakow, Poland, 15-20 August. Type of
presentation: Poster
Maymone M, Pinheiro JF, Barbosa E, Miraldo A, Pinto I, Geraldes P, Paulo OS (2003). Resultados finais dos
Estudos de Biologia e Ecologia e resultados da 1ª fase do Programa de Monitorização. 2º Encontro de
Trabalhos em Biologia no Alqueva, Évora 3-4 October. Type of presentation: Oral
Reviewing work
Reviewer for Molecular Ecology
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish and French