Conservation researcher
Ana Rita Patrício

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MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre - Ispa


Career

Year Job
2020 – present

Postdoctoral Researcher
MARE – ISPA, Portugal

2018 - 2020

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
University of Exeter, UK & MARE – ISPA, Portugal

2016

Consultant
MAVA Foundation Cabo-Verde

2015

Project Director at Príncipe Trust Foundation
Principe Isl., Sao Tome and Principe

2012

Project Coordinator, US-FWS Grant, Culebra Isl. Puerto Rico 2011 Research Assistant in Environmental Microbiology
University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

2008 - 2010

Teacher Assistant
University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

2006 – 2007

Research Assistant
Chelonia inc., Mona Isl., Puerto Rico

2005

Research Assistant
University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

Education

Year Education
2013 - 2017

PhD in Biological Sciences
University of Exeter, UK

2008 - 2011

MSc in Conservation Biology
University of Puerto Rico, USA

2000 - 2005

B.S. in Environmental Biology
University of Lisbon, Portugal

Selected Grants

Year Grant
2020

Sea Turtle Resilience to Climate Change Impacts € 292,169
La Caixa Foundation

2020

Survie des Tortues Marines € 137,666
Regional Partnership for Coastal and Marine Conservation (PRCM)

2018

Impacts of climate change on West African green turtles and marine turtle conservation in Guinea-Bissau €10,000
Rufford Foundation

2013

PhD scholarship € 97,000
Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal