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Las Palmas De Gran Canaria, Cn, Es

For Association for Nature, Environment and Sustainable Development SUNCE: Expert consultant for seagrass monitoring projects and marine habitat mapping in the tasks of design of methodology, planning of field work, statistical analysis and calculation of relevant ecological indices, report writing and map development in the following projects:- Monitoring status of Posidonia oceanica meadows within the protected area of the Natura 2000 network - HR4000007 Badija and islands around Korčula and HR000431 Area S from Pržina bay and N from Bilin žal along the Ražnjić peninsula and in the Polačište bay (2020)- Monitoring the status of the Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds in Telašćica Natural Park (2019)- Monitoring status of Posidonia oceanica meadows within the protected area of the Natura 2000 network - HR3000162 Rt Rukavac - Rt Marčuleti (2019)- Monitoring status of Posidonia oceanica meadows within the protected area of the Natura 2000 network - HR3000163 – Stonski kanal (2019)- Monitoring of Posidonia oceanica meadows at Brijuni National Park, Croatia (2018)- Monitoring status of Posidonia oceanica meadows within the protected area of the Natura 2000 network - HR3000165 Uvala Slano (2018)- Monitoring of the Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds in the Lastovo National Park (2017)- Mapping of marine habitats within the protected area of the Natura 2000 network in Croatia and Montenegro (2016-2017)- Monitoring the status of Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds in the Telašćica Natural Park (2016)

Las Palmas De Gran Canaria Area, Spain

Preparation of project tenders for Horizon 2020: SME Instrument, Phase 1 and 2. Close collaboration with business leaders and experts in the area to develop the proposals. Elaboration of feasibility studies for projects financed in Phase 1. Customer service and guidance. Projects in the fields of biotechnology, medicine, advanced sensors and robotics.

Las Palmas De Gran Canaria Area, Spain

- Project manager and PI for "Evaluation of the state of conservation of dwarf eelgrass (Zostera noltei) on the island of Lanzarote and adoption of measures for its conservation" (2018-2019), financed by the Government of the Canary Islands.Project planning, execution and management. Development of the methodology, planning and data collection in the field, analysis of results, GIS, habitat suitability model, outreach activities, design of information panels, writing of reports.

Faro Area, Portugal

Postdoctoral researcher on the project "Pew Marine forests".http://www.marineforests.com/

Zagreb, Croatia

Expert consultant in the EU funded project "Strengthening the role of the Croatian Agency for the Environment and Nature in Information and Promotion of public awareness in the field of environmental protection, climate change, nature conservation and biodiversity"

Las Palmas De Gran Canaria Area, Spain

- Project manager and PI "Analysis of the situation of dwarf eelgrass (Zostera noltei) for the elaboration and execution of its Recovery Plan" (2017), financed by the Government of the Canary Islands.Development, execution and management of the project. Planning and collecting field data, analysis of results, GIS, writing reports.- Technician in the Project "Monitoring of the Marine Phanerogams Indicator of the Water Framework Directive in coastal waters of Catalonia to obtain the POMI and CYMOX biological quality indices" (2016-2018), financed by the Catalan Water Agency.Supervision and realization of field and laboratory work, statistical analysis and calculation of POMI and CYMOX indices.- Technician in the Project "Analysis of the recruitment of the black lobster (Panulirus echinatus) for decision making in the preparation of its recovery plan" (2017), financed by the Government of the Canary Islands.Professional and scientific diver tasks.- other tasks necessary within ongoing projects, water sampling for quality analysis, inspection of the underwater pipes and emissaries, diverse samples collection.

Zagreb, Croatia

Researcher on an EU funded project "Diatoms, descriptor of ecological status of Plitvice lakes, Republic of Croatia".http://www.algedes.biol.pmf.hr/https://www.facebook.com/algeDES/

Faro, Portugal

In my PhD project I studied landscape genetics of a seagrass Zostera noltii in the Ria Formosa lagoon, building on my work in RiaScapeGen project.I am interested how a combination of dispersal traits of the seagrass propagules, hydrological descriptors of the lagoon and a set of habitat descriptors all shape genetic diversity of the population in an intertidal coastal lagoon. This work is based on the terrain data extracted from the DTM we developed earlier, hydrological transport modelling results obtained during the first year of my PhD and microsatellite-based genetic analysis of the samples.Along with my scientific skills this work requires organisational and management skills, as I was in charge of setting the timeline, preparing logistics and conducting the fieldwork, coordinating with the administrative services of my institution and the financing agency of my grant, establishing collaborations with partners, writing and coordinating additional project, presenting the results in the meetings and seminars, recruiting and training volunteers and supervising students.

Faro Area, Portugal

For one year I worked as a project research technician on RiaScapeGen project. My tasks included GIS data processing, modelling DTM (Digital Terrain Model), managing field operations, equipment handling, sampling and sample processing, laboratory analysis (DNA extraction, PCR, genotyping), data management, landscape genetics study, work timeline planning, problem solving, recruiting and training the volunteers, delivering timely reports, meeting presentations. My work gave excellent results, even when few tasks were happening at the same time. In this period I carried out large proportion of extensive sampling planned in this project, collecting over 2.500 samples out of final 3.800. Sampling was done in intertidal areas of the coastal lagoon, for what in most cases I used the kayaks to reach the isolated areas. In collaboration with senior researchers on the project I produced DTM from the LiDAR data and used it to calibrate the hydrografical model of particle transport in the lagoon. This work provided new and exciting results on which I later continued working during my PhD project. I worked in coordination with two senior researchers and a principal investigator on the project Dr. Filipe Alberto.

My thesis work was divided in two projects. First project was focused on the recruitment of the invertebrate larvae in the seagrass meadows and was set in the Protected landscape area of Kamenjak, in Croatia. This project included work with local fishermen, and management body of the protected area. Later on I developed another similar project at IMEDEA Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies at Mallorca, with similar topic. Here I used fragmentation of habitat measures to define the effect of habitat integrity on community recruitment. In addition I analysed remote sensing data to estimate environmental factors driving the observed patterns.I organised the field campaign in Croatia and established collaborations with local experts, developed skills in negotiation and public communication, dealing with local fishermen, developed budget and allocated available resources. Thesis supervisor: Dr. Iris Hendriks and Dr. Ester Serrão. Thesis: “Effect Of Habitat Fragmentation On Bivalve Larvae Recruitment: Study of Pinna nobilis and Pectinidae species larvae”

Rijeka, Croatia

After one year of volunteering I passed the state exam and earned a professional qualification of Museum educator. In March 2008 I started working in the Natural History Museum Rijeka, and continued my activities as before with added responsibilities.In this period I was in charge of the management of the educational programs and public-related activities of the Museum. I continued participating int he collection management and research of other curators at the Museum and managed a project of my own.In more details, I substituted for Željka Modrić, on the following projects: - "School for Young Natural Scientists" (as projects' manager with Iva Tomljenović). Workshops are designed for 4th grade elementary students. School for Young Natural Scientists is envisioned as a modern supplement to a regular school program of "Biology and society" class in order to bridge the gap between the fast development of science and school programs limited by time and financial construction.Two hour workshops are held bimonthly in the Museum or on the field. Work with children is based on practical work, games and creative tasks. - "Museum's Friends Club": A club for children that have completed "School for Young Natural Scientists", as they continue their independent research of the nature world attending the monthly workshops in the Museum. - "Long Night of Museums": Annual, international event of open-doors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Night_of_Museums , http://nocmuzeja.hr/).- "Science Fair 2008" (http://www.festivalznanosti.hr/2008/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=62&Itemid=119)I created and managed the project "Seagrass Meadows of the Island of Krk", which resulted in the educational exhibition in the Museum.Professional title thesis “Educational game "Be a curator of a natural history museum for a day" as an example of pedagogical work in the Natural History Museum Rijeka”.

Rijeka, Croatia

As a volunteer I was actively participating in the activities of the Museum. One of my main duties was help with the educational programs, where I guided the tours through the whole Museum collection, held the workshops for visiting groups and participated in the Museum's educational projects "School for Young Natural Scientists", Night of the Museums, Science fair and Night of the bats. At the same time I was helping with the management of the Museum's databases, maintenance of the collections and preparations of the permanent and temporary exhibitions. As I was certified diver I participated in the projects of research of the benthic communities of the aquatorium of Susak island and the Srakane archipelago. I also helped a the geological, paleontological and the botanical fieldwork campaigns, collecting the samples for the collections or helping with the research and monitoring programmes of the curators. I participated on the following projects: - "School for Young Natural Scientists"- "Museum's Friends Club"- "Long Night of Museums" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Night_of_Museums , http://nocmuzeja.hr/)- "Science Fair 2007" (http://www.festivalznanosti.hr/2007/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=20&Itemid=64)

Zagreb, Croatia

During 2006 I worked in the Croatian Natural History Museum in Zagreb. As a student, my job was to give guided tours through the Museum's Zoological collection to the visiting groups and individuals. During the rest of the working hours I was helping curators-educators if needed and was looking after the safety of the exhibits in the exposition and answered the questions of the visitors.

Since I enrolled in the university I joined the Biology students association BIUS and have been actively participating in its work during all of my study years. I was a member of the management board for a year, afterwards its secretary for another year and then was voted a president.As the president of the management board I coordinated the work of the management board, chiefs of specialized sections and when needed, the University. I worked closely with other members of the board and active association members on development of the projects, collaborations with similar associations, NGOs, research institutions and relevant government bodies. I was in charge for the timely reporting to the financing bodies and partners. During my presidency BIUS held an annual fieldwork campaign in Nature Park Papuk and hosted the SymBioSE event - European biology students conference, for which I was the head of the organizing committee. BIUS was funded in 1999 by students of biology at the Science faculty of Zagreb University, and has since played an important role both in biology students education and integration in scientific environment, and in the nature protection in Croatia. The main objectives of the Association are encouraging and enhancing the cultural, entertainment, sporting, educational and research activities of students; evaluation, conservation and protection of nature and biodiversity through sustainable development and contribute to the establishment of a modern, liberal, democratic, pluralistic and tolerant, non-violent society respecting different opinions, thoughts and ideas, freedom of choice, independence of the work, the public and democratic opinion and responsibility of the individual and organizations. Each year one major event in form of the fieldwork-educational campaign is organised by one of the members with the support of the management board and other students.http://www.bius.hr/

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Marine Ecology, With Greatest Distinction

Thesis supervisor: Dr. Filipe Alberto. Thesis project title: "Metapopulation landscape genetics of seagrass in a tidal mudflat lagoon".

Head Of Drafting And Implementation Of Projects Funded From Eu Funds, Project Management, Successfully Completed Course

Module 1: EU funds and introduction to EU project management Module 2: Access the logical matrix of the project Module 3: Creating.

Master Of Science (Msc), Marine Biodiversity And Conservation, With Greatest Distincton

The Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC) is offered by a University consortium consisting of 6.

Master Of Science (Msc), Marine Biodiversity And Consertvation

Master Of Science (Msc), Marine Biodiversity And Conservation

Prof. Biolog., Biology, Final Exemination And Defence Of Diploma Thesis: 5 / A

Activities and Societies: Student representative in the Council of the Biology. Active member of Biology student association BIUS.

High School, Natural Sciences And Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Volunteering in NGO working with endangered vulture species (Eco center Caput Insulae, Beli, Cres.