Artur Sarmento

Research Fellow at CFE Centre for Functional Ecology
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Location
Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, PT
Languages
  • English Professional working proficiency
  • Portuguese Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Spanish Limited working proficiency
  • French Elementary proficiency

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Credentials

  • Certificado de Avaliador - 10º SIEPE - Seminário Integrado de Ensino, Pesquisa, Extensão e Inovação da Unochapecó
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    Nov, 2021
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • CFE Centre for Functional Ecology
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Research Fellow
      • Feb 2018 - Present

      Department of Life Sciences of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra Main activities and responsibilities: - Adaptation and development of ecotoxicological test protocols for assessment of lethal and sublethal (behaviour and fecundity) effects of plant protection products on Apis mellifera; - Laboratory ecotoxicological testing – acute and chronic oral exposure on adults, contact exposure on adults and chronic exposure on larvae - for pesticide risk assessment in Apis mellifera; - Assessment of Apis mellifera colony development in different types of landscape; - Development and application of protocols for assessment of different parameters (population, mortality, reserves, diet, pesticide presence, pests, diseases, queen presence and behaviour, forager activity, …) related with the development of Apis mellifera colonies; - Measurement of population and quantity of reserves via visual assessment, weighting and/or image analysis; - Collection and identification of pollen for diet evaluation of honey bee hives; - Honey bee waggle dance analysis via observation hive; - Monitoring of hive activity using video recording and specific software; - In-hive sample collection (bees, nectar, pollen, bee bread, honey and wax) for pesticide quantification; - Elaboration of inquiries for local agricultural and beekeeping practices; - Data analysis for development and improvement of risk assessment models for Apis mellifera. Show less

  • Altri Florestal
    • Olho Marinho, Óbidos
    • Research Fellow
      • Jul 2016 - Dec 2017

      Forest Health Department Main activities and responsibilities: - Laboratory rearing of insect populations (orders Diptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera and Hymenoptera); - Monitoring of pests, biological control agents and diseases in eucalyptus plantations; - Ecological and behavioural assays with insect hosts and respective biological control agents in laboratory and field; - Field trapping of insects; - Literature review; - Data analysis. Forest Health Department Main activities and responsibilities: - Laboratory rearing of insect populations (orders Diptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera and Hymenoptera); - Monitoring of pests, biological control agents and diseases in eucalyptus plantations; - Ecological and behavioural assays with insect hosts and respective biological control agents in laboratory and field; - Field trapping of insects; - Literature review; - Data analysis.

Education

  • Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
    Master of Science - MS, Ecology and Environmental Management
    2013 - 2015
  • Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
    Bachelor's degree, Biology, General
    2010 - 2013

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