CURRICULUM VITAE
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    SPELEOLOGY

  • Participation in more than 100 activities in different fields (biospeleology, exploration, education, topography, photography) with the University of Azores, the Speleology Nucleus of Costa Azul and the Speleologists Association of Sintra.

    PROGRAMMING

  • Experience in Java language.
  • Several projects already developed dealing with optimization algorithms and null hypothesis testing.

    PHOTOGRAPHY

  • Experience in nature photography.
  • University of Azores – Photography for the large-format book “Azores – a natural portrait”.
  • University of Azores - Photography for the book “Azorean Termites”.
  • Regional Bureau for Science and Technology – Photography for the book “Endangered bryophytes of the Azores”
  • Regional Bureau for the Environment of Azores – Photography for the notebook “Endemic arthropods of the Azores”
  • Regional Bureau for the Environment of Azores – Photography for the notebook “Endemic bryophytes of the Azores”
  • National Geographic Portugal – writer, photographer, scientific reviewer.
  • Naturlink web portal - writer, photographer.
  • Vale do Guadiana Nature Park, Institute for Nature Conservation – Authoring of the book “Spiders of the Vale do Guadiana Nature Park”.
  • Arrábida Nature Park, Institute for Nature Conservation – Authoring of the book “Spiders of Arrábida Nature Park”.
  • Cooperation with the “Insects” exhibition, at Vienna Zoo, Vienna, Austria.
  • Cooperation with the “Masters of the Web” exhibition, at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, USA.

    WEBDESIGN

  • Experience in HTML, Javascript, PHP and MySQL.
  • University of Azores - Website development for the Agricultural Research and Technologies Centre, the Azores Biodiversity Group and the Environmental Education MSc.
  • Iberian Group of Arachnology - Website development.
  • Portuguese Entomological Society – Website development.
  • Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen - Web design for the Arachnology Group homepage.

    VIDEO

  • Experience with DVCam, Betacam and UMatic systems (linear and non-linear editing);
  • Professional broadcasting systems course (levels I,II) 145h – Youth Portuguese Institute, Lisbon, Portugal (2000).