Curriculum Vitae
Academic History
PhD in Biology
Erasmus+ Research
Center of Evolutionary and Functional Ecology (CEFE-CNRS)
“Communication characteristics of the sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) within the nest”, supervised by Pietro D’Amelio and Claire Doutrelant
Internship
Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto (MHNC-UP)
MSc in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution
Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO-InBIO)
Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto
BSc in Biology
Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto
Grants, Scholarships & Awards
Conference Attendance Grant to Behaviour 2023
Bursary to support attendance at ESMARConf2022
2nd Best Poster Award and Sponsorship of Attendance at the VIII SESBE Conference
ABC Expedition Award
PhD Scholarship
Sponsorship of Attendance at the 2nd African Bioacoustics Community Conference
Erasmus+ Traineeship Grant
National Geographic Early Career Grant
International symposia and conferences
Freitas, B; Milá, B; Thébaud, C; Janicke, T. The acoustic adaptation hypothesis across animals: a meta-analysis. Behaviour 2023, 14-20 August 2023, Bielefeld, Germany. Oral presentation
Freitas, B; Gil, D; Thébaud, C; Milá, B. The role of song in restricting gene flow among locally adapted populations of the Common Chaffinch on the island of La Palma. 4th Society of Island Biology Conference, 2-7 July 2023, Lipari, Italy. Oral presentation
Freitas, B. Evolución del canto y su papel en la especiación de las aves insulares. VIII Jornadas de Conservación de la Biodiversidad, 4 March 2023, Salamanca, Spain. Invited oral presentation
Freitas, B. Evolution of song and its role in bird speciation: practical cases from island birds. Tropical Ecology Online organized by the Society for Tropical Ecology, 13 February 2023. Invited oral [online] presentation
Freitas, B; Gil, D; Thébaud, C; Milá, B. The roles of environment and behavior in the evolution of song in the Common Chaffinch on an oceanic island. 25th Spanish Congress of Ornithology, 9-13 November 2022, Menorca, Spain. Poster presentation
Freitas, B; Thébaud, C; Milá, B. Evolution of birdsong in mainland and insular populations of the Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs). SESBE VIII Conference, 2-4 February 2022, Vigo, Spain. Poster presentation
Freitas, B; Melo, M; Doutrelant, C; Robert, A; Bas, Y. The use of automatic recorders and automated detection to obtain vocalizations data in difficult terrains: the case of the Príncipe scops owl. BES Conservation Ecology & Tropical Ecology Joint Twitter Conference (#TropiCon20), 5-6 November 2020. Twitter presentation
Freitas, B; Melo, M; Doutrelant, C; Robert, A; Bas, Y. The use of automatic recorders and automated detection to obtain vocalizations data in difficult terrains: the case of the Príncipe scops owl. 2nd African Bioacoustics Community Conference, 2-5 November 2020. Oral [online] presentation
Freitas, B; Melo, M. The mystery Scops owl of Príncipe Island. National Geographic Grants Seminar, 30 April 2019, Porto, Portugal. Invited oral presentation
Freitas, B; Rodrigues, T M; Múrias, T; Gonçalves, D. Habitat use by waterbirds in the lower Douro estuary. IJUP, 7-9 February 2018, Porto, Portugal. Poster presentation
Supervisory Experience
2022
MSc student: Andrea Lirola, Menendez Pelayo International University, Spain
Thesis title: Patterns of daily activity and abundance associated with the habitat of three species of passerines on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands
Co-supervised with Borja Milá
2021
Internship student: Javier Gutiérrez, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
Project title: Bioacoustic analysis of island bird songs
Co-supervised with Borja Milá
Review Activity
Journals
Reviewer for Ecography, F1000Research, and The Journal of Raptor Research
Grants
2023 - External reviewer for the National Geographic Society Level I Grants (areas of Conservation, Research, and Technology)