Ana Isabel Neto

Researcher at the Azorean Biodiversity Group, Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (GBA-cE3c) and associated lecturer at the University of the Azores (UAc-FCT), where she teaches courses at undergraduate, Master and PhD levels, A. I. Neto leads the Aquatic Ecology Research Group of the IBBC Group of GBA-cE3c (http://ce3c.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/sub-team/island-aquatic-ecology) and is actively involved with the coordination of students and researchers, having successfully supervised post-doctoral researchers, doctoral, Master and undergraduate theses. With a background on marine botany and coastal ecology, she has a well-established expertise in Azorean marine macroalgae and in the ecology of insular coastal habitats, resulting from the development of over 30 years of research on islands littoral ecosystems. She has extensive experience in coordinating, managing, and executing national and international projects and scientific events, and has consolidated collaborations with colleagues working on a range of topics in coastal ecology, evolution, biogeography, and conservation. Her current research is centred on the valorisation of biodiversity and marine resources and on the dynamics, patterns and processes of coastal communities and their responses to adverse factors such as environmental changes and overexploitation. Its development has resulted in the publication of eight guides in the field of marine biology, one manual and one guide of best practices, three book chapters and 160 papers in peer review journals on the fields of marine biology and ecology. Additionally, A. I. Neto is a reviewer for several scientific journals, often integrate review evaluation panels for international and national research projects and grants, is actively involved with the organization and promotion of scientific events, and collaborate with the civil society through service provision, consultancy, awareness, and environmental education activities. Main domain of research: Marine Botany and Coastal Ecology, using macroalgae as model organisms and the Azorean littoral communities as model systems. Key Words: Biodiversity; Community Ecology; Island Biogeography; Conservation; Macroalgae, Macroecology; Invertebrates.