Doutoramento em Biologia (Biologia Evolutiva), Universidade de Lisboa (2007)

Genética Populacional
Filogenia e Filogeografia
Conservação ex-situ
Etologia
Ictiofauna de água doce

Sousa-Santos C, Robalo JI, Pereira A, Branco P, Santos JM, Ferreira MT, Sousa M, Doadrio I. (2016) Broad-scale sampling of primary freshwater fish populations reveals the role of intrinsic traits, inter-basin connectivity, drainage area and latitude on shaping contemporary patterns of genetic diversity. PeerJ 4:e1694; DOI 10.7717/peerj.1694

Sousa-Santos C, Robalo JI, Francisco SM, Carrapato C, Cardoso AC, Doadrio I (2014) Metapopulations in temporary streams – the role of drought-flood cycles in promoting high genetic diversity in a critically endangered freshwater fish and its consequences for the future. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80:281-296. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.08.007

Sousa-Santos C, Gante HF, Robalo J, Proença Cunha P, Martins A, Arruda M, Alves MJ, Almada V (2014) Evolutionary history and population genetics of a cyprinid fish (Iberochondrostoma olisiponensis) endangered by introgression from a more abundant relative. Conservation Genetics 15:665-677. DOI 10.1007/s10592-014-0568-1

Sousa-Santos C, Gil F, Almada V (2014) Ex-situ reproduction of Portuguese endangered cyprinids in the context of their conservation. Ichthyological Research 61:193-198. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-013-0383-6

Sousa-Santos C, MJ Collares-Pereira & VC Almada (2007) Reading the history of a hybrid fish complex from its molecular record. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 981-996. DOI 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.011