Doutoramento em Biologia, Universidade do Porto, Portugal (2008)
Biogeografia
Filogenia
Filogeografia
Biodiversidade
Evolução
Organismos aquáticos
Almada, F., Francisco, S. M., Lima, C. S., FitzGerald, R., Mirimin, L., Villegas-Ríos, D., Saborido-Rey, F., Afonso, P., Morato, T., Bexiga, S., & Robalo, J. I. (2017). Historical gene flow constraints in a northeastern Atlantic fish: phylogeography of the ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta across its distribution range. Royal Society Open Science, 4(2). doi: 10.1098/rsos.160773
Sousa-Santos, C., Robalo, J. I., Pereira, A. M., Branco, P., Santos, J. M., Ferreira, M. T., 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
Stefanni, S., Castilho, R., Sala-Bozano, M., Robalo, J. I., Francisco, S. M., Santos, R. S., Marques, N., Brito, A., Almada, V. C., & Mariani, S. (2015). Establishment of a coastal fish in the Azores: recent colonisation or sudden expansion of an ancient relict population? Heredity, 115(6), 527-537. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2015.55
Sousa-Santos, C., Robalo, J.I., Francisco, S.M., Carrapato, C., Cardoso, A.C., & 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, 281-96. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.08.007
Sousa-Santos, C., Gante, H.; Robalo, J.I., Cunha, P.P., Martins, A., Arruda, M., Alves, M.J., & Almada, V.C. (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