I am a researcher at the University of the Azores and CE3C. My research focuses on the study of terrestrial arthropod biodiversity and conservation in island ecosystems and the ecology of plant-insect interactions, particularly herbivory, myrmecochory and pollination. I coordinated the Red List of Invertebrates of Mainland Portugal and have also been involved in the assessments of endemic species extinction risk from Madeira and Azores (under AIISG-IUCN).