EDUCATION 05/2013 to 07/2017 PHD. in EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY integrated in the BIODIV (Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution) doctoral program. Title: “Polyandry and host-endosymbiont conflicts in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae” cE3c (Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental), University of Lisbon, Portugal. Supervisor: Sara Magalhães 09/2011 to 10/2012 Msc thesis performed under the ERASMUS program at ISEM (Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution de Montpellier), University of Montpellier, France. Title: “Mating behaviour in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae” Supervisors: Profs. Isabelle Olivieri and Sara Magalhães 09/2010 to 10/2012 MSc DEGREE in Evolutionary and Developmental Biology at the University of Lisbon, Portugal 09/2007 to 07/2010 DEGREE IN BIOLOGY at the University of Lisbon, Portugal PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY 06/2020 to present Post-doctoral researcher within the ERC Project “COMPCON– Competition under (niche) construction” at the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon. PI: Sara Magalhães 06/2019 to 06/2020 Post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Zoology, Stockholm University. PI: Rhonda Snook 11/2017 to 05/2019 Post-doctoral researcher within the ERC Project “COMPCON– Competition under (niche) construction” at the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon. PI: Sara Magalhães 05/2017 to 11/2017 Research grant inserted in the ERC Project “COMPCON– Competition under (niche) construction”