Curriculum vitae

Curriculum vitae
1.Overview
Full Name: Elsa Maria Branco Froufe Andrade
Work address: CIMAR/CIIMAR-Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental; Rua
dos Bragas, 289; 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
Current status position: Assistant Researcher and Coordinator of the Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology
and Evolution (CIIMAR)
email: [email protected]
2. Academic degrees
Year: 2006
Degree: PhD in Molecular Genetics and Evolution
Year: 1997
Degree: Degree in Biology
3. Area of scientific activity
My research interest centre in the areas of biodiversity, population and conservation genetics,
hybridization, speciation and phylogeography. I am particularly interested in the application of
molecular methodologies in combination with new statistical genetics approaches, to gain further
understanding on population genetic structure, evolutionary relationships and life history variation of
organisms.
4. Experience as scientific adviser
Supervisor of PhD Thesis:
Alberto Caeiro Pereira de Sousa (2012-2015) "Population structure, stock identification and
connectivity of the blue jack mackerel, Trachurus picturatus, in the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean
using natural tags".
Catarina Araújo-Silva (2010-2014) “Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Ecology of the suborder
Tanaidomorpha (Tanaidacea, Peracarida) in the deep-sea of the Atlantic ocean”. Funding: CAPES–
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Grant number: 5428/10-6).
Supervisor of Master Thesis:
Bernardete Rodrigues (2012-2014) "Study of macroalgae of the Macaronesian archipelagos". For a
Master Degree in Applied Biology, do Dpt. Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro.
Ricardo Azevedo (2012-2013) "Phylogenetic Systematics of European shaeriids (Bivalvia:
Sphaeriidae) based on molecular mtDNA and nuclear sequence data". For a Master Degree in
Biology, da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto.
João Faria (2010-2011) “Population structure and genetic diversity of three marine lobstres from the
NE Atlantic and Mediterranean", Master Degree in Biology, da Faculdade de Ciências da
Universidade do Porto 20th June 2012.
Pedro Sousa (2007-2009) “Genetic diversity within Scorpions: Scorpio and Buthus”, Master Degree in
Biology, da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto
Supervisor of final year degree course thesis:
Amanda Sousa (2013) “Diversidade genética do mexilhão de água doce Unio delphinus na Península
Ibérica”. Estágio de licenciatura desenvolvido no Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e
Ambiental e apresentado na Universidade do Minho.
Tiago Luz (2012-2013) "From sorting techniques to molecular identification of freshwater Unionidae
species (Bivalvia)". Universidade do Porto.
Adriano Andrade (2010/2011) "Genetic diversity differentiation between kelp species with potential to
be used in biofuel production using molecular tools". Universidade do Porto.
5. Participation in R&D projects
2014-2016 "SOS Peixes e Bivalves ameaçados do NE de Portugal", 121.717,97 € (NORTE-09-0230FEDER-000127)
2013- 2014 "AQUAIMPROV - Sustainable Aquaculture and Animal Welfare", 763.156,49 € (8
NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000038).
2013-2014 “PAELORIS: Caracterização e proteção das espécies nativas de bivalves nas lagoas
costeiras da Barrinha de Mira, Lagoa de Mira, Lagoa da Vela e Lagoa das Braças. Projeto vencedor
por unanimidade do Prémio “InAqua – Fundo de conservação by Oceanário de Lisboa e National
Geographic Channel”.
2012-2015 "CONBI: Biodiversity and Conservation of Bivalves - ecogeographic, genetic and
physiological information". (PTDC/AAC-AMB/117688/2010). (as PI)
2010-2013 "Sabor Fragmentation experiment: Understanding long term ecological consequences of
infrastructure development and compensatory mitigation (Sabor-LTER)". (PTDC/BIA-BEC
0004/2009).
2009-2012 "METALAND: Inferring Metapopulation Dynamics with Landscape Genetics for
Vertebrates of Mauritanian Mountains". (PTDC/BIA-BEC 099934-2008).
2008-2011 "Diversification in the biomechanical and physiological performance of scorpions across
biogeographic barriers". (PTDC/BIA-BEC 104644-2008).
2001-2004 “Microevolution of salmonid fishes: using ancient Lake Baikal as a natural laboratory to
study the modes and mechanisms of vertebrate speciation” (POCTI/33364/BSE/2000).
2000-2001 “Study of allelic microsatellite variation and mtDNA assessment of population structure in
five closely related Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) populations from Austria”
2000-2001 “Stocking effects in common carp populations assessed by microsatellite markers”.
1996-1997
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“Distribuição e Conservação de Chioglossa lusitanica (Bocage, 1864) em Portugal” (ICN
6. Published works in peer reviewed journals
40. Klishko OK, Lopes-Lima M, Froufe E & Bogan AE (2014) Are Cristaria herculea (Middendorff,
1847) and Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1815) (Bivalvia, Unionidae) separate species? ZooKeys 438: 1–15.
39. Sousa R, Amorim A, Froufe E, Varandas S, Teixeira A & Lopes-Lima M (In press). Conservation
status of the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera in Portugal. Limnologica, Published
online (http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.limno.2014.07.004).
38. Lopes-Lima M, Teixeira A, Froufe E, Lopes A, Varandas S, Sousa R (2014) Biology and
conservation of freshwater bivalves: past, present and future perspectives. Hydrobiologia 735, 1–13.
37. Froufe E, Sobral C, Teixeira A, Lopes A, Sousa R, Varandas S, Aldridge D.C & Lopes-Lima
M.(2014) Genetic diversity of the pan-European freshwater mussel Anodonta anatina (Bivalvia:
Unionoida) based on COI: new insights on the genus phylogeny and implications for its conservation.
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater 24: 561–574.
36. E. Froufe, S. Ferreira, JP Boudot, PC. Alves & D.J. Harris. (2014) Molecular phylogeny of the
Western Palaearctic Cordulegaster taxa (Odonata: Anisoptera: Cordulegastridae). Biological Journal
of the Linnean Society, 111, 49–57
35. Larsen K, Tuya F & Froufe E. (2014) MtDNA and nuclear differentiation for tanaidaceans
(Crustacea, Peracarida) with low dispersal ability. Scientia Marina 78(1): 81-90. doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03878.19A
34. J. Faria, M. Pérez-Losada, P. Cabezas, P. Alexandrino & E. Froufe. (2013), Multiplexing of novel
microsatellite loci for the vulnerable slipper lobster Scyllarus arctus (Linnaeus, 1758). Aquatic
Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems Journal of Experimental Zoology A- Ecological
Genetics and Physiology 9999A:1–5.
33. Sousa, R., Amorim, A., Sobral, C., Froufe, E., Varandas, S., Teixeira, A. & Lopes-Lima, M. (2013).
Ecological status of a Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) population at the southern edge of
its distribution (River Paiva, Portugal). Environmental Management 52, 1230-1238.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00267-013-0117-6
32. João Faria, Elsa Froufe, Fernando Tuya, Paulo Alexandrino, Marcos Pérez-Losada (2013)
Panmixia in the endangered slipper lobster Scyllarides latus from the NE Atlantic and Western
Mediterranean. Journal of Crustacean Biology 01/2013 ( DOI:10.1163/1937240X-00002158)
31. Hinzmann M, Lopes-Lima M, Teixeira A, Varandas S, Sousa R, Lopes A, Froufe E, Machado J.
Sexual Strategy and Reproductive Cycle of Anodonta anatina (L., 1758): Notes on Hermaphroditism.
Journal of Experimental Zoology A- Ecological Genetics and Physiology 9999:1–13.
30. Iria Sala, Rui M.A. Caldeira, Sheila N. Estrada-Allis, Elsa Froufe, Xavier Couvelard (2013).
Lagrangian transport pathways in the northeast Atlantic and their ecological impact. Limnology &
Oceanography: Fluids and Environments 3: 40–60. (doi: 10.1215/21573689-2152611)
29. Larsen, K. & Froufe, E. (2013). A new polymorphic species of Leptochelia (Crustacea:
Tanaidacea) from Guinea Bissau, West Africa, with comments on genetic variation within Leptochelia.
African Invertebrates 54 (1): 105–125.
28. Elsa Froufe, Duarte Gonçalves, José Carlos Brito, David James Harris (2013). Nuclear and
mitochondrial markers reveal the existence of several geographically concordant lineages within a
Sahelian gecko species, Ptyodactylus ragazzii. Amphibian-Reptilia 34: 85-93
27. Froufe E, Sobral C, Teixeira A, Lopes A, Sousa R, Varandas S & Lopes-Lima M. (2013)
Development and multiplexing of microsatellite loci for the near threatened freshwater mussel
Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) using 454 sequencing. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and
Freshwater Ecosystems. doi: 10.1002/aqc.2335.
26. Larsen, K., Nagaoka, R. & Froufe, E. (2012).Tanaidacea (Crustacea) from Macaronesia III. The
shallow-water Tanaidomorpha from the Cape Verde archipelago. Zootaxa 3498: 24– 44.
25. Sousa P, Harris DJ, Froufe E & van der Meijden A. (2012). Phylogeographic patterns of Buthus
scorpions (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in the Maghreb and South-Western Europe based on CO1 mtDNA
sequences. Journal of Zoology (doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2012.00925.x).
24. Rebelo H, Froufe E, Brito JC, Russo D, Cistrone L, Ferrand N & Jones G (2012). No barriers for
postglacial colonization of Europe by the barbastelle bat, Barbastella barbastellus: agreement
between molecular data and past predictive modelling. Molecular Ecology, 21 (8) April
(doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05566.x).
23. Rebelo H, Froufe E, Ferrand N & Jones G. (2012). Integrating molecular ecology and predictive
modelling: implications for the conservation of the barbastelle bat (Barbastella barbastellus) in
Portugal. European Journal of Wildlife Research (Doi: 10.1007/s10344-012-0622-6).
22. Froufe E, Cabezas P, Alexandrino P and Pérez-Losada M. (2011). Comparative phylogeography
of three lobster species from the Macaronesia (North East Atlantic). In: Held C, Koenemann S &
Schubart CD (eds.). Phylogeography and Population Genetics in Crustacea. CRC Press.
21. Larsen K, Bertocci I & Froufe E. (2011). Apseudes talpa revisited (Crustacea; Tanaidacea). The
impact on apseudidean systematics. Zootaxa, 2886, 19–30.
20. Sousa P, Froufe E, Harris DJ, Alves PC & Van Der Meijden, A. (2011). Genetic diversity of
Maghrebian Hottentotta (Scorpiones: Buthidae) scorpions based on CO1: new insights on the genus
phylogeny and distribution. African Invertebrates, 52(1): 135–143.
19. Gonzalez-Wanguemert M, Froufe E, Pérez-Ruzafa A, & Alexandrino P. (2011).
Phylogeographical history of the white seabream Diplodus sargus (Sparidae): Implications for
insularity. Marine Biology Research 7 (3): 250- 260. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2010.499438)
18. Larsen K & Froufe E. (2010). Identification of polymorphic species within groups of
morphologically conservative taxa: Combining morphological and molecular techniques. In: Nimis PL
& Vignes Lebbe R, editors. Tools for Identifying Biodiversity: Progress and Problems. Edizioni
Università di Trieste. p. 301–305.
17. Sousa P, Froufe E, Alves PC & Harris DJ. (2010). Genetic diversity within Scorpions of the genus
Buthus from the Iberian Peninsula: mitochondrial DNA sequence data indicate additional distinct
cryptic lineages. Journal of Arachnology 38(2); 206-211. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1636/H08-98).
16. Vasconcelos R, Froufe E, Brito JC, Carranza S & Harris DJ. (2010). Phylogeography of
Amietophrynus regularis based on mitochondrial DNA sequences: inferences regarding the Cape
Verde population and biogeographical patterns. African Zoology 45(2); 291-298.
(http://dx.doi.org/10.3377/004.045.0207).
15. Froufe E, Brito JC & Harris DJ. (2009). Phylogeography of North African Amietophrynus xeros
estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequences. African Zoology 44: 208–215.
14. Froufe E, Sousa P, Alves PC & Harris DJ. (2008). Genetic diversity within Scorpio maurus from
Morocco: preliminary evidence based on CO1 mitochondrial DNA sequences. Biologia, 63 (6): 11571160.
13. Froufe E, AleKseyev S, Alexandrino P & Weiss S. (2008). The evolutionary history of sharp- and
blunt-snouted lenok (Brachymystax lenok (Pallas, 1773)) and its implications for the paleohydrological history of Siberia. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8:40.
12. Da Fonseca MM, Froufe E & Harris DJ (2006) Mitochondrial gene rearrangements and partial
genome duplications detected by multi-gene asymmetric compositional bias analysis. Journal of
Molecular Evolution (63): 654-661.
11. Weiss S, Knizhin I, Kirillov A & Froufe E. (2006). Phenotypic and genetic differentiation of two
major phylogeographic lineages of arctic grayling Thymallus arcticus in the Lena River, and
surrounding Arctic drainages. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (88), 511-525.
10. Knizhin I, Weiss S, Bogdanov B, Samarina S, & Froufe E. (2006). Finfing a new form of grayling
Thymallus arcticus (Thymallus, thymallidae) in the Lake Baikal Basin. Journal of Ichthyology, 46(1):
34–43.
9. Harris DJ & Froufe E. (2005). Taxonomic Inflation: species concept or historical geopolitical bias?
Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20(1): 6-7.
8. Froufe E, AleKseyev S, Knizhin I & Weiss S. (2005). Comparative mtDNA (control region, ATPase
6 and NADH-1) divergence in Hucho taimen (Pallas, 1773) across three major Siberian basins (Lena,
Amur, Enisey). Journal Fish Biology 67: 1040- 1053.
7. Froufe E, Knizhin I & Weiss S. (2005). Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Thymallus (grayling)
based on mtDNA control region and ATPase 6 genes, with inferences on control region constraints
and broad-scale Eurasian phylogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 34: 106-117.
6. Froufe E, Sefc KM, Alexandrino P & Weiss S. (2004). Isolation and characterization of
Brachymystax lenok microsatellite loci and cross-species amplification in Hucho spp. and Parahucho
perryi. Molecular Ecology Notes, 4: 150-152.
5. Knizhin I, Weiss S, Antonov JA & Froufe E. (2004). Morphological and genetic diversity of Amur
graylings (Thymallus, Thymaladae). Journal of Icthyology 44(1): 52-69.
4. Froufe E, Knizhin I, Koskinen MT, Primmer CR & Weiss S. (2003) Identification of reproductively
isolated lineages of Amur grayling (Thymallus grubii Dybowski 1869): concordance between
phenotypic and genetic variation. Molecular Ecology 12(9), 2345-2355.
3. Froufe E, AleKseyev S, Knizhin I, Alexandrino P & Weiss S. (2003). Comparative phylogeography
of salmonid fishes (Salmonidae) reveals late to post-Pleistocene exchange between three now
disjunct river basins in Siberia. Diversity and Distributions 9(4), 269-282.
2. Froufe E, Magyary I, Lehoczky I & Weiss S. (2002). mtDNA sequence data supports an Asian
ancestry and single introduction (or expansion) of the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) into the Danube
basin. Journal of Fish Biology, 61, 301-304.
1. Alexandrino J, Froufe E, Arntzen JW & Ferrand N. (2000). Genetic subdivision, glacial refugia and
postglacial recolonization in the golden-striped salamander, Chioglossa lusitanica (Amphibian:
Urodela). Molecular Ecology 9 (6): 771-781.