I am a marine biologist and spatial ecologist at OKEANOS, University of the Azores, with a PhD from the University of Southampton. Since completing my PhD, I have held roles at OKEANOS, the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC, Spain) and the FAO's General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM).

My research combines marine ecology, robotics, remote sensing and advanced spatial analysis to investigate benthic habitats from shallow coastal ecosystems to the deep ocean, with particular expertise in cold-water coral ecology. I specialise in high-resolution 3D photogrammetry (Structure from Motion) and seabed mapping, integrating acoustic and optical data collected using ROVs, AUVs, ASVs and UAVs. My work bridges ecology, geology and oceanography, with particular emphasis on fine-scale species–habitat relationships, spatial modelling and the application of landscape ecology to marine environments.

My current research spans the Azores (limpet spatial ecology, UAV mapping and cold-water corals), Northeast Atlantic (AUV mapping and cold-water corals), Mediterranean Sea (novel species distribution modelling approaches and cold-water corals) and Belize (seagrass mapping and blue carbon). I am currently working on the COLAPA-3D project alongside other collaborative research initiatives.

I welcome scientific collaborations and opportunities to supervise and host student research projects.